{"id":661944,"date":"2026-05-10T14:06:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/661944\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T14:06:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:06:46","slug":"davidos-with-you-wins-best-african-song-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/661944\/","title":{"rendered":"Davido\u2019s \u2018With You\u2019 wins Best African Song of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/TGMA-27-Davido-s-With-You-wins-Best-African-Song-of-the-Year-2033762?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/34674269.295.jpg\" alt=\"Nigerian Afrobeat star, Davido\" title=\"Nigerian Afrobeat star, Davido\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/> <\/a>Nigerian Afrobeat star, Davido<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">The competition for Best African Song of the Year at the 2026 Telecel Ghana Music Awards 2026 was one of the fiercest of the night, with several chart-topping hits battling for the prestigious award.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, \u201cWith You\u201d by Davido and Omah Lay emerged victorious, clinching the Best African Song of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p>The song triumphed over a strong lineup of nominees, including Laho by Burna Boy and Shallipopi, Chanel by Tyla, Joy Is Coming by Fido, as well as  Nakupenda and Kalebu by Rema.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith You\u201d has enjoyed massive airplay across Africa since its release, with fans praising the chemistry between Davido and Omah Lay, as well as the song\u2019s infectious melody and relatable lyrics.<\/p>\n<p>The win further cements both Davido and Omah Lay\u2019s influence on the African music scene, as the duo continues to dominate charts and streaming platforms across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>PAT\/EB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nigerian Afrobeat star, Davido The competition for Best African Song of the Year at the 2026 Telecel Ghana&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-661944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}