MTV Emas: Tiwa Savage beats Davido, others to win Best African Act …Becomes first female artist to win the award
Tiwa Savage wins 'Best African Act' at the 2018 MTV EMAs. She won the ‘Best African Act’ category at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards.
The awards held was held at the Bizkaia Arena, Bilbao in Spain.
Despite stiff competition from Davido, Distruction Boyz (South Africa), Fally Ipupa (DRC), Nyashinski (Kenya), Shekinah (South Africa), Tiwa still came tops.
The talented artist who becomes the first female artist to achieve this honour was present on stage to receive her award, which she dedicated to her son, Jamil, and her fans.
Also, Camila Cabello and Nicki Minaj were the big winners at the MTV Emas.
Camila, 21, who came in with six nominations emerged the night’s biggest winner, picking up four honours.
She won the awards for ‘Best Artist’, ‘Best Video’, ‘Best US Act’ and ‘Best Song’.
Her album “Camila” had reached the top of US charts in January, and the audio version of her hit single ‘Havana’, which features rapper Young Thug, has been viewed over 1.3 billion times on YouTube.
Nicki Minaj also received three awards for ‘Best New Artist’, ‘Best Look’ and ‘Best Hip Hop.’
The 2018 MTV EMAs which kicked off with an hour long red-carpet show, was hosted by US actress and singer, Hailee Steinfeld, and saw opening performances from Nicki Minaj Little Mix performing ‘Woman Like Me.’
The awards held was held at the Bizkaia Arena, Bilbao in Spain.
Despite stiff competition from Davido, Distruction Boyz (South Africa), Fally Ipupa (DRC), Nyashinski (Kenya), Shekinah (South Africa), Tiwa still came tops.
The talented artist who becomes the first female artist to achieve this honour was present on stage to receive her award, which she dedicated to her son, Jamil, and her fans.
Also, Camila Cabello and Nicki Minaj were the big winners at the MTV Emas.
Camila, 21, who came in with six nominations emerged the night’s biggest winner, picking up four honours.
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Her album “Camila” had reached the top of US charts in January, and the audio version of her hit single ‘Havana’, which features rapper Young Thug, has been viewed over 1.3 billion times on YouTube.
Nicki Minaj also received three awards for ‘Best New Artist’, ‘Best Look’ and ‘Best Hip Hop.’
The 2018 MTV EMAs which kicked off with an hour long red-carpet show, was hosted by US actress and singer, Hailee Steinfeld, and saw opening performances from Nicki Minaj Little Mix performing ‘Woman Like Me.’
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