BET Awards 2021: Burna Boy Beats Wizkid To Win Best International Act (Full Winners List)

Posted by E.L.E.X on June 29 2021 under Celebrities

The Grammy Award winner, Damini Ebunoluwa, popularly known as Burna Boy, has also bagged the Best International Act award.

He was up against his colleague, Wizkid, Aya Nakamura (France), Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania), Emicida (Brazil).

Other contenders in the Best International Act category were Headie One (United Kingdom), Young T & Bugsey (United Kingdom), and Youssopha (France).

Burna Boy has achieved this latest feat for the third time since 2019 and this is in addition to his Grammy-award win for World Best Music Album in March.

Burna Boy Won “Best International Act” Award

The award was held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday and was hosted by the 6-time BET Best actress winner, Taraji P. Henson.

Chadwick Boseman Won “Best Actor” Award

Chadwick Boseman posthumously won the Best Actor while a tribute was given to the late rap legend, DMX.

The BET Awards is an American award show established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate African Americans in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year.

The awards are presented annually and are broadcast live on BET.