Wizkid wins Best African Act at MTV Europe Music Awards 2016

Wizkid wins Best African Act at MTV Europe Music Awards 2016

Wizkid is the Best African Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2016.

The award ceremony takes place in Ahoy Rotterdam Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands, this evening.

The announcement was done via the MTV Base Africa twitter page ahead of the show.

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

Best African Act


Ali Kiba

Black Coffee

Cassper Nyovest

Olamide

Wizkid

Best Song


Adele – Hello

Justin Bieber – Sorry

Lukas Graham – 7 Years

Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Seeb Remix)

Rihanna ft. Drake – Work

Best Video


Beyoncé – Formation

Coldplay – Up&Up

Kanye West – Famous
Tame

Impala – The Less I Know the Better

The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk – Starboy

Best Female


Adele

Beyoncé

Lady Gaga

Rihanna

Sia

Best Male


Calvin Harris

Drake

Justin Bieber

Shawn Mendes

The Weeknd

Best Live


Adele

Beyoncé

Coldplay

Green Day

Twenty one pilots

Best New


Bebe

Rexha

DNCE

Lukas Graham

The Chainsmokers

Zara Larsson

Best Pop


Ariana

Grande
Fifth

Harmony

Justin Bieber

Rihanna

Selena Gomez

Shawn Mendes

Best Rock


Coldplay

Green Day

Metallica
Muse

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best Alternative


Kings of Leon

Radiohead
Tame

Impala

The 1975
twenty one pilots

Best Hip Hop


Drake
Future

G-Eazy

Kanye West

Wiz Khalifa

Best Electronic


Afrojack
Calvin

Harris
David

Guetta
Major

Lazer
Martin Garrix

Biggest Fans


Ariana Grande

Beyoncé

Justin Bieber

Lady Gaga

Shawn Mendes

Best World Stage


Duran Duran – Piazza Del Duomo, Milan (2015)

Ellie Goulding – Piazza Del Duomo, Milan (2015)

Jess Glynne – Isle of MTV, Malta (2016)

Martin Garrix – Isle of MTV, Malta (2015)

One Republic – MTV Evolution, Philippines (2016)

Tinie Tempah – MTV Crashes, Plymouth (2015)

Tomorrowland – Belgium (2016)

Wiz Khalifa – Isle of MTV, Malta (2016)