OpenLife Nigeria reports that Nigerian music artists have made the list of 2026 Grammy award nomination.
The shortlist was announced on Friday evening.
Davido and Omah Lay made the cut for their collaboration on ‘With You’ for Best African Music Performance.
The category also includes nominations for ‘Love’ by Burna Boy and ‘Gimme Dat’ by Ayra Starr and Wizkid.
Burna Boy, who already owns a Grammy, has been nominated for Best Global Music Album with ‘No Sign of Weakness’.
Best African Music Performance Nominees:
Best Global Music Album Nominees:
No Sign of Weakness – Burna Boy
Sounds Of Kumbha- Siddhant Bhatia
Eclairer le monde : Light the World – Youssou N’Dour
Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live) – Shakti
Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar lead the nominees in the 2026 Grammy Awards, while K-Pop breaks into the song of the year category for the first time.
Past Grammy winners include Sabrina Carpenter, Doechii, Lizzo, Chappell Roan and Sam Smith etc.
Final winners, according to the organizers, will be announced on Sunday, 1 February 2026 in Los Angeles.
Song of the year
Record of the year
Album of the year
Best new artist
Songwriter of the year, Non-Classical
Producer of the year, Non-Classical
Best Pop Vocal Album
Best Pop Solo Performance
Best Rock Album
Best Metal Performance
Best Rap Album
Best R&B Album
Best African Music Performance
Best Musical Theatre Album
Best Traditional Country Album
Best Contemporary Country Album
Best Global Music Album
Best Global Music Performance
Best Country Solo Performance
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
A Hurricane in Heels: Healed People Don’t Act Like That (partially recorded live @City Winery & other places) — Queen Sheba
Black Shaman — Marc Marcel
Pages — Omari Hardwick & Anthony Hamilton
Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Friends at Treepeople — Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends
Words For Days Vol. 1 — Mad Skillz
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Best Gospel Album
Best Reggae Album
Best Children’s Music Album
Best Comedy Album
Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
Elvis, Rocky & Me – The Carol Connors Story, Kathy Garver
Into The Uncut Grass, Trevor Noah
Lovely One: A Memoir, Ketanji Brown Jackson
Meditations: The Reflections Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama
You Know It’s True: The Real Story Of Milli Vanilli, Fab Morvan
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet
F1® The Album, (Various Artists)
KPop Demon Hunters, (Various Artists)
Sinners, (Various Artists)
Wicked, (Various Artists)
Best Music Video
Young Lion, Sade, Sophie Muller, video director – Sade & Aaron Taylor Dean, video producers
Manchild – Sabrina Carpenter, Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors; Aiden Magarian, Nathan Scherrer & Natan Schottenfels, video producers
So Be It – Clipse, Hannan Hussain, video director; Daniel Order, video producer
Anxiety, Doechii, James Mackel, video director; Pablo Feldman, Jolene Mendes & Sophia Sabella, video producers
Love, OK Go, Aaron Duffy, Miguel Espada & Damian Kulash Jr., video directors; Petra Ahmann, video producer
Best Music Film
Devo, Devo, Chris Smith, video director; Danny Gabai, Anita Greenspan, Chris Holmes & Chris Smith, video producers
Live At The Royal Albert Hall, RAYE, Paul Dugdale, video director; Stefan Demetriou & Amy James, video producers
Relentless, Diane Warren, Bess Kargman, video director; Peggy Drexler, Michele Farinola & Kat Nguyen, video producers
Music By John Williams, John Williams, Laurent Bouzereau, video director; Sara Bernstein, Laurent Bouzereau, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Meredith Kaulfers, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg & Justin Wilkes, video producers
Piece By Piece, Pharrell Williams, Morgan Neville, video director; Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Mimi Valdes & Pharrell Williams, video producers
Best Album Cover
CHROMAKOPIA, Shaun Llewellyn & Luis “Panch” Perez, art directors (Tyler, The Creator)
The Crux, William Wesley II, art director (Djo)
Debí Tirar Más Fotos, Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, art director (Bad Bunny)
Glory, Cody Critcheloe & Andrew J.S., art directors (Perfume Genius)
Moisturizer, Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina, Joshua Mobaraki & Rhian Teasdale, art directors (Wet Leg)
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