Legendary Award Show Grammys Add Three New Categories, Including Best African Music Performance & Best Pop Dance Recording.
“The Recording Academy has added three new categories to the Grammy Awards, including best African music performance, best pop dance recording and best alternative jazz album.
The changes were voted on and passed at the academy’s Board of Trustees meeting last month. The 66th Grammys, which now has 94 categories, will air live in early 2024.
The addition of the best African music performance category reflects how African acts such as Burna Boy, Wizkid and Tems — along with the rise of the Afrobeats genre — have become global chart-topping stars and streaming juggernauts. The new category “recognizes recordings that utilize unique local expressions from across the African continent,” including subgenres like Afrobeats, Afro-fusion, Afro pop, Bongo Flava, Ethio jazz, Kizomba, High Life, Fuji, Ndombolo, Mapouka, Ghanaian drill, Afro-house and South African hip-hop.” – www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/grammys-add-new-categories-best-african-music-performance-pop-dance-recording-1235513523/
