Nigerian muisc star, Wizkid was part of the first ever nominees for the Favorite Afrobeats Artist at the 2022 American Music Award.

Wizkid was nominated alongside Burna Boy, CKay, Tems, and Fireboy. These singer enjoyed considerable success in the United States in the year in review.

Wizkid also won the Favorite R&B Award with his song ‘Essence’ feat Tems and Justin Bieber fending off competition from other heavy weights.

Tems also won two award – Favorite R&B for ‘Essence’ and Favorite Hip Hop for her contribution on Future’s ‘Wait For U’.

ALSO READ: I Want To Live Forever Through My Music – Wizkid

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

• Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto cast, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”

• WINNER: Elton John & Dua Lipa, “Cold Heart — PNAU Remix”

• Future ft. Drake & Tems, “Wait for U”

• Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”

• The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, “Stay”

FAVORITE TOURING ARTIST

FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO

• Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone, “Me Porto Bonito”

• Harry Styles, “As It Was”

• Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”

• WINNER: Taylor Swift, “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)”

FAVORITE MALE POP ARTIST

FAVORITE FEMALE POP ARTIST

FAVORITE POP DUO OR GROUP

FAVORITE POP ALBUM

• Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti

• Harry Styles, Harry’s House

• WINNER: Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version)

FAVORITE POP SONG

• Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto cast, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”

• WINNER: Harry Styles, “As It Was”

• Lizzo, “About Damn Time”

• The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, “Stay”

FAVORITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST

FAVORITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST

FAVORITE COUNTRY DUO OR GROUP

FAVORITE COUNTRY ALBUM

• Carrie Underwood, Denim & Rhinestones

• Cody Johnson, Human: The Double Album

• WINNER: Taylor Swift: Red (Taylor’s Version)

• Walker Hayes, Country Stuff: The Album

FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG

• Chris Stapleton, “You Should Probably Leave”

• Cody Johnson, “‘Til You Can’t”

• Dustin Lynch ft. MacKenzie Porter, “Thinking ‘Bout You”

• Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan, “Buy Dirt”

• WINNER: Morgan Wallen, “Wasted on You”

FAVORITE MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST

FAVORITE FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST

FAVORITE HIP-HOP ALBUM

• Future, I Never Liked You

• WINNER: Kendrick Lamar, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

FAVORITE HIP-HOP SONG

• WINNER: Future ft. Drake & Tems, “Wait for U”

• Jack Harlow, “First Class”

• Kodak Black, “Super Gremlin”

• Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”

FAVORITE MALE R&B ARTIST

FAVORITE FEMALE R&B ARTIST

FAVORITE R&B ALBUM

• WINNER: Beyoncé, Renaissance

• Drake, Honestly, Nevermind

• Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak), An Evening With Silk Sonic

• Summer Walker, Still Over It

FAVORITE R&B SONG

• WINNER: Beyoncé, “Break My Soul”

• Muni Long, “Hrs And Hrs”

• Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak), “Smokin Out the Window”

• Wizkid ft. Tems, “Essence”

FAVORITE MALE LATIN ARTIST

FAVORITE FEMALE LATIN ARTIST

FAVORITE LATIN DUO OR GROUP

• Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga

• WINNER: Yahritza Y Su Esencia

FAVORITE LATIN ALBUM

• WINNER: Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti

• Rauw Alejandro, Vice Versa

FAVORITE LATIN SONG

• Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone, “Me Porto Bonito”

• Becky G x Karol G, “Mamii”

• Rauw Alejandro, “Todo de Ti”

• WINNER: Sebastián Yatra, “Dos Oruguitas”

FAVORITE ROCK ARTIST

• WINNER: Machine Gun Kelly

FAVORITE ROCK SONG **New**

• Foo Fighters, “Love Dies Young”

• Imagine Dragons x JID, “Enemy”

• Kate Bush, “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”

• WINNER: Måneskin, “Beggin’”

• Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Black Summer”

FAVORITE ROCK ALBUM **New**

• Coldplay, Music of the Spheres

• Imagine Dragons, Mercury – Act 1

• Machine Gun Kelly, Mainstream Sellout

• Red Hot Chili Peppers, Unlimited Love

FAVORITE INSPIRATIONAL ARTIST

• WINNER: For King & Country

FAVORITE GOSPEL ARTIST

FAVORITE DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST

FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK

FAVORITE AFROBEATS ARTIST **New**

FAVORITE K-POP ARTIST **New**

 

 

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