This year’s Channel O Africa Music Video Awards takes place on Saturday, 29 November at Nasrec Expo Centre in Soweto, south of Johannesburg. The music channel which is 17 years old, has put African music on the map since inception and the growth of our industry is testament to that. With 14 heated categories the competition is officially on, with Cassper Nyovest going up against his nemesis AKA in a few of them.
With K.O and Cassper Nyovest leading the pack with 5 nominations each, we think this is South Africa’s year to dominate the annual award show. It has been one of the biggest years for hip hop in recent times – with K.O breaking all records by having his song ‘CaraCara’ being viewed almost 1 million times – which is unheard of for SA hip hop!
“The quality of music videos we have seen over the past few years is testament to the way music videos are playing an increasingly important role in the promotion of African music. It is refreshing to see newcomers go against industry veterans in this year’s eclectic nominees list, and this proves that there is no barrier to making an impact on the music scene. The music as well as the videos produced on our African soil is of the same, if not even better, quality as that of those produced internationally and most of our nominees are no stranger to performing on global stages,” says Channel O’s Director Nkateko Mabaso.
Check out the official nominess below. YOU decide the outcome!
Voting takes place across a wide range of digital platforms. You can vote on the website and on the mobile site www.channelo.tv and it’s FREE. You can vote up to 100 times on both platforms respectively. You can also vote via WeChat. To vote using WeChat on your mobile, go to the app store on your phone, download the WeChat app, create your profile, then search for Channelotv and add the account. You can vote up to 100 times! For terms and conditions and more information, log on to www.channelo.tv. Voting has officially opened and will close on 23 November.
Most Gifted Male
K.O feat. Kid X
Cassper Nyovest
Davido
Sarkodie
Riky Rick & Okmalumkoolkat
Most Gifted Newcomer
Dream Team
Cassper Nyovest
Diamond
Emmy Gee
Patoranking
Most Gifted Hip Hop
Khuli Chana
Cassper Nyovest
K.O feat Kid X
AKA
Phyno
Most Gifted Southern
K.O feat. Kid X
AKA
Cassper Nyovest
Zeus
DJ Clock feat. Beatenberg
Most Gifted of the Year
Diamond
AKA
Sarkodie
DJ Clock feat. Beatenberg
Cassper Nyovest
Riky Rick feat. Okmalumkoolkat
Dr Sid feat. Don Jazzy
Burnaboy
K.O feat Kid X
Davido
Emmy Gee feat AB Crazy & DJ Dimplez
For the full list of nominess go to www.channelo.dstv.com