Uganda’s music sensation and reigning music queen, Sheebah Karungi reaffirms her popularity by becoming the first female artist to be nominated at MTV Awards with the biggest nomination of the video of the year award.

The MAMAs will go down on October 22 at the Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg.

Meanwhile, If you needed another reason to tune into the MTV Africa Music Awards this year, here it is.

It’s been confirmed that the “surprise international act” mentioned last week, after it was announced that Trevor Noah would be hosting this year’s show, is hip-hop superstar Future.

The Atlanta-based rapper is set to perform at this year’s show alongside Yemi Alade, Alikiba, Casper Nyovest, Ycee, Babes Woduma and more.

Future’s also nominated for “Best International Act” with the likes of Beyonce, Rihanna, Adele and Drake.

But for now, let’s vote Sheebah Karungi