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Drake takes the lead on the 2017 Billboard Music Awards nomination list with 22 nods

The nominees for the 2017 Billboard Music Awards were announced on Monday and Drake and The Chainsmokers have emerged with 22 nominations each.

Drake has been nominated in categories including Top Artist, Top Male Artist, Top Rap Artist, Top Song Sales Artist, among others.

However, his chartbursting track One Dance featuring Wizkid is also nominated in these categories: Top Collaboration, Top R&B Song, Top R&B Collaboration, Top Radio Song, Top Streaming Song (Audio), Top Selling Song and Top Hot 100 Song.

Rihanna was nominated in 14 categories including Top Artist and Top Female Artist and she goes head to head with Beyonce, Adele and Ariana Grande in both categories.

This year’s edition of the Billboard Music Awards will hold on May 21.

 

AFRIFF calls for entries for this year’s film festival

Set to hold in November 2017, this year’s edition of the African Film Festival will be the seventh and organisers have begun to call for entries.

The festival will feature short films, documentaries, animations and feature films. This year, French films and films made in Francophone countries will be featured as well, so organisers are encouraging filmmakers in Cameroun, Burkina Faso, DRC, Burundi etc to participate.

Submission will be received until July 30, 2o17.

 

Mariah Carey and her backup dancer boyfriend have broken up

In February, Mariah Carey confirmed to the press that she and her backup dancer, Bryan Tanaka were truly dating after rumours of their romance made rounds late last year.

Now the two have called it quits because Mariah needs to focus on her music and children.

Although other reports have it that the breakup is as a result of Mariah’s relationship with ex-husband, Nick Cannon, Cannon has cleared the air saying, “I got too many of my own relationship issues to be worried about an old relationship…At the end of the day, she’s an amazing mother and we focus on our kids. That’s never going to change no matter who’s in my life or who’s in her life. We have kids together, so we’ll always be family.”

Mariah Carey and Bryan Tanaka began to date following the end of her engagement to billionaire fiancee, James Packer.

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