Benjamin Omoike l Wednesday, October 08, 2019
LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigerian afrobeat singer, Yemi Alade, has been considered for this year’s Grammy Award.
Yemi, who made this known via her Instagram handle, has several landmark achievements, which include BET, MTV African Music Award and MOBO awards as well as changing the narratives with her music outside the shores of Africa.
“We are up for Grammy Award consideration. Reaching out to all voting members @recordingacademy to consider my Album ‘Woman of Steel’ for Best World Music Album. This has been an incredible project and I would love to celebrate it with all of you. #Grammy 2019 #Grammy Awards #WorldMusicGrammy@recordingacademy #fyc #womanofsteel #yemialade,” she wrote.
The singer, who is also a songwriter, was being considered for a Grammy Award because she has acquired over a million global streams.
Also, for being the first afrobeat female to have over 100 million views on a single video which is her hit single ‘Johnny’.
