South African pop star Tyla’s star continues to shine. The “Water” hitmaker was awarded the MTV Video Music Award in the “Best Afrobeats” category, making her the first South African artist to win and MTV VMA.
The “Water” music video has over 230 million views on YouTube and almost 800 million streams on Spotify. Tyla was up against Ayra Starr, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Lojay and Tems.
TYla is also the first solo artist to win this award. The Afrobeats category was first introduced to the VMAs in 2023 and was given to Rema and Selena Gomez.
During her acceptance speech she took a moment to clarify that African music is diverse and although she was nominated in an Afrobeats category, she represents Amapiano.
“I come from South Africa. I represent amapiano. I represent my culture, and I just want to shout out [to] all the Afrobeats artists in this category with me.” shared Tyla.
Congrats TYLA!!!
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