‘Brown Skin Girl’, the song Beyonce did with popular Nigerian singer Ayodeji Ibrahim, better known as Wizkid, Blue Ivy, and SAINt JHN, in 2019 has bagged two nominations in the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards.
The nominations were announced on Wednesday with ‘Brown Skin Girl’ being nominated in the Best R&B and Best Cinematography categories, according to Billboard.
In the Best R&B category, “Brown Skin Girl” is up against “Leave the Door Open” by Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak and Silk Sonic, “Go Crazy” by Chris Brown and Young Thug, “Heartbreak Anniversary” by Giveon, “Come Through” by H.E.R. ft. Chris Brown and “Good Days” by SZA.
With cinematography by Benoit Soler, “Brown Skin Girl” competes with Rob Witt in “Therefore I Am” by Malik H. Sayeed, Mohammed Atta Ahmed, Santiago Gonzalez, Ryan Helfant and Billie Eilish and Santiago Gonzalez in Foo Fighters’ “Shame Shame”
Wizkid has attained some success following the song he did with Beyonce, her daughter, Blue Ivy and SAINt JHN.
The Nigerian Afrobeat singer has now won two soul music awards, Bet awards and also a Grammy award for best video in 2021.