Shenseea nominated for MTV award

Dancehall artiste Shenseea can add another first to her list of accolades as she is the first Jamaican artiste to be selected for the internationally acclaimed MTV award in the category, ‘Push Performance of the Year’.

The announcement was made on Tuesday as the VMA’s unveiled their full list of nominees.

Shenseea, the only Jamaican on the list, is nominated in the category ‘Push Performance of the Year’.

Shenseea is nominated with the likes of US singer/songwriter Muni Long, Doechii, Omar Apollo and several other international acts.

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The 2022 MTV VMAs will take place on Sunday, August 28. It will be broadcast live from the Prudential Centre in Newark, New Jersey.

MTV named dancehall star Shenseea as their global Push Artiste of the Month. At that time, the Shenyeng Boss also performed ‘R U That’, one of the singles from her debut album, ALPHA.

Fast forward four months and that same performance has earned Shenseea her first MTV Video Music Award.