Africa's music award season is in full swing with the recent
Channel O Music Video Music Awards and the imminent
Metro FM Music Awards (MMAs). Coming soon too: the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs).
The nominees were announced on Saturday, 30 October and last night (Thursday, 11 November) MTV hosted a champagne party featuring the nominees in the build-up to the awards.
Now in their third year, the Awards take place in Lagos, Naija this year, at the Eko Expo Hall on Saturday, 11 December 2010.
As with the MMAs on SABC1, they won't be broadcast live on DStv unfortunately. It's an even more
ridiculous situation to the MMAs considering that the MAMAs are a
dedicated TV event: without TV they wouldn't exist and yet viewers can't see them live. It makes
no sense at all.
Instead, they'll be broadcast in a delayed screening on MTV and MTV Base from 18 December 2010. We'll keep you posted when dates and times are confirmed.
In the meantime, these are the nominees:
Best Video:
Fally Ipupa - Sexy dance (DRC)
P-Square f/t J. Martins- E No Easy (Nigeria)
The Parlotones - Life Design (South Africa)
Banky W - Strong Ting (Nigeria)
Best New Artist:
Mo Cheddah (Nigeria)
Diamond (Tanzania)
Muthoni (Kenya)
JoJo (Gabon)
Artist of The Year:
2 Face (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Jozi (South Africa)
Fally Ipupa (DRC)
Song Of The Year:
D'Banj - Fall In Love (Nigeria)
Liquideep - Fairytale (South Africa)
JR - Show Dem (South Africa)
Banky W - Lagos Party (Nigeria)
Best Anglophone Artist: (English speaking)
Sarkodie (Ghana)
Wande Coal (Nigeria)
Daddy Owen (Kenya)
Big Nuz (South Africa)
Best Francophone Artist: (French speaking)
Fally Ipupa (DRC)
Awadi (Senegal)
DJ Arafat (Ivory Coast)
Ba Ponga (Gabon)
Best Lusophone: (Portuguese speaking)
Lizha James (Mozambique)
Paul G (Angola)
Cabo Snoop (Angola)
Dama Do Bling (Mozambique)
Best Group:
P-Square (Nigeria)
Radio & Weasle (Uganda)
Teargas (South Africa)
P-Unit (Kenya)
Best Female Artist:
Sasha (Nigeria)
Lizha James (Mozambique)
Nneka (Nigeria)
Barbara Kanam (DRC)
Best Male Artist:
2Face (Nigeria)
Fally Ipupa (DRC)
Black Coffee (South Africa)
Wande Coal (Nigeria)
Best International Artist:
Rihanna (USA)
Drake (USA)
Eminem (USA)
Rick Ross (USA)
MAMAs Legend: a legend award given for outstanding contribution. The winner of this category is chosen by MTV and will be announced before the show on 11 December.
MTV also chooses the winner of the Best Video category.
The rest of the category winners are chosen by public votes, online and via SMS.
You can vote online at the MAMAs website. A direct link to the voting area:
MAMA MTV Base 2010.
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(Added on Wednesday, 17 November 2010)
A gallery of pics from the nominee party:
Fast facts
A breakdown of nominations per country:
Nigeria (13)
South Africa (7)
DRC (5)
USA (4)
Kenya (3)
Mozambique (3)
Gabon (2)
Angola (2)
Ghana (1)
Ivory Coast (1)
Senegal (1)
Tanzania (1)
Uganda (1)
Number of nominations per artist:
Fally Ipupa (4)
P-Square (3)
2Face (2)
Banky W (2)
Lizha James (2)
Wande Coal (2)
Awadi (1)
Ba Ponga (1)
Barbara Kanam (1)
Big Nuz (1)
Black Coffee (1)
Cabo Snoop (1)
D’Banj (1)
Daddy Owen (1)
Dama do Bling (1)
Diamond (1)
DJ Arafat (1)
Drake (1)
Eminem (1)
JoJo (1)
Jozi (1)
JR (1)
Liquideep (1)
Mo Cheddah (1)
Muthoni (1)
Nneka (1)
P-Unit (1)
Paul G (1)
Sarkodie (1)
Sasha (1)
Teargas (1)
The Parlotones (1)
Radio & Weasle (1)
Rick Ross (1)
Rihanna (1)