Daniel Kaluuya & Regina King Are Winners in 2022 NAACP Image Awards’ Pre-Telecast Awards

Daniel Kaluuya and Regina King won NAACP Image Awards for outstanding supporting actor and actress, respectively, in a motion picture on Friday (Feb. 25). Kaluuya won for playing Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah (for which he won an Oscar last year); King won for her role in The Harder They Fall.

The NAACP Image Awards followed the lead of the Primetime Emmys’ Creative Arts Awards in stripping their pre-telecast awards across an entire week. This was the fifth and final night of the pre-telecast presentations.

The Netflix film The Harder They Fall has been the top winner across these five nights, winning four awards — outstanding ensemble cast in a motion picture; outstanding breakthrough creative (motion picture) to Jeymes Samuel, who directed, co-wrote, co-produced and scored the film; outstanding soundtrack/compilation album to Jay-Z and Samuel; and now King’s acting award.

Judas and the Black Messiah, The Daily Show With Trevor Noah and Jazmine Sullivan each won three awards across the five nights.

Shaka King won two awards for his work on Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures). The filmmaker won for outstanding directing in a motion picture and shared the award for outstanding writing in a motion picture. Kaluuya’s acting award brought the film’s total to three.

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) won for outstanding variety or game show (series or special); outstanding short-form series – comedy or drama for “Between the Scenes”; and outstanding host in a reality/reality competition, game show or variety (series or special) for Noah.

Sullivan won outstanding album and outstanding female artist for her album Heaux Tales (RCA Records). She also won outstanding soul/R&B song for “Pick Up Your Feelings.”

Two-time winners across the five nights are: the TV show Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch); the “Jemele Hill Is Unbothered” podcast; musical artists Tobe Nwigwe featuring Fat Nwigwe, Wizkid featuring Tems, and gospel star Tamela Mann; the Netflix film Colin in Black and White, ABC’s long-running sitcom black-ish; and the Starz TV show Power Book II: Ghost.

The non-televised awards were announced nightly at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on naacpimageawards.net and the NAACP Image Awards YouTube channel.

The remaining awards will be presented on the 53rd NAACP Image Awards, which are set to air on Saturday (Feb. 26) at 8 p.m. ET/PT on BET. Black-ish star Anthony Anderson is set to host the show. Mary J. Blige, won best supporting actress in a drama series for Power Book II: Ghost, is set to perform on the show. Nikole Hannah-Jones, who won outstanding literary work – non-fiction for The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, is slated to receive the Social Justice Impact Award.

Here are the night-by-night winners of the pre-telecast awards.

 

Friday, Feb. 25

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special: Colin in Black & White (Netflix)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special: Kevin Hart- True Story (Netflix)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special: Taraji P. Henson- Annie Live! (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special: Courtney B. Vance- Genius: Aretha (National Geographic)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special: Regina Hall – Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu)

Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited–series): Miles Brown- black-ish (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Deon Cole- black-ish (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Natasha Rothwell- Insecure (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Cliff “Method Man” Smith- Power Book II: Ghost (Starz)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Mary J. Blige- Power Book II: Ghost (Starz)

Outstanding Drama Series: “Queen Sugar” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television): Angel Kristi Williams- Colin in Black & White (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Daniel Kaluuya- Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Regina King- The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

Outstanding Documentary (Film): Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power (Greenwich Entertainment)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture: CODA (Apple TV+)

Outstanding Animated Motion Picture: Encanto (Walt Disney Studios)

 

Thursday, Feb. 24

Outstanding Album: Heaux Tales– Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Records)

Outstanding Male Artist: Anthony Hamilton – Love Is the New Black (My Music Box LLC/BMG)

Outstanding Female Artist: Jazmine Sullivan- Heaux Tales (RCA Records)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional): Silk Sonic- “Leave the Door Open” (Aftermath/Atlantic)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary): Tobe Nwigwe Feat. Fat Nwigwe- “Fye Fye” (Tobe Nwigwe, LLC)

Outstanding New Artist: Saweetie – “Best Friend” featuring Doja Cat (ICY/Warner Records)

Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album: The Harder They Fall (The Motion Picture Soundtrack) – JAY-Z & Jeymes Samuel (Geneva Club/Roc Nation Records, LLC)

Outstanding International Song: “Essence”- Wizkid featuring Tems & Justin Bieber (RCA Records/Starboy/Sony Music International)

Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album: “Essence”- Wizkid featuring Tems (RCA Records/Starboy/Sony Music International)

Outstanding Soul/R&B Song: “Pick Up Your Feelings”- Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Records)

Outstanding Hip-Hop/Rap Song: “Fye Fye” – Tobe Nwigwe Feat. Fat Nwigwe (Tobe Nwigwe, LLC)

Outstanding Jazz Album – Instrumental: “Sounds from the Ancestors” – Kenny Garrett (Mack Avenue Music Group)

Outstanding Jazz Album – Vocal: “Generations”- The Baylor Project (Be a Light)

Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song: “Help Me”- Tamela Mann feat. The Fellas (Tillymann Music Group)

Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album: Overcomer– Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)

Special Award: NAACP Humanitarian of the Year: Darnella Frazier

 

Wednesday, Feb. 23

Outstanding Talk Series: Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)

Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble: Jada Pinkett Smith, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, Willow Smith- Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)

Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series: Wild ‘n Out (VH1)

Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble: Trevor Noah- The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

Outstanding Variety or Game Show (Series or Special): The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special): The Reidout (MSNBC)

Outstanding Documentary (Television): High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (Netflix)

Outstanding Children’s Program: Family Reunion (Netflix)

Outstanding Animated Series: We the People (Netflix)

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television): Cree Summer- Rugrats (Nickelodeon)

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Motion Picture: Letitia Wright- Sing 2 (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture: Danny Boyd Jr.- Bruised (Netflix)

Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture): Jeymes Samuel- The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture: The Harder They Fall (Netflix)

Outstanding International Motion Picture: 7 Prisoners (Netflix)

Outstanding Guest Performance: Maya Rudolph- Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Special Award: Roy Wilkins Civil Rights Award: Members of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, Texas House Democratic Caucus, and Texas Legislative Black Caucus

 

Tuesday, Feb. 22

Outstanding Short-Form Series – Comedy or Drama: “Between the Scenes” – The Daily Show (Comedy Central)

Outstanding Short-Form Series or Special – Reality/Nonfiction: “Token of a Great Day:  Lynching Postcards” (Paramount +)

Outstanding Short-Form (Live Action): “When the Sun Sets (Lakutshon’ Ilanga)” (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Short-Form (Animated): “Us Again” (Walt Disney Animation Studios)

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series: Issa Rae- Insecure – Episode #510 “Everything’s Gonna Be, Okay?!” (HBO)

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series: Davita Scarlett- “The Good Fight” – 505, “And the Firm Had Two Partners” (Paramount +)

Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special: Abdul Williams- “Salt-N-Pepa” (Lifetime Movie Network)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture: Shaka King, Will Berson, Kenny Lucas, Keith Lucas- Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series: Bashir Salahuddin, Diallo Riddle – South Side – “Tornado” (208) (HBO Max)

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series: Barry Jenkins- The Underground Railroad “Indiana Winter” (Amazon Studios)

Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special: Kenny Leon- Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)

Outstanding Directing in a Documentary: Samantha Knowles, Yoruba Richen, Geeta Gandbhir, Nadia Hallgren- Black and Missing–  Ep 103 (HBO)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture: Shaka King- Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Special Award: NAACP Activist of the Year: Scot X. Esdaile, president of the Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches and a member of the NAACP national board of directors.

 

Monday, Feb. 21

Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction: Long Division – Kiese Laymon (Simon & Schuster)

Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction: The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story – Nikole Hannah-Jones (Penguin Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author: Just as I Am – Cicely Tyson (Amistad)

Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography: Will – Will Smith (Penguin Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional: Feeding the Soul (Because It’s My Business) – Tabitha Brown (HarperCollins Publishers)

Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry: Perfect Black – Crystal Wilkinson (University Press of Kentucky)

Outstanding Literary Work – Children: Stacey’s Extraordinary Words – Stacey Abrams, Kitt Thomas (HarperCollins)

Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens: Ace of Spades – Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (Feiwel & Friends / Macmillan)

Outstanding News and Information Podcast: “Blindspot: Tulsa Burning”

Outstanding Lifestyle/Self-Help Podcast: “Two Funny Mamas,” Sherri Shepherd & Kym Whitley

Outstanding Society and Culture Podcast: “Jemele Hill Is Unbothered”

Outstanding Arts and Entertainment Podcast: “Jemele Hill Is Unbothered”

Special Award: Youth Activist of the Year: Channing Hill, NAACP chapter president, Howard University.

Here’s a link to a complete list of nominees for the 53rd annual NAACP Image Awards.

 

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The Most Memorable Music Moments From HBO’s ‘Euphoria’

TV shows and movies have been using songs to enhance stories for decades. On HBO’s Euphoria, tracks don’t just add emotion and intensity to certain scenes, the music has become as central to the story as the characters in the show themselves.

The songs featured span decades and genres — including a ‘60s era Andy Williams hit to “Nonstop” off Drake’s 2018 smash Scorpion. But how does the show’s music supervisor Jen Malone curate the perfect soundtrack? It’s actually not rocket science: “Through Spotify, Soundcloud, Instagram, and Twitter. I just find the artists and read all the blogs,” she told W Magazine shortly after the pilot came out in June 2019. “I have a good network of friends who know what’s poppin’ and use playlists. I go into the rabbit holes and see what’s good.”

Nearly two full seasons and two special episodes later, the show has featured dozens of artists and even more songs — from up and coming acts to seasoned veterans. Find seven of Euphoria’s most memorable music moments below, listed from newest to oldest.

SPOILER ALERT: This rest of this post contains spoilers for season 2 of Euphoria.

Season 2, Episode 7 — Bonnie Tyler, “Holding Out For A Hero”

It proves difficult to choose a favorite part from Lexi’s (Maude Apatow) play that the show’s second season has been leading up to, but Ethan’s (Austin Abrams) flashy portrayal of Nate (Jacob Elordi) really brings the unexpected to the episode. With a crowd full of teenagers on edge that their lives outside the classroom are being exposed, the stage at East Highland’s auditorium shifts to a locker room filled with a shirtless, oiled-down football team donning tight gold spandex (à la Rocky Horror). Ethan is front and center as he performs choreographed hip thrusts and suggestive workout poses while lip syncing Bonnie Tyler’s 1983 hit. Though Nate walked out in the middle of the number, fans of the show will agree: Ethan “put his whole ETHUSSY into that performance.”

Season 2, Episode 4 — Labrinth, “I’m Tired”

As Rue (Zendaya) creeps closer and closer to hitting rock bottom, she gives in to the suitcase full of drugs hiding in her bedroom and swallows a few too many pills from one of the many orange bottles inside. In a dream sequence that takes place in a church, the series brings the show’s composer Labrinth on screen for the first time to perform his track “I’m Tired.” Rue walks down the aisle towards Labrinth, who offers her the hug she’s been needing as she continues lying about her sobriety to the people closest to her. She later imagines it’s her father embracing her, whose passing a few years earlier contributed to her drug addiction. As Labrinth sings “Now the tide is rolling in/ I ain’t tryna win/ Let it take me, let it take me” the audience can feel Rue slowly giving up.

Season 2, Episode 1 — Orville Peck, “Dead of Night”

Nate offers to give Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) a ride to the New Year’s Eve party and turns up an Orville Peck tune which perfectly foreshadows what’s to come for the pair’s relationship. The two gulp down beers and look at each other with fiery eyes, establishing a growing sexual tension — despite the fact that Nate is Cassie’s best friend’s on-again-off-again lover. No words are said between the two so the audience can hone in on the sultry sound and mysterious lyrics: “You say ‘go fast’ I say ‘hold on tight’/ In the dead of night, dead of night.”

Special Episode Part 2 — Lorde, “Liability”

In a special episode co-written by Hunter Schafer herself, the viewers gets a deeper peek into Jules’ upbringing. The episode begins with Jules sitting in a therapist’s office as a voice from offscreen asks her, “So where do you want to start?” The scene shifts into a close-up shot of Jules’ bright blue eye literally reflecting flashbacks of the last year she’s had at East Highland — mainly, moments with Rue, as Lorde’s piano-driven ballad plays in full and drives home her feelings for her: “So I guess I’ll go home/ Into the arms of the girl that I love/ The only love I haven’t screwed up/ She’s so hard to please, but she’s a forest fire.”

Season 1, Episode 8 — Labrinth & Zendaya, “All For Us”

After building a strong bond with Rue, Jules decides to run away from the suburbs, leaving a sober Rue feeling helpless. After a good sobriety streak, she relapses in the season 1 closer with a line of cocaine — sending her to an unexpected musical hallucination. The choreographed number brings her out of her bedroom and into the streets, where she drunkenly performs alongside a clan of maroon-hooded figures.

Season 1, Episode 5 — Billie Eilish, “You Should See Me In A Crown”

“There’s nothing more powerful than a fat girl who doesn’t give a f—k,” Kat (Barbie Ferreira) says in a narration right before the beat drops in Billie Eilish’s “You Should See Me In A Crown.” Earning serious coin as a masked camgirl, the high schooler takes her new-found confidence and brand-new look to the mall — a place she used to dread. Passersby can’t help but do a double take as she struts in a sheer red shirt and leather harness. The look even gets the attention of one passing beanie boy with piercings who asks her out to dinner.

Season 1, Episode 1 — Andy Williams, “Can’t Get Used to Losing You” + Beyoncé, “Hold Up”

The teen drama’s pilot opens with a brief history on the central character, Rue, who grew up in a middle class family in the suburbs and started taking medication young after being diagnosed with OCD, ADD, anxiety and “possibly bipolar disorder, but she’s too young to tell,” according to her therapist. Viewers soon see her sniff her first line of cocaine on-screen, sending her into a daze as Andy Williams’ “Can’t Get Used to Losing You” transforms into Beyoncé’s “Hold Up” (which actually samples the Williams’ 1963 track). Though the transition is quick, it’s significant — representing juxtaposition between the —ahem— euphoria the character feels when she’s high versus the fast-paced life of a high schooler.

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Jay-Z Wins $4.5M In Unpaid Royalties Over Failed Cologne Partnership

Jay-Z won $4.5 million in royalties Thursday (Feb. 24) from a fragrance company called Parlux that sued the rapper after their cologne endorsement deal went south.

Three months after a Manhattan jury cleared the superstar of wrongdoing and potentially $67 million in damages, a New York state appeals court went even further, ruling that it was Parlux that must pay up. The court said the fragrance brand owed past royalties, plus interest, for sales of the product made after the deal soured.

“The record is clear: Parlux sold licensed products after July 31, 2015, but failed to pay royalties on those sales,” wrote Justice John Higgitt of the New York Appellate Division.

The ruling came after more than six years of litigation over “Gold Jay-Z,” a cologne brand that the superstar, whose real name is Shawn Carter, launched in 2013 through a partnership with Parlux.

In its lawsuit, the company accused the rapper and his S. Carter Enterprises of failing to properly promote the brand, breaching his contract and dooming the product to failure. Jay-Z quickly countersued, claiming he had fulfilled his obligations despite numerous missteps from Parlux – and that the company still owed him money.

A three week trial was held last fall, featuring heated testimony from the star himself, during which he verbally sparred with opposing attorneys and even threatened to file a new countersuit. Eventually, jurors largely sided with Hov, finding that Parlux was entitled to nothing.

Confusingly, Thursday’s ruling was not based on an appeal from that verdict. Instead, both sides had lodged appeals earlier in the litigation, challenging intermediate rulings issued by the judge overseeing the case. The new decision mostly rejected those challenges, but held that Jay-Z was “correct” when he claimed he was owed $4.5 million in royalties for the period after July 31, 2015.

An appeal of the verdict could still be coming. The case remains in the trial court, where Parlux is asking the judge to set aside the verdict and order a new trial. Once the judge rules on those motions, the case could head back to an appeals court.

Jay-Z’s attorney, Alex Spiro of the law firm Quinn Emmanuel, declined to comment on the decision. Parlux’s lawyer, Anthony J. Viola of the firm Mintz Levin, did not return a request for comment on Thursday evening.

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‘A Thinly Veiled Attempt To Extort’: Snoop Dogg Blasts Sexual Assault Lawsuit

Snoop Dogg told a federal judge on Thursday (Feb. 24) that a dancer’s recent sexual assault lawsuit was a “thinly veiled attempt to extort defendant for money” just days before he was set to appear during the Super Bowl halftime show.

In a motion to dismiss the case filed in Los Angeles federal court, the rapper’s attorneys said the Jane Doe accuser’s lawsuit was legally flawed in a variety of ways, including that it was filed years too late. But, according to Snoop’s lawyers, sound legal arguments were not the main purpose of bringing the case.

“Plaintiff’s complaint, launched just days before Defendant’s Super Bowl Halftime performance, was a thinly veiled attempt to extort Defendant for money to stop Plaintiff from continuing to assert her false claims publicly,” wrote Jennifer L. Keller of the law firm Keller/Anderle LLP. “But the fatal deficiencies in her complaint ensure her gambit will not succeed.”

The attorney who represents the Jane Doe accuser, Matt E.O. Finkelberg, did not immediately return a request for comment on Thursday evening.

In her lawsuit filed on Feb. 9, the Jane Doe accuser alleged that both Snoop Dogg and Bishop Don “Magic” Juan separately assaulted her over a 24-hour span in May 2013. She also says she was not hired again because she rebuffed their advances.

The complaint included startling and explicit allegations against both men. The lawsuit claims that Doe was first assaulted by Juan — whose real name is Donald Campbell — after she accepted a ride home, fell asleep in the car and woke up at his house. She claims he “repeatedly shoved” himself into her mouth the next morning.

The pair then traveled to Snoop Dogg’s recording studio, the lawsuit says, where Doe claims the rapper, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, barged into a bathroom while she was using it and demanded oral sex. She says she reluctantly complied because she was “afraid for her safety and for her life.” She claims he then masturbated onto her.

In Thursday’s response, Snoop’s attorneys said that each of the lawsuit’s specific claims was meritless. For instance, they argued that a claim for federal sex trafficking was not the kind of thing the statute was designed to prevent.

“If accepted as a sufficient pleading, Plaintiff’s claim would transform into federal sex trafficking every alleged sex act between a defendant and a plaintiff with lesser means, fame, or influence,” Snoop’s lawyers wrote.

As for the primary claims of sexual assault and sexual battery, Snoop’s attorneys said they were clearly barred by California’s two-year statute of limitations for such accusations.

Meanwhile, attorneys for Bishop Don “Magic” Juan also filed a separate motion to dismiss the claims against him, making similar arguments to Snoop’s attorneys.

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Yuri Shows Salsa Moves With Gilberto Santa Rosa at 2022 Premio Lo Nuestro

Who knew Yuri could do salsa improvisations?

Yet there she was, soneando next to one of the best – Gilberto Santa Rosa —in their joint rendition of Santa Rosa’s “Conteo Regresivo” at Premio Lo Nuestro on Thursday night (Feb. 24). Backed by a live salsa band, Santa Rosa and Yuri parlayed off each other for a delivery of the “Conteo” version that Yuri included in her live album Celebrando a Una Leyenda with La Sonora Santanera.

For the Premio Lo Nuestro performance, Yuri dazzled in a sexy, full-length yellow dress, and Santa Rosa, of course, was a consummate gentleman in his suit. Both flexed their vocal chops as they flawlessly executed the “Conteo Regresivo” performance.

See a clip on Premio Lo Nuestro’s Instagram Stories before they expire here, and check back to billboard.com for more Premio Lo Nuestro coverage.

Under the theme “Vive El Momento” at this year’s show, J Balvin, Camilo and Nodal lead the list of nominees with 10 nods each. They are followed by Bad Bunny and Karol G with nine each, and Calibre 50, Carlos Rivera, Farruko, Jhay Cortez, Maluma, Myke Towers and Rauw Alejandro with eight.

The 10 artists up for Premio Lo Nuestro artist of the year are Ángela Aguilar, Bad Bunny, Camilo, Christian Nodal, Grupo Firme, J Balvin, Karol G, Maluma, Rauw Alejandro, and Sebastián Yatra. Other notable categories include album of the year, song of the year, new female artist of the year, and new male artist of the year.

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Maluma, Blessd & Kapla Y Miky Speak Out Against Violence in Colombia During Premio Lo Nuestro Performance

Maluma, Blessd and Kapla Y Miky utilized their platform during Univision’s Premio Lo Nuestro on Thursday night (Feb. 24) to speak out against drug culture and the narratives surrounding their native Colombia.

With his Idolo Global award in hand, Maluma closed out his performance with pertinent words. “Colombia isn’t drug trafficking; Colombia is loads of talent,” he said, amidst cheers from the audience.

The singer gave an energized performance, riding onto the stage atop a motorcycle, in an all leather getup and shades during “Mama Tetema.” The singer then transitioned into “Cositas Del USA” in an industrial, graffiti-covered scene, surrounded by dancers in red leather. Maluma was soon joined by Blessd and Kapla Y Miky, for their performance of “L.N.E.M. (GATA).”

The four artists all donned thick jackets, soon revealing what was underneath: matching white t-shirts that read “Medallo en el Mapa. + Musica, – Violencia.”

Maluma is up for eight awards, including Premio Lo Nuestro Artist of the Year, pop solo artist of the year and pop collaboration of the year alongside Reik for “Perfecta.” Blessd is nominated for male new artist.

Under the theme “Vive El Momento,” at this year’s show, J Balvin, Camilo and Nodal lead the list of nominees with 10 nods each. They are followed by Bad Bunny and Karol G with nine each, and Calibre 50, Carlos Rivera, Farruko, Jhay Cortez, Maluma, Myke Towers and Rauw Alejandro with eight.

The 10 artists up for Premio Lo Nuestro artist of the year are Ángela Aguilar, Bad Bunny, Camilo, Christian Nodal, Grupo Firme, J Balvin, Karol G, Maluma, Rauw Alejandro, and Sebastián Yatra. Other notable categories include album of the year, song of the year, new female artist of the year, and new male artist of the year.

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Dembow Took Center Stage for Natti Natasha, El Alfa & Chimbala’s ‘Wow BB’ Premio Lo Nuestro Performance

Woah, baby! Dembow took center stage during Natti Natasha‘s performance of “Wow BB” alongside El Alfa and Chimbala at Univision’s Premio Lo Nuestro.

The uplifting performance comes two days after the Dominican trio released “Wow BB,” and marks Chimbala’s first Premio Lo Nuestro performance.

Natasha wowed in a sporty and sexy black-and-white set, dripping in jewel-covered fringe, busting a move alongside her tribe of dancers as the song’s title danced across multiple screens. Chimbala donned a simple monochrome outfit and shades, while El Alfa rocked a Canadian tuxedo and pristine braids.

Natasha is up for seven awards, including urban album of the year, urban song of the year and urban female artist of the year. Leading up to her performance, she took home an award for remix of the year. El Alfa is up for four awards, including new male artist, dance pop urban song of the year for “La Mamá De La Mamá (Remix)” and “Mambo” alongside Steve Aoki, Willy William Sean Paul, Sfera Ebbasta and Play-N-Skillz, and urban collaboration of the year for “Fulanito” with Becky G. Chimbala is up for urban song of the year for Loco with Justin Quiles and Zion Y Lennox.

Under the theme “Vive El Momento,” at this year’s show, J Balvin, Camilo and Nodal lead the list of nominees with 10 nods each. They are followed by Bad Bunny and Karol G with nine each, and Calibre 50, Carlos Rivera, Farruko, Jhay Cortez, Maluma, Myke Towers and Rauw Alejandro with eight.

The 10 artists up for Premio Lo Nuestro artist of the year are Ángela Aguilar, Bad Bunny, Camilo, Christian Nodal, Grupo Firme, J Balvin, Karol G, Maluma, Rauw Alejandro, and Sebastián Yatra. Other notable categories include album of the year, song of the year, new female artist of the year, and new male artist of the year.

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