JON GERMAIN, D BLACK, JAY GHARTEY and a HOST OF GHANAIAN ARTISTEs NOMINATED FOR FROTAINMENT MUSEKE ONLINE AFRICAN MUSIC AWARDS
happy to announce the nominees for the second annual groundbreaking
awards. The awards are aimed at giving fans across the continent and in
the Diaspora a voice and a chance to contribute to the acknowledgement
of some of the finest in African musical talent.
Top Nominees
Submissions
were received from fans, artists, record labels and management
representing the best and a lot of up-and-coming artists from around
the continent and the Diaspora. Artists dominating nominations include
South Africa’s Freshlyground, Nigeria’s 2Face Idibia, DRC’s Fally Ipupa and Senegal’s Viviane N’dour
both all 5 nominations each. As with the inaugural Awards, the
submission and nomination process was open to all artists representing
the numerous music genres across the continent. See www.moamas.com/nominees2011 for the list of nominees.
Exciting Categories
The second annual Afrotainment Museke Online African Music Awards
have come with the introduction of new categories which acknowledge the
numerous genres that make up the African music scene. As previously
announced, the Voters’ Choice
category has been included in order to further engage with the African
music fan in acknowledging artists who may not have enjoyed a lot of
television airplay due to video submission restrictions, but went on to
have an impact on the ground nonetheless. Dance is an integral part of
African culture on various levels. The Tribal House category shows love to African-influenced dance genres including Kwaito, Kuduro and Coupe Decale.
The Afrotainment Museke Online African Music Awards are built on the belief in bringing together Africans through music exchange, and as such, the African Collaboration
category is aimed at recognising efforts made by artists to collaborate
with other artists outside of their own country borders. Now more than
ever, African artists are making more and more efforts to collaborate
cross-borders and cross-genres, with amazing and increasingly popular
results, and Afrotainment Museke Online African Music Awards strongly believe in being proactive about acknowledging and rewarding such efforts.
With the Record of the Year, the Afrotainment Museke Online African Music Awards
have taken the lead in paying homage to artists who include in their
music themes and lyrics that portray a positive picture of the African
continent and exude African pride. Finally, Afrotainment Museke Online African Music Awards know that DJs are an integral part in promoting, dispersing, fusing and creating music. The DJ
of the Year category shows respect to DJs across the continent that
have played a part in developing their respective genres and also
command respect locally and cross-borders.
Voting Process and Awards Show
Fans of African music are invited to take part in the Afrotainment Museke Online African Music Awards by voting for their favourite and artists they feel are most deserving of honours in the various categories from 10 August 2011 until 18 September 2011, when voting will close. Voting will take place on the awards’ website, For full list of nominations visit www.moamas.com. The awards’ show will be hosted and broadcast from Afrotainment’s New York studios
on September 24 2011, where African music fans will gather and get down
to the beats of some of the most popular African artists as they
provide the soundtrack to the celebration of the finest talent that the
African continent has to offer.
For more information and interview requests, contact awards@museke.com. For information on how to attend the awards’ show, refer to www.awards.afrotainment.us.
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