Nigerian international music stars Wizkid and Tems have both won an award at the 2023 iHeart Radio Awards.
The duo who delivered the international smash hit “Essence” shared the Best Afrobeats Artist award. They defeated other Afrobeats stars Ckay, Fireboy DML, and Burna Boy to take home the award.
Tems also won the Best Hip Hop Song for the Best Collaboration for her contributions to Future‘s “Wait For U”.
She was also nominated for Best R&B song for her hit single “Free Mind” which lost to SZA‘s “I Hate You”.
The 2023 iHeart Radio Awards was held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California and it was hosted by Lenny Kravitz.
Check full list of winners below:
Song of the Year
WINNER: “Anti-Hero” – Taylor Swift
Artist of the Year
WINNER: Harry Styles
Best Duo/Group of the Year
WINNER: Imagine Dragons
Best Collaboration
WINNER: “Unholy” – Sam Smith & Kim Petras
Best New Pop Artist
WINNER: Jax
Country Song of the Year
WINNER: “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” – Cole Swindell
Country Artist of the Year
WINNER: Morgan Wallen
Best New Country Artist
WINNER: Cody Johnson
Afrobeats Artist of the Year
WINNER: Tems
WINNER: Wizkid
Hip-hop Song of the Year
WINNER: “Wait for U” – Future ft. Drake & Tems
Hip-hop Artist of the Year
WINNER: Drake
Best New Hip-Hop Artist
WINNER: GloRilla
WINNER: Latto
R&B Song of the Year
WINNER: “I Hate U”- SZA
R&B Artist of the Year
WINNER: SZA
Best New R&B Artist
WINNER: Muni Long
Alternative Song of the Year
WINNER: “Enemy (from the series Arcane League of Legends)” – Imagine Dragons
Alternative Artist of the Year
WINNER: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Best New Artist (Alternative & Rock)
WINNER: Giovannie and the Hired Guns
Rock Song of the Year
WINNER: “Black Summer” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rock Artist of the Year
WINNER: Papa Roach
Dance Song of the Year
WINNER: “I’m Good (Blue)” – David Guetta & Bebe Rexha
Dance Artist of the Year
WINNER: Anabel Englund
Latin Pop/Reggaeton Song of the Year
WINNER: “MAMIII” – Becky G & Karol G
Latin Pop/Reggaeton Artist of the Year
WINNER: Bad Bunny
Regional Mexican Song of the Year
WINNER: “Cómo Te Olvido” – La Arrolladora Banda El Limón de René Camacho
Regional Mexican Artist of the Year
WINNER: Grupo Firme
Best New Latin Artist
WINNER: Kali Uchis
Best Lyrics (Socially Voted Category)
WINNER: “Anti-Hero” – Taylor Swift
Best Music Video (Socially Voted Category)
WINNER: “Yet to Come” – BTS
Best Fan Army (Socially Voted Category)
WINNER: “BTSArmy” – BTS
Social Star Award (Socially Voted Category)
WINNER: JVKE
Favorite Tour Photographer (Socially Voted Category)
WINNER: Harry Styles – Lloyd Wakefield
TikTok Bop of the Year (Socially Voted Category)
WINNER: “Bejeweled” – Taylor Swift
Favorite Documentary (Socially Voted Category)
WINNER: Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me – Selena Gomez
Favorite Tour Atyle (Socially Voted Category)
WINNER: Harry Styles
Favorite Residency (Socially Voted Category)
WINNER: “Love On Tour” – Harry Styles
Favorite Use of a Sample (Socially Voted Category)
WINNER: Taylor Swift’s “Question…?” – sampled Taylor Swift’s “Out of The Woods”
Most Played Titanium Award
WINNER: Doja Cat
