Ciomara Otoniela Morais

SPOTLIGHT: Meet Shaboozey, Nigerian with most 2025 Grammy nominations

The 67th Annual Grammy Awards have come and gone, and one of the biggest names to emerge from this year’s nominations was Nigerian-American artiste Collins Chibueze, known as Shaboozey. With five Grammy nominations across multiple categories, Shaboozey stood out as the Nigerian artiste with the most nominations, marking a significant moment in his genre-bending music career. Shaboozey, who performed his hit song, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” at the ceremony, received five nominations for Best New Artiste, Song of the Year, Best Country Song, and Best Country Solo Performance. He was also nominated for Best Melodic Rap Performance for his feature on Beyoncé’s “Spaghetti”. He received a sixth nomination for Best Remixed Recording thanks to David Guetta’s remix of his song.