2023 has been another exceptional year for African music – besides catering to pan-African dancefloors and listeners who stream from home, engaging with contemporary African music is trendy and cool.

The academy also announced the best alternative jazz album award and is allowing all Grammy voters, who have limitations in the number of categories they can vote in, to put their bids in for ...

As our new digital homelands power global connectivity, the world has shrunk, and Afropop’s fandom has grown. Young powerhouses like Tyla, Amaarae, and Libianca set new trends at the head of a class ...

The African diaspora has given us some of the most talented musicians, who have made an indelible mark on the global music ...

Three new categories have been added ahead of the 2024 Grammy Awards: best African music performance, best alternative jazz album and best pop dance recording. Additionally, producer of the year, ...

Thinking back on the biggest cultural moments of 2024, it’s hard to ignore the many African women who were at the center of it all. Over the past decade, global African music has been dominated by ...

The Recording Academy did not make Tyla sweat as the Johannesburg-born singer took home the Grammy for Best African Music Performance in the category's first year. The "Water" singer was nominated ...

Earlier this month, the Nigerian superstar Burna Boy made history as the first Afrobeats act to perform during the prime time, televised ceremony of the Grammy Awards. The singer graced the stage ...

The Recording Academy has added three new categories for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, it announced today: Best African Music Performance, Best Alternative Jazz Album, and Best Pop Dance Recording.

African Music Performance is among three new categories coming to the 66th Grammy Awards in 2024. The Recording Academy’s Board of Trustees voted to include three new categories to the Grammy Awards: ...

Maskandi superstar Khuzani “Indlamlenze” Mpungose has bagged the Best Independent Artist (African) award at the Hollywood and African Prestigious Awards in Los Angeles ...