One of Nigeria’s biggest pop star, Davido has been named the winner of the Best African Act category at the 2017 MTV EMAs.

Davido beat Wizkid, Babes Wodumo, C4 Pedro, Nyashinki and Nasty C to the award.

The 2017 MTV EMAs was held at The SSE Arena in Wembley, London, United Kingdom, on Sunday. The ceremony was hosted by Rita Ora.

AHHHHHH! We are soooo happy to have @iam_Davido as the winner for this year's @MTVEMA​ 2017 Best Africa Act! #MTVEMA fall on you

More #MTVEMA  updates coming your way! pic.twitter.com/AgCIpNAQhq

— MTV Base Africa (@MTVBaseAfrica) November 12, 2017

I’M ON FiAAAAAAA!! ? Thank you everybody. THIS IS FOR YOU MOM! ❤️ ❤️❤️ #30BG pic.twitter.com/84ZUl7CZhG

— Davido (@iam_Davido) November 12, 2017

No doubt the DMW boss has had a good run in 2017 with some of the biggest hits credited to him. Still riding on the successful release of his hits like “IF” and “FALL“, Davido on Friday released FIA, produced by Fresh.

See list of other winners below.

BEST SONG
Clean Bandit – “Rockabye” ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie
DJ Khaled – “Wild Thoughts” ft. Rihanna, Bryson Tiller
Ed Sheeran – “Shape of You”
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee – “Despacito” (Remix) ft. Justin Bieber
Shawn Mendes – “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” — WINNER

BEST ARTIST
Ariana Grande
Ed Sheeran
Kendrick Lamar
Miley Cyrus
Shawn Mendes — WINNER
Taylor Swift

BEST LOOK
Dua Lipa
Harry Styles
Rita Ora
Taylor Swift
Zayn — WINNER

BEST NEW
Dua Lipa — WINNER
Julia Michaels
Khalid
Kyle
Rag‘n’Bone Man

BEST POP
Camila Cabello — WINNER
Demi Lovato
Miley Cyrus
Shawn Mendes
Taylor Swift

BEST VIDEO
Foo Fighters – “Run”
Katy Perry – “Bon Appetit” ft. Migos
Kendrick Lamar – “Humble” — WINNER
Kyle – “iSpy” ft. Lil Yachty
Taylor Swift – “Look What You Made Me Do”

BEST LIVE
Bruno Mars
Coldplay
Ed Sheeran — WINNER
Eminem
U2

BEST ELECTRONIC
Calvin Harris
David Guetta — WINNER
Major Lazer
Martin Garrix
The Chainsmokers

BEST ROCK
Coldplay — WINNER
Foo Fighters
Royal Blood
The Killers
U2

BEST HIP HOP
Drake
Eminem — WINNER
Future
Kendrick Lamar
Post Malone

BEST ALTERNATIVE
Imagine Dragons
Lana Del Rey
Lorde
The xx
Thirty Seconds To Mars — WINNER

BIGGEST FANS
Ariana Grande
Justin Bieber
Katy Perry
Shawn Mendes
Taylor Swift

BEST PUSH
Hailee Steinfeld — WINNER
Jon Bellion
Julia Michaels
Kacy Hill
Khalid
Kyle
Noah Cyrus
Petite Meller
Rag’n’Bone Man
SZA
The Head And The Heart

BEST WORLD STAGE
Steve Aoki – Live from Isle of MTV Malta 2016
Kings of Leon – Live from Oude Luxor Theatre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016
Tomorrowland 2017
DNCE – Live from Isle of MTV Malta 2017
The Chainsmokers – Live from Isle of MTV Malta 2017
Foo Fighters – Live from Barcelona, Spain 2017

BEST LOCAL ACT
Bruno Mars (U.S.), Little Mix (U.K. & Ireland), Drake (Canada), Justin Bieber (Canada) and Kygo (Norway) are among those nominated for their respective home regions. In the Best U.S. Act voting category, wildcard nominee Fifth Harmony has been chosen by fans via social vote. Similarly, Louis Tomlinson has been chosen by fans via social vote for Best U.K. & Ireland Act.

GLOBAL ICON
U2 — WINNER