Tems

The 65th Grammy Awards saw a major milestone as Temilade Openiyi, better known as Tems, took home her first Grammy. The Nigerian singer, who rose to ...

"Wait for U" was released on May 3, 2022, and was the second single from Future's ninth studio album "I Never Liked You." Meanwhile, Burna Boy, who was nominated for Best Global Music Album and Best Global Music Performance, unfortunately, did not take home any awards. With this win, the 27-year-old singer became the first female Nigerian to receive a Grammy.

Topline Heading into the 65th Grammy Awards yesterday, Africa already celebrated the nine artists who had been nominated for the prestigious music awards.

“So we met at the awards in South Africa talking about this particular moment, and today we’re at the Grammys. “I think the beautiful story is we met with Wouter chatting about this at the South African Music Awards,” Bantwini said after winning the Grammy about how he met Kellerman at the South African Music Awards. I was jamming to them and now I am working with them…and I feel like this is only the beginning.”

Tems' Grammy win is no doubt one of the hallmarks of her five-year music career.

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Breakout Nigerian artist Tems attended her very first Grammy Awards last night. The 27-year-old musician—who, last year, worked with Beyoncé, Rihanna, ...

“Free Mind” is really just an expression of how I felt at that time.” “From the time I wrote that song to now, so much has changed.” “I really wrote that song in 2018,” she says. “I love Rihanna, obviously,” Tems says of working with the Barbadian pop star. I like to express that in what I wear.” “I really wanted to wear Vivienne.”

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, for winning a Grammy award.

Tems has become the second female Nigerian and also the second Nigerian artiste in contemporary times to bag the Grammy after Sade Adu clinched the award in 1986. "Tems won the award in the Best Melodic Rap Performance category for her contribution to the hit song "Wait for U" featuring Future and Drake". Burna Boy who lost in the 2022 award categories won the Grammy in 2021.