Yemi Alade reveals why Angelique Kidjo defeated Wizkid at the 64th Grammy

Nigerian Afropop singer, Yemi Alade has revealed how Beninese singer, Angelique Kidjo’s ‘Mother Nature’ album won Best Global Music Album at the 64th Grammy Awards ceremony.

TopNaija understands that Beninese singer-songwriter, and activist, Angelique Kidjo cleared out four Nigerian artistes; Wizkid with his Made In Lagos Deluxe album, Femi and Made Kuti with Legacy + album including Burnaboy, all nominated in the same category, Global Music Album.

Taking to the microblogging platform, Twitter, Yemi Alade who also won an award as a result of her collaboration with Angelique, revealed why Angelique’s “Mother Nature” album won Best Global Music Album.

According to Yemi, Mother Nature album deserved to win the Best Global Music Album award at the 64th Grammy Awards ceremony.

The singer made this known by retweeting a post on Twitter by @PapiWater, which explained that “Mother Nature” celebrated Africans’ uniqueness and victims of the #EndSARS protests in Nigeria and climate change.

The post read, “Angelique Kidjo dropped an album in which the headline song talked about the dangers of climate change-induced disasters (that the West is worried about) and how it will impact Africa more but you are wondering why she won a Grammy for that body of work.

“Stop playing. Please take your time to listen to the album. Listen to Africa, One of a Kind and Mother Nature. Drop your Pangolo expectations before you listen to them so you can enjoy good music”

See the tweet below…

Angelique Kidjo made #Dignity with Yemi Alade and dedicated it to Nigerians who lost their lives at the Lekki tollgate. The song is the lead single for the #MotherNature and today it has won #GRAMMYs. You all are just getting pained. She is a legend and she knows her onions. pic.twitter.com/x5v7ymXhs0

— PapiWater (@_Papiwater) April 3, 2022