Burna Boy wins “Best African Act” award at 2019 MTV EMA Awards Night (full winners list)

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NOV 4, 2019

Burna Boy has won the Best African Act category at the 2019 MTV EMAs awards in Seville, Spain, the second international award he clinched this year.
He also won the Best International Act award at the 2019 Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards.
For the MTV award, the African Giant Burna Boy beat Nigerian Teni, Prince Kaybee (South Africa), TooFan (Togo), Nasty C (South Africa) and Harmonize (Tanzania) in the award annaounced Sunday night at the FIBES Conference & Exhibition Centre.
Burna Boy did not attend the presentation as he was holding a concert at SSE Arena in Wembley, London.
With Burna Boy winning the award, Nigerian musicians have now clinched it the fourth time in a row. Wizkid won it in 2016, Davido 2017, Tiwa Savage in 2018.
There were other winners at the Seville show.
Taylor Swift won Best US Act and Best Video, while Nicki Minaj won Best HipHop. Shawn Mendes won Best Artist.
FULL LIST OF “2019 MTV EMA” WINNERS
*indicates winner

BEST AFRICA ACT
*Burna Boy (Nigeria) — (WINNER)
Prince Kaybee (South Africa)
TooFan (Toga)
Nasty C (South Africa)
Teni (Nigeria)
Harmonize (Tanzania)

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
Cole
*Nicki Minaj — (WINNER)
Travis Scott

BEST ALTERNATIVE
*FKA Twigs — (WINNER)
Lana Del Rey
Solange
twenty one pilots
Vampire Weekend

BEST ELECTRONIC
DJ Snake
Marshmello
*Martin Garrix — (WINNER)
The Chainsmokers

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 LOOK
*Halsey — (WINNER)
J Balvin
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Rosalía

BIGGEST FANS
Ariana Grande
Billie Eilish
*BTS — (WINNER)
Shawn Mendes
Taylor Swift

BEST US ACT
Ariana Grande
Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
*Taylor Swift — (WINNER)

BEST UK ACT
Lewis Capaldi
Dave
Mabel
Ed Sheeran
*Little Mix — (WINNER)

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

FULL PERFORMANCE LIST
Dua Lipa – “Don’t Start Now”
Mabel – “Don’t Call Me Up”
Niall Horan – “Nice to Meet Ya”
Akon feat. Becky G – “Como No”
Green Day – “Father of All,” Basket Case”
Halsey – “Graveyard”
Ava Max – “Torn,” “Sweet but Psycho”
Rosalía – “Di Mi Nombre”
NCT 127 – “Highway to Heaven”
Becky G – “24/7,” “Sin Pajama,” “Mayores”
Liam Gallagher – “Once,” “Wonderwall”

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