
Nigerian singer-songwriter Temilade Openiyi, popularly known by her stage name Tems, on Sunday won the Best African Music Performance category at the 67th Grammy Awards which took place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
She won the award with her song “Love Me JeJe“, beating “Tomorrow” by Yemi Alade, “MMS” by Asake featuring Wizkid, “Sensational” by Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay, and “Higher” by Burna Boy.
This award marks Tems’ second Grammy win.
The category’s debut edition in 2024 was won by South Africa’s Tyla for her hit “Water”.
Tems was nominated in three categories at this year’s Grammys, the other two being Best Global Music Album with her song “Born in the Wild” and Best R&B Song with “Burning”. Altogether, that’s a total of eight nominations so far in her career.