Sarkodie, Kuami Eugene earn multiple nominations in AFRIMMA Continental Nominees’ List

The 6th Annual African Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA) Continental Nominees’ List has been announced and several hardworking hitmakers such as Sarkodie, Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy, GuiltyBeatz, REX, Kuami Eugene, KiDi, Kwesi Arthur, LJ, Tulenkey, Frequency, K. Mole, ToyBoi, Yeyo, Amerado, 2Fyngers, OBkay, CJ have received nominations in diverse categories.

Kuami Eugene’s ‘Ohemaa’ single which had its first ever much-anticipated collaboration with his fellow hitmaking label mate, KiDi, gained a nomination in the African Fans Favourite category and its music video & director, REX, also gained a nomination in the Best African Video category.

Ghana’s reigning VGMA Artiste of the Decade, Sarkodie, also gained two nominations for his ‘Biibi Ba’ single in the Best Artiste/Duo/Group in African Hip Hop and Best African Rapper/Lyricist categories together with young budding rap talents that made this happen including LJ, Tulenkey, Frequency, K. Mole, ToyBoi, Yeyo, Amerado, 2Fyngers, OBkay, CJ.

Reggae/Dancehall Afro fusion top ballers, Shatta Wale & Stonebwoy, also got nominated in the same category of Best Artiste/Duo/Group in African Ragga/ Reggae/Dancehall.

GuiltyBeatz’ ‘Pilolo’ which features Kwesi Arthur and Mr. Eazi also earned a nomination in Best African Artiste/Duo/Group in African Electro.

South Africa’s prolific rapper and producer Nasty C; African music definitive artiste, Davido; Nigeria’s contemporary music talent, Burna Boy; and Northern Africa’s brilliant showman, Tamer Hosny have also scored high nominations on the 6th AFRIMA Continental Nominees’ List that has been released by the International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, on Sunday, August 25.

The Nominees’ List comprising the 26 Continental Award Categories is coming few days after the 6th AFRIMA Regional Categories comprising the Best Female and Best Male artistes within each of the five African regions were unveiled by the International Jury of AFRIMA during the World Media Conference held in Lagos, Nigeria on August 14, 2019, and broadcast live around the world on Africa Independent Television (AIT), RayPower Radio and Kennis FM.

The Continental categories are made up of the different genres of African music from Hip-Hop, Jazz, R’n’B, Pop and Reggae, Ragga & Dancehall to other coveted categories such as ‘Song of the Year’, ‘Album of the Year’, ‘Producer of the Year’ and ‘Best African Collaboration’ among others.

Over 200 songs have been nominated from a variety of artistes in the Continental and Regional categories cutting across a host of African talents and creative living on the continent and in the diaspora.

The 2019 AFRIMA Call for Entry which opened worldwide on May 15 exceeded the 2018 submissions by 148 entries. Of the 8,157 entries submitted this year, Western Africa led the pack with 38% of the total entries followed by Southern Africa with 24%. Eastern Africa, Central Africa, and Northern Africa have 20%, 14%, and 4% respectively.

The 13-man International Jury of AFRIMA sat in Lagos, Nigeria from Wednesday, August 7, 2019, to Tuesday, August 14 for screening, assessing, grading and selecting nominees into the 36 different Regional and Continental awarding categories of AFRIMA.

The 2019 main awards event scheduled for November 20 to November 23 will span four days packed with activities which include the 6th AFRIMA Welcome Soiree, the 6th Africa Music Business Summit (AMBS), the 6th AFRIMA Music Village, a Guided Tour of the Host City, the exclusive 6th AFRIMA Nominees Party and the 6th AFRIMA Main Awards ceremony.

The main awards events will be broadcast live on over 84 stations across Africa and the Diaspora including live streaming on the AFRIMA website, the AFRIMA App, the AFRIMA social media handles and other online partner platforms.

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