Fast rising Nigerian female singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly called Tems, has emerged winner of the Best International Act at the BET Awards 2022.
The 27 -year-old talented singer beat compatriot Fireboy, Dave from the UK, Dinos from France, Fally Ipupa from Congo, Little Simz from the UK, Ludmilla from Brazil, Major League Djz from South Africa, and Tayc from France to be crowned winner of the category.
The 2022 BET awards ceremony was held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The BET Awards celebrate Black excellence in music, culture and sports.
Speaking after receiving the awards ,Tems urged women and girls to continue on their chosen path, adding that the hard work will soon pay off.
She said: “Thank you so much for this, thank you so much. It’s an honour… I mean, this is my first award show that I’m winning something and I just want to use this as an opportunity to speak to every single young, old, whatever, every single woman watching this, every single girl watching this at home. Where I’m from, things like this don’t happen.”
Tems had earlier at the event won Best Collaboration with Wizkid’s ‘Essence’ featuring Justin Bieber.
Essence was nominated against ‘Every Change I Get’ by DJ Khaled ft Lil baby and Lil Durk; ‘Family Ties’ by Baby Seem ft Kenderick Lamar; ‘Whole Lotta’ by Bia ft Nicki Minaj; ‘Way 2 Sexy’, Drake ft Future and Young Thug, and ‘Kiss me More’ by Doja Cat ft SZA.
Meanwhile, Nigerian artistes Pheelz and Firebox DML serenaded guests at the 2022 BET Awards.
Tems joins 2Baba, D’banj, Ice Prince, Wizkid, Davido and Burna Boy as winners of Best International Act at the BET awards.
Temilade Openiyi, known professionally as Tems, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer.
