Wizkid

  • Wizkid wins MTV EMAs Best African Act

    The 2021 MTV Europe Music Awards held today 14 Nov, at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary. Nigeria’s Ayo Balogun “Wizkid” has just been announced as the winner 2021 Best African Act at the MTV EMA. NEWS 🎉 Wizkid has won “Best African Act” at the 2021 MTV EMAs! Congrats @wizkidayo! 🥂…

  • Burnaboy, Ckay, Wizkid, Davido, Ayra Starr & others were Nominated for the 2021 MOBO Awards

    The MOBO Awards are an annual British music award presentation honouring achievements in “music of black origin”, including hip hop, grime, R&B, soul, reggae, jazz, gospel, and African music. The 2021 edition of the MOBO Awards will hold at Coventry’s CBS Arena on Sunday, the 5th of December 2021. View this post on Instagram A…

  • Wizkid to headline Afrochella 2021 in Ghana

    The 5th annual Afrochella is set to hold in Ghana from Fri, 24 Dec 2021 – Sun, 2 Jan 2022 and Nigeria’s singer and songwriter Ayo Balogun ‘Wizkid‘ has been announced as the headline act. The Afrochella Experience Is A Celebration Of Africa’s Diverse Culture And The Vibrant Work Of African Creatives & Entrepreneurs. View this post…

  • H.E.R.,Wizkid, Chris Brown lead nominations for 2021 Soul Train Awards

    The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual music awards show which previously aired in national broadcast syndication, and honors the best in African-American culture music and entertainment.  Nominees for the 2021 Soul Train Awards have been unveiled with H.E.R as lead nominee for 8 awards, Jazmine Sullivan and Chris Brown follow with six nominations each; Wizkid and Tems are next…

  • Wizkid x Damian Marley talk how they met and recorded ‘Blessed’

    In an interview with Rollingstone: an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. Wizkid and Damian Marley explain how the beautiful record on the Made in Lagos album was recorded. Many are already familiar with the story, it happened many years ago that the two Stars were lodged at the same…

  • Wande Coal Previews New Song with Wizkid, and Ikechukwu.

    Wande Coal, Wizkid, and Ikechukwu are teaming up together for a song, the title is still unknown. Wande recently shared on his IG live a 1minute plus snippet of their unreleased song, listen and enjoy what the trio has in the bank. This may be a third Wande x Wiz collabo and it really sounds special…

  • Burnaboy shutdown the Hollywood Bowl, Performs ‘Ginger’ with Wizkid

    African Giant, the winner of the Best Global Music Album at the 63rd GRAMMY Awards continues his Spaceship concert in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl concert. Burnaboy sold out the Hollywood Bowl, he enlisted Queen Naija and Umi for this Hollywood bowl debut this’s got to be one of the most anticipated concerts this year. Speaking…

  • Wizkid, Tems receive plaque as “Essence” goes platinum in the US

    Indeed song of the summer as Wizkid and Tems receive a platinum plaque for their song “Essence” at Novo theatre, LA. A song/album goes platinum when 1,000,000 copies of it are sold. Wizkid’s “Essence” featuring Tems becomes the first African song to be certified platinum in the United States. 💿 pic.twitter.com/Pv4gnXAwPV — Rap Alert (@rapalert4)…

  • Wizkid’s Made In Lagos Breaks Fela’s Billboard Record

    Records are there to be broken as Nigeria Ayo Balogun’s album ‘Made in Lagos‘ has now spent 46 weeks on Billboard’s ‘World Album‘ Chart surpassing the 45 weeks record set in 1999 by ‘The Best Of The Black President’ album, a compilation album by the legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Wizkid’s made in Lagos becomes the…

  • Ben Simmons, Kevin Hart & Wiz Khalifa in attendance as Wizkid, Ella Mai Performs ‘Piece of me’

    Nigerian superstar, Ayo Ibrahim Balogun ‘Wizkid‘ took his Made in Lagos train to the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles last night . Fans have shared several videos on social media of the superstar performing his classics but the one that has caught eye the most if his beautiful performance of ‘Piece of me‘ as Wizkid…