Davido poor outing at the just concluded Grammy despite getting three nominations set the internet abuzz. TBN reported that he lost the three awards with the most heartbreaking being the Best African Music Performance award.
The singer lost the award to 22-year-old South African singer Tyla. Days after the event, he shared his father’s response to his Grammy loss in his interview with Rolling Stone. According to him, he is ecstatic that he was nominated for the 66th Grammy Awards.
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As common knowledge, Davido was nominated 3 times for Best African Music Performance—Unavailable, Global Music Performance—Feel, and Global Music Album—Timeless. Unfortunately, that he lost all three categories at the 66th Record Academy Awards, held at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, is no longer news.
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Talking to Rolling Stone, the Grammy nominee stated that despite the loss his father told him that he remains a legend. He noted, “Being nominated alone is enough to make me proud of myself. I just want my song to be heard on the radio once or twice in the beginning, but for it to transcend to this is just amazing and God’s doing.”
“I was on the phone with my dad yesterday and he was like ‘Son no matter what happens, you are still a legend’. So yeah, he is a big fan.” Reacting to his loss, Davido vows to keep putting out hits. He also congratulated Tyla on her win.