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    Tems, Wizkid win at iHeart Radio Awards

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    Tems, Wizkid win at iHeart Radio Awards

    Nigerian musicians Wizkid and Tems have both been named the Afrobeats Artiste of the Year at the 2023 iHeart Radio Awards.

    The two superstars won the award at the event held in Los Angeles on Monday night.

    They beat competition from other Nigerian colleagues namely Burna Boy, Fireboy DML, and CKay.

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    Tems also won another award on the night. Her collaboration with Future and Drake, ‘Wait for U’ won the Hip-Hop Song of the Year category.

    This adds to Tems’ international recognition she has received in the past year.

    She won her first Grammy in February. Tems was also nominated for an Oscar for her contributions on Rihanna’s Black Panther song ‘Lift Me Up’.

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    Song of the year
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    “About Damn Time”- Lizzo
    WINNER: “Anti-Hero”- Taylor Swift
    “As It Was”- Harry Styles
    “Big Energy”- Latto
    “Enemy (from the series Arcane League of Legends)”- Imagine Dragons
    “First Class”- Jack Harlow
    “Ghost”- Justin Bieber
    “Heat Waves” – Glass Animals
    “Industry Baby” – Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow
    “Woman” – Doja Cat

    Artist of the year

    Beyoncé
    Doja Cat
    Drake
    Dua Lipa
    WINNER: Harry Styles
    Jack Harlow
    Justin Bieber
    Lizzo
    Taylor Swift
    The Weeknd

    Best duo/group of the year

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    AJR
    Black Eyed Peas
    Blackpink
    Glass Animals
    WINNER: Imagine Dragons
    Måneskin
    OneRepublic
    Parmalee
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Silk Sonic

    Best Collaboration

    “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”- Elle King & Miranda Lambert
    “Cold Heart”- Elton John & Dua Lipa
    “half of my hometown”- Kelsea Ballerini ft. Kenny Chesney
    “I Like You (A Happier Song)” – Post Malone ft. Doja Cat
    “Industry Baby” – Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow
    “One Right Now”- Post Malone & The Weeknd
    “Sweetest Pie” – Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa
    WINNER: “Unholy” – Sam Smith & Kim Petras
    “Wait For U” – Future ft. Drake & Tems
    “You Right” – Doja Cat ft. The Weeknd

    Best new pop artist
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    Dove Cameron
    Gayle
    WINNER: Jax
    Nicky Youre
    Steve Lacy

    Country song of the year

    “Buy Dirt” – Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan
    “half of my hometown” – Kelsea Ballerini ft. Kenny Chesney
    WINNER: “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” – Cole Swindell
    “The Kind of Love We Make” – Luke Combs
    “Wasted On You” – Morgan Wallen

    Country artist of the year
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    Carrie Underwood
    Jason Aldean
    Kane Brown
    Luke Combs
    WINNER: Morgan Wallen

    Best new country artist

    Bailey Zimmerman
    WINNER: Cody Johnson
    Elle King
    Elvie Shane
    Priscilla Block

    Afrobeats artist of the year

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    Burna Boy
    CKay
    Fireboy DML
    WINNER: Tems
    WINNER: Wizkid

    Hip-hop song of the year

    “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)”- Hitkidd & GloRilla
    “First Class” – Jack Harlow
    “Girls Want Girls” – Drake ft. Lil Baby
    “Super Gremlin”- Kodak Black
    WINNER: “Wait for U” – Future ft. Drake & Tems

    Hip-hop artist of the year
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    WINNER: Drake
    Future
    Kodak Black
    Lil Baby
    Moneybagg Yo

    Best new hip-hop artist

    B-Lovee
    WINNER: GloRilla
    WINNER: Latto
    Nardo Wick
    SleazyWorld Go

    R&B song of the year

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    “Break My Soul” – Beyoncé
    “Free Mind” – Tems
    “Hrs And Hrs” – Muni Long
    WINNER: “I Hate U”- SZA
    “Smokin Out The Window” – Silk Sonic

    R&B artist of the year  

    Blxst
    Muni Long
    Silk Sonic
    WINNER: SZA
    Yung Bleu

    Best new R&B artist

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    Blast
    Brent Faiyaz
    WINNER: Muni Long
    Steve Lacy
    Tems

    Alternative song of the year

    “Black Summer”- Red Hot Chili Peppers
    “Edging”- Blink-182
    WINNER: “Enemy (from the series Arcane League of Legends)”- Imagine Dragons
    “Heat Waves”- Glass Animals
    “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”- Kate Bush

    Alternative artist of the year

    Imagine Dragons
    Måneskin
    WINNER: Red Hot Chili Peppers
    twenty one pilots
    Weezer

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    Best new artist (alternative & rock)

    Beach Weather
    BoyWithUke
    WINNER: Giovannie and the Hired Guns
    Turnstile
    Wet Leg

    Rock song of the year

    WINNER: “Black Summer”- Red Hot Chili Peppers
    “Patient Number 9”- Ozzy Osbourne ft. Jeff Beck
    “Planet Zero”- Shinedown
    “So Called Life”- Three Days Grace
    “Taking Me Back”- Jack White

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    Rock artist of the year

    Ghost
    WINNER: Papa Roach
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Shinedown
    Three Days Grace

    Dance song of the year

    “Cold Heart”- Elton John & Dua Lipa
    “Escape”- KX5, Kaskade, Deadmau5 ft. Hayla
    “Heaven Takes You Home”- Swedish House Mafia & Connie Constance
    “Hot In It”- Tiësto & Charli XCX
    WINNER: “I’m Good (Blue)”- David Guetta & Bebe Rexha

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    Dance artist of the year

    WINNER: Anabel Englund
    Joel Corry
    Sofi Tukker
    Swedish House Mafia
    Tiësto

    Latin pop/reggaeton song of the year

    “El Incomprendido” – Farruko/ Víctor Cárdenas/ DJ Adoni
    WINNER: “MAMIII”- Becky G & Karol G
    “Me Porto Bonito”- Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone
    “Moscow Mule” – Bad Bunny
    “Provenza”- Karol G

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    Latin pop/reggaeton artist of the year  

    WINNER: Bad Bunny
    Daddy Yankee
    Farruko
    Karol G
    Rauw Alejandro

    Regional Mexican song of the year

    “Cada Quien”- Grupo Firme ft. Maluma
    WINNER: “Cómo Te Olvido” – La Arrolladora Banda El Limón de René Camacho
    “Si Te Pudiera Mentir”- Calibre 50
    “Ya Solo Eres Mi Ex” – La Adictiva
    “Ya Supérame”- Grupo Firme

    Regional Mexican artist of the year

    Calibre 50
    Christian Nodal
    El Fantasma
    WINNER: Grupo Firme
    La Adictiva

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    Best New Latin Artist

    Blessd
    WINNER: Kali Uchis
    Quevedo
    Ryan Castro
    Venesti

    Best lyrics (socially voted category)

    “About Damn Time” – Lizzo
    “abcdefu” – Gayle
    WINNER: “Anti-Hero” – Taylor Swift
    “Buy Dirt”- Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan
    “Glimpse Of Us”- Joji
    “Lift Me Up”- Rihanna
    “N95” – Kendrick Lamar
    “pushin P” – Gunna ft. Future, Young Thug
    “Super Freaky Girl” – Nicki Minaj
    “Wasted On You” – Morgan Wallen
    “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”- Lin-Manuel Miranda performed by the Cast of Encanto

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    Best music video (socially voted category)

    “Anti-Hero”- Taylor Swift
    “As It Was” – Harry Styles
    “Calm Down”- Rema & Selena Gomez
    “Don’t Be Shy”- Tiësto & Karol G
    “Don’t You Worry”- Black Eyed Peas, Shakira, David Guetta
    “Envovler” – Anitta
    “Left and Right”- Charlie Puth ft. Jung Kook of BTS
    “Pink Venom”- BLACKPINK
    “Tití Me Preguntó” – Bad Bunny
    WINNER: “Yet to Come” – BTS

    Best fan army (socially voted category)

    “Barbz”- Nicki Minaj
    “Beliebers”- Justin Bieber
    “BeyHive” – Beyoncé
    “Blinks”- Blackpink
    WINNER: “BTSArmy”- BTS
    “Harries” – Harry Styles
    “Hotties”- Megan Thee Stallion
    “Louies”- Louis Tomlinson
    “RihannaNavy”- Rihanna
    “Rushers”- Big Time Rush
    “Selenators” – Selena Gomez
    “Swifties”- Taylor Swift

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    Social star award (socially voted category)

    Bailey Zimmerman
    Charli D’Amelio
    Em Beihold
    Gayle
    GloRilla
    WINNER: JVKE
    Lauren Spencer-Smith
    Yung Gravy

    Favourite tour photographer (socially voted category)

    Bad Bunny – Siempreric
    Demi Lovato – Angelo Kritikos
    Dua Lipa – Elizabeth Miranda
    Halsey – Yasi
    WINNER: Harry Styles – Lloyd Wakefield
    Louis Tomlinson – Joshua Halling
    Luke Combs – David Bergman
    Machine Gun Kelly – Sam Cahill
    Olivia Rodrigo – Donslens
    Post Malone – Adam DeGross
    twenty one pilots – Ashley Osborn
    YUNGBLUD – Tom Pallant

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    TikTok bop of the year (socially voted category)

    “About Damn Time”- Lizzo
    “As It Was” – Harry Styles
    “Bad Habit” – Steve Lacy
    WINNER: “Bejeweled”- Taylor Swift
    “Big Energy”- Latto
    “Cuff It”- Beyoncé
    “Envolver”- Anitta
    “Just Wanna Rock” – Lil Uzi Vert
    “Made You Look”- Meghan Trainor
    “Super Freaky Girl” – Nicki Minaj
    “Unholy”- Sam Smith & Kim Petras
    “World’s Smallest Violin”- AJR

    Favourite documentary (socially voted category)

    Halftime – Jennifer Lopez
    Life in Pink – Machine Gun Kelly
    Love, Lizzo– Lizzo
    Niall Horan’s Homecoming: The Road to Mullingar With Lewis Capaldi – Niall Horan + Lewis Capaldi
    WINNER: Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me – Selena Gomez
    Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl – Shania Twain
    Sheryl – Sheryl Crow
    Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby – Lil Baby

    Favourite tour style (socially voted category)

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    Bad Bunny
    Carrie Underwood
    Dua Lipa
    Elton John
    WINNER: Harry Styles
    Lady Gaga
    Lil Nas X
    Lizzo
    Machine Gun Kelly
    Olivia Rodrigo
    Rosalía
    The Weeknd

    Favourite residency (socially voted category)

    “An Evening with Silk Sonic” – Silk Sonic
    “Enigma + Jazz & Piano” – Lady Gaga
    “Let’s Go!” – Shania Twain
    “Love In Las Vegas”- John Legend
    WINNER: “Love On Tour” – Harry Styles
    “Play”- Katy Perry
    “Reflection: The Las Vegas Residency” – Carrie Underwood
    “Usher: My Way – The Las Vegas Residency” – Usher
    “Weekends with Adele” – Adele

    Favorite use of a sample (socially voted category)

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    Beyoncé’s “Summer Renaissance” – sampled Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love”
    Blackpink’s “Pink Venom” – sampled 50 Cent’s “P.I.M.P,” Rihanna’s “Pon de Replay,” and
    Biggie’s “Kick In The Door”
    Chlöe’s “Treat Me” – sampled Bubba Sparxxx & Ying Yang Twins’ “Ms. New Booty”
    David Guetta & Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” – sampled Eiffel 65’s “Blue (Da Ba Dee)”
    DJ Khaled & Drake’s “Staying Alive” – sampled The Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive”
    Doja Cat’s “Vegas” – sampled Shonka Dukureh’s “Hound Dog”
    Jack Harlow’s “First Class” – sampled Fergie’s “Glamorous”
    Latto’s “Big Energy” – sampled Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy”
    Lizzo’s “Break Up Twice” – sampled Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing)”
    Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl” – sampled Rick James’ “Super Freak”
    WINNER: Taylor Swift’s “Question…?” – sampled Taylor Swift’s “Out of The Woods”
    Yung Gravy’s “Betty (Get Money)” – sampled Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up”

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