A Recording Academy member lifts the veil on the opaque voting process, citing ‘team power’ over popularity as the reason for Tyla’s triumph over Nigerian stars.
The dust has settled on the 2026 Grammy Awards, but the noise from West Africa is still deafening. In a revelation that challenges the assumption that streams equal statues, a voting member of the Recording Academy has stepped forward to explain exactly why South African sensation Tyla beat out Nigerian heavyweights like Burna Boy and Davido for the Best African Music…
