September 13, (THEWILL) – “Brown Skin Girl” by Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN, and Nigeria’s singer, Wizkid, has won the Best Cinematography category in the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards.
THEWILL writes that “Leave the Door Open” by Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic, Aftermath Entertainment/Atlantic Records won in the Best R category which the song Wizkid won was also nominated.
In the category for the best R&B category, “Brown Skin Girl” was up against “Leave the Door Open” , “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.
The song which the cinematography was done by Benoit Soler, “Brown Skin Girl” defeated 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”.
Other nominees for the best cinematography category are Elias Talbot in “Holy” by Justin Bieber ft. Chance The Rapper, Jeff Cronenweth in Lady Gaga’s “911″ and Andrew Stroud in Lorde’s “Solar Power”.
THEWILL writes that Wizkid and SAINt JHN worked with Beyonce on the 2019 record, “Brown Skin Girl” for her 2019 soundtrack album, The Lion King: The Gift.
This work earned Wizkid his first Grammy Award in March and also a #72 spot in the Billboard Hot 100 in 2019. The ‘Ojuelegba’ crooner has also won two Soul Train Music Awards, the BET Awards, and a NAACP Image Award.
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