“Don’t doubt me, I go bring you Grammy.”
This line from 9ice’s Street Credibility showed how important the Grammy was for successful musicians. Getting a Grammy award is everything in the music industry. It’s not only a statement of fact but vivid evidence that validates the authenticity of your craft as an artist.
Being a nominee alone sets you on a different pedestal and several artists (both African and International) seem to have demystified this code as they keep getting Grammys (as long as they’ve been nominated in a category, they win). Although it took some time, some Nigerians eventually got to it (story for another day), but today let’s talk about some Nigerian musicians who were nominated and never got the award.
King Sunny Ade – Song title ‘Synchro system’
King Sunny Ade is one of the foremost musicians in Nigeria to reach international space enough to be nominated for the Grammys twice. He has always been a pacesetter and trailblazer for the Afro-Juju genre. Our baby Boomers and Gen X loved him, his music set everyone in the mood to boogie down.
He was a nominee for the Best Ethnic and Traditional Folk Recording Grammys but lost both. We still honour him for his impact and hope one day we’ll win.
Femi Kuti- Song title ‘Fight to Win’
Femi was nominated for the Grammy for his 2001 song ‘Fight to Win’. Although the song won the fight to get nominated, it couldn’t win the fight to bring home the Grammy. Well, the Kutis aren’t giving up any time soon, just to remind you that Fela Anikulapo Kuti is the father of Afrobeat and his offspring are still living up to the name giving us the best kind of Afrobeat one can imagine and there is no doubt that even though Fela and none of his offspring have won the Grammys yet, we are sure to win very soon.
Davido and Musa Keys – Song title ‘Unavailable’
This song was a banger and was the theme song for every social media activity in Africa and beyond, but when it was time to clinch the Grammys, it was ‘unavailable’. Heart breaking for 30BG (fans of Davido) but hit song no dey finish as the best thing about Davido is that he keeps on providing us with beautiful songs and soon enough the Grammys would be ours.
Ayra Starr – Song title ‘Rush’
Ayra Starr is a Nigerian beauty with a beautiful voice and it wasn’t a surprise when there was a rush to get her nominated for the Grammys. We were all very expectant while waiting for her to be called upstage to receive the Grammys but it never happened (maybe because Sabi girl doesn’t like to rush things), sad! Yet we stan Ayra Starr because just like the Papilo line– one day, she’ll make us proud and soon we will have Ayra bagging the Grammys just like Tems.
Asake and Olamide – Song title ‘Amapiano’
In this song Asake said ‘steadily we are getting it’ and we were so sure we were going to get it this time. The Golden boy and the Godfather in one jam, please tell me why we wouldn’t get the golden gramophone! Well, we are still nursing our pain from the loss of this Grammy but I am sure that this duo are already in the studio cooking something Grammy-befitting because we are not “greeing” for anybody and this time we are coming home with the Grammy.
Grammys or not, I’m going to keep jamming to these songs. You can tell me what you think about the songs in the comments. While you’re at it, you should join the “Music for Melophiles’ community” for juicy updates about your faves, interesting releases and so much more on Fusion.
10,645 Responses
The next time I read a blog, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as much as this one. I mean, I know it was my choice to read, but I actually thought youd have something interesting to say. All I hear is a bunch of whining about something that you could fix if you werent too busy looking for attention.
wetten Deutschland gegen den euro
https://tadalafiloexpress.shop/# comprar cialis
cialis precio: comprar Cialis online España – comprar cialis
beste quoten bei sportwetten
my web-site buchmacher esc (dirimaga.lk)
tadalafilo sin receta: tadalafilo sin receta – tadalafilo 5 mg precio
cialis generico farmacia online 24 horas farmacia online fiable en España
potenzmittel cialis PotenzVital Potenz Vital
http://tadalafiloexpress.com/# cialis precio
https://tadalafiloexpress.com/# Tadalafilo Express
dove comprare Cialis in Italia: miglior prezzo Cialis originale – dove comprare Cialis in Italia
livraison rapide et confidentielle: IntimiSanté – cialis 20 mg achat en ligne
https://tadalafiloexpress.shop/# comprar cialis
http://pilloleverdi.com/# tadalafil senza ricetta
pharmacie en ligne france pas cher: cialis generique – cialis 20 mg achat en ligne
https://intimisante.com/# cialis 20 mg achat en ligne
https://potenzvital.com/# Cialis Preisvergleich Deutschland
beste wettstrategien
my web-site Wett-tipps Heute
tadalafil italiano approvato AIFA cialis generico PilloleVerdi
cialis generique: IntimiSanté – Cialis générique pas cher
Cialis generika günstig kaufen: potenzmittel cialis – PotenzVital
Thank you for sharing superb informations. Your web-site is very cool. I am impressed by the details that you have on this site. It reveals how nicely you understand this subject. Bookmarked this web page, will come back for more articles. You, my pal, ROCK! I found just the information I already searched everywhere and just couldn’t come across. What a great website.
Great V I should definitely pronounce, impressed with your website. I had no trouble navigating through all tabs as well as related info ended up being truly simple to do to access. I recently found what I hoped for before you know it at all. Quite unusual. Is likely to appreciate it for those who add forums or something, site theme . a tones way for your customer to communicate. Excellent task..
http://potenzvital.com/# Potenz Vital
http://intimisante.com/# livraison rapide et confidentielle
cialis generika: tadalafil 20 mg preis – cialis generika
This website is my intake, very superb design and style and perfect subject material.
you’re really a good webmaster. The web site loading speed is amazing. It seems that you are doing any unique trick. Also, The contents are masterwork. you have done a excellent job on this topic!
sportwetten prognosen Heute strategie
IntimiSanté: pharmacie qui vend du cialis sans ordonnance – cialis 20 mg achat en ligne
https://tadalafiloexpress.shop/# Tadalafilo Express
Some genuinely good info , Gladiola I discovered this.
cialis generika: cialis kaufen – Tadalafil 20mg Bestellung online
cialis sans ordonnance IntimiSanté cialis sans ordonnance
compresse per disfunzione erettile: PilloleVerdi – tadalafil senza ricetta
https://tadalafiloexpress.shop/# comprar Cialis online Espana
https://potenzvital.shop/# tadalafil 20 mg preis
tadalafilo sin receta: Tadalafilo Express – comprar cialis
I really happy to find this website on bing, just what I was looking for : D also saved to favorites.
https://intimisante.shop/# pharmacie qui vend du cialis sans ordonnance
cialis generique: cialis prix – acheter Cialis en ligne France
http://intimisante.com/# cialis sans ordonnance
tadalafil italiano approvato AIFA tadalafil italiano approvato AIFA miglior prezzo Cialis originale
tadalafilo: cialis precio – tadalafilo sin receta
PotenzVital: cialis 20mg preis – Cialis generika günstig kaufen
https://potenzvital.shop/# cialis generika
cialis prix cialis sans ordonnance cialis generique
https://pilloleverdi.com/# PilloleVerdi
tadalafilo 5 mg precio: tadalafilo – tadalafilo
cialis: tadalafil italiano approvato AIFA – cialis generico