Grammy Awards 2024: Blessing Okagbare questions Kizz Daniel's nomination snub, despite having numerous hits

Blessing Okagbare and Kizz Daniel

Grammy Awards 2024: Blessing Okagbare questions Kizz Daniel's nomination snub, despite having numerous hits

Funmilayo Fameso 22:35 - 12.11.2023

Blessing Okagbare weighed her opinion on the exclusion of Kizz Daniel from the 2024 Grammy Awards nomination list, which had Burna Boy and Davido being nominated,

Nigeria's ex-track queen Blessing Okagbare is surprised that multiple hit musician Kizz Daniel has been snubbed again from the Grammy Awards nomination list for year 2024.

Okagbare tweeted in support of a statement by @drpenking on X asking what the Grammy's has against the Nigerian star hitmaker.

"Again I ask, what does the Grammy have against Kizz Daniel. Is it because he has refused to join cult?"

Grammy Awards 2024: Blessing Okagbare supports statement regarding nomination snub of Kizz Daniel
Nigeria's hitmaker Kizz Daniel

Quoting the tweet, Okagbare agreed and questioned Kizz Daniel's exclusion from the nominee list.

"I was discussing this with my Pearl the other day. Why is he not getting nominated for these awards????"

The Grammy Awards is the world's most prestigious musical award. This year, a record top Nigerian musicians were nominated, but with the exclusion of the 'Buga' singer.

His Buga song was a chart-topping single and became a hit with dance challenges on Instagram and TikTok, having prominent people including former Balon D'Or winner and now the President of Liberia, George Weah dance to it.

Aside from Buga, Kizz Daniel also has hits like 'Cough' and 'Shu Peru' released in the past year.

List of Nigerian musicians that made the Grammy Awards nomination list

Fireboy DML earned a Grammy nomination in the Album of the Year category, for his contributions to Jon Batiste’s ‘World Music Radio.'

Davido got a hat-trick of nominations for UNAVAILABLE in the Best African Performance category, FEEL in the Best Global Music Performance category, and Timeless in the Best Global Album category. 

Burna Boy for the fifth year in a row was nominated. This time in four categories: Sitting On Top Of The World in the Best Melodic, City Boys in the Best African Performance, I Told Them in the Best Global Music Album, and Alone in the Best Global Music Performance.

Burna Boy top Grammy Awards nomination list among Nigerian musicians
Burna Boy - Instagram/Burna Boy

Ckay bagged his first nomination for an appearance on Janelle Monae's album The Age Of Pleasure, nominated for Album of the Year.

Four Nigerian musicians made the list for the Best African Music Performance category. They are Asake and Olamide (Amapiano), Burna Boy (City Boy), Ayra Starr (Rush), Tyla (Water), and Davido ft. Musa Keys (Unavailable).

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