Wizkid nominated for MTV Movie and TV Award

Now in their 29th edition, the awards recognise outstanding achievements in film and television. The Best Musical Moment category is one of two publicly voted categories – with the other being Best Music Documentary. 

‘Brown Skin Girl’ was nominated alongside ‘Lost in the Wild’ (The Kissing Booth 2), ‘Stand by Me’ (Love & Monsters), ‘Beginning Middle End’ (To All the Boys: Always and Forever), ‘Wildest Dreams’ (Bridgerton), ‘I Wanna Rock’ (Cobra Kai), ‘Edge of Great (Julie and the Phantoms) and ‘Agatha All Along’ (WandaVision).

 “@Beyonce @SAINtJHN @wizkidayo Congratulations,” the MTV Movie and TV Awards wrote in a tweet. “‘Brown Skin Girl’ from Black Is King is nominated for Best Musical Moment at the #MTVAwards!”

‘Brown Skin Girl’ was released in 2019 and its accompanying video is taken from Beyoncé’s 2020 visual album Black Is King. Since its release, the project has racked up multiple accolades, including a BET Award, two consecutive NAACP Image Awards and a Grammy for Best Music Video. 

US comedians Leslie Jones and Nikki Glaser have been confirmed as the hosts of the 2021 MTV Movie and TV Awards.

Meanwhile, WandaVision has received the most nominations in the TV category with five, followed by Emily in Paris, RuPaul’s Drag Race and The Boys with three each. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm was nominated in the most film categories with three, followed by Judas and the Black Messiah, which was nominated twice.

Fans can vote for their favourite nominees in the public categories via Instagram.