Tems Emerges As Best African Music Performance at 2025 Grammy Awards
Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, won the Best African Music Performance category at the 2025 Grammy Awards and its 67th Grammy Awards.
She beat out Yemi Alade’s “Tomorrow,” Asake’s “MMS” featuring Wizkid, Chris Brown’s “Sensational” featuring Davido and Lojay, and Bruna Boy’s “Higher” for her song “Love Me JeJe” to win the award.
This is Tems’ second Grammy Award. The first in the same category was won by South Africa’s Tyra for her hit song “Water in 2024. Tems was nominated for three Grammy Awards this year, bringing her career total to eight.
She was also nominated for Best Global Music Album (Born in the Wild) and Best R&B Song (Burning).
Below are the categories featuring Nigerian nominees:
Best African Music Performance
Asake & Wizkid – MMS
Burna Boy – Higher
Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay – Sensational
Tems – Love Me JeJe – WINNER
Yemi Alade – Tomorrow
Best Global Music Album
Antonio Rey – Historias de un Flamenco
Ciro Hurtado – Paisajes
Matt B & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Alkebulan II – WINNER
Rema – Heis
Tems – Born in the Wild
Best R&B Song
Coco Jones – Here We Go (Uh Oh)
Kehlani – After Hours
Muni Long – Ruined Me
SZA – Saturn – WINNER
Tems – Burning
