CNN —Next year’s Grammys will feature three new categories, including Best African Music Performance, as the awards move to reflect the massive popularity of Afrobeats around the world.
The category “recognizes recordings that utilize unique local expressions from across the African continent,” the organizers said in a statement published Wednesday.
Throughout the year, the Recording Academy – the group of music industry professionals that presents the Grammy Awards – accepts proposals from its members for new categories.
Those proposals are then reviewed by a committee and voted on by the academy’s board of trustees.
At a meeting in May, the trustees voted to introduce the Best African Music Performance category, as well as awards for Best Alternative Jazz Album and Best Pop Dance Recording, the statement said.
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–, Harvey Mason Jr, Afrobeats, Mason Jr, ”, Beyoncé, Drake, Ed Sheeran, they’ve
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CNN, Recording Academy, ” Recording, TikTok, Billboard, Company
Locations:
West Africa, Africa