Nasty C, Davido, Burna Boy, Tamer Hosny, and the late DJ Arafat lead the nominations for this year's All Africa Music Awards.
The 6th edition of
AFRIMA (All Africa Music Awards), the annual celebration of African talent from all regions of the continent, is set to take place November 20-23.
Leading the charge this year is South African hip-hop star
Nasty C, with nine nominations across categories like Best Male Artiste in Southern Africa, Artiste of the Year in Africa, Song of the Year in Africa, Producer of the Year in Africa, Best African Rapper/Lyricist, and more.
Second up is Nigerian star
Davido, who earned six nominations which include
Best Male Artiste in Western Africa, Artiste of the Year in Africa, Song of the Year in Africa, African Fans' Favourite, Best Artiste, and more. Burna Boy has five nominations, while Egyptian artist Tamer Hosny earned four nods of his own.
The late DJ Arafat will also be recognized, as he has been posthumously nominated in the Best Male Artiste in Central Africa and Best African Dance or Choreography.
See which African artists won big at this weekend's award shows.
This past weekend was full of awards shows and some of our favorite African acts took home some major trophies.
Najia music star,Davido won "Best African Act" at the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards, beating out Wizkid, Nasty C, and more to claim the title. He wasn't there to accept his award, but the artists shared his excitement about the win on Instagram.
Just moments ago, Davido shared on Twitter that he also won the Best Worldwide Act at the EMAs. The artists is having a very successful year to say the least. Congrats to him!
Davido also dropped "Fia," last week, the highly anticipated follow-up to his hit song "If." Watch the video below.
Davido isn't the only afrobeats star who had a fruitful awards season, Wizkid took home three awards during this year's All Africa Music Awards in Lagos, hosted by the one and only Akon. He snagged the Best West African Artist of the year award, Song of the Year and Artist of the year.
Our new digital music service, Okaymusic, took home two awards with Nigerian star and Okaymusic signee 2Baba winning forBest Artist or Group in African Reggae & Dancehall and Cameroon's Montess winning Best Female Artist in Central Africa.
Additionally, Tiwa Savage won Best West African Act (Female) and Simi took home Best Songwriter of the Year
See the full list of winners below.
Best Central African Act (Male) – Locko
Best Central African Act (Female) – Montess
Best East African Act (Male) – Eddy Kenzo
Best East African Act (Female) – Nandy
Best Southern Africa Act (Male) – Emtee
Best West African Act (Male) – Wizkid
Best West African Act (Female) – Tiwa Savage
Best African Collaboration – Alikiba feat M.I – "AJE"
Best Artist in African Rock – Gilad Millo (Kenya)
Best Artist or Group in African RnB & Soul – Alikiba feat. M.I – "AJE"
Best Artist or Group in African Contemporary: DJ Tunez feat. Wande Coal – "Iskaba"
Best Artist or Group in African Raggae & Dancehall – 2Baba – "Holy Holy"
Best Artist or Group in African Hip Hop – Ycee – "Juice"
Best Artist of Group in African Pop – Toofan
Video of the Year – Orezi x Adasa Cookey – "Cooking Pot"
Best Female Artist in Inspirational Music: Asikey George
African Songwriter of the Year – Simi
Producer of the Year – DJ Coublon for Seyi Shay's "Yolo Yolo"
Artist of the Year – Wizkid
Song of the Year – Wizkid feat. Drake – "Come Closer"
The Ghanaian star shares the new track and music video for "Borjor" on his birthday.
Shatta Wale is celebrating his birthday by dropping a new track that's sure to get you in party mode.
"Borjor" is an addictive new song built on a mid-tempo afro-fusion beat work and led by the Ghanaian dancehall heavyweight's vocals about the object of his desire.
The accompanying music video, directed by PKMI, follows Shatta Wale and his friends to a day of swimming and messing around in a pool and mansion.
The artist's latest single references some of his personal heroes including Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, Tupac Shakur and more.
British-Ugandan soul singer Michael Kiwanuka drops another single ahead of the release of his forthcoming album, KIWANUKA.
In "Hero" the singer pays homage to the Black Power and Civil Rights movements of the 1960s and 70s. The music video, directed by CC Wade references several Black leaders and some of the artist's personal heroes including Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, Martin Luther King Jr., Sam Cooke, Tupac Shakur, Marvin Gaye and more. It also depicts the FBI's often illegal efforts to stop Black movements and other anti-establishment groups through its Counterintelligence Program, as noted in Rolling Stone.
In 'Moments With: Mr Eazi,' the buzzing Nigerian star tells us about Banku music, being a serial entrepreneur, and how he's been pushing young African artists through his emPawa initiative.
