UPDATED: Tems wins first Grammy, Burna Boy loses

Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has won her first Grammy Award. 

She won the award at the ongoing ceremony at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday.


Trevor Noah is hosting the Grammys for the third year in a row.

Her contribution to the hit ‘Wait For U’ by Future featuring Drake earned her the award on Sunday.

While Tems won in the ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ category, her colleague, Burna Boy failed to win in his categories.

He had been nominated in the ‘Best Global Music Album’ and the ‘Best Global Music Performance’ categories.

South Africa’s Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode defeated Burna Boy’s Last Last to claim the award for the Best Global Music performance while Japan’s Masa Takumi edged his album, ‘Love Damini’ to win the Best Global Album category.