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Musician KiDi says he no longer measures success by awards, but by his family's wellbeing, the joy in his heart and music that touches lives.

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He said winning a Grammy was once how he pictured success, but he has come to see such prizes as wins along the way. "Those things don't define success," he said.

"Success for me personally will be making sure everybody in my family is good," he said.

"Making sure I have joy in my heart. You know, my music is touching lives. If it comes to awards or not, it does not matter at the end of the day."

He recalled waking up the morning after winning Artiste of the Year and asking himself where to go next. "The next morning I woke up, I was like, 'Okay, so where do we go from here?'"

He had not performed in London for a long time before his first solo headline concert there, and said he did not know what to expect. "It was surreal," he said of the night.

He said he is "trying to go higher": 5,000 seats, then 10,000 and 20,000, and eventually a stadium.

"Whatever you think I am, I am," he said of people who mistake his confidence for arrogance, adding: "I don't have time to explain."

On fatherhood, he said there is no manual for being a dad. "Every day is a learning experience," he said.

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KiDi redefines success: family and joy matter more than a Grammy

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