South African singer Tyla, for the second time in a row has won the Best African Music Performance award at the 68th Grammy Awards, held on Sunday night at the Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, becoming the only African artiste to claim a Grammy at the 2026 ceremony.
Tyla received the award for her song “Push 2 Start,” beating four other nominees in the category. They were Burna Boy with “Love,” Davido featuring Omah Lay with “With You,” Ayra Starr featuring Wizkid with “Gimme Dat,” and Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin with “Hope & Love.”
The win is Tyla’s second Grammy in the category. She previously won in 2024 with “Water,” when the Best African Music Performance category was introduced. She remains the only artiste to have won the category more than once.
Nigerian artistes, despite multiple nominations, including the Best African Music Performance and Best Global Music Album categories left the ceremony without a win.
In the Best Global Music Album category, Brazilian musicians Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia won with Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo, defeating Burna Boy’s album No Sign of Weakness, as well as works by Youssou N’Dour, Shakti, Anoushka Shankar, and Siddhant Bhatia.
Major Winners at the 2026 Grammys
In the top categories, Puerto Rican star Bad Bunny won Album of the Year with DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, making history as the first artiste to win the award with a Spanish-language album. He also won Best Música Urbana Album.
American rapper Kendrick Lamar emerged as one of the night’s biggest winners. His collaboration with SZA, “Luther,” won Record of the Year and Best Melodic Rap Performance, while his album GNX won Best Rap Album.
Singer-songwriter Billie Eilish won Song of the Year with “WILDFLOWER” while British singer Olivia Dean won Best New Artist.
Selected Winners and Nominees in Other Key Categories
Record of the Year
Winner: “Luther” — Kendrick Lamar with SZA
Nominees included Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, Doechii, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Chappell Roan, and ROSÉ & Bruno Mars.
Album of the Year
Winner: DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS — Bad Bunny
Nominees included Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, Justin Bieber, Tyler, The Creator, and Sabrina Carpenter.
Best Global Music Performance
Winner: “EoO” — Bad Bunny
Nominees included Angélique Kidjo, Shakti, Anoushka Shankar, Ciro Hurtado, and Yeisy Rojas.
Best Country Solo Performance
Winner: Shaboozey, a US-born artist of Nigerian heritage.
