Nigerian Afrobeats star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has submitted several songs and his album Oriade for consideration in multiple categories at the 2027 Grammy Awards.
The submissions were disclosed on Tuesday by the Grammy Guru through its X account, @thegrammyguru, as the Recording Academy commenced voting for the 69th edition of the awards.
Davido’s sixth studio album, Oriade, was submitted in four categories: Album of the Year, Best Global Music Album, Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical and Best Album Cover.
His hit song, “B4 B4,” featuring Mayorkun and FOLA, was entered for consideration in the Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best African Music Performance categories.
Another collaboration, “Nakupenda,” featuring TxC, Zlatan, Shoday, Scotts Maphuma and Al Xapo, was submitted for Song of the Year and Best African Music Performance.
Davido’s “Le Show,” featuring Ayra Starr and French Montana, was also entered in the Best African Music Performance category, while “I Know Who I Be,” featuring JAZZWRLD and GL_Ceejay, was submitted for Best Music Video.
The submissions come as first-round voting for the 2027 Grammys runs from October 12 to 22.
The Recording Academy is expected to announce the nominees on November 16, ahead of the awards ceremony scheduled for February 7, 2027.
Davido previously received Grammy nominations for his album Timeless and the songs “Unavailable” and “Feel” at the 66th edition of the awards in 2024.
His latest submissions add to the efforts of Nigerian artistes to gain wider recognition on the international music scene.
