Burna Boy won the Top Afrobeats Artiste, while Rema’s ‘Calm
Down’ remix featuring Selena Gomez won the Top Afrobeats Song.
The ‘African Giant’ crooner beat stiff competition from
Wizkid, Rema, Tems, and Cameroonian star, Libianca, on his way to making
history as the first-ever winner of the newly-created Top Afrobeats Artiste
category.
Similarly, Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ remix saw off competition from
Ayra Starr’s ‘Rush’, Oxlade’s ‘Ku Lo Sa’, Libianca’s ‘People’, and Victony’s
‘Soweto’ with Rema and Don Toliver, take home the price for the maiden Top
Afrobeats Song category.
However, the ‘Calm Down’ remix was lost in the Top Billboard
Collaboration, Top Billboard Excl. U.S. Song, Top Billboard Global 200 Song,
and Top Radio Song categories.
American singer Morgan Wallen led the winners’ chart with 11
awards, while Taylor Swift followed closely with 10 wins.