Nigerian singer David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has submitted multiple entries for consideration at the 2027 Grammy Awards.
The Grammy Guru disclosed this on its X handle, formerly Twitter, @thegrammyguru, on Tuesday.
The submissions include his album Oriade and several songs entered in categories such as Album of the Year, Best Global Music Album, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best African Music Performance.
Oriade, Davido’s sixth studio album, was submitted for Album of the Year, Best Global Music Album, Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, and Best Album Cover.
According to the report, Davido’s hit song B4 B4, featuring Mayorkun and FOLA, was entered for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best African Music Performance.
His collaboration Nakupenda, featuring TxC, Zlatan, Shoday, Scotts Maphuma and Al Xapo, was submitted for Song of the Year and Best African Music Performance.
Meanwhile, Le Show, featuring Ayra Starr and French Montana, was entered for Best African Music Performance, while I Know Who I Be, featuring JAZZWRLD and GL_Ceejay, was submitted for Best Music Video.
The submissions come as the Recording Academy begins first-round voting for the 2027 Grammy Awards, scheduled to run from October 12 to October 22.
The academy is expected to announce nominees for the 69th edition of the annual awards on November 16, while the ceremony is scheduled for February 7, 2027.
Davido previously received Grammy nominations for his album Timeless and songs Unavailable and Feel at the 66th edition of the awards in 2024.
The reported submissions highlight the continued efforts of Nigerian artistes to gain recognition on the international music stage.
