MTV VMAs scraps Afrobeats category

The MTV Video Music Awards person discontinued the “Best Afrobeats” class astatine the 2026 MTV VMAs.

DAILY POST reports that the organisers unveiled the nominees for the 2027 MTV VMAs connected Tuesday but the “Best Afrobeats” class was near out.

The “Best Afrobeats” class was introduced successful 2023 with Rema and Selena Gomez’s ‘Calm Down’ winning, and South African vocalist Tyla winning backmost to backmost successful 2024 and 2025 with ‘Water’ and ‘Push 2 Start’, respectively.

Tyla’s consecutive wins sparked uproar connected some occasions, with euphony fans and critics, particularly Nigerians, accusing the organisers of “misrepresentation” for awarding a alleged Afrobeats grant to a non-Afrobeats artist.

While the organisers are yet to clarify the crushed for the discontinuation of the Best Afrobeats category, observers importune that it is not unrelated to the “misrepresentation” allegations. 

Meanwhile, Nigerian singers Burna Boy and Tems bagged nominations astatine the 2026 MTV VMAs.

Tems was nominated successful the Best R&B class for his collaboration with Dave connected ‘Raindance.’

Burna Boy received 2 nominations successful the Best Collaboration and Best Latin categories for his collaborative World Cup opus with Shakira, ‘Dai Dai.’

South African vocalist Tyla failed to marque the database arsenic the Best Afrobeats category, which her viral song, ‘Chanel’ was poised to get information successful and possi...