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Nigerian singer, songwriter and record executive, Oluwatosin Ajibade, popularly known by his stage name Mr. Eazi has made history as the first Nigerian artiste to win a Latin Grammy Awards.
Mr. Eazi received nominations in four categories at the 21st edition of the annual Latin Grammy Awards. The nominations and win are for his contribution to the albums of J Balvin and Bad Bunny.
The 31-year-old was a featured artiste on the song Arcoiris off ‘Colores – J Balvin’, which won the Best Urban Album category and also on ‘Oasis – J Balvin x Bad Bunny’ album in the same category.
His contributions to both Oasis and Colores were widely commended for its genre-bending sound and innovative approach to Latin music, reports People Gazette. The reports says the feature tracks COMO UN BEBE and Acoiris has gathered over 198 million streams and 54 million streams respectively on Spotify alone and helped bring a fresh perspective to projects.
Mr. Eazi has now officially received the certificates for: featured artiste on ‘Oasis’ by J Balvin/Bad Bunny for ‘Album of the Year’ 2020; Featured artiste on ‘Oasis’ by J Balvin/Bad Bunny for ‘Best Urban Album’ 2020; Composer on ‘Colores’ Album of the Year 2020; Featured artiste on ‘Colores’ by J Balvin ‘Best Urban Album’ (Winner) 2020.
Mr. Eazi is described as the pioneer of Banku music, a fusion of sound he labels as a mixture of Ghanaian highlife and Nigerian chord progressions and patterns. He has won several other wards including 2016 Headies Next Rated, Nigeria Entertainment Awards for the ‘Most Promising Act to Watch’ and a Souncity MVP Awards for ‘Best New Artiste’.
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