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Channel O is proud to announce the nominees for the 2007 Channel O Spirit of Africa Music Video Awards. This year’s nominee list has produced 46 artists from 12 different countries.
SA’s HHP leads the pack with five nominations under his belt. Hot on his heels with four nominations each are Nigeria’s D’Banj for Why Me, Mozambique’s Dama Do Bling for Danca Do Remexe and Uganda’s E.A.B.C for Kube.
Now in their fourth year, the Channel O Spirit of Africa Music Video Awards are unique in that videos are voted for by viewers, giving fans complete control over who receives an award. Criteria used for short-listing were technical quality, frequency of requests for a video on the different Channel O shows and overall creativity. The videos need to have been released between June 2006 and June 2007 and should have received airplay on Channel O.
Channel O General Manager Yolisa Phahle is sure that the nominations reflect the diverse and growing music industry in the continent. “We are seeing videos of increasingly high quality and this is a direct reflection of the industry’s growth”, she says. “At Channel O we look to strike a balance between promoting the up and coming big names of tomorrow alongside established artists. This year some of the newer names are also producing outstanding music and high quality videos”.
Viewers and fans will be able to vote for their favourite artists by smsing or voting online. Voting starts on Monday 20 August until Thursday, 04 October. Viewers can vote in each category by logging on to to vote, or SMS to 34622. All sms’s are charged at international call rates.
The complete list of nominees is:
1. BEST MALE VIDEO
Batman Samini - African Lady (Ghana)
D’Banj - Why Me (Nigeria)
Don Kikas - Miss U (Angola)
HHP - Tlhabane to Maftown (SA)
Nameless- Sinzia (Kenya)
Tay grin - Stand Up (Malawi)
2. BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Chomee- Jiver Sexy (SA)
Dama Do Bling - Danca Do Remexe (Mozambique)
Ida - Make It Hot (Kenya)
Lira - Feel Good (SA)
Neyma - Mbilo Yanga (Mozambique)
Weird MC - Ready to Party (Nigeria)
3. BEST NEWCOMER VIDEO
Faze - Kolomental (Nigeria)
Gumshev - Hosh (SA)
L’Vovo - Banyang Sukela (SA)
Sanchez - Pick it Up (Nigeria)
Scar - Metlholo (Botswana)
The Dogg - Baby Don’t Go (Namibia)
4. BEST DUO OR GROUP VIDEO
Afro Fiesta - Matinda (DRC)
Gal Level - Lala (Namibia)
Kalibrados - Quem Manda No Teu Block (Angola)
Mafikizolo - O Tswa Kae (SA)
P Square - Bizzy Body (Nigeria)
Teargas - Chance (SA)
5. BEST DANCE VIDEO
Acid- Banyana le Basimane (Botswana)
Chomee - Jiver Sexy (SA)
DJ Cleo - Falling (SA)
DJ Sbu - Remember When It Rained (SA)
DJ Zee - Same Here (Kenya)
Mina Nawe - Where I Wanna Be (SA)
6. BEST RAGGA DANCEHALL VIDEO
Batman Samini - African Lady (Ghana)
E.A.B.C - Kube (Kenya)
Khalaharians - Give It Up (Namibia)
Maye ft Buff & Igo - I-V (Nigeria)
Mensa - If You Don’t Know (Ghana)
Peter Miles - Love (Uganda)
7. BEST R&B VIDEO
Danny K - Unfrozen (SA)
De Indispensables - I Love You (Nigeria)
Lizha James - Nunawamina (Mozambique)
Neyma - Mbilo Yanga (Mozambique)
Tumi - Give Me You (SA)
Wyre - Make A Choice (Kenya)
8. BEST KWAITO VIDEO
Gazza - Mokasie (Namibia)
Gumshev - Hosh (SA)
Kabelo - Dubula Dubula (SA)
L’Vovo - Bayang’ Sukela (SA)
Thebe - Dankie (SA)
Zola - Stars (SA)
9. BEST AFRICAN SOUTHERN VIDEO
Doma Do Bling - Danca Do Remexe (Mozambique)
Don Kikas - Miss U (Angola)
HHP - Tlhabane to Maftown (SA)
Kabelo - Dubula Dubula (SA)
Scar - Metlholo (Botswana)
Tay grin - Stand Up (Malawi)
10 BEST AFRICAN WEST VIDEO
Batman Samini - African Lady (Ghana)
D’Banj - Why Me (Nigeria)
De Indispensables - I Love You (Nigeria)
Jimmy Jatt - Stylee (Nigeria)
Maye ft Buff & Igo - I-V (Nigeria)
Mensa - If You Don’t Know (Ghana)
11. BEST AFRICAN EAST VIDEO
E.A.B.C - Kube (Kenya)
IDA - Make it Hot (Kenya)
Juma Nature - Mugambo (Tanzania)
Nameless - Sinzia (Kenya)
Peter Miles - Love (Uganda)
Wyre - Make A Choice (Kenya)
12. BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO
Eldee - Champion (Nigeria)
Koldproduk - “Hush” (SA)
Jimmy Jatt - Stylee (Nigeria)
Prokid - Storm (SA)
Scar - Metlholo (Botswana)
Tay grin - Stand Up (Malawi)
13. BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS VIDEO
D’Banj - Why Me (Nigeria)
Danny K - Unfrozen (SA)
HHP - Tlhabane to Maftown (SA)
Kabelo - Dubula Dubula (SA)
Koldproduk - “Hush” (SA)
Soul E - Baby Dey (Nigeria)
14. BEST DIRECTOR
DJ Marcalo - for Danca Do Rmexe by Dama do Bling (Mozambique)
DJ Tee - for Stylee by Jimmy Jatt (Nigeria)
Lara Hollis - for Feel Good by Lira (SA)
Marcel Mouton - for Tlhabane to Maftown (SA)
EABC - Kube (Kenya)
Kalibrados - Quem Manda No Teu Block (Angola)
15. VIDEO OF THE YEAR
D’banj - Why Me (Nigeria)
Dama Do Bling - Danca Do Remexe (Mozambique)
E.A.B.C - Kube (Kenya)
HHP - Tlhabane to Maftown (SA)
Kalibrados - Quem Manda No Teu Block (Angola)
Maye - I-V (Nigeria)
The Awards ceremony will he held at the Johannesburg City Hall on Thursday, 11 October 2007. The event will be recorded “live” and broadcast on Channel O on 27 October at 20:00 CAT. The Channel O Spirit of Africa Music Video Awards are brought to you by Amarula Cream.
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Ma boi Mensa wud be very surprised cos that video was waybackin 2002 when he released the ‘Rapublic’ album,which is one of the best Pan-African Hiphop/Hiplife albums. Thumbs up Mensa, know u just about blowing real big. Speed up the preparation.
My Baby´s gon´win this. Watch out for SAMINI. This child is blessed. Don´t stop baby love ´till you hit the GRAMMY. 1 Love! Kpoi!!!
SAMINI IS GOING TO TAKE ALL THE AWARDS HE IS NOMINATED FOR..HE IS THE BEST..BUT MENSA IS GOOD TOO..SO U NEVER KNOW
MNET is always biased for Nigeria and south Africa.Where is 5five,chemphe,VIP,king ayisoba,Ebo?They only organize this awards to satisfy Nigerians for been their biggest market.
AM HAPPY FOR MENSAH AND ALSO ESPECIALLY FOR SAMINI FOR THEIR SUCESS EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVEN’T WON YET BUT I KNOW WITH GOD ON THEIR SIDE THEY CAN MAKE.I WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK
we ghanaians always believe in quality and not quantity the nominees for nigeria and south africa are many but we will stand out high among them cos they themselves know ghana is a force to reckon with when it comes to music on the africa continent
WHAT ARE THEY TELLING ME!Phamous people produce one of the best videos on the continet of africa.Talk about becca’s u lied to me,VIP’S maneko and so forth.OHENE GYAN OF PHAMOUS PLEOPLE IS THE SECOND BEST DIRECTOR IN AFRICA IN CASE U DON’T KNOW. video clips are not just about graphics but go story line and many more. These mnet channel want to sartisfy their major clients which is south africa and nigeria. HOW COMES obrafour’s ako video didn’t make it. please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SAMIMI ALL THE WAY!!!
SAMIMI IS THE BEST AMOUNG THE LOT
ah GH, come on. we don’t have the best videos. Phamous are one of the best in Africa, but you gotta pay for quality. take a look at one of their recent video for a Gabon artist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryoW_LA0vIc . this was shot with FILM, not video cameras. GH can easily have videos like this but nobody wants to pay. so we are stuck with the blurry images we call a video. folks should probably get familiar with the other videos before they complain. and it’s the videos…not the songs!!
samini again i hear jay z is a little bit worried cuz u are becoming too much.go 4 it cuz its all urs
i think batman is going to take all the awards cos in africa we do not have people as good as batman
can u tell kokoveli to stop music
HHP IS THE IN MUSIC PRODUCTION I KNOW HE IS GOING TO TAKE THAT TROPHY
Batty u r really de man.jxt it up.ghanaians r behind u.
wat???
no 4×4???
u guys suck!!!!!
nominate 4×4 for an award!
Koldproduk’s in the house!!!
Watch out for the snow coming to your city on 11 October…
Yeah that’s right - koldproduk is the new ish.
Maybe u haven’t seen or heard much, but you just need to BUY the album and listen.
Or hit a search online to get a feel for what they’re are about.
Koldproduk baby!!!!
My fellow african why do you always compare yourselves with other african countries you guys should just quit feeling inferior to other countries the only reason Nigeria and SA got nominated as much as they did was simply because their music was liked the most simple. Before it was just Nigeria now you have joint SA to it. If your nominees are liked the most they will win it. And this does not apply to all the people in Ghana, just the ones that always cry foul whenever Ghana does not get what they would like Ghana to get.
gud nomination….Best new comer is obviously Dogg
koldproduk are incredible!!!!! They should be nominated for best new comer, best director and best video!! Have yous een that video?!! Bought the Album last week and I havent stopped listing to them.. Art work is also mad. Proud to be African with produk like this…