Tems bags two Grammy nominations

Nigerian singer Tems has been nominated for two Grammy Awards.

On Tuesday, the 65th edition of the yearly award was announced online.

As a featured artist on the American rapper Future’s single “Wait For U,” Tems received nominations for Best Melodic Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for the same song.

Last year, the 27-year-old was nominated for Best Global Music Performance for ‘Essence’, her collaboration with Wizkid, making her the first Nigerian female singer to bag a Grammy nomination.

Meanwhile, Burna Boy was nominated in the Best Global Music Performance category for his ‘Last Last’ single alongside; Arooj Aftab and Anoushka, Matt B and Eddy Kenzo, Rocky Dawuni featuring Blvk H3ro, Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode.

He was also nominated for Best Global Music Album alongside Beninese-American music icon Angelique Kidjo and others.