Entertainment – 2023 BET Awards: See The Full Winners As Burna Boy And Tems Win Big
With top acts like Beyonce, Ice Spice, Kendrick, Wizkid, Tems, Burna Boy and many more all bagging nominations at the BET Awards 2023, the full list of winners in major categories has been confirmed. The anticipation surrounding the 2023 BET Awards was at an all-time high, with some of the biggest names in the music industry receiving nominations. The star-studded list of nominees included powerhouses like Beyoncé, Ice Spice, Kendrick Lamar, Wizkid, Tems, Burna Boy, and many others, all vying for the coveted awards in their respective categories. Now, the wait is finally over, as the full list of winners in the major categories has been confirmed. Burna Boy, the Afrofusion powerhouse, secured the prestigious award for Best International Act. With his signature style that effortlessly blends genres and his ability to captivate audiences with his distinct sound, Burna Boy continues to be a global ambassador for African music. Tems also received an award in the Best Collaboration category for her contribution to the Grammy award-winning song, Wait For U with Future and Drake. The winners of the 2023 BET Awards have undoubtedly solidified their places as icons and trendsetters in their respective fields. Album of the Year Anyways, Life’s Great, GloRilla Breezy, Chris Brown God Did, DJ Khaled Her Loss, Drake & 21 Savage Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar WINNER (TIE): Renaissance, Beyoncé WINNER (TIE): SOS, SZA Best Female R&B/Pop Artist Ari Lennox Beyoncé Coco Jones H.E.R. Lizzo WINNER: SZA Tems Best Male R&B/Pop Artist Blxst Brent Faiyaz Burna Boy WINNER (TIE): Chris Brown Drake The Weeknd WINNER (TIE): Usher Best Group City Girls WINNER: Drake & 21 Savage Dvsn FLO Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin Quavo & Takeoff Wanmor Best Collaboration “Big Energy (Remix),” Latto & Mariah Carey feat. DJ Khaled “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2,” Pinkpantheress & Ice Spice “Call Me Every Day,” Chris Brown feat. Wizkid “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop,” King Combs feat. Kodak Black “Creepin’,” Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage “F.N.F. (Let’s Go),” Hitkidd & GloRilla “Tomorrow 2,” GloRilla & Cardi B WINNER: “Wait For U,” Future feat. Drake & Tems Best Female Hip Hop Artist Cardi B Coi Leray GloRilla Ice Spice WINNER: Latto Megan Thee Stallion Nicki Minaj Best Male Hip Hop Artist 21 Savage Drake Future J. Cole Jack Harlow WINNER: Kendrick Lamar Lil Baby Video of the Year “We (Warm Embrace),” Chris Brown “2 Million Up,” Peezy, Jeezy & Real Boston Richey feat. Rob49 “About Damn Time,” Lizzo “Bad Habit,” Steve Lacy “First Class,” Harlow WINNER: “Kill Bill,” SZA “Tomorrow 2,” GloRilla & Cardi B Video Director of the Year A$AP Rocky for AWGE Benny Boom Burna Boy Cole Bennett Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar Director X WINNER: Teyana “Spike Tey” Taylor Best New Artist Ambré WINNER: Coco Jones Doechii FLO GloRilla Ice Spice Lola Brooke Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award WINNER: “Bless Me,” Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin “Finished (Live),” Tamela Mann “I’ve Got Joy,” CeCe Winans “Kingdom,” Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin feat. Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore “New,” Tye Tribbett “One Moment From Glory,” Yolanda Adams “The Better Benediction (Pt.2),” PJ Morton feat. Lisa Knowles-Smith, Le’andria Johnson, Keke Wyatt, Kierra Sheard & Tasha Cobbs Leonard Viewer’s Choice Award “About Damn Time,” Lizzo WINNER: “Break My Soul,” Beyoncé “First Class,” Jack Harlow “Jimmy Cooks,” Drake feat 21 Savage “Kill Bill,” SZA “Last Last,” Burna Boy “Super Freaky Girl,” Nicki Minaj “Wait For U,” Future feat. Drake & Tems Best International Act Aya Nakamura (France) Ayra Starr (Nigeria) WINNER: Burna Boy (Nigeria) Central Cee (UK) Ella Mai (UK) Ko (South Africa) L7nnon (Brazil) Stormzy (UK) Tiakola (France) Uncle Waffles (Swaziland) Viewer’s Choice: Best New International Act Asake (Nigeria) Camidoh (Ghana) Flo (UK) WINNER: Libianca (Cameroon) Maureen (France) MC Ryan SP (Brazil) Pabi Cooper (South Africa) Raye (UK) Werenoi (France) BET Her “About Damn Time,” Lizzo “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2,” Pinkpantheress & Ice Spice WINNER: “Break My Soul,” Beyoncé “Her,” Megan Thee Stallion “Lift Me Up,” Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From And Inspired By – Rihanna & Ludwig Göransson “Players,” Coi Leray “Special,” Lizzo Best Movie WINNER: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Creed 3 Emancipation Nope The Woman King Till Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody Best Actor Amin Joseph Brian Tyree Henry WINNER: Damson Idris Daniel Kaluuya Demetrius ‘Lil Meech’ Flenory Jr. Donald Glover Michael B. Jordan Best Actress WINNER: Angela Bassett Coco Jones Janelle James Janelle Monáe Keke Palmer Viola Davis Zendaya Youngstars Award Akira Akbar Alaya High Demi Singleton Genesis Denise WINNER: Marsai Martin Thaddeus J. Mixson Young Dylan Sportswoman of the Year Award Alexis Morris Allyson Felix WINNER: Angel Reese Candace Parker Naomi Osaka Serena Williams Sha’carri Richardson Sportsman of the Year Award Aaron Judge Bubba Wallace Gervonta Davis WINNER: Jalen Hurts Lebron James Patrick Mahomes Stephen Curry
Entertainment – Wizkid’s ‘Essence’ Becomes First African Song To Win iHeartRadio Titanium Award
Multi-award-winning Nigerian artsites Ayodeji Balogun popularly known as Wizkid and Temilade Openiyi better known as Tems, have been honoured as the first African recipients of the iHeartRadio Titanium Award. The award is coming barely three days after the duo’s nominations at this year’s BET Awards. The iHeartRadio Titanium Award is given to artistes with records that have amassed over a billion spins across all of its stations in the United States. Wikzid’s Essence, off of his 4th studio album, Made In Lagos, featuring Tems became the first African song to win this award. Tems’ manager, Muyiwa Awoniyi, shared a video clip of the award via his Instastory recently
Wizkid, Tems, Burna Boy, Ckay & Fireboy DML Nominated for iHeartRadio Music Awards
Nigerian musicians, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Tems, Ckay, and Fireboy DML have all been nominated in the Afrobeats Artist Of The Year category at the 11th edition of the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2023. Afrobeats has been on a steady climb to more and more global acclaim with songs topping international music charts. So the nomination of these Nigerian superstars comes as no surprise. In the lineup of nominees announced by iHeart Media and Fox Entertainment for the 2023 iHeartRadio Music awards, Tems received nominations in four other categories; Best R&B artist, R&B song of the year, Hip-Hop song of the year, and Best Collaboration. Rema was also nominated for Best Music Video (A Socially Voted Category) for the visuals of his remix of “Calm Down” with Selena Gomez. The 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards will be broadcast live from Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on Monday, March 27, on FOX. See the full nomination list below: Song of the Year: “About Damn Time” – Lizzo “Anti-Hero” – Taylor Swift “As It Was” – Harry Styles “Big Energy” – Latto “Enemy (from the series Arcane League of Legends)” – Imagine Dragons “First Class” – Jack Harlow “Ghost”- Justin Bieber “Heat Waves” – Glass Animals “INDUSTRY BABY” – Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow “Woman” – Doja Cat Artist of the Year: Beyoncé Doja Cat Drake Dua Lipa Harry Styles Jack Harlow Justin Bieber Lizzo Taylor Swift The Weeknd Best Duo/Group of the Year: AJR Black Eyed Peas BLACKPINK Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic Glass Animals Imagine Dragons Måneskin OneRepublic Parmalee Red Hot Chili Peppers Best Collaboration: “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” – Elle King & Miranda Lambert “Cold Heart” – Elton John & Dua Lipa “half of my hometown” – Kelsea Ballerini ft. Kenny Chesney “I Like You (A Happier Song)” – Post Malone ft. Doja Cat “INDUSTRY BABY” – Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow “One Right Now” – Post Malone & The Weeknd “Sweetest Pie” – Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa “Unholy” – Sam Smith & Kim Petras “WAIT FOR U” – Future ft. Drake & Tems “You Right” – Doja Cat ft. The Weeknd Best New Pop Artist: Dove Cameron GAYLE Jax Nicky Youre Steve Lacy Country Song of the Year: “Buy Dirt” – Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan “half of my hometown” – Kelsea Ballerini ft. Kenny Chesney “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” – Cole Swindell “The Kind of Love We Make” – Luke Combs “Wasted On You” – Morgan Wallen Country Artist of the Year: Carrie Underwood Jason Aldean Kane Brown Luke Combs Morgan Wallen Best New Country Artist: Bailey Zimmerman Cody Johnson Elle King Elvie Shane Priscilla Block Afrobeats Artist of the Year: Burna Boy CKay Fireboy DML Tems Wizkid Hip-Hop Song of the Year: “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)”- Hitkidd & GloRilla “First Class” – Jack Harlow “Girls Want Girls” – Drake ft. Lil Baby “Super Gremlin”- Kodak Black “WAIT FOR U” – Future ft. Drake & Tems Hip-Hop Artist of the Year: Drake Future Kodak Black Lil Baby Moneybagg Yo Best New Hip-Hop Artist: B-Lovee GloRilla Latto Nardo Wick SleazyWorld Go R&B Song of the Year: “BREAK MY SOUL” – Beyoncé “Free Mind” – Tems “Hrs And Hrs” – Muni Long “I Hate U”- SZA “Smokin Out The Window” – Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic R&B Artist of the Year: Blxst Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic Muni Long SZA Yung Bleu Best New R&B Artist: Blxst Brent Faiyaz Muni Long Steve Lacy Tems Alternative Song of the Year: “Black Summer”- Red Hot Chili Peppers “EDGING”- Blink-182 “Enemy (from the series Arcane League of Legends)”- Imagine Dragons “Heat Waves”- Glass Animals “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”- Kate Bush Alternative Artist of the Year: Imagine Dragons Måneskin Red Hot Chili Peppers twenty one pilots Weezer Best New Artist (Alternative & Rock): Beach Weather BoyWithUke Giovannie and the Hired Guns Turnstile Wet Leg Rock Song of the Year: “Black Summer”- Red Hot Chili Peppers “Patient Number 9”- Ozzy Osbourne ft. Jeff Beck “Planet Zero”- Shinedown “So Called Life”- Three Days Grace “Taking Me Back”- Jack White Rock Artist of the Year: Ghost Papa Roach Red Hot Chili Peppers Shinedown Three Days Grace Dance Song of the Year: “Cold Heart”- Elton John & Dua Lipa “Escape”- KX5, Kaskade, Deadmau5 ft. Hayla “Heaven Takes You Home”- Swedish House Mafia & Connie Constance “Hot In It”- Tiësto & Charli XCX “I’m Good (Blue)”- David Guetta & Bebe Rexha Dance Artist of the Year: Anabel Englund Joel Corry SOFI TUKKER Swedish House Mafia Tiësto Latin Pop/Reggaeton Song Of The Year: “El Incomprendido” – Farruko/ Víctor Cárdenas/ DJ Adoni “MAMIII”- Becky G & Karol G “Me Porto Bonito”- Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone “Moscow Mule” – Bad Bunny “PROVENZA”- Karol G Latin Pop/Reggaeton Artist of the Year: Bad Bunny Daddy Yankee Farruko Karol G Rauw Alejandro Regional Mexican Song of the Year: “Cada Quien”- Grupo Firme ft. Maluma “Cómo Te Olvido” – La Arrolladora Banda El Limón de René Camacho “Si Te Pudiera Mentir”- Calibre 50 “Ya Solo Eres Mi Ex” – La Adictiva “Ya Supérame”- Grupo Firme Regional Mexican Artist of the Year: Calibre 50 Christian Nodal El Fantasma Grupo Firme La Adictiva Best New Latin Artist: Blessd Kali Uchis Quevedo Ryan Castro Venesti Best Lyrics: (Socially Voted Category) “About Damn Time” – Lizzo “abcdefu” – GAYLE “Anti-Hero” – Taylor Swift “Buy Dirt”- Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan “Glimpse Of Us”- Joji “Lift Me Up”- Rihanna “N95” – Kendrick Lamar “pushin P” – Gunna ft. Future, Young Thug “Super Freaky Girl” – Nicki Minaj “Wasted On You” – Morgan Wallen “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”- Lin-Manuel Miranda performed by the Cast of Encanto Best Music Video: (Socially Voted Category) “Anti-Hero”- Taylor Swift “As It Was” – Harry Styles “Calm Down”- Rema & Selena Gomez “Don’t Be Shy”- Tiësto & Karol G “DON’T YOU WORRY”- Black Eyed Peas, Shakira, David Guetta “Envovler” – Anitta “Left and Right”- Charlie Puth ft. Jung Kook of BTS “Pink Venom”- BLACKPINK “Tití Me Preguntó” – Bad Bunny “Yet To Come” – BTS Best Fan Army:
American Rapper Drops New Track “Wait For U” Featuring Drake & Tems
Rapper, Future is out with a new number, Wait For U featuring Canadian rapper, Drake, and Nigeria’s Afropop diva, Tems. The new track is off his ninth studio album tagged, I Never Liked You, which houses 16 tracks and it features Kanye West, Drake, Young Thug, Gunna, Kodak Black, Est Gee, Tems. I Never Liked You is Future’s first full-length album since joining forces with Lil Uzi Vert for their collaboration project, Pluto x Baby Pluto, in November 2020, over two years after his last solo release, 2020’s High Off Life. “Anytime we work in the studio, the level, the energy—we’re trying to perfect this shit but still stay raw, still stay gritty, and still be moving at the speed of the universe,” Future said of collaborating with Drake in a recent interview with GQ. Quotable lyrics “You pray for me demons girl I got you Every time I sip on c#deine I get vulnerable I’m knowing the sounds of the storm when it comes Understand I can’t take her everywhere a n#gga going I been in the field like the children of the corn”… Listen Below:- Stream Here Rate This Song On The Scale Of 0 – 10 Drop your rating