American Music Awards Introduce New Category For Afrobeats 

The American Music Awards has introduced a new category strictly for the afrobeats sound ahead of the award ceremony on the 21st of November, 2022.

The organizers of the American Music Awards 2022 have introduced a new category for the Afrobeats sound and have announced the full list of the inaugural nominees for this category.

This is a shocking move and a recent development that has shown how far and wide the afrobeats sound has travelled in recent times. The first set of nominees in this category include:

• Burna Boy
• Wizkid
• Fireboy DML
• Tems
• CKay

The award ceremony is scheduled to take place on 21st November 2022 at 2:00 am WAT at the Microsoft Theater in the US. Congratulations to the nominees.

#AMAs Favorite Afrobeats Artist Nominees:
📣 @burnaboy
📣 @ckay_yo
📣 @fireboydml
📣 @temsbaby
📣 @wizkidayo pic.twitter.com/l2maRku9et

— American Music Awards (@AMAs) October 13, 2022