Nigerian music stars Davido, Tems and Ayra Starr are targeting multiple categories at the 2027 Grammy Awards, with reported submissions spanning album, song, performance, engineering and visual categories.
Ayra Starr has submitted “Starrgirl” for Album of the Year, Best Global Music Album, Best Engineered Album and Best Album Cover. “Heaven Baby” with Zayn targets Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. “Who’s Dat Girl” with Rema is entered for Best Global Music Performance, while “Ms. Paper” with Theodora, “Aye Kan (Are You Coming Back?)” with Angélique Kidjo, “Le Show” with Davido and French Montana, and “Show Me” with Latto target Best African Music Performance. “Tornado” is submitted for Best Music Video, while “Wo Man – Edit” with Peggy Gou targets Best Dance Pop Recording.
Tems has submitted “Love Is A Kingdom” for Album of the Year, Best Global Music Album, Best Album Cover and Best Engineered Album. “What You Need” targets R&B categories, “Raindance” featuring Dave is entered for Best African Music Performance, and “Bunce Road Blues” featuring J. Cole and Future targets Best Melodic Rap Performance.
Davido’s reported submissions include “Oriade” for Album of the Year, Best Global Music Album, Best Engineered Album and Best Album Cover. “B4 B4” with Mayorkun and FOLA targets Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best African Music Performance. “Nakupenda” with TxC, Zlatan, Shoday, Scotts Maphuma and Al Xapo is entered for Song of the Year and Best African Music Performance. “Le Show” targets Best African Music Performance, while “I Know Who I Be” with JAZZWRLD and GL_Ceejay targets Best Music Video.
These are reported submissions, not official nominations. The Recording Academy’s voting process will determine which entries advance to the final nominations.
