Organizers of the annual MOBO Awards have announced the nominees for the 2015 edition.
Ghana’s Fuse ODG, Shatta Wale and Mista Silva together with Nigerian acts-Davido, Patoranking, Yemi Alade, Moelogo, South African Hip-hop star AKA, and UK based Ghanaian/Sierra Leone born Afrobeats act and producer Silverstone have been nominated in the “Best African” act category.
The 20th edition of the award ceremony will take place at First Direct Arena, Leeds, on 4 November, and will be broadcast live on ITV2.
Below are the lists of nominations;
BEST MALE
1. SKEPTA
2. MARK RONSON
3. KREPT AND KONAN
4. JME
5. STORMZY
BEST FEMALE
1. FKA TWIGS
2. LITTLE SIMZ
3. ELLA EYRE
4. LIANNE LA HAVAS
5. JESS GLYNNE
BEST ALBUM
1. KREPT AND KONAN ‘ ‘THE LONG WAY HOME’
2. JME ‘ ‘INTEGRITY’
3. LIANNE LA HAVAS ‘ ‘BLOOD’
4. WILEY ‘ ‘SNAKES & LADDERS’
5. JAMIE XX ‘ ‘IN COLOUR’
BEST SONG in Association with First Direct
1. MARK RONSON FEAT. BRUNO MARS ‘ ‘UPTOWN FUNK’
2. SKEPTA ‘ ‘SHUTDOWN’
3. TINIE TEMPAH FEAT. JESS GLYNNE ‘ ‘NOT LETTING GO’
4. JME FEAT. GIGGS ‘MAN DON’T CARE’
5. KREPT AND KONAN ‘FREAK OF THE WEEK’
BEST VIDEO
1. STORMZY ‘ ‘KNOW ME FROM’
2. FKA TWIGS ‘ ‘PENDULUM’
3. RITA ORA FEAT. CHRIS BROWN ‘BODY ON ME’
4. LETHAL BIZZLE ‘ ‘FESTER SKANK’
5. FKA TWIGS ‘ ‘GLASS & PATRON’
BEST NEWCOMER in Association with Virgin Trains East Coast
1. BUGZY MALONE
2. SECTION BOYZ
3. NAO
4. BONKAZ
5. NICK BREWER
6. GEORGE THE POET
7. J HUS
8. SNAKEHIPS
9. SINEAD HARNETT
10. YUNGEN
BEST INTERNATIONAL ALBUM
1. DRAKE ‘ ‘IF YOU’RE READING THIS ITS TOO LATE’
2. J. COLE ‘ ‘2014 FOREST HILL DRIVE’
3. KENDRICK LAMAR ‘ ‘TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY’
4. DR DRE ‘ ‘COMPTON: A SOUNDTRACK BY DR. DRE’
5. THE WEEKND ‘ ‘BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS’
6. D’ANGELO ‘ ‘BLACK MESSIAH’
7. JAZMINE SULLIVAN ‘ ‘REALITY SHOW’
8. THE INTERNET ‘ ‘EGO DEATH’
9. TYRESE ‘ ‘BLACK ROSE’
10. A$AP ROCKY ‘ ‘AT.LONG.LAST.ASAP’
BEST GRIME in Association with BBC Radio 1Xtra
1. BUGZY MALONE
2. JME
3. LETHAL BIZZLE
4. SKEPTA
5. STORMZY
BEST HIP HOP
1. AKALA
2. KREPT AND KONAN
3. NINES
4. LITTLE SIMZ
5. LADY LESHURR
BEST RNB/SOUL ACT
1. KWABS
2. ANDREYA TRIANA
3. SHAKKA
4. LIANNE LA HAVAS
5. JOSS STONE
BEST AFRICAN ‘ Shortlist of five final nominees, voted by the public, will be revealed on 14 October 2015
1. FUSE ODG
2. DAVIDO
3. WIZKID
4. PATORANKING
5. MOELOGO
6. YEMI ALADE
7. AKA
8. MISTA SILVA
9. SHATTA WALE
10. SILVASTONE
BEST REGGAE
1. STYLO G
2. CHRONIXX
3. OMI
4. POPCAAN
5. PROTOJE
BEST JAZZ
1. BINKER AND MOSES
2. JULIA BIEL
3. COURTNEY PINE
4. DAVID LYTTLE
5. POLAR BEAR
BEST GOSPEL
1. CHOS3N
2. OLAEDO IBE
3. LEROY JOHNSON
4. NI-COLA
5. FAITH CHILD
The MOBO Awards for “Music of Black Origin” were established in 1996 by Kanya King and Andy Ruffell. The show is held annually in the United Kingdom to recognize artists of any ethnicity or nationality performing black music.