Burna Boy owned the Best African Act category of the MTV Europe Music Awards that was held in Dusseldorf, Germany on Sunday night.
Burna Boy who won the 2021 Grammy awards for the same category was listed alongside the likes of Zuchu, Ayra Starr, Black Sherif, Tems, and Musa Keyz.
The MTV award is a boost to the career of theAfrobeat singer who became the first home grown Nigerian artist to win the Grammy. He has held sold out concerts eclipsing the likes of Wizkid, Davido and Tiwa Savage.
Tems missed out of the awards as she was edged by South Korea boy band Seventeen, in the ‘best new artiste’ category.
But the night belonged to Taylor Swift who won four of the top awards.
Across her six nominations, the 32-year-old singer took home best video and best longform video award for her 10-minute version of “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” as well as best artist and best pop.
Harry Styles, Nicki Minaj, Muse and Gorillaz were among the global stars who also picked up top awards from the 20 gender-neutral categories.
Swift thanked her fans during her acceptance speeches.
“You’re the reason that nothing has ever happened to me,” she said.
Her first prize for best longform video was presented by John Lennon’s son and singer Julian.
Collecting the award she said: “I have been writing and directing my music video for a long time but this was the first short film I have made and I felt like I learned so much about myself of how making film can be a natural extension of my storytelling just like songwriting.”
Swift also thanked actors Dylan O’Brien and Sadie Sink who starred in the music video, which also later picked up best video, seeing off competition from Harry Styles’s “As It Was,” Blackpink’s “Pink Venom,” Doja Cat’s “Woman,” Kendrick Lamar’s “The Heart Part 5” and Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl.”
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