Tems, other 2023 Grammy Awards winners (Full list)

The 2023 Grammy award held on Sunday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, U.S. The 65th annual Grammy awards, acclaimed to be the world’s most prestigious music honours, saw major wins for Adele and Beyoncé, Harry Styles and Kendrick Lamar. Beyonce became the biggest winner in history, after receiving her 32nd trophy at the ceremony Harry Styles won the album of the year for “Harry’s House.” Other award winners were: Samara Joy (best new artist), Lizzo (record of the year) and Bonnie Raitt (song of the year). Nigeria’s Tems, real name, Temilade Openiyi, 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. Tems is the first female Nigerian artiste to win a Grammy award. However, Burna boy lost two awards at the ceremony. South Africa’s Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode defeated the Nigerian singer’s ‘Last Last’ to claim the award for the Best Global Music performance. Burnaboy’s album, “Love Damini” also lost the best Global Music Album award to Japan’s Masa Takumi. Here is the full list of the winners:

• Album of the year

ABBA – Voyage Adele – 30 Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti Beyoncé – Renaissance Brandi Carlile – In These Silent Days Coldplay – Music of the Spheres Harry Styles – Harry’s House – WINNER Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers Lizzo – Special Mary J Blige – Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe)  

• Best new artist

Anitta Domi & JD Beck Latto Måneskin Molly Tuttle Muni Long Omar Apollo Samara Joy – WINNER Tobe Nwigwe Wet Leg  

• Record of the year

ABBA – Don’t Shut Me Down Adele – Easy on Me Beyoncé – Break My Soul Brandi Carlile Featuring Lucius – You and Me on the Rock Doja Cat – Woman Harry Styles – As It Was Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5 Lizzo – About Damn Time – WINNER Mary J Blige – Good Morning Gorgeous Steve Lacy – Bad Habit  

• Song of the year

Adele – Easy on Me Beyoncé – Break My Soul Bonnie Raitt – Just Like That – WINNER DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy – God Did Gayle – ABCDEFU Harry Styles – As It Was Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5 Lizzo – About Damn Time Steve Lacy – Bad Habit Taylor Swift – All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (The Short Film)  

• Best pop solo performance

Adele – Easy on Me – WINNER Bad Bunny – Moscow Mule Doja Cat – Woman Harry Styles – As It Was Lizzo – About Damn Time Steve Lacy – Bad Habit  

• Best dance/electronic album

Beyoncé – Renaissance – WINNER Bonobo – Fragments Diplo – Diplo Odesza – The Last Goodbye Rufus Du Sol – Surrender  

• Best rap album

DJ Khaled – God Did Future – I Never Liked You Jack Harlow – Come Home the Kids Miss You Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers – WINNER Pusha T – It’s Almost Dry  

• Best musica urbana album

Rauw Alejandro – Trap Cake, Vol. 2 Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti – WINNER Daddy Yankee – Legendaddy Farruko – La 167 Maluma – The Love & Sex Tape  

• Best pop duo/group performance

Abba – Don’t Shut Me Down Camilla Cabello and Ed Sheeran – Bam Bam Coldplay and BTS – My Universe Post Malone and Doja Cat – I Like You (A Happier Song) Sam Smith and Kim Petras – Unholy – WINNER  

• Best country album

Luke Combs – Growin’ Up Miranda Lambert – Palomino Ashley McBryde – Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville Maren Morris – Humble Quest Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time – WINNER  

• Best R&B song

Beyoncé – Cuff It – WINNER Mary J Blige – Good Morning Gorgeous Muni Long – Hrs & Hrs Jazmine Sullivan – Hurt Me So Good PJ Morton – Please Don’t Walk Away  

• Best pop vocal album

Abba – Voyage Adele – 30 Coldplay – Music of the Spheres Lizzo – Special Harry Styles – Harry’s House – WINNER  

• Best dance/electronic recording

Beyoncé – Break My Soul – WINNER Bonobo – Rosewood David Guetta & Bebe Rexha – I’m Good (Blue) Diplo & Miguel – Don’t Forget My Love Kaytranada Featuring Her – Intimidated Rüfüs Du Sol – On My Knees  

• Best global music performance

Arooj Aftab & Anoushka Shankar – Udhero Na Burna Boy – Last Last Matt B & Eddy Kenzo – Gimme Love Rocky Dawuni Featuring Blvk H3ro – Neva Bow Down Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode – Bayethe – WINNER  

• Best country solo performance

Kelsea Ballerini – Heartfirst Maren Morris – Circles Around This Town Miranda Lambert – In His Arms Willie Nelson – Live Forever – WINNER Zach Bryan – Something in the Orange  

• Best R&B performance

Beyoncé – Virgo’s Groove Jazmine Sullivan – Hurt Me So Good Lucky Daye – Over Mary J. Blige Featuring Anderson Paak – Here With Me Muni Long – Hrs & Hrs – WINNER  

• Best melodic rap performance

“WAIT FOR U” — Future Featuring Drake & Tems | WINNER “BEAUTIFUL” — DJ Khaled Featuring Future & SZA “First Class” — Jack Harlow “Die Hard” — Kendrick Lamar Featuring Blxst & Amanda Reifer “Big Energy (Live)” — Latto  

• Best rap performance

DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy – God Did Doja Cat – Vegas Gunna & Future Featuring Young Thug – Pushin P Hitkidd & Glorilla – FNF (Let’s Go) Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5 – WINNER  

• Best metal performance

Ghost – Call Me Little Sunshine Megadeth – We’ll Be Back Muse – Kill or Be Killed Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi – Degradation Rules – WINNER Turnstile – Blackout  

• Best rock performance

Beck – Old Man The Black Keys – Wild Child Brandi Carlile – Broken Horses – WINNER Bryan Adams – So Happy It Hurts Idles – Crawl! Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck – Patient Number 9 Turnstile – Holiday  

• Best rock album

The Black Keys – Dropout Boogie Elvis Costello & the Imposters – The Boy Named If Idles – Crawler Machine Gun Kelly – Mainstream Sellout Ozzy Osbourne – Patient Number 9 – WINNER Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa  

• Best alternative music album

Arcade Fire – WE Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You Björk – Fossora Wet Leg – Wet Leg – WINNER Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down  

• Best traditional R&B performance

Snoh Aalegra – Do 4 Love Babyface featuring Ella Mai – Keeps on Fallin’ Beyoncé – Plastic Off the Sofa – WINNER Adam Blackstone featuring Jazmine Sullivan – ‘Round Midnight Mary J Blige – Good Morning Gorgeous  

• Best progressive R&B album

Cory Henry – Operation Funk Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights – WINNER Terrace Martin – Drones Moonchild – Starfruit Tank and the Bangas – Red Balloon  

• Best R&B album

Mary J Blige – Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe) Chris Brown – Breezy (Deluxe) Robert Glasper – Black Radio III – WINNER Lucky Daye – Candydrip PJ Morton – Watch the Sun  

• Best rap song

Jack Harlow featuring Drake – Churchill Downs DJ Khaled featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy – God Did Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5 – WINNER Gunna & Future Featuring Young Thug – Pushin P Future Featuring Drake & Tems – Wait for U  

• Best comedy album

Dave Chappelle – The Closer – WINNER Jim Gaffigan – Comedy Monster Randy Rainbow – A Little Brains, A Little Talent Louis CK – Sorry Patton Oswalt – We All Scream  

• Best folk album

Judy Collins – Spellbound Madison Cunningham – Revealer – WINNER Janis Ian – The Light At The End Of The Line Aoife O’Donovan – Age of Apathy Punch Brothers – Hell on Church Street  

• Best country song

Maren Morris – Circles Around This Town Luke Combs – Doin’ This Taylor Swift – I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) Miranda Lambert – If I Was a Cowboy Willie Nelson – I’ll Love You Till The Day I Die Cody Johnson – ‘Til You Can’t – WINNER