On Sunday, Nigerian Afro star Ayo Balogun became the first Nigerian artist to win two awards at the American music awards (AMA).

The 50th American Music Awards, which took place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, United States, featured nominations in several categories from several artists including Taylor Swift Beyoncé, Harry Styles, BTS, Morgan Wallen, Kendrick Lamar and other top artists.

The organisers announced this new milestone on their Twitter page.

Wizkid competed against fellow Afrobeats artists Tems, Burna Boy, CKay and Fireboy DML in the Favorite Afrobeats Artist category which was introduced for the first time on 13th October, 2023.

Three other categories introduced are Favorite K-pop Artist, Favorite Rock Song, and Favorite Rock Album

The artist, who recently sold out the Madison Square Garden also bagged another award from the then Favourite ‘R n B’ category with the song ‘Essence’ featuring Tems and Justin Bieber.

Wizkid competed against Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul”, Muni Long, “Hrs And Hrs”, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson Paak), “Smokin Out The Window” and SZA, “I Hate U”.

Tems also won two awards by being a featuring artiste on both songs for – Favorite R&B for ‘Essence’ and Favorite Hip Hop for her contribution to Future’s ‘Wait For U’.