The wait is finally over as fans across the world have been served with the official results showing the winners of each category of the 2022 MOBO Awards.
The 25th edition of the MOBO Awards 2022 took take place on November 30th, 2022, at the OVO Arena Wembley in London. The event climaxed with powerful stage performances from the likes of Black Sherif, Kojey Radical, Cat Burns, FLO, Fireboy DML and many more.
The MOBO Awards (Music of Black Origin) are an annual British music award presentation honouring achievements in “music of black origin”, including hip hop, grime, UK Drill, R&B, soul, reggae, jazz, gospel, and African music.
The 2022 MOBO Awards was hosted by English YouTube personality, host, entertainer and former musician, Amin Mohamed, better known as Chunkz, as well as British YouTuber and musician, Andres Felipé Barrientos, also known professionally as Yung Filly.
At the MOBO awards, Little Simz and Knucks both won album of the year for their respective albums, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert and Alpha Place.
Burna Boy, a Grammy Award-winning Nigerian musician, was also named Best International Act of the year winner.
Check out the complete list of winners at the 25th edition of the awards scheme.
2022 MOBO Awards winners
BEST MALE ACT
CENTRAL CEE
BEST FEMALE ACT
PINK PANTHERESS
ALBUM OF THE YEAR (joint winners)
KNUCKS – ‘ALPHA PLACE’
LITTLE SIMZ – ‘SOMETIMES I MIGHT BE INTROVERT’
SONG OF THE YEAR IN ASSOCIATION WITH LUCOZADE
DREYA MAC, FELIXTHE1ST & FINCH FETTI – ‘OWN BRAND (BADDIE)’
BEST NEWCOMER IN ASSOCIATION WITH ASOS
BRU-C
VIDEO OF THE YEAR IN ASSOCIATION WITH MCDONALD’S MCCRISPY
CENTRAL CEE – ‘DOJA’
BEST R&B/SOUL ACT
MAHALIA
BEST GRIME ACT
D DOUBLE E
BEST HIP HOP ACT IN ASSOCIATION WITH MIXTAPE MADNESS
D BLOCK EUROPE
BEST DRILL ACT SUPPORTED BY TRENCH
K-TRAP
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT
BURNA BOY
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A TV SHOW/FILM
KANE ROBINSON (KANO) AS SULLY – TOP BOY
BEST MEDIA PERSONALITY
NELLA ROSE
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ACT IN ASSOCIATION WITH MARSHALL
BOB VYLAN
BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ACT SUPPORTED BY MIXMAG
NIA ARCHIVES
BEST AFRICAN MUSIC ACT SUPPORTED BY AFROZONS
BURNA BOY
BEST GOSPEL ACT SUPPORTED BY PREMIER GOSPEL
STILL SHADEY
BEST JAZZ ACT SUPPORTED BY JAZZ FM
EZRA COLLECTIVE
BEST CARIBBEAN MUSIC ACT
SKILLIBENG
BEST PRODUCER SUPPORTED BY COMPLEX UK
INFLO
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
NILE RODGERS
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD
CRAIG DAVID
PAVING THE WAY AWARD SUPPORTED BY BBC 1XTRA
JAMAL EDWARDS MBE
