2023 Grammy Award: Tems Win Big, Burnaboy Loses
Tems won the ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ category on Sunday night for her role in ‘Wait for U’, the 2022 hit song by Future, featuring Drake
Joy Kalu 
The 2023 Grammy award held on Sunday night, February 5, 2023, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, U.S.
The 65th annual Grammy awards, acclaimed to be the world’s most prestigious music honours, saw major wins for Adele and Beyoncé, Harry Styles and Kendrick Lamar.
Beyonce became the biggest winner in history, after receiving her 32nd trophy at the ceremony.
Harry Styles won the album of the year for “Harry’s House.”
Other award winners were: Samara Joy (best new artist), Lizzo (record of the year) and Bonnie Raitt (song of the year).
Nigeria’s Tems, real name, Temilade Openiyi, won the ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ category on Sunday night for her role in ‘Wait for U’, the 2022 hit song by Future, featuring Drake.
Tems is the first female Nigerian artiste to win a Grammy award.
However, Burna boy lost two awards at the ceremony.
South Africa’s Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode defeated the Nigerian singer’s ‘Last Last’ to claim the award for the Best Global Music performance.
Burnaboy’s album, “Love Damini” also lost the best Global Music Album award to Japan’s Masa Takumi.
