SA trio wins Grammy for Best Global Music Performance

The three were named the winners of the Best Global Music Performance category for their collaboration on the song ‘Bayethe’.

This is the second Grammy for Kellerman after his win at the 57th awards for his 2014 album Winds of Samsara, a collaboration with Indian composer and producer Ricky Kej.

Zikode, 38, is best known for the monster hit ‘Jerusalema’ produced by Master KG, which sparked a global dance craze in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, while Bantwini is a renowned singer, record producer and businessman.

It was also a good night for Tems who scooped her first Grammy in the Best Melodic Rap Performance category for her appearance on Future’s ‘Wait for U’ featuring Drake. The Nigerian singer had also received nominations for Best Rap Song and Album of the Year – the latter for her contribution on Beyoncé’s Renaissance album.

At the same time, previous winners Burna Boy and Angélique Kidjo failed to secure a victory in the Best World Music Album category. The award went to 44-year-old Japanese musician Masa Takumi for Sakura, his fifth full-length solo album released last September. A win for Kidjo would have been a record sixth for an African artist.

This year’s Album of the Year went to British singer Harry Style for Harry's House, while Beyoncé became the biggest winner in Grammy history after collecting her 32nd trophy. See the complete winners here.

Best Global Music Performance

• ‘Bayethe’ – Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode
• ‘Udhero Na ’ – Arooj Aftab and Anoushka Shankar
• ‘Gimme Love’ – Matt B and Eddy Kenzo
• ‘Last Last’ – Burna Boy
• ‘Neva Bow Down’ – Rocky Dawuni ft. Blvk H3ro

Best Global Music Album

• Sakura – Masa Takumi
• Shuruaat – Berklee Indian Ensemble
• Love, Damini – Burna Boy
• Queen of Sheba – Angélique Kidjo and Ibrahim Maalouf
• Between Us … (Live) – Anoushka Shankar, Metropole Orkest and Jules Buckley ft. Manu Delago

Best Melodic Rap Performance

• ‘Wait For U’ – Future ft. Drake and Tems
• ‘Beautiful’ – DJ Khaled ft. Future and SZA
• ‘First Class’ – Jack Harlow
• ‘Die Hard’ – Kendrick Lamar ft. Blxst and Amanda Reifer
• ‘Big Energy’ (Live) – Latto

Best Rap Song

• ‘The Heart Part 5’ – Kendrick Lamar
• ‘Churchill Downs’ – Jack Harlow ft. Drake
• God Did – DJ Khaled ft. Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend and Fridayy
• ‘Pushin P’ – Gunna & Future ft. Young Thug
• ‘Wait For U’ – Future ft. Drake and Tems

Album of the Year

• Harry's House – Harry Styles
• Voyage – ABBA
• 30 – Adele
• Un Verano Sin Ti – Bad Bunny
• Renaissance – Beyoncé ft. Beam, Grace Jones, Tems and others.
• Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe) – Mary J. Blige
• In These Silent Days – Brandi Carlile
• Music of the Spheres – Coldplay
• Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar
• Special – Lizzo