Tyla beats Burna Boy, Davido, Asake to win first Grammy Award.
South African sensation, Tyla has cemented her place as one of the biggest emerging new school acts. She has now capped a record breaking period with a huge win, clinching her first Grammys with hit song, “Water”, beating Burna Boy, Asake, Olamide, Ayra Starr Davido to clinch the coveted award for the best African music performance category. At the age of 22, she is now the youngest African act to win a Grammy. Fans are over the moon about Tyla’s first award win being the Grammys and this in fact just shows her potential and how big she would become globally in the coming years.
Tyla has become the youngest African Artiste to win a Grammy at the age of 22.
She beat Burna Boy, Davido, Ayra Starr, Asake and Olamide to win the Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance for her song, Water.
She is the first award winner in the category. pic.twitter.com/63cPflQPY0
— Africa Facts Zone (@AfricaFactsZone) February 5, 2024
Megan Thee Stallion’s “Hiss” debut with 300k first week sales.
Megan Thee Stallion’s new single, “Hiss” has received a wide acclaim globally from fans. The record, which heavily criticizes some of the industry people that have spoken ill of her, has been on top of the US Apple Music and Spotify Charts. The single has now debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 100 chart, with over 300k first week. This is her first solo song to peak at number one on the US Billboard chart.
Megan Thee Stallion's "HISS" debuts with the biggest US unit sales week for any song in 2024 so far, with nearly 300K sold. pic.twitter.com/NMNxdjvo7I
— chart data (@chartdata) February 5, 2024
Jay-Z calls out Grammy Awards for Beyoncé’s album of the year snub.
Hip-Hop legend and business mogul, Jay-Z has vehemently called out the Grammy Awards for their consistent decisions of snubbing Beyoncé in the coveted album of the year category. Whilst accepting the Dr. Dre Global Impact Awards at the 66th Grammy event, he appealed to the organization to start getting it right, citing DMX’s not being nominated despite having two acclaimed albums as a major reason for boycotting the event in 1998 and Beyoncé, his wife, despite being the most honoured recipient of the award and never winning any album of the year category. This has sparked huge rumours online, with many social media users believing this to be a jab at Taylor Swift.
This is a wonderful special speech from JayZpic.twitter.com/l2xZZ7oyIt
— ※🇳🇬🇬🇧 BÁMi 🇨🇦🇺🇸※ (@BamideleAjayi84) February 5, 2024
Beyoncé and Wizkid’s “Brown Skin Girl” goes RIAA platinum in the US.
One of the biggest songs off the 2019 released Beyonce’s “Lion King: The Gift” album, “Brown Skin Girl” which features Wizkid, Saint JHN and Blue Ivy has just gone Platinum in the United States for the sale of over one million units in the region. This is Wizkid’s third song to go RIAA platinum in the United states, after his global hit, “Essence” which is eligible for 4x platinum and “Call Me Everyday” with Chris Brown.
.@Beyonce, @SAINtJHN, @wizkidayo and Blue Ivy Carter's "BROWN SKIN GIRL" has now sold over 1 million units in the US. pic.twitter.com/BpgUYb6MR2
— chart data (@chartdata) February 5, 2024
21 Savage’s “Redrum” becomes first song in 2024 to sell 500,000 units.
Recently released, 21 Savage’s third studio album, “American Dream” has been one of the highest popular albums released this year with hit songs like “Just Like Me” featuring Burna Boy and “Redrum” still charting across different billboard charts. “Redrum” has now sold 500,000 units in the United States and is now eligible for a RIAA Gold certification, becoming the first song released in 2024 to achieve this feat.
.@21savage's "redrum" has now sold over 500,000 units in the US. First 2024 song to do so. pic.twitter.com/cgTXxWGDbB
— chart data (@chartdata) February 5, 2024
