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For their song Gimme Love, Kenzo and American singer Matt B scooped the Best Global Music Performance nomination for the 65th Grammy Awards in November 2022.
They are in the same category as Burna Boy for his well-received ballad Last Last. The other songs are Udhero Na by Pakistani Arooj Aftab and British American Anoushka Shankar, Neva Bow Down by Ghanaian Rocky Dawuni ft. Blvk H3ro, and Bayethe by South Africans Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode.
The awards will be given out on Monday, Feb 6, from 3am-6:30am at the Crypto.com Arena in Downtown Los Angeles, California, US.
The Recording Academy confirmed Eddy Kenzo as the first Ugandan ever to get a Grammy Awards nomination in January, ruling out the premise that the Abaduya music outfit was the first.
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"Matt B and Kenzo got to celebrate their nomination together in Kenzo's native Uganda when it was announced. (It also marked a historic moment for Kenzo, who became the first Ugandan artist to receive a GRAMMY nomination)," the Recording Academy said in a blog post.
Matt B was in Kampala in November of last year and he also performed at the Eddy Kenzo Festival which was held on November 12.
The song, which saw the duo scoop a 2023 Grammy nod under the category of Best Global Music Performance, has already won tens of tens of awards, including two platinum gongs at the Muse Creative Awards and Muse Design Awards in September.
Muse Awards recognize the creative design achievements of professionals who spur the evolution of design. They are organized by the International Awards Associate (IAA).
Its video was released in March 2022 and it already has over 629,000 views on Matt B's YouTube channel and over 266,000 on Eddy Kenzo's channel.
The song's audio was produced by Steyn -- who is under Kenzo's music label, Big Talent Entertainment, and the video was directed by PhillyFlyBoy, who was assisted by Angela Benson, Matt B's wife.