Internationally renowned Afrobeats singer Temilade Openiyi better known as Tems has set a new record as the first female Nigerian artist to win the Grammy Award more than once....Read Full Article >>➤
Tems was at the recently concluded 67th edition of the Grammy Awards and came through in style—the Nigerian singer won her first Grammy in 2023 for a song she featured on owned by Future, “Wait For U”.
She has now gone a step further as she gets crowned the “Best” within a category that had other nominees like Davido, Burna Boy, Asake, Ayra Starr and Yemi Alade.
The singer was named the best for African Music Performance at the 67th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 2, 2025.
The event, which brought together music acts from around the world, was also attended by Nigerian top stars, including Yemi Alade, Rema, and Asake Ololade Mr Money.
Love Me Jeje wins Grammy
Tems’ song Love Me Jeje was the track crowned as the Best for African Music Performance. The track is a re-fix of the 1999 hit song by Yemi Shodimu.
The song which was a hugely successful song was remixed by Tems, and it featured the veteran singer Yemi Shodimu.
Recall that Grammy introduced the Best African Music Performance category last year, which saw South African star Tyla win it with her hit single ‘Water’.
Tems’ speech at the Grammys
The two-time Grammy Award winner dedicated her award to God, her mother and her team, who joined her on stage. While also dropping a special message for Wizkid on her Instagram story.
She hailed Big Wiz for being the one who put her on the global map and made her a force to reckon with.
“Dear God, thank you so much for putting me on this stage and bringing me this team,” Tems said.
She also used the opportunity to celebrate her mum, whose birthday is on February 3, the next day.
Watch the moment Tems won her second Grammys and her acceptance speech below:
Tems also set history as the first Indigenous African musician to earn a nomination in the R&B category at the Grammys, her hit ‘Burning’, lost the award, to SZA’s Saturn.
She also lost out in the Best Global Music Album category to Matt B and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Reactions trail Tems’ acceptance speech
OSG gathered the comments from Nigerian netizens as they celebrated Tems’ Grammy award win.
sose_tee:
“To God be the Glory that’s on period!!! Go girl.”
cassieakinde:
“This is amazing ❤️ Congratulations Tems!!!”
yettima:
“That’s right! Let the Glory be to God! Well done Tems! ❤️👏👏👏 congratulations.”
@gingersoullifestyle:
“Congratulations @temsbaby Mama, entire family, and our beautiful country Nigeria. To global impact.”
@merita_baby:
“I was rooting for Tems or Yemi Alade. Super proud of the girlies.”
@official_deolasoft:
“I felt she should have acknowledged Seyi Sodimu.”
@gloriaosarfo:
“Well deserved. Congrats to her and her team.”
@aries_babe5050:
“My girl won.”
@lekutradeproperties:
“Big congratulations girl 🙌🔥 you deserve it and more.”
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