Davido Leads With 6 ! 2014 All Africa Music Awards Unveils Nominees

The five regions of Africa gave an impressive account of their respective music industry as the 2014 Nominees’ List of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, has been unveiled.See categories below...

Nigerian singer, Davido leads this year nominations at the 2014 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA). The 'Aye' singer is tied with South African duo Mafikizolo; who also have six nominations.

Davido represents West Africa with his impressive nominations for the tracks “Aye & Tchelete” which dominated in five categories, Artiste Of The Year, Song Of The Year (Aye), Best African Hip Hop Song (Aye), Best African Collaboration (Tchelete) and Best African Songwriter (Tchelete), while “Skelewu” earned him a comfortable spot in the Best Male Artist In West Africa category.

Among the well-known African music names on the nominees list are: Mafikizolo (South Africa) 6 nominations, Davido (Nigeria) 6 nominations, Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania) 2 nominations, Amr Diab (Egypt) 2 nominations, Zahara (South Africa) 3 nominations, Angelique Kidjo (Benin Republic) 2 nominations, Fally Ipupa (DRC) 1 nomination, Sarkodie (Ghana) 1 nomination, Tiwa Savage (Nigeria) 2 nominations, Uhuru (South Africa) 5 nominations and Mi Casa (South Africa) 4 nominations.

Leading the budding music acts on AFRIMA Nominees’ List is: TemiDollFace (Nigeria) 4 nominations, others are Wiyaala (Ghana) 3 nominations; Patoranking (Nigeria) 2 nominations; Davina Green (Zimbabwe) 1 nomination and Noura Mint Seymale (Mauritania) 2 nominations, among others.

Heavyweight African music producer, Don Jazzy (Nigeria) made the Africa Producer of the Year category for the song ‘Eminado’ alongside top contenders: Robbie Malinga & Mojela Thebe (South Africa) for ‘Impilo’; Uhuru (South Africa) for ‘Tchelete’; Mikky Me (Nigeria) ‘Down’ and Del’B (Nigeria) for ‘Pull Over’.

Check out the complete list below.
CATEGORY: BEST FEMALE ARTISTE IN CENTRAL AFRICA

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Betty Akna	Equatorial Guinea	Lembo La Mboka Ame
Reniss	Cameroon	C'est La Vie
Marole Tchamba	Cameroon	Sacre Cameroun
Mani Bella	Cameroon	Pala Pala Woman
Laurette La Perle	Democratic Republic of Congo	Terminus
Gasandji	Democratic Republic of Congo	Libela

CATEGORY: BEST MALE ARTISTE IN CENTRAL AFRICA

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Fally Ipupa	Democratic Republic of Congo	Original
Stanley Enow	Cameroon	Hein Pere
KOBA	GABON	Krash Le Grav K
Ben Armstrong	Cameron	Young Prince

CATEGORY: BEST FEMALE ARTISTE IN EASTERN AFRICA.

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Jackie Chandiru	Uganda	Champion
Kaz	Kenya	Niokoe
Muthoni the Drummer Queen	Kenya	Nai Ni Ya Who
Size 8	Kenya	Moto
Vanessa Mdee	Tanzania	Come Over
Wahu	Kenya	For You

CATEGORY: BEST MALE ARTISTE IN EASTERN AFRICA.

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Dan Aceda	Kenya	An E Yo
Diamond Platnumz	Tanzania	Number One
Dr. Jose Chameleone	Uganda	Tubonge
Kidum	Burundi	Hali Na Mali
Maurice Kirya	Uganda	The Blue Dress
Peter Msechu, featuring Amini	Tanzania	Nyota

CATEGORY: BEST FEMALE ARTISTE IN NORTH AFRICA.

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Aziza Brahim	Western Sahara	Julud
Cheba Kheira	Algeria	Chelfaouia
Noura Mint Seymale	Mauritania	Tzenni
Samira Said	Morocco	Mazal

CATEGORY: BEST MALE ARTISTE IN NORTH AFRICA

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Ahmed Soultan	Morocco	It's Alright
Amr Diab	Egypt	El Leila
Cheb Bilal	Algeria	Ma Nansakch
Hakim	Egypt	Efred
MC Majhoul	Algeria	Ktabi

CATEGORY: BEST FEMALE ARTISTE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Cindy Munyavi	Zimbabwe	Parere Moyo
Dama Do Bling	Mozambique	Me Luv It
Lira	South Africa	Something Inside So Strong
Lizah James, featuring Uhuru	Mozambique	Quem Ti Mandou
Mampi	Zambia	Love Recipe
Zahara	South Africa	Impilo

CATEGORY: BEST MALE ARTISTE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Eddy Tussa	Angola	Margaride
Heavy K, featuring Professor	South Africa	Beautiful War
Jah Prayzah	Zimbabwe	Tsviriyo
Kueno Aionda	Angola	Isabel
Lawi	Malawi	Whistle Song
The Dogg, featuring Chesta	Namibia	Nuka

CATEGORY: BEST FEMALE ARTISTE IN WEST AFRICA.

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Angelique Kidjo	Benin	Shango Wa
Chidinma, featuring Flavour	Nigeria	Oh Baby
Wiyaala	Ghana	Rock My Body
Niyola	Nigeria	Toh Bad
Omawumi	Nigeria	Megbele
Tiwa Savage, featuring Don Jazzy	Nigeria	Eminado

CATEGORY: BEST MALE ARTIST IN WEST AFRICA

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Sarkodie, featuring Castro	Ghana	Adonai
DJ Arafat	Cote devoire	Gbinchin pintin
Darey	Nigeria	Special Fever
Davido	Nigeria	Skelewu
Flavour	Nigeria	Ada Ada
2Face	Nigeria	Dance in the Rain

CATEGORIES:  ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Album	Country	Artiste
Merchants, Dealers and Slaves	Nigeria	Brymo
Phendula	South Africa	Zahara
Reunited	South Africa	Mafikizolo
Stand Like Giants	South Africa	The Parlotones
Baddest Guy Ever Liveth (BGEL)	Nigeria	Olamide

CATEGORIES: SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

SONGWRITER(S)	COUNTRY	TRACK
Bulelwa Mkutukana	South Africa	Impilo
David Adeleke, Nhlanhla Nciza and Theo Kgosinkwe	Nigeria and South Africa	Tchelete
Kingsley Okonkwo and Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun	Nigeria	Pull Over
Olawale Ashimi	Nigeria	Down
Paul Okoye and Peter Okoye	Nigeria	Personally
The Parlotones, Khuli Chana, Jon Savage and J. Nobrega	South Africa	Sleepwalker

         
CATEGORY: BEST AFRICAN GROUP/ DUO/BAND

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Diali Cissokho and Kaira Ba	Senegal	Mbolo
Mafikizolo, featuring May D	South Africa	Happiness
Mi Casa	South Africa	Jika
P-Square	Nigeria	Personally
Sauti Sol	Kenya	Nishike
Uhuru, featuring DJ Buckz, Oskido, Professor and Uri-Da-Cunh	South Africa	Y-tjukutja

CATEGORY: BEST AFRICAN COLLABORATION

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Davido and  Mafikizolo	Nigeria and South Africa	Tchelete
Diamond Platnumz, featuring Davido	Tanzania and Nigeria	Number One
DJ Clock, featuring Beatenberg	South Africa	Pluto
Uhuru, featuring DJ Bucks, Oskido,Professor and Uri-Da-Cunh	South Africa	Y-tjukutja
D’Banj   and Friends	19 countries in Africa	Cocoa Na Chocolate
Mavins /Don Jazzy	Nigeria	Dorobucci

CATEGORY: MOST PROMISING ARTISTE IN AFRICA

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Coda	South Africa	Fat Boy
Davina Green	Zimbabwe	Everytime
Isabel Novella	Mozambique	Moya
Kakana	Mozambique	Xiluva
TemiDollFace	Nigeria	Pata Pata
Wiyaala, featuring Jupitar	Ghana	Rock My Body

CATEGORY: BEST AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Angelique Kidjo	Benin	Shango Wa
Olamide	Nigeria	Eleda Mi
Erna Chimu	Namibia	Chant
Gasandji	Democratic Republic of Congo	Libela
Kakana	Mozambique	Xiluva
Tsedenia	Ethiopia	Yefikir Girma

CATEGORY: BEST AFRICAN ELECTRO

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
ACoda	South Africa	Fat Boy
Goldfish	South Africa	Three Second Memory
Mi Casa	South Africa	Jika
Taps	Zimbabwe	When You Said Goodbye
The Dogg, featuring Chest	Namibia	Nuka
Uhuru, featuring DJ Buckz, Oskido, Professor and Uri-Da-Cunh	South Africa	Y-tjukutja

CATEGORY: BEST AFRICAN HIP-HOP (SONG)

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
E.L.	Ghana	Ayayaa
Ice Prince	Nigeria	Jambo
Davido	Nigeria	Aiye
Khuli Chana, featuring KayGizm and Fifi Cooper	South Africa	Mnatebawen
Manifest	Ghana	Someway Bi
Muthoni the Drummer Queen	Kenya	Nai Ni Ya Who

CATEGORY: BEST AFRICAN POP (A SONG)

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Carlprit, featuring Jaicko	Zimbabwe	Remember to Forget
DJ Clock, featuring Beatenberg	South Africa	Pluto
Elani	Kenya	Kookoo
Mafikizolo, featuring May D	South Africa	Happiness
P-Square	Nigeria	Personally
TemiDollFace	Nigeria	Pata Pata

CATEGORY: BEST AFRICAN REGGAE, RAGGA & DANCEHALL

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Buffalo Souljah	Zimbabwe	Basawine
Burna Boy	Nigeria	Yawa Dey
Dama Do Bling	Mozambique	Me Luv It
Patoranking	Nigeria	Girlie O
Radio and Weasel	Uganda	Breath Away
Wiyaala, featuring Jupitar	Ghana	Rock My Body

CATEGORY: BEST AFRICAN RNB & SOUL

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Davina Green	Zimbabwe	Everytime
Isabel Novella	Mozambique	Moya
Maurice Kirya	Uganda	The Blue Dress
2Face	Nigeria	Dance in the Rain
Vanessa Mdee	Tanzania	Come Over
Wahu	Kenya	For You

       

CATEGORY: BEST AFRICAN TRADITIONAL

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Adjiboye	Benin	Inna
Cheb Bilal	Algeria	Ma Nansakch
Yinka Ayanda	Nigeria	Ise Mi
Hakim	Egypt	Efred
Noura Mint Seymale	Mauritania	Tzenni
The Nile Project	Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda	Bi Wele Wele

               

CATEGORY: BEST AFRICAN ROCK

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Dear Zim	Zimbabwe	Indiana
Shadow Club	South Africa	Melanielectriclove
Shaun Jacobs	South Africa	End of the Road
The Parlotones, featuring Khuli Chana	South Africa	Sleepwalker
Van Coke Kartel	South Africa	Moregloed

                   
CATEGORY: BEST FEMALE ARTISTE IN AFRICAN INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Gore Rapera, featuring Jah Prayzah	Zimbabwe	Fungisai
Maréma	Senegal	Femme d'affaires
Monique	Nigeria	Power Flow
Nikki Laoye	Nigeria	Only You
Sessime	Benin	My Praise
Size 8	Kenya	Moto

         

CATEGORY: BEST MALE ARTISTE IN AFRICAN INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Benjamin Dube, featuring Nomakhuze Ndabula	South Africa	Yebo Linamandla
Bro Philemon, featuring Morris Baby Face	Ghana	It is Well
Flo	Nigeria	Twale
Pitson	Kenya	Lingale Ya Yeso
Jimmy Gait, featuring Papa Dennis Pitson	Kenya	Makekes
Sebastian Magacha	Zimbabwe	1+1

CATEGORY: BEST VIDEO

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
BazaSon and Principlez, featuring Sinayo Mhaya	South Africa	Afrika
Bez	Nigeria	Say
Chidinma, featuring Flavour	Nigeria	Oh Baby!
Mi Casa	South Africa	Jika
P-Square	Nigeria	Personally
TemiDollFace	Nigeria	Pata Pata

CATEGORY: REVELATION OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Patoranking	Nigeria	Girlie O
Elani	Kenya	Kookoo
Isabel Novella	Mozambique	Moya
Temidolface	Nigeria	patapata
Wiyaala, featuring Jupitar	Ghana	Rock My Body
Kakana	Mozambique	Kakana

CATEGORY: SONG OF THE YEAR

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Davido	Nigeria	Aye
Uhuru	South Africa	Y-tjukutja
P-square	Nigeria	Personally
Yemi Alade	Nigeria	Johnny
The Parlotones, featuring Khuli Chana	South Africa	Sleepwalker
Davido and  Mafikizolo	Nigeria & South Africa	Tchelete
Kcee featuring Wizkid	Nigeria	Pull Over
Mi Casa	South Africa	Jika

CATEGORY: BEST TRADITIONAL AFRICAN MUSIC

ARTISTE	COUNTRY	TRACK
Cheb Bilal	Algeria	Ma Nansakch
Hakim	Egypt	Efred
Adjiboye	Benin	Inna
Yinka Ayanda	Nigeria	Ise MI
Noura Mint Seymale	Mauritania	Tzenni
The Nile Project	Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda	Bi Wele Wele

CATEGORY: PRODUCER OF THE YEAR. 

PRODUCER(S)	COUNTRY	TRACK
Del'B	Nigeria	Pull Over
Don Jazzy	Nigeria	Eminado
Mikky Me	Nigeria	Down
Robbie Malinga & Mojalefa Thebe	South Africa	Impilo
Oskida and Shizzi	Nigeria	Tchelete
Vtek, Charles Duke, Mecca E, Oscar, Rudeboy and Mr P	Nigeria	Personally

ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

ARTISTE	COUNTRY
Angelique Kidjo	Benin
P-Square	Nigeria
Uhuru	South Africa
Amr Diab	Egypt
Maurice Kirya	Uganda
Zahara	South Africa
Mi Casa	South Africa
Dan Aceda	Kenya
Davido	Nigeria
Mafikizolo	South Africa
Tiwa Savage	Nigeria