Tiwa Savage Wins Best African Act At The 2018 MTV EMA

At the 2018 MTV EMA held yesterday 4th November, Nigeria’s Tiwa Savage emerged the winner in the Best African Act category.

Tiwa Savage was nominated in the same category alongside Ipupa, Davido, Shekhinah, Distruction Boyz and Shekhinah but she was able to win the prestigious award at a ceremony held at the Bilbao Exhibition Centre – Bilbao in Spain.

An excited Tiwa Savage posted a picture of her holding her award wrote:

“Almighty God, you ARE so faithful. My savage soldiers you did this for us. You’ve stuck with me through the roller coasters, THANK YOU To my amazing team, this is just the beginning.
African Woman, this is for US
I’ve been through a lot but I’ve kept my head up and weathered the storm because I know some little girl somewhere is dreaming like I did. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️”

Tiwa savage wins best african act at 2018 mtv ema
See also the full list of winners at the 2018 MTV EMA below:

BEST AFRICAN ACT

Davido (Nigeria)

Tiwa Savage (Nigeria) Winner

Distruction Boyz (South Africa)

Fally Ipupa (DRC)

Nyashinski (Kenya)

Shekinah (South Africa)

BEST ARTIST

Ariana Grande

Camila Cabello (Winner)

Drake

Dua Lipa

Post Malone

BEST VIDEO

Ariana Grande (No Tears left to cry)

Camila Cabello (Havana ft. Young Thug) (Winner)

Childish Gambino (This Is America)

Lil Dicky (Freaky Friday ft. Chris Brown)

The Carters (APES**T)

BEST SONG

Ariana Grande (No tears left to cry)

Bebe Rexha (Meant To Be ft. Florida Georgia Line)

Camila Cabello (Havana ft. Young Thug) Winner

Drake (God’s Plan)

Post Malone (Rockstar ft. 21 Savage)

BEST POP

Ariana Grande

Camila Cabello

Dua Lipa (Winner)

Hailee Steinfeld

Shawn Mendes

BEST NEW ARTIST

Anne-Marie

Bazzi

Cardi B (Winner)

Hayley Kiyoko

Jessie Reyez

BEST LOOK

Cardi B

Dua Lipa

Migos

Nicki Minaj  (Winner)

Post Malone

BEST HIP HOP

Drake

Eminem

Migos

Nicki Minaj (Winner) 

Travis Scott

BEST LIVE

Ed Sheeran

Muse

P!nk

Shawn Mendes (Winner)

The Carters

BEST ROCK

5 Seconds Of Summer (Winner)

Foo Fighters

Imagine Dragons

Muse

U2

BEST ALTERNATIVE

Fall Out Boy

Panic! At The Disco (Winner)

The 1975

Thirty Seconds To Mars

Twenty-one pilots

BEST ELECTRONIC

Calvin Harris

David Guetta

Marshmello (Winner)

Martin Garrix

The Chainsmokers

BIGGEST FANS

BTS (Winner)

Camila Cabello

Selena Gomez

Shawn Mendes

Taylor Swift

BEST WORLD STAGE

Clean Bandit (MTV Crashes Plymouth, UK 2017)

Charli XCX (MTV Crashes Plymouth, UK 2017)

David Guetta (Trafalgar Square, UK 2017)

Jason Derulo (Isle of MTV Malta 2018)

Post Malone (Wireless Festival, UK 2018)

Migos (Wireless Festival, UK 2018)

J Cole (Wireless Festival, UK 2018)

Nick Jonas (MTV Spotlight @ Hyperplay, Singapore 2018)

Alessia Cara (MTV Spotlight @ Hyperplay, Singapore 2018) (Winner)

BEST PUSH

PRETTYMUCH (October 2017)

Why Don’t We (November 2017)

Grace VanderWaal (December 2017) (WINNER)

Bishop Briggs (January 2018)

Superorganism (February 2018)

Jessie Reyez (March 2018)

Hayley Kiyoko (April 2018)

Lil Xan (May 2018)

Sigrid (June 2018)

Chloe x Halle (July 2018)

Bazzi (August 2018)

Jorja Smith (September 2018)

BEST US ACT

Ariana Grande

Camila Cabello

Cardi B

Imagine Dragons

Post Malone

BEST CANADIAN ACTShawn Mendes (Winner)

BEST KOREAN ACT: Loona (Winner)

BEST UK & IRELAND ACT: Little Mix (Winner)

GLOBAL ICON: Janet Jackson

 

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