Burna Boy scores two AMAs nods

Burna Boy picked up two 2026 American Music Award nominations on Tuesday, including Best Afrobeats Artist and Best Hip-Hop Song for Gunna’s “wgft.” (theamas.com) The American Music Awards posted the full 2026 ballot on April 14, and Burna Boy appears in two genre fields rather than a single artist category. The Best Hip-Hop Song nod is shared with Gunna because “wgft” is billed as a featured collaboration. (theamas.com) “wgft” arrived in August 2025 on Gunna’s album *The Last Wun*, and the official video premiered on YouTube on November 4, 2025. The video had more than 17 million views when YouTube’s listing was crawled this month. (youtube.com) The nominations put Burna Boy in both the Afrobeats lane and a United States rap category on the same ballot. That split reflects how his recent features and solo releases have moved between Nigerian pop, global streaming playlists, and American hip-hop collaborations. (theamas.com) The Afrobeats category itself is still relatively new at the American Music Awards. The show added Best Afrobeats Artist to its 2026 category lineup announcement in March, alongside categories such as Best Dance/Electronic Artist and Best Americana / Folk Artist. (theamas.com) Burna Boy has been part of the American awards circuit before. He won Favorite Afrobeats Artist at the 2022 American Music Awards, when the show said its winners were chosen entirely by fans. (theamas.com) This year’s American Music Awards are scheduled for Monday, May 25, 2026, at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Queen Latifah is set to host, and fan voting is open now through May 8 in most categories. (billboard.com) Burna Boy’s two nods do not place him among the overall nomination leaders, but they do keep him on a ballot led by Taylor Swift with eight nominations. The show’s official rollout on April 14 turned his name into one of the day’s most circulated artist mentions. (billboard.com)