The American Music Awards (AMAs) has introduced categories for Afrobeats and K-Pop, the first categories dedicated to the two fast-rising genres in a major United States music award show.
For the very first time, fans can vote for their “Favorite Afrobeats Artist” and their “Favorite K-Pop Artist”, starting November 1. The winner will be announced at the award ceremony on November 20.
The nominees for the Afrobeats category are Burna Boy, CKay, Fireboy DML, Tems, and Wizkid.
Tems also has another nomination in the ‘Collaboration of the Year’ category for her collab on Wait For U with Future and Drake.
The K-Pop artists nominated are Blackpink, BTS, Seventeen, Tomorrow X Together and Twice.
BTS is also nominated in the ‘Favourite Pop Duo or Group category.’
Four other categories have been revived for the 2022 show, namely ‘Favorite Rock Song,’ ‘Favorite Rock Album,’ ‘Favorite Touring Artist’ and ‘Favorite Soundtrack.’
Afrobeats and K-pop’s emergence in the 2020s has been hailed as Africa and South Korea’s biggest cultural exports.
