It is double celebration for Nigerian Afrobeat singer Ayra Starr has she makes history in African.
The Mavins singer has won the Best African Music Category at the just concluded 2025 MOBO Awards held in Newcastle, making her the first woman in 16 years to win the award. To clinch the award, Ayra beat the likes of Asake, Tems, and South Africa’s Tyla.
To add to it, Ayra Starr also took home the Best International Music Act award at the ceremony. She beat Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj, Megan Thee Stallion, Tems, and Latto.
In her acceptance speech, Ayra, who was emotional noted how this is her first MOBO award. She expressed appreciation to her team and those who supported her.
“Okay, this is my first MOBO. And this is the first time I’m winning a MOBO Award – make some noise! I am actually shaking right now. I am actually nervous.
Thank you so much to everybody who supported me. Thank you to my team – my amazing MOB STARS.
My amazing brothers who make music with me – the producers in the studio – my studio partners in crime; my label – MAVINS Record, Embryo, my mummy.
Thank you so much. Thank you, MOBOs”.
Ayra has made a mark since entering the music industry. The Mavins singer scored a major milestone in her career with a BET Award nomination, this year, for the Best New Artist award category. The ‘Commas’ singer had also gotten a past nomination from the Grammys; although she didn’t win, it remains a huge achievement.
In June, in a sit-down interview with Spotify, Ayra revealed the connecting dots in her life that led to stardom at a young age. She stated that at the age of ten, she knew she would be famous like the fictional Disney character Hannah Montana, even though she didn’t know how she would achieve that.
