Davido, Wizkid, Nasty C Nominated For MTV EMA ‘Best African Act’+Full Nominees List

  • By Olamide Onipede

The 24th annual MTV Europe Music Award is here and the recently released nominees’ list includes the category of Best African Act, and Africans are repping!

This category seems to be a tough one and from all songs released in the past one year by our African artistes, three African countries made the list and they are Nigeria(2), South Africa (2), Angola (1) and Kenya (1).

Among these six nominated artistes are Wizkid and Davido and we all know this is another opportunity for fans to compare and fight over them but let us not forget that this category has other great artistes such as Babes Wodumo and Nasty C from South Africa, C4 Pedro from Angola and Nyashinski from Kenya, but of course the winner will be determined by your votes, so don’t just be a fan, go straight to mtvema.com to vote for your favorite African artistes and let’s see who comes out winner on Sunday, November 12 when the 2017 MTV EMA will be broadcasted live around the globe from The SSE Arena, Wembley in London.

See the full list of nominees below…

2017 MTV EMA NOMINEES

BEST AFRICAN ACT
Babes Wodumo – South Africa
C4 Pedro – Angola
Davido – Nigeria
Nasty C – South Africa
Nyashinski – Kenya
WizKid – Nigeria

BEST SONG
Clean Bandit – Rockabye ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie
DJ Khaled – Wild Thoughts ft. Rihanna, Bryson Tiller
Ed Sheeran – Shape of You
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee – Despacito (Remix) ft. Justin Bieber
Shawn Mendes – There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back

BEST ARTIST
Ariana Grande
Ed Sheeran
Kendrick Lamar
Miley Cyrus
Shawn Mendes
Taylor Swift

BEST LOOK
Dua Lipa
Harry Styles
Rita Ora
Taylor Swift
ZAYN

BEST NEW
Dua Lipa
Julia Michaels
Khalid
KYLE
Rag’n’Bone Man

BEST POP
Camila Cabello
Demi Lovato
Miley Cyrus
Shawn Mendes
Taylor Swift

BEST VIDEO
Foo Fighters – Run
Katy Perry – Bon Appétit ft. Migos
Kendrick Lamar – HUMBLE.
KYLE – iSpy ft. Lil Yachty
Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do

BEST LIVE
Bruno Mars
Coldplay
Ed Sheeran
Eminem
U2

BEST ELECTRONIC
Calvin Harris
David Guetta
Major Lazer
Martin Garrix
The Chainsmokers

BEST ROCK
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Royal Blood
The Killers
U2

BEST HIP HOP
Drake
Eminem
Future
Kendrick Lamar
Post Malone

BEST ALTERNATIVE
Imagine Dragons
Lana Del Rey
Lorde
The xx
Thirty Seconds To Mars

BIGGEST FANS
Ariana Grande
Justin Bieber
Katy Perry
Shawn Mendes
Taylor Swift

BEST PUSH
Hailee Steinfeld
Jon Bellion
Julia Michaels
Kacy Hill
Khalid
KYLE
Noah Cyrus
Petite Meller
Rag’n’Bone Man
SZA
The Head And The Heart

BEST WORLD STAGE
Steve Aoki – Live from Isle of MTV Malta 2016
Kings of Leon – Live from Oude Luxor Theatre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016
Tomorrowland 2017
DNCE – Live from Isle of MTV Malta 2017
The Chainsmokers – Live from Isle of MTV Malta 2017
Foo Fighters – Live from Barcelona, Spain 2017

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