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Mama 2015, Predicting The Winners by fashmania(m): 9:08am On Jul 08, 2015 |
The MTV Africa Music Awards which began in 2008 by MTV Networks Africa now “Viacom International Media Networks Africa” is one of the major music awarding ceremonies held annually in Africa. It involves the participation of some of the most well-known artistes and celebrities in Africa. Without disputing fact, MTV Africa Music Award is one of the most respected and competitive award in the world of entertainment today and it has spread its tentacles all over the countries including Africa. The nominees of this year’s awards were unveiled at Haren, Johannesburg, South Africa at a press briefing which was attended by some of the nominees including Seyi Shay, Black Motion, Bucie, Casper Nyovest and Diamond Platnumz and a host of other, celebrities and media. Fact findings revealed that a total of 70 artistes were nominated, across 13 different categories. Nominees for additional categories, including the MTV Base Leadership Award and Best International Act were not exempted. MAMA 2015 full Nominees list cut across, Best male, Best Female, Best group, Best Hip Hip, Best collaboration, Song of the year, Best Live, Video of the year, Best Pop and Alternative, Best Francophone, Best Lusophone and Personality of the year. As the award ceremony draws nearer, I have taken time to study the nominations, follow the nominated artistes closely and have been able to come up with unbiased predictions of possible winners this year. Check them out… Best Male This category has the biggest male artistes from the continent battling it out to clutch the award. This category is one of the toughest considering the artistes nominated. Nominated in this category are Diamond, AKA, Davido, Wizkid and Sakodie. From my personal fact findings, MAMA 2015 Best male award will likely go to Diamond from Tanzania because he has had an incredible 2014/2015, which attracted world recognition. The Best Female This category has great singers like Bucie, Bussiwa, Seyi Shay, Vanessa, Mdee, Yemi Alade. From all indications, MAMA 2015 female category will likely go to Yemi Alade because she clearly had a good year, with countless appearances across various stages around Africa and outside the continent. He video for “Johnny” is the most viewed female music video in Nigeria and no other female song comes close to hers in Africa. Best Group This category has P-Square, Sauti Sol, Beatenberg, Black Motion and B4 as nominees. I will tip PSquare to take the award in this category, considering the fact that they still remain the biggest group in Africa and their new album, ‘Double Trouble’ presently boasts of about 6 videos and 4 of these videos enjoyed the No 1 spot on MTV Africa top 10 count down and various other music charts. Best Hip Hop This is another keenly contested category with the likes of Olamide, Phyno, Youssoupha, K.O and Casper Nyovest from South Africa. Olamide or Phyno no doubt, appeal to Nigerians, but they may end up sharing votes, which is why Casper Nyovest may get this award. His current performance and stage command may pay off on this one. Best Collaboration Slugging it out in this category are AKA feat, Burna Boy, Da Les & JR “All Eyes on Me”, Davido featuring Uhuru and DJ Bukz “The Sound”, Diamond and Iyanya – “Bum Bum”, Toofan and DJ Arafat – “Apero Remix”, Stanley Enow and Sakodie – “Njama Njama Cow Remix”. Honestly, this is a very tricky category, but I will give it to All Eyes on ME, by AKA featuring Burna Boy, Da Les and JR. The reason is not farfetched – the synergy between the artistes was on point, a feat that is somewhat difficult to achieve when you have more than two people on a song. I may be wrong, but if I will hand this plaque, I would give it to “All Eyes On Me”, but if there’s room for a second place, then I would also mention Davido and Uhuru – “The Sound” Song of the Year This is another highly competitive category, as it features some of the biggest songs from the continent with nominations for “Dorobucci” by the Mavins, “Shoki” by Lil Kesh feat. Olamide and Davido and others. Well, I will give it to “Dorobucci” by Mavins. I feel that it’s the biggest African tune of the 2014/2015. The song rocked all the nooks and cranny of Africa, even several months after its release. Best Live Best live category nominees – Big Nuz, Diamond, Flavour, MI Casa, Toofan (Togo). I will gice this one to Flavour. His kind of music is mostly produced with live instruments, hence, it is easy for him to perform live and make it as believable as the recorded version. Flavour is also an instrumentalist and a music scholar, I will be surprised if he doesn’t win this category. Video of the Year This category comprises of hot videos such as “Crazy”, “Doors”, “Love You Every day”, “Nafukwa” and “The Sound” by Davido featuring Uhuru and DJ Bukz. I will give this one to “The Sound”, directed by Sesan. Apart from South Africa, no country makes good videos like Nigerian directors do. All the videos in this category are great, but the sky dive, sahara, costume and dance moves should give this award to Davido and Sesan. Best Pop and Alternative This category entails artistes like Fuse ODG , Jeremy Loops, Jimmy Nevis, Nneka, Prime circle. I will give rather give it to Nneka because of her buoyancy and the strong theme of her music. Best Francophone This category has artistes like DJ Arafat, Jovi Laurette Lepeade, Tour 2 Garden, and Toofan. I will give it to DJ Arafat because he’s been able to gain relevance in Anglophone countries where music listeners do not really understand what he’s singing. His move to collaborate with some English speaking artistes has also helped with his diversity and continent wide recognition. Best Lucophone This category has Ary, B4, Nelson Frectas, NGA and Yuri Da cunha. I will rather choose B4 of Angola. This is because B4’s performances has given him nominations in other categories, which cannot really be said about his contenders. Personality of the year category Here we have Basketmouth, Bonang Matheba, OC Ukeje, Trevor Noah, and Yaya Toure. I will give it to Basketmouth because of his hilarious and mind-blowing performances in both national and international comedy shows. He’s not just a big name, he’s a force to reckon with. I don’t even see anyone beating him in this category. Best New Act : Transformed Today by Absolut This category gave nods to nominees from around the continent, including Cassper Nyovest (South Africa), Anna Joyce (Angola), Duncan (South Africa), Patoranking (Nigeria) and Stonebwoy (Ghana). Now, this category is very tight. All the contenders are strong, but the stronger artistes for me, would be Patoranking and Stonebwoy. Patoranking has been cutting across several boundaries with her music and has been very busy performing on the biggest stages in Nigeria and outside Africa. Stonebwoy on the other hand needs no introduction. He won the last BET Best African Act award, a honour that skyrockets his chances ten notches away from his contenders in this category. Matter of fact, I think Stonebwoy deserves this award. MAMA 2015, will hold on July 18, 2015 in Durban, South Africa and will be hosted by American artiste, songwriter and producer – Ne-Yo. |
Re: Mama 2015, Predicting The Winners by Nobody: 9:11am On Jul 08, 2015 |
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Re: Mama 2015, Predicting The Winners by fashmania(m): 9:14am On Jul 08, 2015 |
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Re: Mama 2015, Predicting The Winners by Nobody: 9:23am On Jul 08, 2015 |
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