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AEAUSA Awards 2021 - Wizkid Takes 5 Awards Home

The song 'Essence' remains not just the song of the summer, but the main crossover song of 2021

Grammy Award winner, Wizkid has a lot to be happy about, especially after winning five awards at the recently concluded African Entertainment Awards, USA (AEAUSA). 

The singer went home as the Best Male Artist, he also got an award for Best Collaboration, Best Music Video, and he got the award for Song of The Year and Album of The Year.

The song 'Essence' remains not just the song of the summer, but the main crossover song of 2021. With that single, both Wizkid and Tems have been able to break new into new frontiers, leading to several new opportunities.

The complete list of winners of the 7th annual African Entertainment Awards, USA (AEAUSA) Awards, presented on December 26, 2021, is below.

  • BEST MALE ARTIST- WizKid
  • BEST FEMALE ARTIST- Tems
  • BEST HIP HOP/RAP ARTIST Kao Denero
  • BEST DUO/GROUP
    R2 bees
  • BEST COLLABORATION
    Wizkid – Essence ft. Tems
  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO
    Wizkid – Essence Ft. Tems
  • ARTIST OF THE YEAR
    Diamond Platnumz
  • BEST DANCER/GROUP
    Poco Lee
  • BEST DJ
    DJ Neptune
  • BEST FRANCOPHONE MALE ARTIST/GROUP
    Fally Ipupa
  • BEST FRANCOPHONE FEMALE ARTIST/GROUP
    Manamba Kante
  • BEST PALOP MALE ARTIST
    Mr. Bow
  • BEST PALOP FEMALE ARTIST
    Yasmine
  • BEST NEW ARTIST 2021
    Omah Lay
  • SONG OF THE YEAR
    WizKid – Essence ft. Tems
  • ALBUM OF THE YEAR
    Wizkid “Made in Lagos”
  • BEST UPCOMING/LOCAL ARTIST Sharma Boy
  • BEST MALE ARTIST – CENTRAL/WEST AFRICA
    Soul Bangs
  • BEST FEMALE ARTIST – CENTRAL/WEST AFRICA
    Manamba Kante
  • BEST MALE ARTIST – EAST/SOUTH/NORTH AFRICA
    Eddy Kenzo
  • BEST FEMALE ARTIST – EAST/SOUTH/NORTH AFRICA
    Spice Diana
  • BEST AFRICAN COMEDIAN
    Broda Shaggi
  • BEST GOSPEL ARTIST
    Mercy Chinwo
  • BEST REGGAE / DANCEHALL ARTIST
    Patoranking
  • AFRO-LATINO ARTIST OF THE YEAR
    J Balvin
  • SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER OF THE YEAR
    Don Jazzy
  • PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
    Masterkraft
  • MEDIA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
    EBuka
  • ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
    Sadio Mané – SOCCER/FOOTBALL
  • VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
    Director Kenny
  • BEST DIGITAL NEWS PLATFORM
    Pulse TV – Nigeria
  • BEST AFRICAN MOVIE
    King of Boys – by Kemi Adetiba