Grammy winning Nigeria singer, Temilade Openiyi popularly known as Tems has been shortlisted to be awarded at the annual women in music event organised by Billboard.
The “women in music” honour women from different music professions in various categories. Tems will be awarded as Billboard’s Women In Music Breakthrough Artist honoree for the year.
In days preceding the award show, the singer shared the stories behind her breakthrough into music, and her collaborations with top artiste including Beyonce, Drake, Future, Rihanna amongst others.
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Delving into her music, Tems says her album is certainly coming out this year. “It is 1,000% coming out this year.” The album comes three years after the release of her groundbreaking EP “If Orange Was a Place.”
Tems rose to prominence after being featured on Wizkid’s 2020 single “Essence”, which peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart following the release of the remix version with Justin Bieber.
Tems will accept her award and perform at the Billboard Women In Music ceremony on March 7 at the YouTube Theatre in Los Angeles
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