# 2026 Grammy Predictions, New Music Friday Reviews

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Podcast: [Afrobeats Weekly](https://stenobird.com/podcast/afrobeats-weekly-5434244)
Published: 2026-02-02T07:23:00+00:00
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## Resource

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

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