Season 11
The Metro FM Music Awards (MMAs) is an annual South African music awards ceremony hosted by radio station Metro FM which honours local artists who've contributed significantly to the local music industry in the preceding year.
The awards were established in 2000 and are broadcast annually as a TV special on SABC1.
The 11th Metro FM Music Awards took place at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Saturday 26 November, 2011. They were hosted by Tbo Touch and Zizo Beda.
A delayed broadcast of the 11th Annual Metro FM Awards aired on SABC1 on Friday 9 December 2011, at 21h00. The special was two hours long.
2011 Awards
The 2011 Metro FM Music Awards went down at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Saturday night (26 November) and delivered awards in 20 categories, including a double whammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Both Spikiri and Ray Phiri were honoured for their lifetime achievements while AKA, Zahara and Big Nuz headlined the night with multiple wins.
The ceremony was hosted Tbo Touch and Zizo Beda and opened with a performance by Chomee, Nothende and Theo Kgosinkwe.
Five nominees per category were announced in mid-October, the public voted and on Thursday 3 November the station hosted an event at The Fairways Hotel to reveal the top three contenders in each category.
2011 Winners
Best African Pop
Ntando - Izaga (Proverbs)
Theo Kgosinkwe - Grateful
Madoda - Mzizi
Best Compilation Album
Vinny Da Vinci - Deep House Sounds Vol 8
Glen Lewis - House Avenue 6
Terance - Music Box 5 (Home and Away)
Best Produced Album
Zahara - Loliwe
Culoe De Song - Elevation
AKA - Altar Ego
Best Dance Album
Culoe De Song - Elevation
Black Motion - Talking To the Drums
DJ C'ndo - Finest Lady of House Vol 4
Best Female Album
KB - Run Free (The Evolution)
Nondumiso Tembe - Izwi Lami
Zahara - Loliwe
Best Urban Gospel
Rebecca - Uukuthula
Tshwane Gospel Choir - Modimo Wa Mehlolo
We Will Worship - The Movement Begins
Best Group Album
Mi Casa - Mi Casa Music
Big Nuz - Pound for Pound
C9ine - Sound Garden
Best Kwaito Album
Big Nuz - Pound for Pound
Bullistic - Hollow Point
Spikiri - The King Don Father 2.5
Best Hip Hop Album
AKA - Altar Ego
Morale - Smile, Clap & Bow
Tuks - Tshwanelo
Best Contemporary Jazz
Judith Sephuma - I am a living testimony
Swazi Dlamini - Gospel Meets Jazz (Live in Durban)
Kunle Ayo - Best of Both Worlds
Best Male Album
Kabomo - All Things Grey
Spikiri - The King Don Father 2.5
HHP - Motswafrika
Best Newcomer
Mi Casa
Zahara
AKA
Best R&B Album
Nothende - Lovelight
Lloyd Jansen - Lloyd Jansen
Keeno Lee - Revolution
Song of the Year
Zahara - Loliwe
Big Nuz - Sting Ray
Mi Casa - These Streets
Best Styled Artist/Group
Theo Kgosinkwe
Nkulee Dube
Somizi
Hit Single of the Year
Big Nuz - Sting Ray
DJ Sbu ft Zahara - Lengoma
Character - EX
Best Collaboration of the Year
L-Tido ft. K.O. - We Rollin'
Morale ft.Zola - Ayamaah
AKA ft. Tumi, HHP, Amu - Victory Lap Remix
Best Music Video
Mi Casa - These Streets
AKA - All I Know
Nondumiso Tembe - Just a Guy
Top Digital Download Award
DJ Cleo
The Lifetime Achievement Award
Spikiri and Ray Phiri
About the MMAs
The Metro FM Music Awards are a special honour given to local artists who've contributed significantly to the local music industry.
Recording companies and artists are requested to send in release dates for their artists' albums and those dates must fall within the window period specified, to qualify for the MMA. An independent panel of judges then places these submissions within the 18 categories.
It is after this process that each panel members casts his/her vote, which they then hand over to an SABC Group Internal Audit representative at the voting session.
There is only one person from Metro FM who sits on the panel of 7 judges. The other panelists comprise of music industry experts and credible journalists.
It is after this process that a nomination list of five artists per category is released to the public, to vote for their favourite artists via sms. The top three artists with the most votes are then announced as finalists.
The public is again informed of this and they then vote for the top artists who will walk away with the coveted MMA in each category.
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