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The Nigeria Entertainment Awards was held over the weekend in New York, USA. The event attracted many celebs from Nigeria and from the other parts of Africa. The awards ceremony has gradually become an anticipated show as many celebs hope to get invited or nominated to enable them travel to the USA to be at the event. Rita Dominic, Ali Nuhu and Tunde Kelani were the Nollywood winners of the awards, while John Dumelo and Nadia Buari from Ghana also won at the ceremony. Davido, Iyanya, Olamide are some of the music stars who picked up awards at the show while Basketmouth also won. Freeze of Cool FM, Labi Layori won in the broadcast categories. Below are the winners at the awards event:- HOTTEST SINGLE OF THE YEAR Kukere--Iyanya GOSPEL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR--Sammy Okposo BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR YBNL--Olamide BEST NEW ACT OF THE YEAR--Burna Boy MOST PROMISING MALE ACT--Endia MOST PROMISING FEMALE ACT TO WATCH--Emma Nyra BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST--JJC BEST POP/R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR--Davido BEST RAP ACT OF THE YEAR--Ice Prince MUSIC PRODUCER OF THE YEAR--Spellz BEST INDIGENOUS ARTIST/GROUP--Olamide BEST COLLABO Ghost--Mode ft Phyno & Olamide BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN FILM--Rita Dominic BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN FILM--Ali Nuhu BEST FILM DIRECTOR--Tunde Kelani (Maami) PAN AFRICAN ACTOR--John Dumelo PAN AFRICAN ACTRESS--Nadia Buari ENTERTAINMENT BLOG--NotJustOk BEST TV SHOW--Big Brother Africa WORLD DJ--DJ Bayo (UK) BEST COMEDIAN--Basketmouth ENTERTAINMENT PROMOTER--Coko Bar RADIO ON AIR/TV PERSONALITY--Freeze (Cool FM) TV PERSONALITY--Labi Layori (TVC)