Award-winning South African musician Tyla has won a second Grammy award in the Best African Music Performance category. She won it for “Push-to-Start”, released as part of her debut album. In 2024, Tyla also won the same award for her global hit Water. She became the first to win the category twice.
Tyla beat out stiff competition, including Burna Boy, Davido featuring Omah Lay, Eddy Kenzo, Mehran Matin, and Ayra Starr featuring Wizkid. Tyla’s latest accolade cements her global rise and comes as she reveals that her second album, T2, is in development.
However, Grammy host Trevor Noah missed out on the award for Best Audio Book, losing to The Dalai Lama’s Meditations.
Three decades after his death, the legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti has made history as the first African artist to receive a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Recording Academy said that Fela is being honored posthumously for his contribution to modern Nigerian Afrobeats and for inspiring many global singers. Fela’s radical blend of politics, performance, and pan-African groove
Tyla Makes performs at South Africa’s Hey Neighbour Festival Amid Heineken’s 150-year Anniversary Celebrations.