Winners List – 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards
The MTV EMAs history books will have it on records that The Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland was the venue where the 2014 edition of the prestigious MTV Europe Music Awards. As reported earlier Kenyan boy-band Sauti Sol won the award for “Best African Act” beating Nigerian afro-pop titan Davido.
The show-stopping ceremony which was hosted by Nicki Minaj finished minutes ago; so did your favourite nominee(s) take home any of coveted award? Check out the full winners list below now and drop your comments. Full list here.
Davido Loses Out, Chris Brown Wins Big At Soul Train Awards
Davido’s fans are no doubt feeling a bit let down as the OBO fails to bring home yet another international award following his MOBO loss.
Nominated in the Best International Performance category alongside Machel Montano , Nico & Vinz , Sam Smith , Shaggy , Ziggy Marley for his song “Aye”, Davido lost the award to Machel Montano for “Ministry Of Road (M.O.R)” at the BET Soul Train Awards which took place on November 7, 2014.
Amidst amazing performances with classic acts like Lil Kim, Da Brat, Missy Elliot, Mase, KC & Jojo, younger generation artistes the likes of Nico & Vinz, Tinashe, Tank, Chris Brown who’s “Loyal” won him Hip-Hop Song of the Year and Best Collaboration, also thrilled. Newcomers Nico & Vinz also carted away the Best New Artiste award.
The award ceremony will air on Centric and BET on November 30 at 8 p.m.
Iyanya & D’Tunes To Collaborate On New Album?
The duo who worked together in producing Iyanya’s smash hit “Kukere”, are back together to work on his third album reports NET. According to them, D’Tunes who’s working on his debut album set to be released in 2015 in a brief chat said, ” I’m working on Sean Tizzle’s ‘one Africa project’ and my good friend Iyanya’s new album, we’ve been in the studio twice now and we cooking something special ground-breaking by God’s grace.”
After Months In America, D’banj Is Back In Nigeria…
Iyanya became the first Nigerian celebrity to get a brand new customized Gold-plated headphone from Dbanj. On D’banj’s return to Nigeria on November 12, 2014, he and Iyanya met at the airport and the self-styled Eja nla promptly gave handed him a pair of headphones. Sharing the picture via instagram, D’banj wrote: ‘Guess who I ran into at the airport as I touched Nigeria….it’s Iyanya and Yes he gets a pair of the classic new #beatsbydre for Dbanj #Christmas just started.‘ D’banj became the first African ambassador of Beatsbydre in October 2014….
Chidinma Ekile Reveals She Was Born Blind
Miss Kedike posted a photo on Instagram to celebrate her mother. The artiste who recently dropped a new song, ‘Martha‘ revealed that the song was created to praise her mother’s efforts.
Chidinma opened up in her Instagram post about how she was blind from birth.
“The song MARTHA is dedicated to my mother Mrs Martha Ekile. I DECIDED To show my fans a different side to Chidinma, a side never revealed to so many, a side I will forever remain grateful and indebted to Father Lord for His miraculous interventions and guidance in my life… I was conceived and certified totally Blind at birth. For fifteen nights this woman held me in her hands and wept uncontrollably, with my father calling on God to bless newly born Chidinma with sight… On the 16th day I opened my eyes… And they been open ever since.. I was born a very fragile baby with some health conditions. Her prayers took it all away. Today I dedicate my entire life selflessly and earnings to catering to visually impaired/blind people. Life is such a wonderful and colorful piece of art and it must feel like hell not to envision Gods creation. THE Mma Charity Foundation is my little giveback the world”.
Seun Kuti Gets Turtle Named After Him In Spain
Oluseun Anikulapo-Kuti took to instagram earlier today to share an honour he received from the people of fuerte Venture, Spain.
He captioned it: “The people of Fuerte Venture named a turtle after me and together with the governor and entire city l released it back into the wild. Very symbolic as it goes home this is my last show, l go home too!!”
DJ Xclusive, DJ Neptune, DJ Humility, Others Gather For Jimmy’s Jump Off…
African’s leading Disc Jockey, DJ Jimmy Jatt is back with the summer edition of his annual DJ concert tagged Jimmy’s Jump Off, and has announced the venue, 15 deejays and various artistes billed to perform at the event this year. The show is set to hold on Sunday, November 30, 2014 at GET Arena, Victoria Island, Lagos by 7 pm. And this year’s edition will showcase top-notch DJs like DJ Xclusive, DJ Humility, DJ Caise, DJ Spinall, DJ Tonny Blaze, DJ Sose, DJ Neptune, DJ Big N, DJ Nana, DJ Mekzy, DJ Kaywise and a host of other entertainers…
