3rd February 2025, NewsOrient, Entertainment News
By Our Reporter
With Agency Reports

It is a time of glory as Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer, Temilade Openiyi, professionally known as Tems, emerged winner of the 67th Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance.

In her acceptance speech, an elated Tems said: “Dear God, thank you so much for putting me on this stage and bringing me this team.”

NewsOrient reports that before mounting this stage, Tems has recorded astounding success in music and entertainment world.
Amongst globally acknowledged accolades she has received include two Grammy Awards, a Billboard Women in Music Award, four NAACP Image Awards, four BET Awards and three Soul Train Music Awards.

Now, she beats fellow Nigerian global music stars, Burna Boy, Asake, Wizkid and Yemi Alade, and Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay, to win the Grammy for Best African Music Performance Award.

Why not? Music buffs say her song, ‘ Love Me Jeje ’ from her debut album ‘ Born in the Wild ’ dazzles so admirably.

Born 11 June 1995, Temilade Openiyi rose to prominence after she featured on Wizkid’s 2020 single ” Essence “, which peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart following the release of the remix version with Justin Bieber.

This song earned her a Grammy Award nomination. That same year, she was featured on the song ” Fountains ” by Canadian rapper Drake.

In 2020, Tems released her debut extended play, For Broken Ears . Her second extended play, If Orange Was a Place (2021).

In 2022, Tems’ vocals from her song ” Higher ” were sampled by Future on his single , “Wait for U “, which led to her being credited as a featured artist alongside Drake on the song. It debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first African artist to debut at number one and the second Nigerian artist to top the chart.

The song earned her the Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance.

Tems covered Bob Marley’s ” No Woman, No Cry ” for the Black Panther : Wakanda Forever soundtrack album in July 2022 and in the same month, her song ” Free Mind ” from her debut EP debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 46 and breaking the female record for longest charting number one song on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.

She also co-wrote and rendered background vocals on the song ” Lift Me Up ” by Rihanna, which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.

In 2024, Tems released her debut studio album Born in the Wild to critical acclaim. The album reached the top thirty in the Netherlands, Switzerland and in the United Kingdom where it peaked at number 24.

She further embarked on her ongoing Born in the Wild Tour, a supporting world tour.

Tems received three nominations at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Global Music Album, ” Burning ” for Best R&B song and won Love Me JeJe ” for Best African Music Performance.

With the award, Tems became the first Nigerian artist with multiple Grammy Awards.

South Africa’s Wouter Kellerman, along with Japanese cellist Eru Matsumoto and Indian vocalist Chandrika Tandon, also won the Grammy for their album Triveni in the Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album category.

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