Wizkid is the Best African Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2016.
Update: Ali Kiba Gets Award that Was Wrongfully Given to Wizkid
The award ceremony was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands last night.
The announcement was done via the MTV Base Africa twitter page ahead of the show.
#MTVEMA Another one
Best Worldwide Act Award to @wizkidayo
🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 Congrats on your 2 awards#mtvema2016 pic.twitter.com/6VctY68z6y
— MTV Base Africa (@MTVBaseAfrica) November 6, 2016
The singer beat African heavyweights including Black Coffee and Cassper Nyovest from South Africa, Olamide and Ali Kiba of Tanzania.
Only last month, the 26-year-old music star also won Best African Act at the MOBO Awards.
The 2016 MTV EMAs will air live on MTV and MTV Base on Sunday November 6th, 2016 at 22:00 CAT.
In a statement, Alex Okosi, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Africa, said “It is wonderful to see African artists nominated at the 2016 MTV EMAs on the same platform as global superstars of the calibre of Rihanna, Beyoncé, Drake, Kanye West and more.”
In other categories, cultural icons Beyoncé and Justin Bieber lead the pack with five nominations each.
Superstar Adele followed closely behind with four nominations, alongside Best Rock nominees Coldplay, Best New Act nominee Lukas Graham and Best Male nominee Shawn Mendes.
Rihanna and Drake earned three nods each, including a Best Song nomination for their hit collaboration “Work.”
Adele’s record-shattering hit “Hello,” Justin Bieber’s electronic pop track “Sorry,” Lukas Graham’s soul-pop ballad “7 Years” and the Seeb remix of Mike Posner’s dance smash “I Took A Pill In Ibiza” also earned nominations for Best Song.
See the full list of nominees below
2016 MTV EMA FULL LIST OF WINNERS
BEST SONG
Justin Bieber – Sorry
BEST VIDEO
The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk – Starboy
BEST FEMALE
Lady Gaga
BEST MALE
Shawn Mendes
BEST AFRICAN ACT
Wizkid
WORLDWIDE ACT
Wizkid – Nigeria
BEST LIVE
Twenty One Pilots
BEST NEW
Zara Larsson
BEST POP
Fifth Harmony
BEST ROCK
Coldplay
BEST ALTERNATIVE
Twenty One Pilots
BEST HIP HOP
Drake
BEST ELECTRONIC
Martin Garrix
BEST PUSH
DNCE
BIGGEST FANS
Justin Bieber
BEST LOOK
Lady Gaga
GLOBAL ICON AWARD
Green Day
BEST WORLD STAGE
Martin Garrix – Isle of MTV, Malta (2015)
