Wizkid & Tems win 2023 iHeart Radio Award
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, 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.
SEE FULL WINNERS LIST BELOW.
Song of the year
“About Damn Time”- Lizzo
WINNER: “Anti-Hero”- Taylor Swift
“As It Was”- Harry Styles
“Big Energy”- Latto
“Enemy (from the series Arcane League of Legends)”- Imagine Dragons
“First Class”- Jack Harlow
“Ghost”- Justin Bieber
“Heat Waves” – Glass Animals
“Industry Baby” – Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow
“Woman” – Doja Cat
Artist of the year
Beyoncé
Doja Cat
Drake
Dua Lipa
WINNER: Harry Styles
Jack Harlow
Justin Bieber
Lizzo
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd
Best duo/group of the year
AJR
Black Eyed Peas
Blackpink
Glass Animals
WINNER: Imagine Dragons
Måneskin
OneRepublic
Parmalee
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Silk Sonic
Best Collaboration
“Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”- Elle King & Miranda Lambert
“Cold Heart”- Elton John & Dua Lipa
“half of my hometown”- Kelsea Ballerini ft. Kenny Chesney
“I Like You (A Happier Song)” – Post Malone ft. Doja Cat
“Industry Baby” – Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow
“One Right Now”- Post Malone & The Weeknd
“Sweetest Pie” – Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa
WINNER: “Unholy” – Sam Smith & Kim Petras
“Wait For U” – Future ft. Drake & Tems
“You Right” – Doja Cat ft. The Weeknd
Best new pop artist
Dove Cameron
Gayle
WINNER: Jax
Nicky Youre
Steve Lacy
Country song of the year
“Buy Dirt” – Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan
“half of my hometown” – Kelsea Ballerini ft. Kenny Chesney
WINNER: “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” – Cole Swindell
“The Kind of Love We Make” – Luke Combs
“Wasted On You” – Morgan Wallen
Country artist of the year
Carrie Underwood
Jason Aldean
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
WINNER: Morgan Wallen
Best new country artist
Bailey Zimmerman
WINNER: Cody Johnson
Elle King
Elvie Shane
Priscilla Block
Afrobeats artist of the year
Burna Boy
CKay
Fireboy DML
WINNER: Tems
WINNER: Wizkid
Hip-hop song of the year
“F.N.F. (Let’s Go)”- Hitkidd & GloRilla
“First Class” – Jack Harlow
“Girls Want Girls” – Drake ft. Lil Baby
“Super Gremlin”- Kodak Black
WINNER: “Wait for U” – Future ft. Drake & Tems
Hip-hop artist of the year
WINNER: Drake
Future
Kodak Black
Lil Baby
Moneybagg Yo
Best new hip-hop artist
B-Lovee
WINNER: GloRilla