MOBo Awards Archives - Afinju FM https://afinjufm.com/tag/mobo-awards/ Wed, 19 Feb 2025 06:41:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://afinjufm.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cropped-Afinju_Logo-removebg-preview-32x32.png MOBo Awards Archives - Afinju FM https://afinjufm.com/tag/mobo-awards/ 32 32 233669348 2025 MOBO Awards: Ayra Starr becomes first woman in 16 years to win best African act https://afinjufm.com/2025-mobo-awards-ayra-starr-becomes-first-woman-in-16-years-to-win-best-african-act/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2025-mobo-awards-ayra-starr-becomes-first-woman-in-16-years-to-win-best-african-act https://afinjufm.com/2025-mobo-awards-ayra-starr-becomes-first-woman-in-16-years-to-win-best-african-act/#respond Wed, 19 Feb 2025 06:41:59 +0000 https://afinjufm.com/2025/02/19/2025-mobo-awards-ayra-starr-becomes-first-woman-in-16-years-to-win-best-african-act/ Nigerian Singer, Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, popularly known as Ayra Starr has made history as the first woman in 16 years to win Best African Music Act at the 2025 MOBO Awards. She also took home the Best International Music Act award at the ceremony held in Newcastle. Ayra Starr clinched the award, by beating co-Nigerians Asake […]

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]]> Nigerian Singer, Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, popularly known as Ayra Starr has made history as the first woman in 16 years to win Best African Music Act at the 2025 MOBO Awards.

She also took home the Best International Music Act award at the ceremony held in Newcastle.

Ayra Starr clinched the award, by beating co-Nigerians Asake and Tems and also South Africa’s Tyla.

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She also beat stars like Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj, Megan Thee Stallion, GloRilla, and Latto.

Ayra Starr joins Wizkid who won the same award in 2017 &  2021,  alongside Burna Boy who won it in 2020 & 2022.

The event, hosted by Indiyah Polack and Eddie Kadi, celebrated the best of Black music and culture

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