Wizkid, Tems, and Others Nominated for the 2021 MTV EMAs
MTV has announced hot nominations for the 2021 MTV EMAs featuring Africa’s biggest artists from Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania and South Africa in various award categories.
Nigeria’s favourites, Wizkid and Tems who both collaborated on the groundbreaking single “Essence” were each nominated in the Best African Act category. Other artists in the category include Diamond Platnumz, Amaarae, and Focalistic.
Essence,” a duet with Nigerian newcomer Tems from last year’s Made In Lagos, is WizKid’s biggest hit in America since “One Dance.” The song recently reached the top 10 on Billboard’s Top 100.
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Tems is “extremely excited to be nominated for the Best African Act at the MTV EMAs“.
“The last few years have been crazy and I am just grateful to God for all the blessings so far. I am honoured to be a part of the amazing voices from our continent who are breaking barriers and redefining music globally,” says Tems.
As always MTV is leaving it up to the fans to decide who this year’s winners will be. Voting is now open at mtvema.com until Wednesday, November 10 at 22:59 WAT, so fans can cast votes for their favourite African Act.
The 2021 MTV EMAs will premiere exclusively on MTV Base (DStv Channel 322, GOtv Channel 72) on Sunday, November 14 at 20:00 WAT (Pre-Show) and 21:00 WAT (Main Show).
Check out the full list of nominees on mtvema.com
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