For Your GRAMMY® Consideration
Best Global Music Album
"Yieh", Pamela Badjogo's third album, blends afro-pop, highlife, and afrobeat for a musical journey rooted in her Bantu heritage. With ten introspective tracks, the album celebrates feminine strength and gives more prominence to the French language. Surrounded by prestigious artists like Kwame Yeboah, Pat Thomas, Aron Ottignon, Elisée Sangarée, and Kelly Khumalo, Pamela reaffirms her status as the princess of Bantu sounds.
Best African Music Performance
The first single from the album YIEH, "LETONDO", acclaimed by critics and featured on NOVA, RFI, and FIP, introduces a powerful exploration of resilience and letting go. Combining soul, afrobeats, jazz, and nu-highlife with ancestral Gabonese rhythms, this track offers a danceable, introspective journey. Its groovy guitar riffs and experimental sounds convey a message of hope amid life’s challenges.
