Online rumors have it that Tems is the first female singer from Nigeria to win a Grammy.
The assertion, which was made public by an online newspaper, has gained a lot of traction on social media sites like Twitter.
You may remember that Temilade Openiyi, a.k.a. Tems, is a Nigerian artist who recently won the highly coveted Grammy Awards, or just the Grammys.
The worldwide recognition of Afrobeats music and Tem’s triumph in the music industry are noteworthy; nonetheless, it is crucial to acknowledge that Tem is not the first Nigerian woman to win a Grammy.
According to research, Helen Folashade Adu, better known under her stage name Sade Adu or just Sade, is the first female singer of Nigerian descent to win a Grammy.
Eight nominations were made for the coveted honor, which the four-time Grammy winner also received.
This is necessary for accurate preservation of music history. Some Nigerian women have worked just as hard and received a Grammy nomination, despite their achievements not being as well-known and significant as Tems’s.
The following list includes Grammy Award-winning female Nigerian performers.
Sade Adu
The first female musician of Nigerian descent to win a Grammy is Sade Adu, also known as Sade.
The four-time Grammy winner was nominated eight times for the coveted prize.
She was awarded Best New Act in 1985, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1993, Best Pop Vocal Album in 2001 for “Lovers Rock,” and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 2010 for the song “Soldier of Love.”
Sade is a singer and songwriter who was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, on January 16, 1959, to Adebisi Adu, a Nigerian father, and Anne Adu, an English mother.
Cynthia Erivo
Born on January 8, 1987, in Stockwell, London, England, Cynthia Onyedinmanasu Chinasaokwu Erivo is a singer, composer, and actress. Her parents divorced when she was a very small child and were immigrants from Nigeria.
Her other well-known song is “Stand Up,” the lead track from the soundtrack of the critically acclaimed historical movie Harriet.
She is well-known for playing Celie in the Broadway version of “The Color Purple,” which was awarded the Grammy Award for “Best Musical Theater Album” in 2017 in addition to the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, and the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
Tems
Temilade Openiyi, a gifted singer from Nigeria who goes by Tems, won her first Grammy award recently. She had an amazing year in the local and global music scenes.
The breathtaking Tems’ contribution to the popular song “Wait For U,” which she co-wrote with Future and Drake, earned her three major nominations in the categories of “Best Rap Song” and “Best Melodic Rap Performance.” As a featured artist on Beyonce’s “Renaissance” album, Tems was nominated for “Album of the Year” once more.
But Tems isn’t the first Nigerian (or of Nigerian descent) female singer to win a Grammy, it should be noted for record-keeping purposes. The following female Nigerian singers have already taken home the trophy.
Yemi Alade
Yemi Alade received a Grammy award certificate for her inclusion in the first single of Angelique Kidjo’s Mother Nature album, which won the Grammy for Best Global Album at the 2022 Grammy awards—despite the album’s profundity not being as great as the others’. During her statement, the “Johnny” crooner thanked Angelina Kidjo for being featured on the record.
She is nominated for a Grammy as well, and in some parts of Africa, her followers lovingly refer to her as Mama Africa.
NOTE: She received a certificate for her work on Angelique Kidjo’s Mother Nature Album, but she did not receive the Grammy “gong.”
Niniola
When Niniola Apata worked as a composer on Beyonce’s Grammy Award-winning album “The Lion King,” she received a Grammy award certificate resembling that of Yemi Alade, the Nigerian Afrobeats singer and artist. As a result of the album’s victories in the “Best Pop Vocal Album” and “Best Music Film” categories, she was granted a Grammy award certificate.
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