2026 Grammy Predictions, New Music Friday Reviews

On this week’s episode of Afrobeats Weekly, Tunde and his co-host, Showontstop make some predictions for the 2026 Grammy Awards. They review songs from New Music Friday. OUTLINE 00:00 - Introduction 02:14 - Catch up 09:07 - Grammy Predictions Best African Music Performance "Love" – Burna Boy "With You" – Davido ft. Omah Lay "Gimme Dat" – Ayra Starr ft. Wizkid "Push 2 Start" – Tyla (South Africa) "Hope & Love" – Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin (Uganda)

Best Global Music Album Sounds Of Kumbha — Siddhant Bhatia

No Sign of Weakness — Burna Boy

Éclairer le monde – Light the World — Youssou N’Dour

Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live) — Shakti

Chapter III: We Return to Light — Anoushka Shankar featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar

Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo — Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia

15:40 - New Songs

• Angels by Lekka Beats, Omah LA, Odumodu • Badmington by Ckay • Birthday by Fredro, Burna, Steel Banglez • Super by Cupid SZN • What You Need (Colors) by Tems • Nobody by Reekado Banks and Libianca • Oyakilomhe by PrettyBoy DO • Second Hand by Don Toliver and Rema • It’s all Ovah by Kemuel

39:00 - The charts