Tlivemedia.com reports that Nasty C and Nigerian artistes; David ‘Davido’ Adeleke, Daminu ‘Burna Boy’ Ogulu, tops All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) continental nominees list.
Following the AFRIMA’s call for entries opened on May 15 and exceeded the 2018 submissions by 148 entries. The 13-man International Committee reviewed the entries from Aug. 7, 2019 to Aug. 14 by screening, assessing, grading and selection of the nominees into 36 different regional and Continental award categories of AFRIMA.
The Continental Categories are however made up of different geners of African Music ranging from Hip-Hop, Jazz, R’n’B, Pop and Reggae, Ragga and Dancehall. Other categories include : Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Producer of the year,Best African Collaboration, amongst Others.
On the nominees list screening scorecard, Nasty C from South Africa tops the list with nine nominations including ‘Best Male Artiste in Africa’ and ‘Ariste Of the Year in Africa’. His other nominations are ‘Song of the Year in Africa’, ‘Producer of the Year in Africa’, ‘Best African Rapper/Lyricist’, ‘Best African Collaboration’ and ‘Best Artiste, Duo or Group in African Hip-Hop’.
The others are ‘Songwriter of the Year in Africa’ and ‘Best Artiste, Duo or Group in African R’n’B and Soul’.
Following him closely is Davido with six nominations including ‘Best Male Artiste in Western Africa’, ‘Artiste of the Year in Africa’, ‘Song of the Year in Africa’ and ‘African Fans’ Favourite’.Others are ‘Best Artiste, Duo or Group in African R’n’B and Soul’, and ‘Best African Collaboration’ for ‘Blow My Mind’ with Chris Brown.
Burna Boy however,snagged five nominations including ‘Best Male Artiste in Western Africa’, ‘Artiste of the Year in Africa’ and ‘Song of the Year in Africa’. Others are ‘Album of the Year in Africa’ and ‘Best African Collaboration’ with ‘Killin Dem’ featuring Zlatan.
Tlivemedia.com reports that public voting for the sixth AFRIMA Nominees to stand a chance to win the 23.9 Carat Gold-Plated AFRIMA trophy commences on September 1 and closes on November 22.