Popular Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, AKA Tems, has won her first Grammy at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
The singer has hit remarkable milestones in the music industry both at home and abroad.
The PUNCH highlights five times Tems made music history.
- First female Nigerian artiste to win a Grammy award as she won the ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ category on Sunday night for her role in ‘Wait for U’, the 2022 hit song by Future featuring Drake.
- First Nigerian artist to receive an Oscar nomination for her contribution to Rihanna’s ‘Lift Me Up’, a track recorded for the movie ‘Wakanda Forever’.
- First Nigerian and African female musician to win the Best International Act at the BET Awards in 2022.
- First Nigerian artist to debut No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with her feature on Future’s Wait For U in 2022.
- With the single ‘Free Mind’, Tems made history as the first female artist to debut at No.1 on the Billboard US Afrobeat song charts with no feature in 2022.
