Davido conquers MTV EMAs

Davido ran for the Best African Act Award alongside Babes Wodumo (South Africa), C4 Pedro (Angola), Nasty C (South Africa), Nyashinski (Kenya) and Wizkid (Nigeria).

He upstaged fellow Nigerian artist Wizkid who won the Best West African Artist Award, for which Davido was also a nominee, at the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) in Lagos, Nigeria, on the same day.

Sunday’s two EMAs have put Davido’s trophy count at 31 since he broke into the music industry in 2012. The US-born singer has also become the third artist to win both the Best African Act Award at the BET Awards and the  EMAs. D’banj and 2Baba are the only other artists who have accomplished this feat. 

Davido did not attend the EMAs due to the Angolan leg of his 30 Billion World Tour on Saturday.

It has been a successful year for Davido. He made the Forbes Most Bankable Artists in Africa list at No 8 in May, and became the most followed African celebrity on Instagram with a remarkable 5.2 million followers.

His YouTube videos have also achieved resounding success. ‘Fall’ has garnered 33.8 million views since June and ‘If’ is sitting on 50.2 million since its release in February. On Saturday he released the video for ‘FIA’, which already has more than 700 000 views.

Watch the video for ‘FIA’ below:

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Full list of EMA winners

Best African Act

• Babes Wodumo (South Africa)
• C4 Pedro (Angola)
• Davido (Nigeria)
• Nasty C (South Africa)
• Nyashinski (Kenya)
• Wizkid (Nigeria)

Best Song

• Clean Bandit ft Sean Paul and Anne-Marie ­– ‘Rockabye’
• DJ Khaled ft Rihanna and Bryson Tiller – ‘Wild Thoughts’
• Ed Sheeran – ‘Shape of You’
• Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft Justin Bieber – ‘Despacito’ (Remix)
• Shawn Mendes – ‘There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back’

Best Artist

• Ariana Grande
• Ed Sheeran
• Kendrick Lamar
• Miley Cyrus
• Shawn Mendes
• Taylor Swift

Best Look

• Dua Lipa
• Harry Styles
• Rita Ora
• Taylor Swift
• Zayn

Best New

• Dua Lipa
• Julia Michaels
• Khalid
• Kyle
• Rag’n’Bone Man

Best US Act

• Fifth Harmony
• DJ Khaled
• Kendrick Lamar
• Taylor Swift

Best Pop

• Camila Cabello
• Demi Lovato
• Miley Cyrus
• Shawn Mendes
• Taylor Swift

Best Video

• Foo Fighters – Run
• Katy Perry ft Migos – ‘Bon Appetit’
• Kendrick Lamar – ‘Humble’
• Kyle ft Lil Yachty – ‘iSpy’
• Taylor Swift – ‘Look What You Made Me Do’

Best Live

• Bruno Mars
• Coldplay
• Ed Sheeran
• Eminem
• U2

Best Electronic

• Calvin Harris
• David Guetta
• Major Lazer
• Martin Garrix
• The Chainsmokers

Best Rock

• Coldplay
• Foo Fighters
• Royal Blood
• The Killers
• U2

Best Hip Hop

• Drake
• Eminem
• Future
• Kendrick Lamar
• Post Malone

Best Alternative

• Imagine Dragons
• Lana Del Rey
• Lorde
• The XX
• Thirty Seconds to Mars

Biggest Fans

• Ariana Grande
• Justin Bieber
• Katy Perry
• Shawn Mendes
• Taylor Swift

Best Push

• Hailee Steinfeld
• Jon Bellion
• Julia Michaels
• Kacy Hill
• Khalid
• Kyle
• Noah Cyrus
• Petite Meller
• Rag’n’Bone Man
• SZA
• The Head and The Heart

Best World Stage

• The Chainsmokers
• DNCE
• Foo Fighters
• Kinds of Leon
• Steve Aoki

Worldwide Act Winners

• Lil’ Kleine – The Netherlands
• C. Tangana – Spain
• Babymetal – Japan
• Alma – Finland
• Davido – Nigeria
• Stormzy – UK & Ireland
• Lali – Argentina