SINGAPORE - Jasmine Sokko, a singer and electronic music artist from Singapore is the first home-grown act to win Best Southeast Asia Act at the 2019 MTV EMAs, beating out popular regional acts such as Malaysia's Yuna and Indonesia's Rich Brian.The 23-year-old is in Spain to collect the award at the ceremony held in Seville, at the Fibes - Conference & Exhibition Centre. The show will be broadcast and streamed live on MTV Asia and the MTV Play app on Nov 4 at 4am .
Earlier this year, she became the only Singaporean act to make it to the finals of Chinese reality television programme for electronic music acts, Rave Now. She recently released her first Mandarin single, SHH, through Warner Music China. "I always believe that it's important to challenge the status quo. Just because nobody has done something before, doesn't mean it's not possible. The past year has made me foresee a future in the Singapore music scene that I want to be a part of building.The EMAs, or Europe Music Awards, is an annual event which started in 1994. The Best Southeast Asia Act, first given out in 2013, is one of several awards given out to international artists.