Channel O Africa Music Video Awards, once known as Spirit of Africa Music Video Awards are Pan-African music awards organised by South Africa -based Channel O television channel. The awards were first held in 2003 under the name Reel Music Video Awards. Since 2005 the awards
have been held annually. The winners are voted by Channel O's viewers across the continent.
(VENUE: - Walter Sisulu Square in Soweto, South Africa
HOSTS: - AKA (South Africa) and Naeto C (Nigeria)
SPECIAL RECOGNITION: - P-Square (Nigeria)
WINNERS: -
Most Gifted Kwaito Video: Professor feat Oskido and Character - "Fingerprints" (RSA)
Most Gifted Ragga/Dancehall Video: P-Unit feat Collo - "You Guy (Dat Dendai)" (Kenya)
Most Gifted RnB Video: Banky W - "Yes/No" (Nigeria) Most Gifted Hip-Hop Video: AKA - "Jealousy" (RSA)
Most Gifted Dance Video: Mafikizolo feat Uhuru -
"Khona" (RSA)
Most Gifted Afro-Pop Video: The Soil feat Zakwe -
"Inkomo" (RSA)
Most Gifted African East Video: P-Unit feat Collo - "You Guy (Dat Dendai)" (Kenya)
Most Gifted African West Video: P-Square -
"Alingo" (Nigeria)
Most Gifted African South Video: Oskido feat Candy - "Tsa-Mandebele" (RSA)
Most Gifted Newcomer Video: Khaya Mthethwa -
"Move" (RSA)
Most Gifted Duo/Group?Featuring Video: ZoneFam - "Contolola" (Zambia)
Most Gifted Female Video: Zonke - "Feelings" (RSA)
Most Gifted Male Video: Zeus feat AKA and Tumi - "#DatsWasup" (Botswana and RSA)
Most Gifted Video Of The Year: Wizkid -
"Azonto" (Nigeria)
Incase You wondering how they got their here is the full nominees list:
All the nominees:
This year's list of nominees features many longstanding members of the African music scene, among them South Africa's Oskido (Tsa Mandebele, nominated for Most Gifted African – Southern), Zimbabwe's Buffalo
Souljah (Basawine, nominated for Most Gifted Ragga Dancehall Video), and Mozambique's Lizha James (Vais Rochar with Anselmo Ralph, nominated for Most Gifted Female).
The list of nominees is also bursting with new faces, including the five contenders in the Most Gifted Newcomer category – South Africans Moneoa (Is'Bhanxa) and Idols Season 8 winnerKhaya Mthethwa (Move), Nigeria's Lola Rae (Watch My Ting Go) and Burna Boy (Tonight) and Kenya's Victoria Kimani (Mtoto). The multiplicity of genres in this category – from Dance Pop to contemporary Afrobeat and Afro-fusion – provide a brilliant glimpse into the diversity of sounds that currently define Africa's music scene.
To celebrate a decade of recognising the best African contemporary music talent, the 10th Annual Channel O Africa Music Awards has expanded the prestigious Most Gifted Video of the Year category to 12 nominees, increasing the pressure on nominees in the most fiercely fought category at
the awards.
The category reveals the mix of newcomers and established artists – a signal of the growing maturity of Africa's music
scene.
South African duo Mafikizolo's Khona is up for Most Gifted Video of the Year as well as Most Gifted Dance Video, and Nigeria's P Square proves their ongoing popularity with the nomination of Alingo for the Most Gifted Video of the Year as well as Most Gifted African – West.
The Most Gifted Video of the Year category also includes hotshot newcomers, among them Kenya's Xtatic whose track with Priddy Ugly and AKA, Hit 'Em Up, is making a strong bid for the title. AKA himself is making his presence felt at this year's awards: alongside his featuring spots with Xtatic and Zeus, his video Jealously is in the running for Most Gifted Video of the Year and Most Gifted Hip Hop Video.
Another nominee in the Most Gifted Video of the Year category is Kenya's STL whose Stella Stella Stella has also put her in contention for Most Gifted Female where she's up against Lizha James (Vais Rochar), South Africa's Zonke (Feelings), Toya DeLazy (Heart) and Nigeria'sTiwa Savage (Without My Heart featuring Don
Jazzy).
Most Gifted Male nominees include Botswana's Zeus featuring AKA and Tumi, (#Datswasup, also in the running for Most Gifted Video of the Year) along with
Nigeria's Iyanya (Flavour) and Wizkid (Azonto), South Africa's Donald (Over The Moon) and
Tanzania's Ay featuring Marco Chali (Party Zone).
The 10th Annual Channel O Africa Music Video Awards will have all the makings of a thrilling affair when the live event takes place on Saturday, 30 November at Walter Sisulu Square, in Kliptown Soweto.
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