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