Starboy, Wizkid, Cassper Nyovest, AKA and Sauti Sol lead the
pack in the first round of nominations for the forthcoming MTV Africa Music
Awards Johannesburg 2016,MAMA, with an impressive nine nominations between
them.
In lifestyle category Personality of the Year, Pearl Thusi goes up
against soccer player Pierre Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon), middle distance runner
and Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya, blogger Linda Ikeji (Nigeria) and
musician Wizkid (Nigeria) vie for Personality of the Year.
The MTV Africa Music
Awards Johannesburg 2016 is brought to you by Joburg Tourism in partnership
with Absolut Vodka and Google and in association with MTN and DStv.
Fifty MAMA
nominees including artists and achievers from 18 countries were revealed in 9
key music and lifestyle award categories by Viacom International Media Networks
(VIMN) Africa and MTV Base (DStv channel 322) at a star-studded reception at
Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, South Africa last night. At the front of the
field is Nigerian star Wizkid with three nominations including nods in Best
Male, Best Collaboration and Personality of the Year.
Next in line with two
nominations each are AKA (South Africa), Cassper Nyovest (South Africa) and
Sauti Sol (Kenya).
The hotly contested Best Hip Hop category sees MAMA
nominations for Emtee and Riky Rick of South Africa, who’ll be going head to
head against Nigeria’s Olamide and Ycee, and Kiff No Beat (Ivory Coast).
An
epic battle of the bands is in store in the Best Group category where Ghana’s
R2bees face off against Kenya’s Sauti Sol, South Africa’s Mi Casa, Navy Kenzo
from Tanzania and Togolese duo, Toofan.
The second round of nominations,
comprising 7 additional award categories, including Artist of the Year, Best
Female, Listener’s Choice, Best Breakthrough, Best Francophone, Song of the
Year in partnership with Google, and Video of the Year, will be revealed at the
Hard Rock Café, Lagos, Nigeria during Road to MAMA – Lagos 2016 (2 October
2016).
No nominations will be revealed for the MTV Base Reimagined award, and
MAMA Legend. Commented Alex Okosi, Senior Vice President & Managing
Director, Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Africa, “The MAMA
celebrates Africa’s incredible young musicians and trailblazers by breaking
down barriers, driving engagement, and highlighting the continent’s rich and
abundant talent.
It’s an honour to be able to salute their achievements at MAMA
2016, and we offer our congratulations to all of the nominees as we look
forward to the most exciting and diverse MAMA yet.
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