Burna Boy performs at the Warner Music Group pre-Grammy party in Hollywood on January 2020. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Warner Music)
Burna Boy, Tinariwen, Michael Kiwanuka & More Nominated For 2021 Grammy Awards
The Nigerian star and Tuareg band are nominated in the newly named Best Global Music Album category.
The nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards are in.
The awards show, which will be hosted by Trevor Noah, will see some of the world's biggest artists up for categories like Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist.
As we previously wrote about, the Grammys have renamed the international category of Best World Music Album to Best Global Music, in an effort to reportedly make it more modern and inclusive.
In that new Best Global Music Category, Nigerian afro-fusion star Burna Boy is nominated alongside Tuareg desert rock group Tinariwen, NYC afrobeat outfit Antibalas, Brazilian-American Bebel Gilberto and British-Indian sitar player Anoushka Shankar.
<p>Speaking about the change of name to Global Music, the Grammys mentioned: "As we continue to embrace a truly global mindset, we update our language to reflect a more appropriate categorization that seeks to engage and celebrate the current scope of music from around the world."</p><p>Other noteworthy nominees include British-Ugandan <strong><a href="https://www.okayafrica.com/tag/michael-kiwankuka" target="_blank">Michael Kiwanuka</a></strong> for Best Rock Album, <strong>Beyoncé, Doja Cat </strong>and <strong>Megan Thee Stallion</strong> up for Record of the Year, <strong>Buju Banton </strong>for Best Reggae Album, and more. </p><p>If you remember, at the last ceremony <strong>Angélique Kidjo </strong><a href="https://www.okayafrica.com/anglique-kidjo-dedicated-her-best-world-music-grammy-win-to-burna-boy/" target="_blank">dedicated her World Music award</a> to Burna Boy, saying "The new generation of artists coming from Africa are going to take you by storm, and the time has come."</p><h2></h2><p><strong><a href="https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/63rd-annual-grammy-awards-2020" target="_blank">Check out the full list of nominees here.</a></strong></p><p><strong>Best Global Music Album</strong><br>Antibalas - Fu Chronicles<br>Burna Boy - Twice As Tall<br>Bebel Gilberto - Agora<br>Anoushka Shankar - Love Letters<br>Tinariwen - Amadjar</p><p><div class="dfp_atf-slot" data-not-loaded="true"></div><script type="text/javascript">
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III<br>Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia<br>Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding<br>Taylor Swift - Folklore</p><p><strong>Song of the Year</strong><br>Beyoncé - Black Parade<br>Roddy Ricch - The Box<br>Taylor Swift - Cardigan<br>Post Malone - Circles<br>Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now<br>Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted <br>H.E.R. - I Can't Breathe <br>JP Saxe Featuring Julia Michaels - If the World Was Ending</p><p><strong>Best New Artist</strong><br>Ingrid Andress<br>Phoebe Bridgers<br>Chika<br>Noah Cyrus<br>D Smoke<br>Doja Cat<br>Kaytranada<br>Megan Thee Stallion</p><p><strong>Best Pop Solo Performance</strong><br>Justin Bieber - Yummy<br>Doja Cat - Say So<br>Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted<br>Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now\ Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar\ Taylor Swift - Cardigan</p><p><strong>Best Pop Duo/Group Performance</strong><br>J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny & Tainy - Un Dia (One Day)<br>Justin Bieber Featuring Quavo - Intentions<br>BTS - Dynamite<br>Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande - Rain On Me<br>Taylor Swift Featuring Bon Iver - Exile</p><p><strong>Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album</strong><br>(Burt Bacharach &) Daniel Tashian - Blue Umbrella<br>Harry Connick, Jr. - True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter<br>James Taylor - American Standard<br>Rufus Wainwright - Unfollow the Rules\ Renée Zellweger - Judy</p><p><strong>Best Pop Vocal Album</strong><br>Justin Bieber - Changes<br>Lady Gaga - Chromatica<br>Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia<br>Harry Styles - Fine Line<br>Taylor Swift - Folklore</p><p><strong>Best Dance Recording</strong><br>Diplo & SIDEPIECE - On My Mind<br>Disclosure Featuring Aminé & Slowthai - My High<br>Flume Featuring Toro y Moi - The Difference\ Jayda G - Both of Us<br>Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis - 10%</p><p><strong>Best Dance/Electronic Album</strong><br>Arca - Kick I<br>Baauer - Planet's Mad<br>Disclosure - Energy<br>Kaytranada - Bubba<br>Madeon - Good Faith</p><p><strong>Best Contemporary Instrumental Album</strong><br>Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah - Axiom<br>Jon Batiste - Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard<br>Black Violin - Take the Stairs<br>Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin & Bill Frisell - Americana\ Snarky Puppy - Live at the Royal Albert Hall</p><p><strong>Best Rock Performance</strong><br>Fiona Apple - Shameika<br>Big Thief - Not<br>Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto<br>HAIM - The Steps<br>Brittany Howard - Stay High<br>Grace Potter - Daylight</p><p><strong>Best Metal Performance</strong><br>Body Count - Bum-Rush<br>Code Orange - Underneath<br>In the Moment - The In-Between<br>Poppy - Bloodmoney<br>Power Trip - Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe) - Live</p><p><strong>Best Rock Song</strong><br>Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto<br>Tame Impala - Lost in Yesterday<br>Big Thief - Not<br>Fiona Apple - Shameika<br>Brittany Howard - Stay High</p><p><strong>Best Rock Album</strong><br>Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death<br>Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka<br>Grace Potter - Daylight<br>Sturgill Simpson - Sound and Fury<br>The Strokes - The New Abnormal</p><p><strong>Best Alternative Music Album</strong><br>Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters<br>Beck - Hyperspace<br>Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher<br>Brittany Howard - Jaime<br>Tame Impala - The Slow Rush</p><p><strong>Best R&B Performance</strong><br>Jhené Aiko Featuring John Legend - Lightning & Thunder <br>Beyoncé - Black Parade <br>Jacob Collier Featuring Mahalia & Ty Dolla $ign - All I Need<br>Brittany Howard - Goat Head<br>Emily King - See Me</p><p><strong>Best Traditional R&B Performance</strong><br>The Baylor Project Featuring Jean Baylor & Marcus Baylor - Sit on Down<br>Chloe x Halle - Wonder What She Thinks of Me<br>Mykal Kilgore - Let Me Go<br>Ledisi - Anything for You<br>Yebba - Distance</p><p><strong>Best R&B Song</strong><br>Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello - Better Than I Imagine\ Beyoncé - Black Parade\ Tiana Major9 & EARTHGANG - Collide\ Chloe x Halle - Do It<br>Skip Marley & H.E.R. - Slow Down</p><p><strong>Best Progressive R&B Album</strong><br>Jhené Aiko - Chilombo<br>Chloe X Halle - Ungodly Hour<br>Free Nationals - Free Nationals<br>Robert Glasper - F*** Yo Feelings<br>Thundercat - It Is What It Is</p><p><strong>Best R&B Album</strong><br>Ant Clemons - Happy 2 Be Here<br>Giveon - Take Time<br>Luke James - To Feel Love/d<br>John Legend - Bigger Love<br>Gregory Porter - All Rise</p><p><strong>Best Rap Performance</strong><br>Big Sean Featuring Nipsey Hussle - Deep Reverence<br>DaBaby - Bop<br>Jack Harlow - What's Poppin<br>Lil Baby - The Bigger Picture<br>Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé - Savage<br>Pop Smoke - Dior</p><p><strong>Best Melodic Rap Performance</strong><br>DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch - Rockstar<br>Drake Featuring Lil Durk - Laugh Now, Cry Later<br>Anderson .Paak - Lockdown<br>Roddy Ricch - The Box<br>Travis Scott - Highest in the Room</p><p><strong>Best Rap Song</strong><br>Lil Baby - The Bigger Picture\ Roddy Ricch - The Box<br>Drake Featuring Lil Durk - Laugh Now, Cry Later<br>DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch - Rockstar\ Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé - Savage</p><p><strong>Best Rap Album</strong><br>D SMOKE - Black Habits<br>Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfrredo<br>Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony<br>Nas - King's Disease<br>Royce Da 5'9" - The Allegory</p><p><strong>Best Country Album</strong><br>Ingrid Andress - Lady Like<br>Brandy Clark - Your Life Is a Record<br>Miranda Lambert - Wildcard<br>Little Big Town - Nightfall<br>Ashley McBryde - Never Will\</p><p><strong>Best New Age Album</strong><br>Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, and Jesse Paris Smith - Songs from the Bardo<br>Priya Darshini - Periphery<br>Superposition - Form//Less<br>Jim "Kimo" West - More Guitar Stories <br>Cory Wong & Jon Batiste - Meditations</p><p><strong>Best Improvised Jazz Solo</strong><br>Christian Scott Atunde - Guinivere<br>Pachamama - Regina Carter<br>Gerald Clayton - Celia<br>Chick Corea - All Blues<br>Joshua Redman - Moe Honk</p><p><strong>Best Jazz Vocal Album</strong><br>Thana Alexa - Ona<br>Kurt Elling featuring Danilo Pérez - Secrets Are the Best Stories<br>Carmen Lundy - Modern Ancestors<br>Somi with Frankfurt Radio Big Band - Holy Room: Live at the Alte Oper<br>Kenny Washington - What's the Hurry</p><p><strong>Best Jazz Instrumental Album</strong><br>Ambrose Akinmusire - On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment<br>Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science - Waiting Game<br>Gerald Clayton - Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard<br>Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade - Trilogy 2<br>Redman Mehldau McBride Blade - Roundagain</p><p><strong>Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album</strong><br>Gregg August - Dialogues on Race<br>John Beasley - Monk'estra Plays John Beasley<br>Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band - The Intangible Between<br>John Hollenbeck with Theo Bleckmann, Kate McGarry, Gary Versace, and the Frankfurt Radio Big Band - Songs You Like a Lot<br>Maria Schneider Orchestra - Data Lords</p><p><strong>Best Latin Jazz Album</strong><br>Afro-Peruvian Jazz Orchestra - Tradiciones<br>Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra - Four Questions<br>Chico Pinhero - City of Dreams<br>Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aimée Nuviola - Viento y Tiempo - Live at Blue Note Tokyo<br>Poncho Sanchez - Trane's Delight</p><p><strong>Best Latin Pop or Urban Album</strong><br>Bad Bunny - YHLQMDLG<br>Camilo - Por Primera Vez<br>Kany Garcia - Mesa Para Dos<br>Ricky Martin - Pausa<br>Deb Nova - 3:33</p><p><strong>Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album</strong><br>Bajofondo - Aura<br>Cami - Monstruo<br>Culturo Profética - Sobrevolando<br>Rito Paez - La Conquesta del Espacio<br>Lido Pimienta - Miss Colombia</p><p><strong>Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)</strong><br>Alejandro Fernández - Hecho en México<br>Lupita Infante - La Serenata<br>Natalia Lafourcade - Un Canto por México, Vol. 1<br>Mariachi Sol de Mexico de Jose Hernandez - Bailando Sones Huapangos con Mariachi Sol de Mexico de Jose Hernandez<br>Christian Nodal - Ayayay!</p><p><strong>Best Tropical Latin Album<br></strong>José Alberto "El Ruiseñor" - Mi Tumbao<br>Edwin Bonilla - Infinito<br>Jorge Celedon & Sergio Luis - Sigo Cantado al Amor (Deluxe)<br>Grupo Niche - 40<br>Victor Manuelle - Memorias de Navidad</p><p><strong>Best American Roots Performance</strong><br>Black Pumas - Colors<br>Bonny Light Horseman - Deep in Love<br>Brittany Howard - Short and Sweet<br>Norah Jones & Mavis Staples - I'll Be Gone<br>I Remember Everything - John Prine</p><p><strong>Best Americana Album</strong><br>Courtney Marie Andrews - Old Flowers<br>Hiss golden Messenger - Terms of Surrender<br>Sarah Jarosz - World on the Ground<br>Marcus King - El Dorado<br>Lucinda Williams - Good Souls Better Angels</p><p><strong>Best Bluegrass Album</strong><br>Danny Barnes - Man on Fire<br>Thomm Jutz - To Live in Two Worlds Vol. 1<br>Steep Canyon Rangers - North Carolina Songbook<br>Billy Strings - Home<br>Various Artists - The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project , Vol. 1</p><p><strong>Best Traditional Blues Album</strong><br>Frank Bey - All My Dues Are Paid<br>Don Bryant - You Make Me Feel<br>Robert Cray Band - That's What I Heard<br>Jimmy "Duck" Holmes - Cypress Grove<br>Bobby Rush - Rawer Than Raw</p><p><strong>Best Contemporary Blues Album</strong><br>Fantastic Negrito - Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?<br>Ruthie Foster Big Band - Live At the Paramount<br>G. Love - The Juice<br>Bettye LaVette - Blackbirds<br>North Mississippi Allstars - Up And Rolling</p><p><strong>Best Folk Album</strong><br>Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman<br>Leonard Cohen - Thanks for the Dance<br>Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter<br>The Secret Sisters - Saturn Return<br>Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - All the Good Times\</p><p><strong>Best Regional Roots Music Album</strong><br>Black Lodge Singers - My Relatives "Nikso Kowaiks"<br>Cameron Dupuy and the Cajun Troubadours - Cameron Dupuy and the Cajun Troubadours<br>Nā Wai Ehā - Lovely Sunrise<br>New Orleans Nightcrawlers - Atmosphere<br>Sweet Cecilia - A Tribute to Al Berard</p><p><strong>Best Children's Music Album</strong><br>Joanie Leeds - All the Ladies<br>Alastair Moock and Friends - Be a Pain: An Album for Young (and Old) Leaders<br>Dog on Fleas - I'm an Optimist<br>The Okee Dokee Brothers - Songs for Singin'<br>Justin Roberts - Wild Life</p><p><strong>Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)</strong><br>Flea - Acid For The Children: A Memoir<br>Ken Jennings - Alex Trebek – The Answer Is…<br>Rachel Maddow - Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth<br>Ronan Farrow - Catch And Kill<br>Meryl Streep (& Full Cast) - Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)</p><p><strong>Best Comedy Album</strong><br>Tiffany Haddish - Black Mitzvah<br>Patton Oswalt - I Love Everything<br>Jim Gaffigan - The Pale Tourist<br>Bill Burr - Paper Tiger<br>Jerry Seinfeld - 23 Hours to Kill</p><p><strong>Best Musical Theater Album</strong><br>Amélie<br>American Utopia on Broadway<br>Jagged Little Pill<br>Little Shop of Horrors<br>The Prince of Egypt<br>Soft Power</p><p><strong>Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media</strong><br>A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood<br>Bill & Ted Face the Music<br>Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga<br>Frozen 2<br>Jojo Rabbit</p><p><strong>Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media</strong><br>Max Richter - Ad Astra<br>Kamasi Washington - Becoming<br>Hildur Guðnadóttir - Joker<br>Thomas Newman - 1917<br>John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker</p><p><strong>Best Song Written for Visual Media</strong><br>Taylor Swift - Beautiful Ghosts<br>Brandi Carlile - Carried Me With You<br>Idina Menzel & Aurora - Into the Unknown<br>Billie Eilish - No time to Die<br>Cynthia Ervio - Stand Up</p><p><strong>Best Instrumental Composition</strong><br>Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra - Baby Jack<br>Christian Snads - Be Water II<br>Alexandre Desplat - Plumfield<br>Maria Schneider - Sputnik</p><p><strong>Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella</strong><br>Hildur Gusnadóttir - Bathroom Dance<br>John Beasley - Donna Lee<br>Remyle Boef- Honeymooners<br>Alvin Chea & Jarrett Johnson - Lift Every Voice and Sing<br>Jeremy Levy - Uranus: The Magician</p><p><strong>Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals</strong><br>John Beasley & Maria Mendes - Asas Fechadas<br>Jacob Collier - He Won't Hold You<br>Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnkaye Kencridk & Amanda Taylor - Desert Song<br>Alan Broadbent & Pat Metheny - From This Place<br>Talia Billig, Nic Hard & Becca Stevens - Slow Burn</p><p><strong>Best Recording Package</strong><br>Coldplay - Everyday Life<br>Lil Wayne - Funeral<br>Grouplove - Healer<br>Caspian - On Circles<br>Desert Sessions - Vols. 11 & 12</p><p><strong>Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package</strong><br>Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie (Collector's Edition)<br>Grateful Dead - Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991<br>Depeche Mode - Mode<br>Wilco - Ode to Joy<br>Various Artists - The Story of Ghostly International\</p><p><strong>Best Album Notes</strong><br>Various Artists - At the Minstrel Show: Minstrel Routines from the Studio 1894-1926<br>Various Artists - The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital of the West, 1940-1974<br>The Replacements - Dead Man's Pop<br>Various Artists - The Missing Link: How Gus Haenschen Got Us from Joplin to Jazz and Shaped the Music Business<br>Nat Shusloff - Out of a Clear Blue Sky</p><p><strong>Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical</strong><strong><br></strong>Devon Gifillian - Black Hole Rainbow<br>Katie Pruitt - Expectations<br>Beck - Hyperspace<br>Brittany Howard - Jaime<br>Sierra Hull - 25 Trips</p><p><strong>Producer of the Year, Non-Classical</strong><br>Jack Antonoff<br>Dan Auerbach<br>Dave Cobb<br>Flying Lotus<br>Andrew Watt</p><p><strong>Best Remixed Recording</strong><br>Phil Good - Do You Ever (Rac Mix)<br>Deadmau5 - Imaginary Friends (Morgan Page Remix)<br>Jasper Street Co. - Praying for You (Louie Vega Main Mix)<br>Saint Jhn - Roses (Imanbek Remix)<br>Bazzi - Young & Alive (Bazzi vs. Haywire Remix)</p><p><strong>Producer of the Year, Classical</strong><br>Blanton Asplaugh<br>David Frost<br>Jesse Lewis<br>Dmitriy Lipay<br>Elaine Martone</p><p><strong>Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance</strong><br>Pacifica Quartet - Contemporary Voices<br>Brooklyn Rider - Healing Modes<br>Ted hearne, Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Ayanna Woods & Place Orchestra: Hearne, T: Place<br>Devonté Hynes & Third Coast Percussion - Hynes: Fields<br>Dover Quartet - The Schumann Quartets\</p><p><strong>Best Classical Instrumental Solo</strong><br>Kirill Gerstein - Adès: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra<br>Igor Levit - Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas<br>Augustin Hadelich - Bohemian Tales<br>Daniil Trifonov - Destination Rachmaninov - Arrival<br>Richard O'Neill - Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra</p><p><strong>Best Classical Solo Vocal Album</strong><br>Stephen Powell - American Composers at Play - William Bolcom, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lori Laitman, John Musto<br>Nicholas Phan - Clairières - Songs by Lili & Nadia Boulanger<br>Cecilia Bartoli - Farinelli<br>Brian Giebler - A Lad's Love<br>Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton - Smyth: The Prison</p><p><strong>Best Classical Compendium</strong><br>Mark Stone & Christianne Stotijn - Adès Conducts Adès<br>Clément Mao-Takacs - Saariaho: Graal Théâtre; Circle Map; Nieges; Vers Toi Qui Es Si Loin<br>José Serebrier - Serebrier: Symphonic Bach Variations; Laments and Hallelujahs; Flute Concerto<br>Isabel Leonard - Thomas, M.T.: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke<br>Matt Haimovitz - Woolf, L.P.: Fire and Flood\</p><p><strong>Best Contemporary Classical Composition</strong><br>Thomas Adès - Adès: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra<br>Richard Danielpour - Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua<br>Carlisle Floyd - Floyd, C.: Prince of Players<br>Ted Hearne - Hearne, T.: Place<br>Christopher Rouse - Rouse: Symphony No. 5</p><p><strong>Best Music Film</strong><br>Beastie Boys - Beastie Boys Story<br>Beyoncé - Black Is King<br>Freestyle Love Supreme - We Are Freestyle Love Supreme<br>Linda Ronstadt - Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice<br>ZZ Top -That Little Ol' Band From Texas</p>
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