South Africa’s Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode have won the Best Global Music Performance category at the Grammy Awards.
The trio scored a win for their hit song “Bayethe” at this year’s Grammy Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles, USA.
The three SA artists won over Nigeria’s Burna Boy, Uganda’s Eddy Kenzo, USA’s Matt B, Ghana’s Rocky Dawuni, and Pakistan’s Arooj Aftab in theBest Global Music Performance category at the Grammy Awards.
However, Eddy Kenzo and Matt B received their Grammy nomination medals.
“And the baby went to south Africa thank you for the support my people I’m forever grateful. Viva Uganda. this is just the beginning mbagala nyo,” said Kenzo in a social media post.
Catch up on all the big winners at the 2023 Grammys here.
Album of the Year
Harry Styles – Harry’s House
Best New Artist
Samara Joy
Record of the Year
Lizzo – About Damn Time
Song of the Year
Bonnie Raitt – Just Like That
Best Pop Solo Performance
Adele – Easy on Me
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Beyoncé – Renaissance
Best Rap Album
Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
Best Música Urbana Album
Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Sam Smith & Kim Petras – Unholy
Best Country Album
Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time
Best R&B Song
Beyoncé – Cuff It
Best Pop Vocal Album
Harry Styles – Harry’s House
Best Music Video
Taylor Swift – All Too Well: The Short Film
Best Music Film
Various Artists – Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
Best Rock Song
Brandi Carlile – Broken Horses
Best Alternative Music Performance
Wet Leg – Chaise Lounge
Best Alternative Music Album
Wet Leg – Wet Leg
Best Country Solo Performance
Willie Nelson – Live Forever
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde – Never Wanted to Be That Girl
Best Country Song
Cody Johnson – ’Til You Can’t
Best R&B Album
Robert Glasper – Black Radio III
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Michael Bublé – Higher
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Beyoncé – Break My Soul
Best Rock Performance
Brandi Carlile – Broken Horses
Best Metal Performance
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi – Degradation Rules
Best Rock Album
Ozzy Osbourne – Patient Number 9
Best R&B Performance
Muni Long – Hrs & Hrs
Best Rap Performance
Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Future Featuring Drake & Tems – Wait for U
Best Rap Song
Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Beyoncé – Plastic Off the Sofa
Best Progressive R&B Album
Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Mystic Mirror – White Sun
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese – Endangered Species
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Samara Joy – Linger Awhile
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton & Matthew Stevens – New Standards, Vol. 1
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson & Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra – Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album
Collective – Fandango at the Wall in New York
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin – Kingdom
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin – Fear Is Not My Future
Best Gospel Album
Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin – Kingdom Book One (Deluxe)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Maverick City Music – Breathe
Best Roots Gospel Album
Tennessee State University – The Urban Hymnal
Best Latin Pop Album
Rubén Blades & Boca Livre – Pasieros
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Rosalía – Motomami
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Natalia Lafourcade – Un Canto por México – El Musical
Best Tropical Latin Album
Marc Anthony – Pa’lla Voy
Best American Roots Performance
Aaron Neville & The Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Stompin’ Ground
Best Americana Performance
Bonnie Raitt – Made Up Mind
Best American Roots Song
Bonnie Raitt – Just Like That
Best Americana Album
Brandi Carlile – In These Silent Days
Best Bluegrass Album
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – Crooked Tree
Best Traditional Blues Album
Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder – Get on Board
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Edgar Winter – Brother Johnny
Best Folk Album
Madison Cunningham – Revealer
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Ranky Tanky – Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Best Reggae Album
Kabaka Pyramid – The Kalling
Best Global Music Performance
Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode – Bayethe
Best Global Music Album
Masa Takumi – Sakura
Best Children’s Music Album
Alphabet Rockers – The Movement
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Viola Davis – Finding Me
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
J. Ivy – The Poet Who Sat by the Door
Best Comedy Album
Dave Chappelle – The Closer
Best Musical Theater Album
‘Into the Woods’ 2022 Broadway Cast – Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording)
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Various Artists – Encanto
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
Germaine Franco – Encanto
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Stephanie Economou – Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Carolina Gaitán – La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto – Cast – We Don’t Talk About Bruno
Best Instrumental Composition
Geoffrey Keezer – Refuge
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Snarky Puppy – Empire Central
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley & The SWR Big Band Featuring Martin Auer – Scrapple From the Apple
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Christine McVie – Songbird (Orchestral Version)
Best Recording Package
Tamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra – Beginningless Beginning
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
The Grateful Dead – In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81, ’82, ’83
Best Album Notes
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
Best Historical Album
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Harry Styles – Harry’s House
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Jack Antonoff
Best Remixed Recording
Lizzo – About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix)
Best Immersive Audio Album
Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej – Divine Tides
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Edwin Outwater & Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Mason Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra
Producer of the Year, Classical
Judith Sherman
Best Orchestral Performance
New York Youth Symphony – Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman
Best Opera Recording
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Best Choral Performance
The Crossing – Born
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Attacca Quartet – Caroline Shaw: Evergreen
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Time for Three, The Philadelphia Orchestra & Xian Zhang – Letters for the Future
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
WINNER: Renée Fleming & Yannick Nézet-Séguin – Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene
Best Classical Compendium
Kitt Wakeley – An Adoption Story
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Time for Three, The Philadelphia Orchestra & Xian Zhang – Puts: Contact