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Every Grammys Best African Music Performance winner

2 ceremonies, 2024–2025. 2 different winners.

Best African Music Performance was first awarded in 2024, so it does not run the full 2000–2025 window.

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
Wins by label
  1. Fax150%
  2. Sony150%

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2024–2025.

Most nominated, never won

  • Burna Boy2 noms

Most losses

  • Burna Boy2L · 0W

The full list

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

More Grammys categories

RecordSongNew ArtistPop AlbumClassical Solo VocalClassical CompendiumContemporary CompositionEngineered Album (Classical)Producer of the Year (Classical)Classical AlbumChamber MusicSoloist with OrchestraSoloist without OrchestraClassical CrossoverGospel AlbumCCM AlbumAll 152 categories

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