2025 VMAS: Burna Boy, Asake bag multiple nominations as Lady Gaga leads [FULL LIST]

Nigerian singers Burna Boy and Asake are the joint most-nominated African artists for the MTV 2025 Video Music Awards, with two nominations each.

Burna Boy was nominated in the Video For Good category for ‘Higher’ and the Best Afrobeats category for ‘Tatata’ featuring Travis Scott, while Asake was nominated twice in the Best Afrobeats category for ‘Active’ featuring Travis Scott and ‘Get It Right’ with Tems.

The rest of the African contingent – Rema, Moliy, Tems, Wizkid and Tyla – received one nomination each in the Best Afrobeats category, except for…