On Sunday, the Nigerian Afro star Come on Balogun He became the first Nigerian artist to win two American music awards (AMA).
Held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, United States, the 50th American Music Awards received nominations in several categories, including Taylor Swift Beyoncé, Harry Styles, BTS, Morgan Wallen, Kendrick Lamar and other major artists.
The organizers announced this new milestone on their Twitter page.
Wizkid competed against Tems, Burna Boy, CKay and Fireboy DML in the Favorite Afrobeats Artist category which was first introduced on 13 October 2023.
Three other categories entered are favorite K-pop artist, favorite rock song and favorite rock album
The artist who just sold out Madison Square Garden also won another award in the Favorite ‘R n B’ category at the time with the song ‘Essence’ featuring Tems and Justin Bieber.
Wizkid It competed against Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul”, Muni Long, “Hrs And Hrs”, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson Paak), “Smokin Out The Window” and SZA’s “I Hate U”.
Tems won two awards for being a featured artist on two songs: Favorite R&B for ‘Essence’ and Favorite Hip Hop for his contribution to Future’s ‘Wait For U’.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS.
Artist of the year
Adele
bad rabbit
Beyoncé
drake
Harry Styles
Taylor Swift – WINNER
Weekend
New artist of the year
Dove Cameron – WINNER
Gayle
Get started
moon
Steve Lacy
Annual partnership
Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and Encanto actors, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
Elton John & Dua Lipa, “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix” — WINNER
Future ft. Drake & Thems, “Wait For U”
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”
The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber, “Stay”
Favorite artist of the tour
bad rabbit
Coldplay — WINNER
Ed Sheeran
Elton John
The Rolling Stones
Favorite Music Video
Adele, “Easy on Me”
Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone, “Ni Porto Bonito”
Harry Styles, “As It Was”
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”
Taylor Swift, “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” – WINNER
Favorite Male Pop Artist
bad rabbit
drake
Ed Sheeran
Harry Styles — WINNER
Weekend
Favorite Female Pop Artist
Adele
Beyoncé
Doja Cat
Lizzo
Taylor Swift – WINNER
Favorite pop duo or group
BTS — WINNER
cool game
Imagine Dragons
moon
a republic
Favorite pop album
Adele, 30
Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti
Beyoncé, Renaissance
Harry Styles, Harry’s home
Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version) — WINNER
The Weeknd, Dawn FM
Favorite Pop Song
Adele, “Easy on Me”
Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and Encanto actors, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
Harry Styles, “As It Was” – WINNER
Lizzo, “About Damn Time”
The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber, “Stay”
Favorite Male Country Artist
Chris Stapleton
Cody Johnson
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen – WINNER
Walker Hayes
Country’s favorite female artist
Carrie Underwood
Lainey Wilson
Maren Morris
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift – WINNER
Favorite couple or group in town
Dan + Shay — WINNER
Lady A
Old Dominion
Parmalee
Zac Brown Band
Favorite country record
Carrie Underwood, Denim and Rhinestones
Luke Combs, Growin’ Up
Cody Johnson, Human: The Double Album
Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version) — WINNER
Walker Hayes, Country Stuff: The Album
Favorite country song
Chris Stapleton, “You Should Probably Quit”
Cody Johnson, “‘Til You Can’t”
Dustin Lynch ft. MacKenzie Porter, “Thinking ‘Bout You”
ft. Jordan Davis Luke Bryan, “Buy Dirt”
Morgan Wallen, “Wasted on You” – WINNER
Favorite male hip-hop artist
drake
the future
Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
lil baby
Lil Durk
Favorite female hip-hop artist
cardi b
glory
Get started
Megan Thee Stallion
Nicki Minaj – WINNER
Favorite hip-hop album
Future, I never liked you
Gunna, DS4EVER
Kendrick Lamar, Mr Morale & The Big Steppers — WINNER
Lil Durk, 7220
Polo G, Hall of Fame 2.0
Favorite hip-hop song
Future ft. Drake & Thems, “Wait For U” — WINNER
Jack Harlow, “First Class”
Kodak Black, “Super Gremlin”
Latto, “Great Energy”
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”
Favorite Male R&B Artist
By Brent Faiyaz
Chris Brown – WINNER
Give
Lucky Day
Weekend
Favorite Female R&B Artist
Beyoncé – WINNER
Doja Cat
Muni Long
Summer Walker
SZA
Favorite R&B album
Beyoncé, Renaissance — WINNER
Drake, honestly, is nobody
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak), An evening with Silk Sonic
Summer Walker, Still Over It
The Weeknd, Dawn FM
Favorite R&B song
Beyoncé, “Break My Soul”
Muni Long, “Hrs And Hrs”
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson Paak), “Smokin Out The Window”
SZA, “I Hate You”
Wizkid ft. Tems, “Essence” – WINNER
Favorite Latin Male Artist
Bad Bunny – WINNER
farro
J Balvin
Jhayco
raw alejandro
Favorite Female Latin Artist
Anita – WINNER
Becky G
Kali Uchis
Karol G
Rosalia
Favorite Latino couple or group
Sergio Lizárraga MS Band
50 caliber
Armed Link
strong team
Yahritza and its essence — WINNER
Favorite Latin album
Bad Bunny, A Summer Without You — WINNER
Farru, La 167
J Balvin, Jose
Raw Alejandro, Reverse
Rosalia, Motomami
Favorite Latin song
Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone, “Ni Porto Bonito”
Becky G x Karol G, “MAMIII……”
Karol G, “Provence”
Rauw Alexander, “About You”
Sebastián Yatra, “Two small caterpillars” — WINNER
Favorite rock artist
Imagine Dragons
Machine Gun Kelly — WINNER
moon
spicy red peppers
The Lumineers
Favorite rock song
Foo Fighters, “Love Dies Young”
Imagine Dragons x JID, “Enemy.”
Kate Bush, “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”
Moonshine, “Beggin'” – WINNER
Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Black Summer”
Favorite rock album
Coldplay, the music of Spheres
Ghost, Impera — WINNER
Imagine Dragons, Mercury – Act 1
Machine Gun Kelly is a regular bestseller
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Unlimited Love
Favorite inspirational artist
Anne Wilson
For King & Country — WINNER
Katy Nichole
Matthew West
Phil Wickham
Favorite Gospel Artist
CeCe Winans
DOE
E. Dewey Smith
Maverick City Music
Tamela Mann – WINNER
Favorite dance/electronic artist
Diplo
Marshmello – WINNER
Swedish House Mafia
The Chainsmokers
Tiesto
Favorite soundtrack
ELVIS – THE WINNER
the charm
Sing 2
Stranger Things: Netflix Series Soundtrack, Season 4
Top Gun: Maverick
Favorite Afrobeats artist
Burna Boy
CKay
Fireboy DML
Deadlines
Wizkid — WINNER
Favorite K-pop artist
Blackpink
BTS — WINNER
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