Our 2026 TGNU Award Winners 💐
JIAH (TGNU’s Most Awarded Artist)
Favorite Female Artist
Favorite Live Performer
Favorite Music Video
The Genre Genius Award
PEARL JADE
Breakthrough Artist of the Year
MAYAH DYSON
Song of the Year
ELI YOUNGBLOOD
Favorite Male Artist
Favorite Hip-Hop Single
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JALEN CHORDS
Favorite R&B Single
DESTIIN SUMMERS
Genius Soul Award
History made 💐 Bonnie Banks and JIAH discuss the First Annual They Got Next Up Music Awards live on @atlantanewsfirst ✨ This moment is for every artist and creator apart of the TGNU community. You don’t want to miss this moment. Saturday, April 11th live from Knock Music House
Tickets on sale now via link in bio #TGNUAwards 💐
The word is out ❤️🔥 Jiah hits the stage April 11th at The 1st Annual They Got Next Up Awards for a Special Performance that you don’t want to miss. Visit link in bio to vote for your favorite artists and get tickets #TGNAwards
LA, the word is officially out 💐
Culture & Sound: LA Hollywood Multimedia Honors takes over Sunset Boulevard on June 25th for a night you won’t forget.
Join us as we amplify some of the most influential and hard-working leaders in the culture.
Our highest honor the “Multimedia Icon Award” will be presented to the one and only Tami Roman, a true reality TV pioneer and multi-hyphenate force who first broke through on The Real World: Los Angeles before becoming a defining presence on VH1’s Basketball Wives and beyond. From reality TV to scripted series and executive production, she’s spent decades reshaping what longevity, reinvention, and Black women’s visibility look like across media.
Live performances from JIAH, Pearl Jade, Chase Alexander and Aura set the tone for a night rooted in culture, sound, and elevation. Stay tuned for the announcement of additional performances and special surprises.
RSVP is free but extremely limited. Link in bio
See you in LA 💐
#TGNU
Thank you @theygotnextup for nominating me for an award and inviting me to perform. Once again it was such a honor to grace the stage along with other great creatives that were in attendance 🙏🏾🖤 @pcdollarsign on the footage 🎥 @hannmarie._ on the keys 🎹🔥
They see the awards… they don’t see the work behind them.
Late nights. Missed calls. Flights booked last minute. Studio sessions that turned into breakthroughs. Moments we almost quit, but didn’t. From the ground up, no shortcuts. Just belief, consistency, and executing every single day.
Proud of my artist/brother @eliyoungblood_ for bringing home Best Male Artist + Song of the Year @theygotnextup . Well deserved. But this is just the beginning.
We’re not celebrating for long… we’re building something bigger. 📈
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“Inner Peace” won Song of The Year💜 I pray yall are continuing to protect your energy and your inner peace! Thank you @theygotnextup for having me! ✨
#innerpeace
Crazy moment fr… finally got to meet one of the people who really inspired me to start this music journey @jiahstar 🤞🏾💫
Being in Atlanta at the TGNU Music Awards, connecting with new artists, feeling that energy in the room… it just made everything feel real. Like I’m really here doing what I dreamed about.
Every artist that hit that stage was going crazy 🔥 I really enjoyed watching everybody perform, nothing but talent in the building fr.
And having my family & homies pull up to support me, that meant everything 🖤 y’all don’t even understand. From where we started to now… this just the beginning.
Final Dream in motion 🚀:TOUR COMING SOON‼️🔥
I BEEN PUTTING ON FOR THE SOUTH!!!! 4x @theygotnextup award winner. 🤍 s/o to everyone who stayed on the winning team its only up from here! & cheers to everyone out here poppin they ish!!! great things are on the other side of consistency. 💫
thank you to everyone who voted 4 me, thank you @theygotnextup for believing in me!!! thank you @j3laize for curating my setlist/live arrangements. thank you to my team for making sure everything was seamless on the sound / production side @awall_mg@theycallmemyia@iamtugga !! thank you to my family for holding me down & GOD for guiding me every step of the way. ✨✨
