"Grammy Awards Expand with New Categories, Including Best African Music Performance"
The Grammy Awards will introduce a new category, Best African Music Performance, to recognize recordings that utilize unique local expressions from across the African continent. The move reflects the massive popularity of Afrobeats around the world, which has gained a foothold in Western pop culture in recent years. Afrobeats artists have crossed over into mainstream pop through collaborations with Beyoncé, Drake, Ed Sheeran, and other stars, and have achieved mainstream success on their own. The Recording Academy's decision to add the new category reflects its commitment to diversity and accurately representing a wide range of relevant musical genres.
