The MTV EMAs holds on Sunday, 3rd November 2019 and Burna Boy and Teni are in the running to become the fifth Nigerian to win the prestigious and highly coveted ‘Best African Act’ award. They will be joining other Nigerians like 2baba, D’banj, Davido and Tiwa Savage in this exclusive circle.
With all their successes already this year, we expect that at least one of them will win the award in the ‘Best African Act’ category where they are up against South Africa’s Prince Kaybee and Nasty C, Tanzania’s Harmonize and Togo’s Toofan.
The other categories this year include:
BEST AFRICAN ACT
Burna Boy (Nigeria)
Prince Kaybee (South Africa)
TooFan (Toga)
Nasty C (South Africa)
Teni (Nigeria)
Harmonize (Tanzania)
BEST VIDEO
Ariana Grande (Thank u, next)
Billie Eilish (Bad guy)
Lil Nas X (Old Town Road (Remix) ft. Billy Ray Cyrus)
ROSALÍA, J Balvin (Con Altura ft. El Guincho)
Taylor Swift (ME! ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco)
BEST ARTIST
Ariana Grande
J Balvin
Miley Cyrus
Shawn Mendes
Taylor Swift
BEST SONG
Ariana Grande (7 rings)
Billie Eilish (Bad guy)
Lil Nas X (Old Town Road (Remix) ft. Billy Ray Cyrus)
Post Malone, Swae Lee (Sunflower)
Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello (Señorita)
BEST COLLABORATION
BTS, Halsey (Boy With Luv)
Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus (Old Town Road (Remix))
Mark Ronson, Miley Cyrus (Nothing Breaks Like a Heart)
ROSALÍA, J Balvin (Con Altura ft. El Guincho)
Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello (Señorita)
The Chainsmokers, Bebe Rexha (Call You Mine)
BEST NEW
Ava Max
Billie Eilish
Lewis Capaldi
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Mabel
BEST POP
Ariana Grande
Becky G
Camila Cabello
Halsey
Jonas Brothers
Shawn Mendes
BEST LIVE
Ariana Grande
BTS
Ed Sheeran
P!NK
Travis Scott
BEST ROCK
Green Day
Imagine Dragons
Liam Gallagher
Panic! At The Disco
The 1975
BEST HIP-HOP
21 Savage
Cardi B
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Travis Scott
BEST ALTERNATIVE
FKA Twigs
Lana Del Rey
Solange
Twenty-one pilots
Vampire Weekend
BEST ELECTRONIC
Calvin Harris
DJ Snake
Marshmello
Martin Garrix
The Chainsmokers
BEST LOOK
Halsey
J Balvin
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
ROSALÍA
BIGGEST FANS
Ariana Grande
Billie Eilish
BTS
Shawn Mendes
Taylor Swift
BEST PUSH
Ava Max
Billie Eilish
CNCO
H.E.R.
Jade Bird
Juice WRLD
Kiana Ledé
Lauv
Lewis Capaldi
Lizzo
Mabel
ROSALÍA
BEST WORLD STAGE
Bebe Rexha (Isle of MTV Malta 2019)
Hailee Steinfeld (Isle of MTV Malta 2018)
Muse (Bilbao, Spain 2018)
The 1975 (Lollapalooza Paris Festival 2019)
Twenty-One Pilots (Lollapalooza Paris Festival 2019)