The MAMA's are coming, quick and fast and what would the awards be, without the biggest names in the music industry being nominated... so without further ado; the nominees are:

BEST FEMALE
Wahu (Kenya)
Asa (Nigeria)
Dama Do Bling (Mozambique)
Sasha (Nigeria)
Zonke (South Africa)

BEST MALE
Jua Cali (Kenya)
2Face (Nigeria)
D’Banj (Nigeria)
DJ Cleo (South Africa)
HHP (South Africa)

BEST LIVE PERFORMER
Samini (Ghana)
D’Banj (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Cassette (South Africa)
Jozi (South Africa)

BEST GROUP
P-Square (Nigeria)
Freshly Ground (South Africa)
Jozi (South Africa)
The Parlotones (South Africa)
East African Bashment Crew (Uganda)

BEST ALTERNATIVE
Buraka Som Sistema (Portugal)
Goldfish (South Africa)
Seether (South Africa)
The Parlotones (South Africa)
Coldplay (UK)

BEST HIP-HOP
9ice (Nigeria)
HHP (South Africa)
Professor Jay (Tanzania)
Lil Wayne (USA)
The Game (USA)

BEST R&B
P-Square (Nigeria)
Akon (Senegal / USA)
Loyiso (South Africa)
Alicia Keys (USA)
Rihanna (USA)

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Asa (Nigeria)
D’Banj (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
HHP (South Africa)
Seether (South Africa)

BEST NEW ACT
Kwaw Kese (Ghana)
Wahu (Kenya)
9ice (Nigeria)
Naeto C (Nigeria)
Da L.E.S. (South Africa)

BEST VIDEO
Movaizhaleine (Gabon) – Nous
Ikechukwu (Nigeria) – Wind Am Well
P-Square (Nigeria) – Roll It
Freshlyground (South Africa) – Pot Belly
Pro Kid (South Africa) – Uthini Ngo Pro

The winners of the MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain will be unveiled at The Velodrome, Abuja, on Saturday, 22 November 2008. Remember if you want your favourite to win, you have to vote, so go to mama.mtvbase.com.

Labels: Africa, MAMAs, MTV, music, nominations, voting

Posted by jvonblog at Wednesday, October 08, 2008 | Permalink | Comments

I am utterly and totally in love with this woman and her voice. Her name is Asa (pronounced Asha). She was born in the city of lights aka Paris and after living there for two years, her parents decided it was time to head back to their home turf; that of Lagos Nigeria where she has been based ever since.

Asa is influenced by artists like Marvin Gaye, Fela Kuti, Bob Marley and Aretha Franklin among others, and her first single "Jailer" is burning up the charts. I love it, and when you hear it you'll love it too... if you don't well then I'm sorry for you :) Now I predict big things for this lady. With the MTV Europe Music Awards coming up and the MTV African Music Awards coming too, I reckon she'll be nominated in numerous categories. For the EMA's specifically, she'll be in the Best African Act category and if she doesn't win, then I'll be surprised. As for the MAMA's... I aint sure what the categories are yet- the info is due soon I'm sure. So basically what I'm trying to say is that you should watch out for Asa... go out, support an artist like her and her beautiful music. Here's the video to Jailer for you listening/watching pleasure:

Labels: Asa, Jailer, MAMAs, MTV, MTV EMAs, music, Nigeria

Posted by jvonblog at Wednesday, September 24, 2008 | Permalink | Comments