GRAMMY CHEW: BEST AFRICAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE – HITS Daily Double

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A man with glasses and a fur coat standing in front of a red curtain wins GRAMMY for Best African Music Performance.

Tuesday, October 17, 2023


Of the newly implemented Grammy categories, one of the most intriguing is Best African Music Performance.

The Recording Academy has stated that the category will highlight “regional melodic, harmonic and rhythmic musical traditions” and consider artists in genres including “Afrobeat, Afro-fusion, Afro Pop, Afrobeats, Alte, Amapiano, Bongo Flava, Genge, Kizomba, Chimurenga, High Life, Fuji, Kwassa, Ndombolo, Mapouka, Ghanaian Drill, Afro-House, South African Hip-Hop and Ethio Jazz.”

In a year of dynamic…