Kenyan singer and songwriter Xenia Manasseh is celebrating a career-defining milestone after earning her very first Grammy nomination for her contribution to Teyana Taylor’s critically acclaimed album Escape Room.
The project has been nominated in the Best R&B Album category, which recognises albums with more than 75% new R&B recordings. For Xenia, who has steadily carved her place in global music circles, the nod feels like a dream cracking open in real time.
In a jubilant post on Instagram, the Nairobi-born star let her excitement spill freely.
“1st Grammy nom!! ?❤️??? Same day our new EP drops too??? God is the greatest!!!!!!” she wrote, adding that she was still trying to digest the news. “Slide #3 is me last night trying to process.. @kvnhrtlss I’m still stuck at us being from the same 2 countries to this.. together? wtffff lol ? God is so good ???? nairobi r&bbbbbbb ❤️?❤️?❤️?❤️?❤️? omg”
Her fans, fellow artists and industry players quickly flooded her comments with congratulations, celebrating not just her nomination but what it represents for Kenya’s fast-rising R&B scene.
Xenia’s silky, atmospheric approach to songwriting has long positioned her as one of the country’s most promising exports, and her collaboration on Escape Room marks yet another leap into the global spotlight.
With the Grammy ceremony approaching and her new EP dropping on the same day she learned of the nomination, Xenia’s year is shaping up like a constellation suddenly lighting up the kind that rises only when talent, timing and pure audacity collide.
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