Photos : D'banj Wins 'Best Selling African Artist'

D'banj won the 'Best Selling African Artist' at the 2014 World Music Awards that held on Tuesday May 27 at the Sporting Monte-Carlo in Monte-Carlo, Monaco beating other top contenders 2face Idibia, Akon, Banky W, Darey Art Alade, Davido, Fally Ipupa, Femi kuti, Ice Prince, Iyanya, Fuse ODG, amongst other star acts.  

Out of 73 nominations for Nigerians, Dbanj emerged as the only Nigerian Winner at the show. Nominations, which were revealed earlier in the year, saw almost 20 Nigerian music artistes vie for several awards including ‘World Best Song’, ‘World Best Album’ and ‘World Best Live Act.’ Nominees included 2face Idibia, Waje, Psquare, Iyanya, Tiwa Savage, Banky W, Femi Kuti, Praiz, Modenine, and Seyi Shay, among others. ‘

See full list of winners after the cut.

World best-selling Recording Act One Direction

World Best Male Artist as voted on by fans Han Geng

World Best Group One Direction

World Best-selling recording Act One Direction

World Best Pop Act One Direction

World Best Pop Rock Male Artist Justin Timberlake

World Best Pop Rock Female Artist Miley Cyrus

World Best Rock Act Imagine Dragons

World Best R & B Act Beyonce

World Best Rap/Hip Hop Act Eminem

World Best Alternative Act Lorde

World Best Alternative Group (voted by the fans) Fall Out Boy

World Best EDM Act Daft Punk

World Best EDM Artist (voted by the fans) Avicii World Best New Artist Lorde

World best Video Miley Cyrus

LEGEND AWARDS

Greek Legend Sakis

Latin Legend Ricky Martin

Outstanding Contribution to Dance Music Flo Rida

Icon Award Mariah Carey

Best selling singles artist in America Mariah Carey

Best female as voted on by fans Miley Cyrus

NATIONAL BEST-SELLING ARTISTS

Best-selling American Artist Eminem

Best-selling Australasian Artist Lorde

Best-selling Azerbaijan Artist Emin

Best-selling Benelux Artist Stromae

Best-selling Canadian Artist Michael Buble

Best-selling Chinese Artist Chris Lee

Best-selling British Act One Direction

Best-selling French Artist Daft Punk

Best-selling German Artist Helen Fischer

Best-selling Indonesian Artist Anggun

Best-selling Italian Artist Ligabue

Best-selling Korean Act EXO

Best-selling Latin Artist Shakira

Best-selling Japanese Artist AKB48

Best-selling Philippines Artist Sara Geronimo

Best-selling Portuguese Artist Tony Carreira

Best-selling Russian Artist Grigory Leps

Best-selling Scandinavian Artist Avicii

Best-selling Spanish Artist David Bisbal

Best-selling African Artist D’banj