Davido and Tiwa Savage nominated for BET Awards 2014

 

Nigerian musical exports Davido and Tiwa Savage have bagged their first ever BET Awards nominations as they vie for this year’s ‘International Act Africa’ award.

The Nigerian artistes compete with three other African acts nominated in the category – South Africa’s Mafikizolo, Ghana’s Sarkodie, Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz and Togo’s Toofan.


Tiwa Savage had a fantastic run in 2013, releasing her debut album ‘Once Upon a Time’ while Davido kept the charts burning with hit singles ‘Gobe’ and the infectious ‘Skelewu’.

Last year, Ice Prince and 2face Idibia were nominated for the awards with the latter walking away with the prize.

The toughest category at the awards will have to be ‘Best Male R&B/Pop Artist’ which sees Pharell Williams, Justin Timberlake, John Legend, Chris Brown and newbie August Alsina slugging it out.

The awards will take place on Sunday, June 29, 2014 at the Nokia Theatre L.A., Los Angeles. The show will premiere on BET International in Africa on 1 July.