BET Award for Best International Act: Africa

BET Awards for Best International Act: Africa
BET Awards for Best International Act: Africa
Awarded for	Wizkid
Country	United States
Presented by	BET Awards
First awarded	2010
Currently held by	Wizkid (2017)
Most awards	Wizkid (2)
Most nominations	Wizkid (4)
Website	[1]

The BET Award for Best International Act: Africa was an award given to honor the outstanding achievements of international artists from Africa every year before being combined with other BET Award international acts. Wizkid holds the record for most wins in this category.

In 2015, several African and UK artists criticized BET's treatment of them, saying that their awards were presented to them in a pre-recorded segment backstage. Nigerian popstar Yemi Alade called for an end to the category.^[1] BET's Rights & Research Administrator for Business & Legal Affairs, Lilian Blankson, responded to the criticism in a series of tweets, denying that the award was given out backstage in a pre-recorded segment.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2010s

Best International Act
Dizzee Rascal (UK) - Winner Kojo Antwi (Ghana) Chipmunk (UK) Estelle (UK) Hip Hop Pantsula(HHP) (South Africa) K'NAAN(Somalia/Canada) M.I (Nigeria) P-Square(Nigeria) Corinne Bailey Rae (UK) Sade (UK)

Year	Artist	Country	Ref
2011
	2face Idibia	Nigeria	^{[citation needed]}
	D'banj	Nigeria
	D-Black	Ghana
	Fally Ipupa	DR Congo
	Angélique Kidjo	Benin
	Teargas	South Africa
2012
	Sarkodie	Ghana	^{[citation needed]}
	Wizkid	Nigeria
	Camp Mulla	Kenya
	Ice Prince	Nigeria
	Lira	South Africa
	Mokobé	Mali
2013
	Ice Prince	Nigeria	^[3]
	2face Idibia	Nigeria
	Toya Delazy	South Africa
	Donald	South Africa
	Goodlyfe Crew	Uganda
	R2Bees	Ghana
2014
	Davido	Nigeria	^[4]
	Diamond Platnumz	Tanzania
	Mafikizolo	South Africa
	Sarkodie	Ghana
	Tiwa Savage	Nigeria
	Toofan	Togo
2015
	Stonebwoy	Ghana	^[5]
	AKA	South Africa
	Yemi Alade	Nigeria
	Fally Ipupa	DR Congo
	Sarkodie	Ghana
	Sauti Sol	Kenya
	The Soil	South Africa
	Wizkid	Nigeria
2016
	Black Coffee	South Africa	^[6]
	AKA	South Africa
	Yemi Alade	Nigeria
	Serge Beynaud	Ivory Coast
	MzVee	Ghana
	Cassper Nyovest	South Africa
	Diamond Platnumz	Tanzania
	Wizkid	Nigeria
2017
	Wizkid	Nigeria	^[7]
	AKA	South Africa
	Davido	Nigeria
	Mr Eazi	Ghana
	Nasty C	South Africa
	Stonebwoy	Ghana
	Tekno	Nigeria
	Babes Wodumo	South Africa

Multiple wins and nominations

Most Wins

2 wins

Wizkid

Nominations

Big 7 nominations

Burna Boy

4 nominations

3 nominations

AKA

2 nominations

References

^ "Wizkid, Yemi Alade, and Fuse ODG Call Out the BET Awards For Disrespecting African Artists". Super Selected. Super Selected. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "BET hits back at African artists' accusations". Music in Africa. Music in Africa. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ Andy Swift. "BET Awards Nominees 2013 – Full List Of Hip-Hop Nominations". Hollywood Life. Archived from the original on February 20, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
^ Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. "BET Award 2014 Nominations Announced". nokiatheatrelalive.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
^ "Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj Lead BET Awards Nominations". Rap-Up. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
^ Konerman, Jennifer (May 20, 2016). "Drake Leads BET Awards with 9 Nominations". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
^ "Here Is the Complete List of BET Awards 2017 Winners". Billboard. June 25, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.

[1] "Wizkid, Yemi Alade, and Fuse ODG Call Out the BET Awards For Disrespecting African Artists". Super Selected. Super Selected. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

[2] "BET hits back at African artists' accusations". Music in Africa. Music in Africa. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

[3] Andy Swift. "BET Awards Nominees 2013 – Full List Of Hip-Hop Nominations". Hollywood Life. Archived from the original on February 20, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2015.

[4] Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. "BET Award 2014 Nominations Announced". nokiatheatrelalive.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2015.

[5] "Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj Lead BET Awards Nominations". Rap-Up. Retrieved May 18, 2015.

[6] Konerman, Jennifer (May 20, 2016). "Drake Leads BET Awards with 9 Nominations". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 16, 2017.

[7] "Here Is the Complete List of BET Awards 2017 Winners". Billboard. June 25, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.

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