Pic! Musa Keys & Davido Celebrate Their 2023 Trace Award. Rema and Davido were the top winners at the 2023 Trace Awards, which were held in Kigali, Rwanda, on Saturday (Oct. 21). The Trace Awards are a new awards franchise created by Trace, a global TV and multimedia platform. The purpose of the awards is to recognize African and Afro-influenced musicians.
For Best Collaboration, KO lost out to Unavailable, the joint effort between Musa Keys and Nigerian megastar Davido. “Within 15 minutes, Musa sent me back the song… I just wasn’t anticipating for it to be this big,” Davido detailed the song-making process during his acceptance speech. I’m happy your genre [amapiano] from your country has allowed us to collaborate and we shall continue to do it.”
The song was also nominated for Best Afrobeat at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, which took place in New Jersey, US, last month.
Global music powerhouse and Afro-music tastemaker, Trace held its inaugural Trace Awards 2023 on October 21, 2023, at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, to celebrate the creativity, talent, and influence of African and Afro-inspired music and artists. More than 150 artists were nominated in the awards ceremony, which showcased the excellence and diversity of Afro-centric music in genres such as Afrobeat, Dancehall, Hip Hop, Afro-pop, Mbalax, Amapiano, Zouk, Kizomba, Genge, Coupé Décalé, Bongo Flava, Soukous, Gospel, Rap, Rai, Kompa, R&B, and Rumba.
