D'banj loses out to Ahmad Sultan for MTV EMAs

Moroccan artist Ahmad Sultan will battle it out against Rihanna for the title of Best Worldwide Act at November's MTV European Music Awards.

Sultan beat off competition from Nigerian hit Dbanj and India’s  Alobo Naga  to become the Best Africa-India-Middle East Act official entry.

Now he will go up against the final Worldwide Act nominees including Dima Bilan (Europe), Han Geng (Asia Pacific), Rihanna (North America) and Restart (Latin America).

Starting October 30, the final five will go head-to-head in one last round of voting in the Worldwide Act category.
Voting for EMA categories is open now until Saturday, November 10, and the Worldwide Act winner will be announced at the show in Frankfurt.