The winners for this year's Channel O Music Video Awards (MVA) have been named. The awards ceremony came off Thursday night (Oct 9) at the Carnival City, in Johannesburg, South Africa. The MC's were Channel O's own Nonhle Thema and Krazy Boy (Kabelo 'KB' Ngakane. See an interview we had with Nonhle here and the full list of nominees.

Nigerian artistes did very well, the best Kwaito award went to Namibia (again) and best dance as well. The best female award went to one of the ladies of Bang Entertainment in Mozambique as well. One new Zimbabwean artiste felt greedy and took two awards, yay for Zimdancehall! P-Square won the best video but which of their awesome videos from the Game Over was chosen?
Find out below

The award winners are

The nominees for the SANLAM NBC NAMIBIAN Music AWARDS 2008 are out and EeS is running for a couple of awards.

YES-JA!
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It's OFFICIAL, The SANLAM NBC NAMIBIAN Music AWARDS 2008 are on FIRE!!
NOW, your support for local Music is needed at it's MOST!
the Namibian artist "EES" www.eesy-ees.com has been nominated in these 5 categories!

BEST KWAITO "BNK 3"
(with EES feat. Gazza – T.I.A. This is AFRICA)

MTV Networks Africa has finally announced the nominees for the 1st first ever MAMAs (MTV Africa Music Awards) at a glittering ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria. The contenders were revealed by Alex Okosi, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, MTV Networks Africa and Norman Moyo, Chief Marketing Officer, Zain Nigeria.

The nominees (nominations) were selected by an independent voting ‘academy’ of 150 music professionals and opinion formers from 30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the nominations for the MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain showcase the wealth of musical talent that Africa has to offer, and provide the ultimate vehicle for young Africans to salute the African and international artists that rock their worlds.

Click the links to check out the profiles of these musicians on Museke.com
Heading the nominee list with 5 ‘nods’ from the MAMA nominations academy are Nigerian R&B duo P-Square (Best Group, Best Live Performer, Best R&B, Best Video and Artist of the Year), closely followed by triple nominees D’Banj (Nigeria) and HHP (South Africa), who go head-to-head in the Best Male and Artist of the Year categories. Wahu (Kenya) and Asa (Nigeria) share the honours as the most nominated female artists with two nominations each for Wahu (Best New Act, Best Female) and Asa (Best Female, Artist of the Year).

The full list of nominees for the 2008 MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain are:

The Pan-African KORA All-Africa Music Awards returns this year with a bang. Various nominations were sent by country to a panel representing the Kora Music Awards (also referred to as the African Grammy's). You can see the list of nominees for non-regional categories (many of whom are in the running for the best African artiste or group by region). Unlike some of the other awards ceremonies this year, the nominees consist of groups from all over Africa, irregardless of genre, style, language, popularity, reputation or country.

Here are the nominees for Best African Artiste/group for Central, East, Southern and West Africa.

Nominee name (artiste/group) - name of song - name of country

The Pan-African KORA All-Africa Music Awards returns this year with a bang. There is even a US$1 million cash prize. The Kora Awards is in some legal wranglings with the Cross River State government over their chosen venue, which initially was in Calabar but CEO Ernest Adjovi and the organizers want to organize the event in Lagos instead. I hope these cases are settled amicably and the KORA awards take place in December this year. After all, the nominees are out. You can see the nominees for the non-regional categories below and those for regional categories here. I am excited about the nominees, because I hadn't heard of half of them before, and it truely encompasses groups from all over Africa, irregardless of genre, style, language, popularity, reputation or country.

Nominee name (artiste/group) - name of song - name of country

Best Traditional Artiste or Group
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Segu blue - Mali
Freres Guedehoungue - Danger public - Benin
Mamou Sidibe - Mary - Mali
Nicole Amogho - Mbila - Gabon
Santy Dorim - Africa foga - Togo
Teriba - Gan na ho - Benin

See the actual nominees here - the list has been released!

As excitement builds up for the first ever MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA), the folks at MTVBase Africa are giving fans a chance to be a part of the awards ceremony. MTVBase Africa has created a My Video Award which would be awarded for a viewer created video. Imagine being counted as a MAMA winner just like the likes of D'Banj, Ciara, Jabba T-Pain, and Dama do Bling on 22nd November! Those of you who have been spoofing African songs on Youtube and doing your own dances to these hits, here is your chance to get recognized for it.

You can see the other categories for the MAMAs on this website as well.
Here's the info below from the MAMA website, mama.mtvbase.com.

African music awards season is in full effect. After the release of the nominees for the Channel O Music Video Awards, and the initial selection of Kora Award 2008 nominees, The Music Of Black Origin (MOBO) awards nominees have been released too. MOBO celebrates genres like hip hop, R&B, gospel, and reggae and other styles that are of Black Origin. The British ceremony has become one of the most respected award ceremonies in recent times. It has had a Best African musician category in years past and winners include Samini (Ghana), and Tuface Idibia (Nigeria).

While we wait for the nominees for the upcoming MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs), nominated for the Best African Act in the 2008 MOBO's are the following:

Nominees for the MAMAs are chosen as follows

All artists whose videos have been played on MTV base in previous 12 months are eligible (this amounts to several hundred artists from all over the continent)

MTV sends a list of all artists (see the pages of some of the artistes who will get nominated eventually listed on Museke.com) who are eligible to members of a voting 'academy' across Africa to ask them to vote for their favourite artists/tracks/videos etc. These votes are collated and feed into the nominations short list per category (5 nominees per category)

The nominations are released on or around 7 October and consumers make the final decision in all voting categories; voting closes on 18 November.

There will be 13 separate music award categories including

MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain Debuts November 2008 - Press release

Abuja, 6 August 2008: Pan African entertainment network, MTV Networks Africa, and international telecommunications giant, Zain, have joined forces to launch the MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain , an exhilarating celebration of Africa’s music talent. MTV’s first ever Awards ceremony for the African continent, the MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain honours the passion, creativity and artistry of the African music industry, showcasing the Continent’s brightest and best contemporary music and artists to a global audience.

The first, star-studded MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain music and entertainment extravaganza will take place at the Velodrome, Abuja, Nigeria on Saturday 22 November 2008 in front of thousands of musicians, celebrities, media and music fans. The MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain will take the form of a 2-hour TV spectacular, combining performances from top African and international stars with award presentations and an international superstar host.