Tyla wins the 2025 AMA (American Music Award)! On 27 May, the South African songstress took home the accolade for Favourite Afrobeats Artist at the 2025 American Music Awards.
The Grammy Award winner is enjoying a streak of success in Hollywood. It’s been announced that Tyla will be hosting the 2025 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards on 21 June at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.
She wrote on her X account: “I’m really about to host the kids’ choice awards 💀🤍🙈.”
The multi-award-winning star has also joined Rihanna and Cardi B for the star-studded soundtrack for the new Smurfs movie.
TYLA ADDS ANOTHER AWARD TO HER COLLECTION
Tyla has won a total of 30 industry awards throughout her career. With another one under her belt, she’s determined to add more.
The 23-year-old’s self-titled debut studio album was released in 2024 and debuted at number 24 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
“When my career took off, I realised God had his own plans,” Tyla said in her acceptance speech.
“I just feel very lucky for my fans who have given me such an exciting life, allowing me to grow in front of the world into all the different versions of myself as an artist and as a woman.
“I appreciate the way music has been able to impact us through time and how I’m just a manifestation of that.”
TYLA WINS 2025 AMA: AFROBEATS DEBATE
Tyla was nominated alongside well-known Afrobeats artists like Wizkid, Asake, and Rema.
Tems was also among the nominees, despite being a R&B singer. Tyla winning the award reignited the debate about the American music industry’s tendency to group African artists under the same genre.
In September 2024, Tyla won an Afrobeats award at the MTV Video Music Awards for her viral song Water.
“This is just so special but also bittersweet because I know there’s a tendency to group all Africans under Afrobeats,” Tyla said at the time.
“I come from South Africa, and I represent Amapiano, and I just want to shout out the Afrobeats artists in this category with me.”
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