Other African musicians in that category are:\u00a0South Africa\u2019s Babes Wodumo & Nasty C, Angola\u2019s C4 Pedro and Kenya\u2019s Nyashinksi.<\/p>\n
The show which is to be hosted by Rita Ora has Taylor Swift bagging the highest number of nominations. This year, the Best Male and female Artist category has been collapsed into one with\u00a0Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran, Kendrick Lamar, Miley Cyrus, Shawn Mendes and Taylor Swiftas the nominees.<\/p>\n
The full list of nominees below…<\/p>\n
BEST AFRICAN ACT
\nBabes Wodumo \u2013 South Africa
\nC4 Pedro \u2013 Angola
\nDaVido \u2013 Nigeria
\nNasty C \u2013 South Africa
\nNyashinski \u2013 Kenya
\nWizKid \u2013 Nigeria<\/p>\n
BEST SONG
\nClean Bandit \u2013 Rockabye ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie
\nDJ Khaled \u2013 Wild Thoughts ft. Rihanna, Bryson Tiller
\nEd Sheeran \u2013 Shape of You
\nLuis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee \u2013 Despacito (Remix) ft. Justin Bieber
\nShawn Mendes \u2013 There\u2019s Nothing Holdin\u2019 Me Back<\/p>\n
BEST ARTIST
\nAriana Grande
\nEd Sheeran
\nKendrick Lamar
\nMiley Cyrus
\nShawn Mendes
\nTaylor Swift<\/p>\n
BEST LOOK
\nDua Lipa
\nHarry Styles
\nRita Ora
\nTaylor Swift
\nZAYN<\/p>\n
BEST NEW
\nDua Lipa
\nJulia Michaels
\nKhalid
\nKYLE
\nRag\u2019n\u2019Bone Man<\/p>\n
BEST POP
\nCamila Cabello
\nDemi Lovato
\nMiley Cyrus
\nShawn Mendes
\nTaylor Swift<\/p>\n
BEST VIDEO
\nFoo Fighters \u2013 Run
\nKaty Perry \u2013 Bon App\u00e9tit ft. Migos
\nKendrick Lamar \u2013 HUMBLE.
\nKYLE \u2013 iSpy ft. Lil Yachty
\nTaylor Swift \u2013 Look What You Made Me Do<\/p>\n
BEST LIVE
\nBruno Mars
\nColdplay
\nEd Sheeran
\nEminem
\nU2<\/p>\n
BEST ELECTRONIC
\nCalvin Harris
\nDavid Guetta
\nMajor Lazer
\nMartin Garrix
\nThe Chainsmokers<\/p>\n
BEST ROCK
\nColdplay
\nFoo Fighters
\nRoyal Blood
\nThe Killers
\nU2<\/p>\n
BEST HIP HOP
\nDrake
\nEminem
\nFuture
\nKendrick Lamar
\nPost Malone<\/p>\n
BEST ALTERNATIVE
\nImagine Dragons
\nLana Del Rey
\nLorde
\nThe xx
\nThirty Seconds To Mars<\/p>\n
BIGGEST FANS
\nAriana Grande
\nJustin Bieber
\nKaty Perry
\nShawn Mendes
\nTaylor Swift<\/p>\n
BEST PUSH
\nHailee Steinfeld
\nJon Bellion
\nJulia Michaels
\nKacy Hill
\nKhalid
\nKYLE
\nNoah Cyrus
\nPetite Meller
\nRag\u2019n\u2019Bone Man
\nSZA
\nThe Head And The Heart<\/p>\n
BEST WORLD STAGE
\nSteve Aoki \u2013 Live from Isle of MTV Malta 2016
\nKings of Leon \u2013 Live from Oude Luxor Theatre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016
\nTomorrowland 2017
\nDNCE \u2013 Live from Isle of MTV Malta 2017
\nThe Chainsmokers \u2013 Live from Isle of MTV Malta 2017
\nFoo Fighters \u2013 Live from Barcelona, Spain 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The nomination list for the 2017 edition of the MTV European Music Awards which is scheduled to hold on the 12th of December has just been released and Wizkid and Davido are nominated as best African acts. Other African musicians in that category are:\u00a0South Africa\u2019s Babes Wodumo & Nasty C, Angola\u2019s C4 Pedro and Kenya\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6035,"featured_media":799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[445,1526,363],"class_list":["post-796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-davido","tag-mtv-ema","tag-wizkid"],"yoast_head":"\n