Camidoh Loses First BET Award To Cameroon’s Libianca

Ghanaian artiste and Sugarcane hitmaker, Camidoh has lost his first BET award after missing out on the 2023 BET Viewers Choice: Best New International Act award at this year’s awards ceremony held on Sunday, June 25, 2023.

The award was bagged by Cameroonian singer and songwriter Libianca.

The ‘Sugarcane’ hitmaker was nominated alongside Asake, FLO, Libianca, Maureen, MC Ryan SP, Paris Cooper, Raye, and Werenoi.

Despite the loss, a number of his fans on social media have expressed optimism about his global exploits in the coming years.

Nigeria’s Burna Boy made history at the event as the first African artiste to win the Best International Act four times.

Moreover, Davido was given the stage to thrill fans at the award ceremony with most of his hit songs.

TEMS also won the Best Collaboration with Future and Drake.

Camidoh adds up to the number of Ghanaian artistes who have either won a BET award or earned nominations in previous years.

Over the years, some Ghanaian artistes who were nominated, with the majority winning the award are Kojo Antwi, D Black, Sarkodie, R2bees, Stonebwoy, Fuse ODG, MzVee, Kwesi Arthur and Black Sherif.

Camidoh was nominated for the 2023 BET award after earning considerable attention with songs such as For My Lover, Slow, Adoley and Kaba.

However, the VGMA24 Afrobeats Song of the Year winner gained international prominence when he released the remix of ‘Sugarcane’ which featured Mayorkun and Darkoo in 2022.

The BET Awards is an American award show that was established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate black entertainers and other minorities in music, film, sports and philanthropy.