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Best African Music Performance

The first winner of the Grammy for Best African Music Performance: Tyla and “Water” Entertainment The first winner of the Grammy for Best African Music Performance: Tyla and “Water” South African singer Tyla, born in Johannesburg's East Rand in 2002, broke through internationally with "Water" in 2023. It was the first song by a South African solo artist to enter the US Billboard Hot 100 in 55 years and won the first Grammy for Best African Music Performance.