Nominations for the 14th annual Urban Music Awards 2016 are announced..
UK, London, (Oct, 19, 2016) – Nominations for the 14th annual Urban Music Awards © were announced today by the UMA Academy and reflected one of the most diverse and exciting years for British and international music talent. UMA past winner and 2005 alumni, Craig David has had an amazing success story. His comeback was felt globally with music fans nominating the singer/songwriter in a record x5 categories- Best Single (for ‘When the Bassline Drops’ ft. Big Narstie), Best Male Act, Best Pop Act, Best R&B Act, Best Album (for ‘Following my Intuition’).
It has been an equally successful year for the Knowles family as the sisters both scored a historical number 1 album in the same year. Beyonce (who released her album ‘Lemonade’ earlier this year) and Solange Knowles (who recently released her debut album ‘A Seat on the Table’) make history as the second siblings since Michael & Janet Jackson to achieve a number 1 album in the same year. They are also the first siblings to be nominated in the same category at the UMA’s. Both go head to head in the Best International Act category.
Solange Knowles, ‘A Seat At The Table’ is also nominated for Best Album alongside Laura Mvula for ‘The Dreaming Room’, Giggs for ‘Landlord’, Kano for ‘Made in the Manor’, Michael Kiwanuka for ‘Love & Hate’, Skepta for ‘Konnichiwa’ and Craig David – for ‘Following My Intuition’
President/Founder of the Urban Music Awards and UMA Academy worldwide, Jordan Kensington commented “The talent especially here in the UK has been incredible this year. When you look at the trend worldwide, urban music has well and truly become the new popular music with hundreds of artists becoming households names, domestically and across other territories and this trend is only set to become much more prominent in the future. We are very proud with the work the UMA Academy has done and continues to do, to open the doors globally for talented artists, producers and songwriters worldwide”.
Since 2003, the UMA’s historically were the first known music awards show to open up the nominations/voting process for music fans to nominate and vote for their favourites in all our categories. This year (2016), the academy received over 892,000 music fans nominating online. The artists/producers/organisations with the highest nominations are automatically shortlisted and the public are given the chance to vote for the winners in all respective categories for the 14th annual Urban Music Awards sponsored by VooVix.
This year’s title sponsor is VooVix. A platform which in cooperates Video, Audio and Photography . It has been described by CNN as “The Lovechild of Youtube, Instagram and Soundcloud” and this year’s UMA’s will be broadcast live on VooVix to millions of viewers on the 26th of November, from 6.30pm GMT.
The UMA’s have always been used as a vehicle to champion great charitable causes partnering with organisations such as, Unicef, WarChild and Save the Children. This year the academy has launched #UMAforCalais which will see much needed funds raised for the Syrian Children facing tough conditions in Calais. During the month of December, the academy will be taking 10 artists over to Calais with food, clothes, and more to perform a mini #UMAforCalais concert for the refugees in Calais. All will be filmed for our documentary #UMAforCalais – The Children of Calais which will be broadcast on VooVix.
Voting for the 14th annual Urban Music Awards is currently live. To Vote go to; www.urbanmusicawards.co/voting
Full list of UMA 2016 nominees:
Best Album
Laura Mvula ‘The Dreaming Room’
Giggs ‘Landlord’
Kano ‘Made in the Manor’
Michael Kiwanuka ‘Love & Hate’
Skepta ‘Konnichiwa’
Solange Knowles ‘A Seat At The Table’
Craig David ‘Following my Intuition’
Best Pop Act sponsored by VooVix
Zara Larsson
M.O
Craig David
Digital Farm Animals
Anne Marie
Sigala
Best International Act sponsored by VooVix
French Montana
Solange Knowles
Chance the Rapper
Drake
Party next Door
Beyonce
Tory Lanez
DJ Khaled
Kanye West
Best Producer
The Chainsmokers
Clean Bandit
Diplo
Cheat Codes
Beat Butcha
Naughty Boy
Wilkinson
Jonas Blue
Best DJ sponsored by Phonaudio
Bluey
DJ Fresh
Calvin Harris
MistaJam
Tim Westwood
Manny Norte
Abrantee
Kenny Allstar
Melody Kane
Shy FX
Best Radio Show sponsored by Phonaudio
Maya Jama (Rinse FM)
Vick Hope (Capital XTRA)
Emerald (Rinse FM)
Rickie, Melvin & Charlie (Kiss FM)
Neev (Kisstory – Kiss FM)
Yinka (Capital XTRA)
Charlie Sloth (BBC 1Xtra)
Rude Kid (Kiss FM)
Ras Kwame (Capital XTRA)
Not for the Radio
A.Dot (BBC 1Xtra)
Best Grime Act
Skepta
Big Narstie
Stormzy
Kano
Ghetts
Yungen
Best Gospel Act
Chris Tomlin
Skillet
The Cokers – I Am Persuaded
Ekklesia – Where You Are
Bobby Bovell featuring Dennis Bovell – Love Love (Kriswontwo Remix)
Lecrae – All I Need Is You
Guvna B ft Beleaf – Buss It
Wildwood Kin – Warrior Daughter
Annastasia Baker – Fly Again
Muyiwa & Riversongz – Eko iLe
ZAA – Saved By Grace
Twelve24 – #Vivalawldkdz
Hannah – Overwhelming Praise
Purist – None Like You
Evans Ogboi – Shout Hallelujah
Margaret Nana Tandoh – I Turn To You
Aaron T Aaron ft Mike Abdul – I Will Sing Of Your Praise
Best Single
Jorja Smith ‘Blue Lights’
Abra Cadabra feat. Krept & Konan ‘Robbery’ (Remix)
Popalik feat. Stefflon Don (prod. Spanker) ‘Cho’
Chase & Status feat. Frisco ‘Funny’
Ghetts ‘You Dun Know Already’
M.O ‘Who Do You Think Of’
Drake feat. Kyla ‘One Dance’
Abra Cadabra feat. Krept & Konan ‘Robbery’ (Remix)
Giggs ‘Whippin’ Excursion’
Craig David feat. Big Narstie ‘When the Bassline Drops’
Kano feat. Giggs & Wiley ‘3 Wheel-Ups’
Anne-Marie ‘Alarm’
Martin Garrix feat. Bebe Rexha ‘In the Name of Love’
Best Male Act
Stormzy
Craig David
WSTRN
Chip
Krept & Konan
Tinie Tempah
Section Boyz
JP Cooper
Fuse ODG
J.Hus
MNEK
Best Newcomer
IV Rox
M.O
Jorja Smith
Stefflon Don
Anne Marie
Izzie Gibbs
Denai Moore
Skinz
J.Hus
Fliptrix
Yungen
JP Cooper
Raleigh Ritchie
Best HipHop Act
Akala
Wretch 32
Section Boyz
George the Poet
Little Simz
Jay Prince
Giggs
Best Reggae Act
Popcaan
Stylo G
Alkaline
Spice
Sean Paul
Protoje
Kranium
Best Jazz Act
Empirical
Esperanza Spalding
Moses Boyd
Bill Laurance
Kit Downes
Michael Janisch
Jacob Collier
Cory Henry
Best African Act sponsored by Mokingo
Tiwa Savage
Wizkid
Yemi Alade
Olamide
Mista Silva
Fuse ODG
Eugy
Franko
Kwamz & Flava
Best Pop Act sponsored by VooVix
Zara Larsson
M.O
Craig David
Digital Farm Animals
Anne Marie
Sigala
Best R&B Act sponsored by VooVix
JP Cooper
Craig David
M.O
Angel
WSTRN
Nao
Izzy Bizu
Mabel
Zak Abel
Best Female Act
M.O
Izzy Bizu
Lady Leshurr
Stefflon Don
Katy B
Laura Mvula
M.I.A
Denai Moore
Anne-Marie
Best Group
M.O
WSTRN
Clean Bandit
IV Rox
Rudimental
Section Boyz
Best Record Label sponsored by VooVix.com
Island Records
Big Dada
Sony Music
Relentless Records
Virgin/EMI
Warner Music
All Around the World
Best TV Channel sponsored by VooVix.com
Link up TV
Grime Daily
Channel AKA
MTV Base
SBTV
Flava TV
Best Radio Station
BBC 1Xtra
Colourful Radio
Rinse FM
Radar Radio
Capital XTRA
The Beat London
DejaVu
Best PR Company
Urban Dubz
Power PR
Ditto Music
Effusive PR
Stoked PR
Showcase PR
Chilli PR
Wired PR
Concrete PR
UMA Living Legend Award
Mark Morrison
Soul II Soul
Goldie
Ms. Dynamite
Brand New Heavies
Sister Sledge
Omar
Media Accreditation:
Sarah Rodriguez
Celebrity/Artists Liaison:
Orama Saukila
Production:
Vik Harb
About VooVix:
The UMA’s past sponsors have included; Footlocker, Coca Cola, Samsung Mobile, Kickers, MAC Cosmetics and more. We are proud to announce our 2016 sponsor, is VooVix.com . With over 20 million views in its first 2 months of launching VooVix is becoming the new vehicle to drive content directly to consumers.
The platform seamlessly in cooperates Video, Audio and Photography made by you for you and it also serves as an aggregator of content from around the world. It has been described by CNN as “The Lovechild of Youtube, Instagram and Soundcloud”. You put yourself in the driving seat. Share, discover, and be inspired. VooVix will be broadcasting the awards ceremony live this year. You can also set a channel for yourself or your artist and upload videos by going to: www.voovix.com
About the UMA:
Established in 1999, The UMA Academy is an organization of musicians, songwriters, producers, engineers and recording professionals dedicated to improving, celebrating, promoting, the success of Soul, R&B, HipHop, Grime, Drum & Bass, Dance, Gospel, Afrobeat music and its makers. Internationally known for the Urban Music Awards or UMA— the awards ceremony was the first music awards ceremony to let music fans decide who got nominated and who won by giving them the power to vote for their favourites. The UMA is also the only award show of it’s kind to host versions of the show in the USA, Africa, and Asia. It is recognized for musical excellence and one of the most groundbreaking and credible brands in music —The UMA Academy continues to focus on its mission of recognizing musical excellence, advocating for the well-being of music makers and ensuring music remains an indelible part of our culture. For more information about The UMA Academy, please visit www.urbanmusicawards.co
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