For her contributions to Future’s ‘Wait For U’, Nigerian international sensation Tems has earned an MTV VMAs nomination for Best Hip Hop Video

The single is one of the songs on Future’s 9th solo studio album ‘I Never Liked You’ and it features Drake and also samples vocals from Tems’ ‘Higher’.

Wait For U’ debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 thus earning Tems her third Billboard Hot 100 entry and made her only the second Afrobeats act to reach number one on the chart.

Full nomination list for 2022 VMAs:

Video of the Year

• Doja Cat – ‘Woman’
• Drake ft. Future & Young Thug  – ‘Way 2 Sexy’
• Ed Sheeran – ‘Shivers’
• Harry Styles – ‘As It Was’
• Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – ‘INDUSTRY BABY’
• Olivia Rodrigo – ‘brutal’ 
• Taylor Swift – ‘All Too Well’ (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) 

Artist of the Year

• Bad Bunny
• Drake
• Ed Sheeran
• Harry Styles
• Jack Harlow
• Lil Nas X
• Lizzo

Song of the Year

• Adele – ‘Easy On Me’
• Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’
• Doja Cat – ‘Woman’ – Kemosabe Records
• Elton John & Dua Lipa – ‘Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)’
• Lizzo – ‘About Damn Time’
• The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – ‘STAY’

Best New Artist

• Baby Keem
• Dove Cameron
• GAYLE
• Latto
• Måneskin
• SEVENTEEN

Best Collaboration

• Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – ‘Way 2 Sexy’
• Elton John & Dua Lipa – ‘Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)’
• Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – ‘INDUSTRY BABY’
• Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa – ‘Sweetest Pie’
• Post Malone & The Weeknd – ‘One Right Now’
• ROSALÍA ft. The Weeknd – ‘LA FAMA’
• The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – ‘STAY’

Push Performance of the Year