{"id":2456,"date":"2017-12-12T10:17:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T09:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ng\/?p=2456"},"modified":"2017-12-12T10:17:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T09:17:30","slug":"nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Singer, Timaya, Receives Grammy Nomination"},"content":{"rendered":"

Could Timaya be the one to ‘bring home grammy?’<\/h3>\n

Nigeria’s dancehall singer, Timaya has received a Grammy Award nomination.<\/p>\n

Timaya is nominated for featuring alongside Stonebwoy, Chubb Rock, Stylo G, Bunji Garlin, Dre Zion & Jaheil on Jamaican group Morgan Heritage\u2019s new album titled Avrekedabra. This Nomination is for the best reggae album category.<\/p>\n

To compete in the same category is, Chronology by Chronixx, Lost In Paradise by Common Kings, Wash House Ting by J Boog and Stony Hill by Damian \u201cJr. Gong\u201d Marley.<\/p>\n

\"Timaya\"<\/a>\"Timaya\"<\/a><\/p>\n

If he wins the award, Timaya will be the first Nigerian to win a grammy award. In 2016,\u00a0Wizkid and Kah-Lo were nominated for a Grammy but neither of them clinched the award.<\/p>\n

The only other Nigerian nominated for the 2018 Grammy Awards is Nigerian American producer, Tunji Ige.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Could Timaya be the one to ‘bring home grammy?’ Nigeria’s dancehall singer, Timaya has received a Grammy Award nomination. Timaya is nominated for featuring alongside Stonebwoy, Chubb Rock, Stylo G, Bunji Garlin, Dre Zion & Jaheil on Jamaican group Morgan Heritage\u2019s new album titled Avrekedabra. This Nomination is for the best reggae album category. To […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6035,"featured_media":2464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4993,1174],"class_list":["post-2456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-grammy-awards","tag-timaya"],"yoast_head":"\nNigerian Singer, Timaya, Receives Grammy Nomination<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Timaya is nominated for featuring alongside Stonebwoy, Chubb Rock, Stylo G, Bunji Garlin, Dre Zion & Jaheil on Jamaican group Morgan Heritage\u2019s...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigerian Singer, Timaya, Receives Grammy Nomination\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Timaya is nominated for featuring alongside Stonebwoy, Chubb Rock, Stylo G, Bunji Garlin, Dre Zion & Jaheil on Jamaican group Morgan Heritage\u2019s...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghafla! Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/omaku.jossy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-12T09:17:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/12\/Timaya-e.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1241\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Omaku Josephine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@JhojhoAnaneyi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Omaku Josephine\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Omaku Josephine\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#\/schema\/person\/6241e2d1a3159060ce4a0a973fe6449d\"},\"headline\":\"Nigerian Singer, Timaya, Receives Grammy Nomination\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-12T09:17:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/\"},\"wordCount\":139,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/12\/Timaya-e.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Grammy Awards\",\"Timaya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Entertainment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2017\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/\",\"name\":\"Nigerian Singer, Timaya, Receives Grammy Nomination\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/12\/Timaya-e.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-12T09:17:30+00:00\",\"description\":\"Timaya is nominated for featuring alongside Stonebwoy, Chubb Rock, Stylo G, Bunji Garlin, Dre Zion & Jaheil on Jamaican group Morgan Heritage\u2019s...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/12\/Timaya-e.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/12\/Timaya-e.jpg\",\"width\":1241,\"height\":700,\"caption\":\"Timaya\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nigerian Singer, Timaya, Receives Grammy Nomination\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/\",\"name\":\"Ghafla! Nigeria\",\"description\":\"Get The Latest Nigeria Entertainment News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ghafla! Nigeria\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/cropped-cropped-screenshot.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/cropped-cropped-screenshot.png\",\"width\":187,\"height\":60,\"caption\":\"Ghafla! Nigeria\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#\/schema\/person\/6241e2d1a3159060ce4a0a973fe6449d\",\"name\":\"Omaku Josephine\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc113e6883ea3f2ca3c28e32c10eb1f92d300ceab8191caba7a5cb9aa6deed78?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc113e6883ea3f2ca3c28e32c10eb1f92d300ceab8191caba7a5cb9aa6deed78?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Omaku Josephine\"},\"description\":\"Omaku Josephine Ananeyi is a Journalist with keen interest in social reformation, a spontaneous writer, an impulsive reader, and a talker. She currently writes for Ghafla Nigeria. Catch me on Facebook @Omaku JhoJho Ananeyi and on Instagram @Jho_Ananeyi\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/omaku.jossy\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Jho_Ananeyi\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/josephine-omaku-705323143\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/JhojhoAnaneyi\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/author\/josephineananeyi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nigerian Singer, Timaya, Receives Grammy Nomination","description":"Timaya is nominated for featuring alongside Stonebwoy, Chubb Rock, Stylo G, Bunji Garlin, Dre Zion & Jaheil on Jamaican group Morgan Heritage\u2019s...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nigerian Singer, Timaya, Receives Grammy Nomination","og_description":"Timaya is nominated for featuring alongside Stonebwoy, Chubb Rock, Stylo G, Bunji Garlin, Dre Zion & Jaheil on Jamaican group Morgan Heritage\u2019s...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/","og_site_name":"Ghafla! Nigeria","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/omaku.jossy","article_published_time":"2017-12-12T09:17:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1241,"height":700,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/12\/Timaya-e.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Omaku Josephine","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@JhojhoAnaneyi","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Omaku Josephine","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/"},"author":{"name":"Omaku Josephine","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#\/schema\/person\/6241e2d1a3159060ce4a0a973fe6449d"},"headline":"Nigerian Singer, Timaya, Receives Grammy Nomination","datePublished":"2017-12-12T09:17:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/"},"wordCount":139,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/12\/Timaya-e.jpg","keywords":["Grammy Awards","Timaya"],"articleSection":["Entertainment"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2017","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/","name":"Nigerian Singer, Timaya, Receives Grammy Nomination","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/12\/Timaya-e.jpg","datePublished":"2017-12-12T09:17:30+00:00","description":"Timaya is nominated for featuring alongside Stonebwoy, Chubb Rock, Stylo G, Bunji Garlin, Dre Zion & Jaheil on Jamaican group Morgan Heritage\u2019s...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/12\/Timaya-e.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/12\/Timaya-e.jpg","width":1241,"height":700,"caption":"Timaya"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/nigerian-singer-timaya-receives-grammy-nomination\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nigerian Singer, Timaya, Receives Grammy Nomination"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/","name":"Ghafla! Nigeria","description":"Get The Latest Nigeria Entertainment News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#organization","name":"Ghafla! Nigeria","url":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/cropped-cropped-screenshot.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/cropped-cropped-screenshot.png","width":187,"height":60,"caption":"Ghafla! Nigeria"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#\/schema\/person\/6241e2d1a3159060ce4a0a973fe6449d","name":"Omaku Josephine","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc113e6883ea3f2ca3c28e32c10eb1f92d300ceab8191caba7a5cb9aa6deed78?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc113e6883ea3f2ca3c28e32c10eb1f92d300ceab8191caba7a5cb9aa6deed78?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Omaku Josephine"},"description":"Omaku Josephine Ananeyi is a Journalist with keen interest in social reformation, a spontaneous writer, an impulsive reader, and a talker. She currently writes for Ghafla Nigeria. Catch me on Facebook @Omaku JhoJho Ananeyi and on Instagram @Jho_Ananeyi","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/omaku.jossy","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Jho_Ananeyi\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/josephine-omaku-705323143","https:\/\/x.com\/JhojhoAnaneyi"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/author\/josephineananeyi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6035"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2466,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456\/revisions\/2466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}