Wizkid and his awards |
On Saturday was the most prestigious awards for African Music talent and the MTV Africa Music Awards 2016 was the best of its kind for several years now where each categories harbours a lot of nominees from different countries in Africa.
BEST HIP HOP:
Kiff No Beat (Ivory Coast)
Yes (Nigeria)
Emtee (South Africa) – Winner
Ricky Rich (South Africa)
BEST MALE:
Wizkid (Nigeria) – Winner
AKA (South Africa)
Patoranking (Nigeria)
Black Coffee (South Africa)
Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)
BEST LIVE ACT
Flavour (Nigeria)
Stonebwoy (Ghana)
Cassper Nyovest (South Africa) – Winner
Eddy Kenzo
Mafikizolo (South Africa)
PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR:
Linda Ikeji
Wizkid
Caster Semenya – Winner
Pearl Thusi
Pierre Emerick Aubameyang
BEST GROUP:
R2Bees (Ghana)
Sauti Sol (Kenya) – Winner
Toofan (Togo)
Navy Kenzo (Tanzania)
Mi Casa (South Africa)
BEST LUSOPHONE:
NGA
Nelson Freitas
C4 Pedro – Winner
Lizha James
Petro Show
BEST POP
Tresor
TiMO ODV.
LCNVL
Desmond & The Tutus
Kyle Deutsch & Shekhinah – Winner
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT:
Drake – Winner
Beyonce
Adele
Future
Rihanna
BEST COLLABORATION:
Patoranking ft. Sarkodie – No Kissing
Sauti Sol ft. Alikiba – Unconditionally Bae
AkA ft. Burna Boy, Khuli Chana & Yanga – Baddest
Dj Maphorsia ft. Wizkid & Dj Buckz – Soweto Baby – Winner
Nasty c ft. Davido & Cassper Nyovest – Juice Back Remix
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Black Coffee (South Africa)
Diamond (Tanzania)
Sauti Sol (Kenya)
Wizkid (Nigeria) – Winner
Yemi Alade (Nigeria)
Riky Rick (South Africa)
Ycee (Nigeria)
BEST FEMALE
Josey (Ivory Coast)
Mz Vee (Ghana)
Tiwa Savage (Nigeria)
Vanessa Mdee (Tanzania)
Yemi Alade (Nigeria) – Winner
BEST BREAKTHROUGH
Babes Wodumo (South Africa)
Emtee (South Africa)
Falz (Nigeria)
Franko (Cameroon)
Nasty C (South Africa)
Nathi (South Africa)
Raymond (Tanzania)
Simi (Nigeria)
Tekno (Nigeria) – Winner
BEST FRANCOPHONE
Franko (Cameroon)
J-Rio (Gabon)
Magasco (Cameroon)
Serge Beynaud (Ivory Coast) – Winner
Toofan (Togo)
LISTENER’S CHOICE:
Adiouza (Senegal)
Bebe Cool (Uganda)
Burna Boy (Nigeria)
Den G (Liberia)
EL (Ghana)
Jah Prayzah (Zimbabwe) – Winner
Jay Rox (Zambia)
Kansoul (Kenya)
Kiss Daniel (Nigeria)
Lij Michael (Ethiopia)
LXG (Sierra Leone)
Meddy (Rwanda)
Messias Marioca (Mozambique)
Prince Kaybee (South Africa)
Reda Taliani (Algeria)
Saad Lamjarred (Morocco)
Sabri Mosbah (Tunisia)
Sidiki Diabate (Mali)
Tamer Hosny (Egypt)
The Dogg (Namibia)
Yamoto Band (Tanzania)
SONG OF THE YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GOOGLE:
‘Shakitibobo’ – Olamide (Nigeria)
‘Reggae Blues’ – Harrysongz feat Olamide, Kcee & Iyanya, Orezi (Nigeria)
‘My Woman, My Everything’ – Patoranking feat. Wande Coal (Nigeria) – Winner
‘Godwin’ – Korede Bello (Nigeria)
‘Ngud’ – Kwesta feat. Cassper (South Africa)
‘Roll Up Re-Up’ – Emtee feat. Wizkid and AKA (South Africa/Nigeria)
‘Soweto Baby’ – DJ Maphorisa feat. Wizkid (South Africa/Nigeria)
‘Baddes’ – AKA feat. Burna Boy, Khuli Chana, Yanga (South Africa/Nigeria)
‘Wololo’ – Babes Wodumo feat. Mampintsha (South Africa)
‘Coller la Petite’ – Franko (Cameroon)
‘Unconditionally bae’ – Sauti Sol feat. Alikiba (Kenya/Tanzania)
VIDEO OF THE YEAR:
‘Jump’ – Anatii & Cassper feat. Nasty C (South Africa); Director: Kyle Lewis
‘Caviar Dreams’ – AL Bairre & PhFAT (South Africa); Director: Daniel Levi
‘If I Start to Talk’ – Tiwa Savage feat. Dr Sid (Nigeria); Director: Clarence Peters
‘Kisasi Kumi’ – Sheeba (Uganda); Director: Sasha Vybz
‘Niquer Ma Vie’ – Youssoupha (Congo); Director: Antony Abdelli & Jose Eon – Winner.