Wizkid has been nominated for a
Grammy award.
The Nigerian pop star makes the list
for his contribution to Drake’s 2016
“Views” album. The singer was a
prominent contributor on the lead
single, ‘One Dance’ , where he is
nominated as a guest artiste, and
also as a producer.
The Grammy Award for Album of
the Year is presented by the
National Academy of Recording Arts
and Sciences of the United States to
"honor artistic achievement,
technical proficiency and overall
excellence in the recording industry,
without regard to album sales or
chart position. Album of the Year is
the most prestigious award category
at the Grammys having been
presented since 1959.
Although it was originally presented
to the artist alone, the award is now
presented to the main artist, the
featured artist(s), the producer, the
engineer and/or mixer and the
mastering engineer.
If this award is won by Drake, Wizkid
will be going home with two gongs.
For production and guest feature on
the album.
The Nigerian pop superstar is
currently enjoying a great year in his
career. Wizkid struck gold at this
year’s MTV EMAs, earning one
trophy at the global music
spectacular show. The Nigerian star
was honoured with trophy
for Worldwide Act .
Prior to this Wizkid had earlier been
announced as the winner of the
Best African Act at the The 2016
Music of Black Origin, MOBO Awards
ceremony, which took place in
Glasgow, Scotland.
Also, at the 2016 AFRIMA awards
which held at the Eko Convention
Centre, Eko Hotels & Suites, the
singer was honoured as the Best
Artiste on the continent. He came
out victorious in a category that had
Black Coffee, Diamond Platnumz,
Eddy Kenzo, Hatim Ammor, Navio,
Sarkodie, Sidikiba Diabate, Tekno,
Tiwa Savage, and Zahara.
This marks a trifecta of awards for
the young singer who has had a
successful 2016.
Wizkid’s dominance this weekend is
a result of this work. His single with
Drake, ‘One Dance’ is a shoo-in for
the 2016 Grammy award
nominations, after gifting Drake his
first career number one spot on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart and also
becoming the most streamed song
of 2016. It is on the strength of this
foray into the international market,
and the success of the result.
He was also in his element in 2015,
after concocting new ways to push
past the continent and break his
brand and music into wider markets.
He rode around the continent,
recording with just about everyone
who mattered. Chris Brown,
Rihanna and Drake were some of
the biggest names.
He also did collaborate with South
Africa’s DJ Maphorisa on ‘Soweto
baby’, a song which fetched him the
trophy for the Best Collaboration. He
was also a star on Tinie Tempah’s
‘Mamacita’, and released ‘Shabba’,
which featured Chris Brown, Trey
Songz and French Montana.
All of these has ensured that the
brand Wizkid is the biggest on the
African continent at the moment,
and award platforms recognise that,
leading to a deluge of them. It’s
been raining awards for ‘Baba Nla’,
and this past weekend signified a
new peak.
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