2023 Grammy Awards: Tems makes history with first Grammy win, Burna Boy loses twin nominations

The 2023 Grammy Awards took place on Sunday, February 5, 2023, and Nigerian international music sensation Tems won her first Grammy award for her part on Future’s hit single ‘Wait For U’ The single won the award for the Best Melodic Rap performance at the 2023 Grammy awards.

Burna Boy’s hopes of adding another Grammy plaque to his award cabinet were dashed after he lost his two nominations. He lost the Best Global Song performance for which ‘Last Last’ was nominated and Best Global Album for which ‘Love, Damini’ was nominated.

Other winners on the nomination list and categories are:
Best Country Song
Cody Johnson – ’Til You Can’t

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde – Never Wanted to Be That Girl

Best Country Solo Performance
Willie Nelson – Live Forever

Best Historical Album
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)

Best Album Notes
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
The Grateful Dead – In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81, ’82, ’83

Best Recording Package
Tamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra – Beginningless Beginning

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Natalia Lafourcade – Un Canto por México – El Musical

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Rosalía – Motomami

Best Latin Pop Album
Rubén Blades & Boca Livre – Pasieros

Best Global Music Album
Masa Takumi – Sakura

Best Global Music Performance
Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode – Bayethe

Best Reggae Album
Kabaka Pyramid – The Kalling

Best Alternative Music Album
Wet Leg – Wet Leg

Best Alternative Music Performance
Wet Leg – Chaise Longue

Best Rock Album
Ozzy Osbourne – Patient Number 9

Best Rock Song
Brandi Carlile – Broken Horses

Best Metal Performance
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi – Degradation Rule

Best Rock Performance
Brandi Carlile – Broken Horses

Best Rap Song
Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5

Best Melodic Rap Performance
Future Featuring Drake & Tems – Wait for U

Best Rap Performance
Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5

Best R&B Album
Robert Glasper – Black Radio III

Best Progressive R&B Album
Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights

Best Traditional R&B Performance
Beyoncé – Plastic Off the Sofa

Best R&B Performance
Muni Long – Hrs & Hrs

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Viola Davis – Finding Me

Best Children’s Music Album
Alphabet Rockers – The Movement

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Michael Bublé – Higher

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson & Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra – Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton & Matthew Stevens – New Standards, Vol. 1

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Samara Joy – Linger Awhile

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese – Endangered Species

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Mystic Mirror – White Sun

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Christine McVie – Songbird (Orchestral Version)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley & The SWR Big Band Featuring Martin Auer –

Best Instrumental Composition
Geoffrey Keezer – Refuge

Best Immersive Audio Album
Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej – Divine Tides

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Harry Styles – Harry’s House

Best Remixed Recording
Lizzo – About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix)

Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Beyoncé – Break My Soul

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Stephanie Economou – Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
Germaine Franco – Encanto

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Various Artists – Encanto