{"id":39101,"date":"2021-03-15T13:38:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T13:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=39101"},"modified":"2021-03-15T12:12:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T12:12:13","slug":"wizkid-wins-first-grammy-award-alongside-beyonce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/culture-and-art\/wizkid-wins-first-grammy-award-alongside-beyonce","title":{"rendered":"Wizkid wins first Grammy award alongside Beyonce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Nigerian superstar, Wizkid has won his first Grammy award.<\/p>\n<p>Wizkid\u2019s song with Beyonc\u00e9 \u2018Brown Skin Girl\u2019 won the best music video at the ongoing 63rd Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018BROWN SKIN GIRL\u2019 by Beyonce, Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN &amp; Wizkid\u2019s took over the world in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerians took to Twitter congratulating Wizkid.<\/p>\n<p>Burnaboy was nominated to win in the category of the World Music Album for his recent album, \u2018Twice As Tall\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018African giant\u2019 was nominated alongside other entertainers like Antibalas, Bebel Gilberto, Anoushka Shankar and Tianariwen.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second time he would be receiving a nomination in this category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Nigerian superstar, Wizkid has won his first Grammy award. Wizkid\u2019s song with Beyonc\u00e9 \u2018Brown Skin Girl\u2019 won the best music video at the ongoing 63rd Grammy Awards. \u2018BROWN SKIN GIRL\u2019 by Beyonce, Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN &amp; Wizkid\u2019s took over the world in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic. 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