Nigerian artists and Afrobeats continued their collaborative global ascent in the music industry with the recently released Grammy Awards nominations list.
Eight Nigerian artists bagged nominations in different categories of the highly coveted award.
Burna Boy received nominations for “Sittin’ On Top Of The World” for Best Melodic Rap Performance, “I Told Them…” for Best Global Music Album, “Alone” for Best Global Music Performance, and “City Boys” for Best African Music Performance.
Davido bagged nominations for Best Global Album for his comeback album, “Timeless”, Best African Performance for his global hit song “Unavailable,” and Best Global Music Performance for his song “Feel.”
Olamide and Asake received their first-ever Grammy nominations for their collaboration “Amapiano” in the category of Best African Music Performance.
Ayra Starr was nominated in the Best African Music Performance category for the worldwide hit “Rush”, while FireboyDML earned a nomination in the Album of the Year category for his contributions to Jon Batiste’s “World Music Radio.”
CKay earned a Grammy nomination for his work on Janelle Monáe’s “The Age of Pleasure,” which was nominated for Album of the Year. Tems’ nomination came from her contribution to Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up.”
Nominated African acts include TrevorNoah, Musa Keys, and Tyla.
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<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>Legault also drew attention to a recent encounter he had with Trump, where border security emerged as a topic of discussion. Reflecting on his chat with the 78-year-old president-to-be, Legault explained steps his government has taken to improve surveillance.</p><p>"As for border security, Donald Trump raised this issue with me in Paris, and it is a concern that we share. On November 19, I instructed the Department of Public Safety to begin active surveillance of our territory," he added. "Since then, the SQ has been patrolling the border with the United States. We are also in contact with the RCMP, Immigration Canada and the American authorities."</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DDTAJGORosO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" data-instgrm-version="4" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);">
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</blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><p>Legault also pointed out that Trump's proposal of a 25% tariff on Canadian goods would have significant repercussions, not only for Canada but also for American consumers and businesses. </p><p>Citing the aluminum industry as an example, he explained, "Imposing 25% tariffs would hurt us, but it would also hurt American companies that need our products, not to mention the higher prices for Americans themselves."</p><p>After Wednesday afternoon's premiers meeting, Legault revealed that he and other provincial leaders intend to meet with Trump in Washington next month.<br/></p><p>"Quebec and the other Canadian provinces intend to exercise leadership in discussions with the United States. Quebec wants to be at the negotiating table and will appoint its representative in due course."</p><p>Meanwhile, Trump continues to push the concept of a U.S. takeover of the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland and share AI-generated images of him standing over Canada.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DDIaWssBLiA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" data-instgrm-version="4" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);">
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</blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><p>The inauguration of Trump as the 47th president of the United States is scheduled to take place on Monday, January 20.</p>
