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A visual history · Grammys

The winners who defined African Perf..

2 ceremonies, 2024–2025. 2 different winners.

Who won most recently?
Tems in 2025 for "Love Me JeJe".
  1. "Love Me JeJe"Tems
  2. "Water"Tyla
Years explored
2024–2025
Different winners
2
Category leader
No leader
About this record

Best African Music Performance was first awarded in 2024, so it does not run the full 1959–2025 window.

2024–2025

2 ceremonies

20242025

01 / The reigns

2 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2024–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited label.

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by label; scroll sideways for the full run.
Tyla'24
Tems'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Fax leads the recorded label credits with 1 win, 2024–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Fax1 win
Sony1 win
Wins by label
  1. Fax150%
  2. Sony150%

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2024–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

  1. 01
    Burna Boy
    2 noms

Most losses in this category

  1. 01
    Burna Boy
    2L · 0W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2024–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerLabel
2025Tems ("Love Me JeJe")
beat 4 others
  • Yemi Alade ("Tomorrow")
  • Asake and Wizkid ("MMS")
  • Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay ("Sensational")
  • Burna Boy ("Higher")
RCA
2024Tyla ("Water")
beat 4 others
  • Asake and Olamide ("Amapiano")
  • Burna Boy ("City Boys")
  • Davido featuring Musa Keys ("Unavailable")
  • Ayra Starr ("Rush")
Fax/Epic