The Recording Academy, which organises the renowned Grammy Awards, has caused intense outrage in the Nigerian cyberspace following a recent publication.
The Recording Academy ignited debate on their official X page as they analysed the growth of Afrobeats and mentioned their top three Afrobeats artists, which didn’t end there.
In the tweet, Grammy identifies Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Rema as the best three musicians in the Afrobeats music genre from 2010 to the present.
In the published article, Grammy continued by revealing their top ten Afrobeats songs ever. The list includes 2Baba’s African Queen released in the year 2004, “Do Me” by P-Square released in the year 2007, “Bumper 2 Bumper” by Wande Coal in the year 2009, “Pon Pon Pon” by Dagrin in the year 2009, “Azonto” by Fuse ODG feat. Tiffany Owusu in 2014. Other songs include Wizkid’s “Ojuelegba” from 2014, Runtown’s “Mad Over You” from 2016, Niniola’s “Maradona” from 2017, Asake’s “Sungba” from 2022, and Rema’s “Ozeba” from 2024.