Nigerian Afrobeat maestro Femi Anikulapo Kuti has been listed among the likely recepeints at the 52nd annual Grammy awards holding on January 21, 2010.
Kuti, 47, who’s the first son of late Afrobeat creator Fela Kuti, made the list based on his 2008 album Day by Day, which was release on Wrasse records.
He is in contention with Amadou & Mariam, Bella Fleck, Oumou Sangare and Omar Sosar for the World music category.
Femi is one of the most remarkable performers from the African continent; and he has built a steady career since forming his positive force band over two decades ago.
His first Grammy nomination was in 2003 – for the critically-acclaimed album Fight to win. He lost the prize to Ruben blade from Mundo.
Nominees for the 2010 Grammy were announced yesterday, amidst performances on broadcast partners CBS Network.
Singer Beyonce leads the pack with a whopping 10 nods while Taylor Swift, who has had an interesting and eventful year, follows with eight nominations. Kanye West got six (all for his works with other artistes) while rave act Lady Gaga earned five nods.
To see the full Grammy nominations please follow this link : http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx