Falana precious was the first Grammy nominee in 1984 followed by Ataminor jubilee and king sunny ade. Fela , Femi and Seun with Egypt 80 band and most recently Burna boy.
Nigeria has also had contributor in that Grammy scene like Babatunde Olatunji, Sikiru Adepoju, chimamanda ngonzi adiche , wizkid , Kah Lo.

With this people mentioned you can say that Afro beats is is now mainstream in the international market. Wizkid’s song titled essence on billboard 100 and a lot more.

African seems to be world stage at the moment.

Yemi Rush who’s a household name in the UK and africa. An Award Winning UK AfroPop star & a Producer, Hit Maker and many more . Over 10 Smash Hit play-listed Singles (BBC XTRA, COOL Fm Nigeria, Beat Fm London, Power Xtra London) till Date. Songs to include (Sweet Caro, Kill Me, Your Body, Gara, YODI, Elle, Cool Temper, Tell Me, Falling for you, Do Me Right and so many more) .
I remembered when I Toured around Europe in 2017 with DJ Cynthia MVP and the reaction with my sound being Afro beat was unimaginable.
This was one of the reason Why my EP titled Y63 was in the top 100 On iTunes when it dropped. 

Aside from this recently nominated, contributors and also the winners. Because everyone is winner as far as I am know. This is the turn around for Africa music the world is listening to us and we must give them the right content to represent us.

Yemi Rush is preparing to drop his new body of work EP tited “Hotshot” which is scheduled for the 31st of July 2021. This Ep is compilation of sounds,vibes , rhythm with content the globe can’t resist .