Ghanaian Afro-Roots icon Rocky Dawuni has earned his fourth Grammy nomination, securing a spot in the Best Global Music Performance category at the 2025 Grammy Awards. This year, his nominated song “Rise” places him alongside prominent artists, including Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo & Soweto Gospel Choir with “Sunlight to My Soul,” Arooj Aftab’s “Raat Ki Rani,” Jacob Collier featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal with “A Rock Somewhere,” Masa Takumi’s “Kashira,” and Sheila E. featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar\u2019s “Bemba Color\u00e1.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rocky\u2019s Grammy journey began in December 2015 when his sixth studio album, Branches of the Same Tree<\/em>, received a nomination for Best Reggae Album. In 2022, his album Voice of Bunbon Vol. 1<\/em> was nominated in the Best Global Music Album category, underscoring his global appeal and impact on Afro-Roots music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This year’s Grammy Awards also highlight African talent in the Best African Music Performance category, with nominees Asake & Wizkid’s “MMS,” Burna Boy’s “Higher,” Chris Brown featuring Davido & Lojay with “Sensational,” Tems’ “Love Me JeJe,” and Yemi Alade’s “Tomorrow.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2025 Grammy Awards ceremony will take place on February 2, 2025, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ghanaian Afro-Roots icon Rocky Dawuni has earned his fourth Grammy nomination, securing a spot in the Best Global Music Performance category at the 2025 Grammy Awards. This year, his nominated song “Rise” places him alongside prominent artists, including Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo & Soweto Gospel Choir with “Sunlight to My Soul,” Arooj Aftab’s “Raat Ki Rani,” Jacob […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,26],"tags":[319,320,318],"class_list":["post-1066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-music","tag-grammy-awards","tag-grammy-nomination","tag-rocky-dawuni"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1068,"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066\/revisions\/1068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}