Fuse ODG Beats Shatta Wale Et al To Win Best African Act at MOBOs + Full Winners List
UK based Afrobeats musician of Ghanaian descent – Fuse ODG (born Nana Richard Abiona) – has beaten Shatta Wale, Davido, Wizkid et al to win the Best International Act, Africa at the just ended 20th edition of the Music of Black Origin Awards (MOBOs).
This makes it the third time the artiste has emerged winner in the said category after successively winning in 2013 and 2014.
The awards which took place at the First Direct Arena in London on November 4, 2015 also saw Drake win the Best International Album with ‘If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late’.
If you missed the show, check out the winners list below:
Best Male
Skepta Mark Ronson Krept & Konan JME Stormzy (WINNER)
Best Female
FKA Twigs Little Simz Ella Eyre (WINNER) Lianne La Havas Jess Glynne
Best Album
Krept & Konan – ‘The Long Way Home’ (WINNER) JME – ‘Integrity’ Lianne La Havas – ‘Blood’ Wiley – ‘Snakes & Ladders’ Jamie XX – ‘In Colour’
Best Song
Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars – ‘Uptown Funk’ Skepta – ‘Shutdown’ (WINNER) Tinie Tempah Feat. Jess Glynne – ‘Not Letting Go’ JME Feat. Giggs – ‘Man Don’t Care’ Krept & Konan – ‘Freak Of The Week’
Best Video
Stormzy – ‘Know Me From’ FKA Twigs – ‘Pendulum’ (WINNER) Rita Ora Feat. Chris Brown – ‘Body On Me’ Lethal Bizzle ‘ ‘Fester Skank’ FKA Twigs ‘ ‘Glass And Patron’
Best Newcomer
Bugzy Malone Section Boyz (WINNER) Nao Bonkaz Nick Brewer George The Poet J Hus Snakehips Sinead Harnett Yungen
Best International Album
Drake – ‘If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late’ (WINNER) Kendrick Lamar – ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ J. Cole – ‘2014 Forest Hills Drive’ Dre Dre – ‘Compton: A Soundtrack By Dr Dre’ The Weeknd – ‘Beauty Behind The Madness’ D’Angelo – ‘Black Messiah’ Jazmine Sullivan – ‘Reality Show’ The Internet – ‘Ego Death’ Tyrese – ‘Black Rose’ A$AP Rocky – ‘At.Long.Last.ASAP’