MTV EMA ANNOUNCES “BEST AFRICAN ACT” CATEGORY

This is shaping up to be Davido's year. Fresh after picking a BET Award in LA this year, it was announced that's he also nominated for a EMA Award.

He just tweeted

 Deets below per MTV press release 

Davido(Nigeria), Goldfish (South Africa), Diamond(Tanzania) and Toofan (Togo) will be battling it out for supremacy in this hotly contested category. 

In addition, for the first time ever, MTV is putting an EMA nomination in the hands of the fans via social media, so music lovers everywhere will have the power to help select the fifth nominee for Best African Act. Fans can tweet and vote from the following list of artists to earn the fifth nominee spot using the hashtag #MTVEMA plus the relevant hashtag for your favourite artist from the following list:

Anselmo Ralph - #NominateAnselmoRalph

Gangs of Ballet - #NominateGangsOfBallet

Mafikizolo - #NominateMafikizolo

Sarkodie - #NominateSarkodie

Sauti Sol - #NominateSautiSol

Tiwa Savage - #NominateTiwaSavage

 

The wild card Twitter vote is open until 14 September 2014 @ 11:59 CAT.  All “2014 MTV EMA” nominees will be announced and voting will open on 16 September 2014

Who are you pushing through as the fifth nomination? Soooo many great choices!

The “2014 MTV EMA” will broadcast LIVE on MTV on Sunday 9 November at 22:00 CATfrom The Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland (pre-show from 21:00 CAT).