Burna Boy bags Best African Act Award at MTV EMA [SEE FULL LIST]

Burna Boy has emerged the winner for the Best African Act category at the MTV EMA

The event which took place on Sunday, the 3rd of November 2019 at the FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre in Seville, Andalusia, Spain so the African Giant decorated once again.

The African Giant topped the category with contenders such as Teni Entertainer, South Africa’s Nasty C, Tanzania’s Harmonize and Togo’s Toofan Prince Kaybee.

While Burna Boy was being proclaimed the winner of the MTV EMA Best African Act, the afro-fusion artiste was busy shutting down SSE Arena in Wembley, London where he was also recognized for being the first Afrobeat artist to shut down the arena.

You’d remember that the Burna Boy had won the Best International Act at the BET Awards in June 2019.

See the full list of winners:

BEST VIDEO
Ariana Grande – thank u, next
Billie Eilish – bad guy
Lil Nas X – Old Town Road (Remix) ft. Billy Ray Cyrus
ROSALÍA, J Balvin – Con Altura ft. El Guincho
Taylor Swift – ME! ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco WINNER!!

BEST ARTIST
Ariana Grande
J Balvin
Miley Cyrus
Shawn Mendes WINNER!!
Taylor Swift

BEST SONG
Ariana Grande – 7 rings
Billie Eilish – bad guy WINNER!!
Lil Nas X-  Old Town Road (Remix) ft. Billy Ray Cyrus
Post Malone, Swae Lee – Sunflower
Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello – Señorita

BEST COLLABORATION
BTS, Halsey – Boy With Luv
Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road (Remix)
Mark Ronson, Miley Cyrus – Nothing Breaks Like a Heart
ROSALÍA, J Balvin – Con Altura ft. El Guincho WINNER!!
Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello – Señorita
The Chainsmokers, Bebe Rexha – Call You Mine

BEST NEW
Ava Max
Billie Eilish WINNER!!
Lewis Capaldi
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Mabel

BEST POP
Ariana Grande
Becky G
Camila Cabello
Halsey WINNER!!
Jonas Brothers
Shawn Mendes

BEST LIVE
Ariana Grande
BTS WINNER!!
Ed Sheeran
P!NK
Travis Scott

BEST ROCK
Green Day WINNER!!
Imagine Dragons
Liam Gallagher
Panic! At The Disco
The 1975

BEST HIP-HOP
21 Savage
Cardi B
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj WINNER!!
Travis Scott

BEST ALTERNATIVE
FKA Twigs WINNER!!
Lana Del Rey
Solange
twenty one pilots
Vampire Weekend

BEST ELECTRONIC
Calvin Harris
DJ Snake
Marshmello
Martin Garrix WINNER!!
The Chainsmokers

BEST LOOK
Halsey WINNER!!
J Balvin
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
ROSALÍA

BIGGEST FANS
Ariana Grande
Billie Eilish
BTS WINNER!!
Shawn Mendes
Taylor Swift

BEST GROUP
BTS WINNER!!
BLACKPINK
Little Mix
CNCO
Monsta X
5 Seconds of Summer
Jonas Brothers
The 1975

BEST PUSH
Ava Max WINNER!!
Billie Eilish
CNCO
H.E.R.
Jade Bird
Juice WRLD
Kiana Ledé
Lauv
Lewis Capaldi
Lizzo
Mabel
ROSALÍA

BEST WORLD STAGE
Bebe Rexha, Isle of MTV Malta 2019
Hailee Steinfeld, Isle of MTV Malta 2018
Muse, Bilbao, Spain 2018 WINNER!!
The 1975, Lollapalooza Paris Festival 2019
twenty one pilots, Lollapalooza Paris Festival 2019

BEST UK & IRELAND ACT
Dave
Ed Sheeran
Lewis Capaldi
Little Mix WINNER!!
Mabel

ROCK ICON
Liam Gallagher

EMA GENERATION CHANGE
Alfredo “Danger” Martinez, 33, Mexico
Shiden Tekle, 20, UK
Lisa Ranran Hu, 20, China
Kelvin Doe, 22, Sierra Leone
Jamie Margolin, 17, USA

2019 MTV EMA LOCAL ACT WINNERS

Best African Act – Burna Boy

Best Australian Act – Ruel

Best Belgian Act – MATTN

Best Brasilian Act – Pabllo Vittar

Best Canadian Act – Johnny Orlando

Best Caribbean Act – Anuel AA

Best Danish Act – Nicklas Sahl

Best Dutch Act – Snelle

Best Finnish Act – JVG

Best French Act – Kendji Girac

Best German Act – Juju

Best Greater China Act – Shen Zhou

Best Hungarian Act – Király Viktor

Best India Act – Emiway Bantai

Best Italian Act – Mahmood

Best Japan Act – King Gnu

Best Korean Act – ATEEZ

Best Lat Am Central Act – Sebastián Yatra

Best Lat Am North Act – Mon Laferte

Best Lat Am South Act – J MENA

Best New Zealand Act – JessB

Best Norwegian Act – Sigrid

Best Polish Act – Roksana Węgiel

Best Portuguese Act – Fernando Daniel

Best MTV Russia Act – Maruv

Best Southeast Asia Act – Jasmine Sokko

Best Spanish Act – Lola Índigo

Best Swedish Act – Avicii

Best Swiss Act – Loredana

Best UK & Ireland Act – Little Mix

Best US Act – Taylor Swift