The BET Award for Best International Act: Africa was an award given to honor the outstanding achievements of international artists from Africa every year before been combined with other BET Award international acts. Wizkid, Davido and Burna Boy hold the record for most wins in this category.
Check out below 6 Nigerian musicians who have won the awards:
#1. Tuface Idibia
Innocent Ujah Idibia, born on September,18 1975, known by his stage name 2Baba , is a Nigerian singer,songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, humanitarian, and activist.
Prior to July 2014, he went by the stage name 2face Idibia. He is one of the most decorated and successful Afro pop artists in Africa, and is also one of the most bankable performing music artistes in Africa.
He won BET Awards For Best International Act: Africa in 2011.
#2. D'banj
Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, born 9 June 1980, better known by his stage name D'banj , is a Nigerian musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, entrepreneur and television personality. He has won several music awards, including the awards for Best African Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007, Artist of the Year at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2009 , and Best-selling African Artist at the 2014 World Music Awards , Evolution award at the 2015 MTV Africa Music awards.
He adopted the stage name D'banj, a combination of his first name, Dapo, and his surname, Oyebanjo. D'banj is currently best known internationally for his 2012 summer hit " Oliver Twist", an uptempo dance fusion of Afrobeats and electronic dance music that topped the African charts in 2011 and was a top 10 hit in the UK singles chart in 2012 reaching No. 2 on the UK R&B chart.
Alongside Tuface Indibia, he was awarded BET Awards for Best International Act: Africa in 2011.
#3. Wizkid
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, born 16 July 1990, known professionally as Wizkid, sometimes stylized as WizKid, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter.
He began recording music at the age of 11 and managed to release a collaborative album with the Glorious Five, a group he and a couple of his church friends formed. Wizkid signed a record deal with Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E) in 2009. He rose to prominence after releasing "Holla at Your Boy", the lead single from his debut studio album Superstar (2011). " Tease Me/Bad Guys ", " Don't Dull ", "Love My Baby", "Pakurumo" and "Oluwa Lo Ni" were also released as singles from the Superstar album. In February 2014, Wizkid became the first Nigerian musician to have over one million followers on Twitter. Ayo, his self-titled second studio album, was released in September 2014. It was supported by six singles: "Jaiye Jaiye ", "On Top Your Matter", "One Question", "Joy", "Bombay" and "Show You the Money". Wizkid left E.M.E after his contract expired.
In 2016, Wizkid achieved international recognition following his collaboration with Drake on the global hit, "One Dance ", which reached number one in 15 countries, including the United States , the United Kingdom , Canada and Australia . He signed a multi-album deal with RCA Records in March 2017. His third studio album Sounds from the Other Side was released on 14 July 2017. It serves as his major label debut and was primarily a Caribbean-influenced record. SFTOS was supported by five singles: "Daddy Yo", "Sweet Love", " Come Closer ", "African Bad Gyal" and "Naughty Ride". Wizkid became the first Afrobeats artist to appear in the 2018 Guinness World Records for his contribution to "One Dance".
#4. Ice Prince
Panshak Henry Zamani, born 30 October 1984, better known as Ice Prince , is a Nigerian hip hop recording artist and actor.
He rose to fame after releasing " Oleku ", one of Nigeria's most remixed songs of all time. He won the 2009 Hennessy Artistry Club Tour. His debut studio album Everybody Loves Ice Prince was released in 2011. It was supported by three singles: "Oleku", "Superstar " and "Juju". In 2013, Ice Prince released Fire of Zamani as his second studio album. The album contained the singles " Aboki ", "More", "Gimme Dat" and "I Swear ". On 1 July 2015, Ice Prince was announced as the vice president of Chocolate City . He held the position until he left the label in 2016.
He was awarded BET Awards For Best International Act: Africa in 2013
#5. Davido
David Adedeji Adeleke, born November 21, 1992, who is better known as Davido , is an American-born Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. Davido was born in Atlanta , US, and raised in Lagos ; he made his music debut as a member of the music group KB International. He studied business administration at Oakwood University before dropping out to make beats and record vocal references. Davido rose to fame after releasing " Dami Duro ", the second single from his debut studio album Omo Baba Olowo (2012), from which six additional singles—"Back When", "Ekuro", "Overseas", "All of You", "Gbon Gbon", and "Feel Alright"—were taken. In 2012, Davido won the Next Rated award at The Headies . Between 2013 and 2015, he released the hit singles " Gobe ", "One of a Kind", "Skelewu ", " Aye", "Tchelete (Goodlife)", "Naughty", "Owo Ni Koko", "The Sound" and "The Money".
In January 2016, Davido announced on Twitter he had signed a record deal with Sony Music and a few months later founded the record label Davido Music Worldwide (DMW), to which acts Dremo, Mayorkun, Yonda and Peruzzi are currently signed. In July 2016, Davido signed a record deal with Sony's RCA Records. In October 2016, he released the 5-track EP Son of Mercy , which was supported by the singles "Gbagbe Oshi", "How Long" and "Coolest Kid in Africa". In April 2017, Davido re-negotiated his contract with Sony due to creative control issues and later that year he released five singles including "If" and " Fall ". "If" generated worldwide social media activity while "Fall" became the longest-charting Nigerian pop song in Billboard history. Davido released his second studio album A Good Time in November 2019. It was supported by the previously released singles "If", "Fall", "Assurance", "Blow My Mind" and "Risky".
He was awarded BET Awards For Best International Act: Africa in 2014 and 2018 respectively.
#6. Burna Boy
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu Rex, born 23 July 1991, known professionally as Burna Boy , is a Nigerian singer and songwriter.
He rose to prominence in 2012 after releasing "Like to Party", the lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E (2013). In 2017, Burna Boy signed with Bad Habit/ Atlantic Records in the United States and Warner Music Group internationally. His third studio album Outside marked his major-label debut. His fourth studio album African Giant was released in July 2019; it won Album of the Year at the 2019 All Africa Music Awards and was nominated for Best World Music Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.
In 2019 and 2020 respectively, he won BET Awards for Best International Act: Africa.
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