Zakes Bantwini leads SA Music Awards with 7 nominations
South African singer and record producer, Zakes Bantwini. Picture: Instagram
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Awards season is in full swing in South Africa as the South African Music Awards has released their nominations for this years 28th installment of the SAMAs.
The organisation took to Twitter on Tuesday evening, where they announced the different categories of awards to be given to artists, as well as the artists who are nominated in each category.
The artists whose name has been repeatedly seen on the nominations lists is singer and record producer, Zakes Bantwini, who has bagged seven nominations in this years awards.
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The musician released a dance album named Ghetto King some time late last year, which included some popular tracks such as Osama, Uzalo and Abantu, that went viral throughout the country and landed him in the top positions on many music charts.
This album as well as the songs featured on it are the reason why Zakes secured a seat in the SAMA nominations for the Best Collaboration, Best Dance Album, Album of the Year, Best Engineered Album of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, and Record of the Year.
Other hitmakers who have been nominated for this years SAMA’s are Makhadzi for Best Collaboration, Blxckie and Emtee for Best Hip Hop Album, Focalistic, Kamo Mphela and Young Stunna for Best Amapiano Album, and Pangea for Best Classical/Instrumental Album.
According to the organisation, this years South African Music Awards has made history by receiving the highest number of entries since the awards were established in 1995.
“Some 1395 submissions were received by the close of the call for entries at midnight on Thursday, 3 February 2022. Last year, the SAMAs earned 1163 entries, which marks an increase of over 230 this year.
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“This exponential growth augurs well for the future of the music industry and the role SAMA continues to play,” said the organisation.
Here is a list of all the SAMA28 award categories and nominations:
Album of the Year
Sun-El Musician: African Electronic Dance Music
Zakes Bantwini: Ghetto King
Brian Temba: It’s All You
CymaMusique: Musique
Mobi Dixon: When House Was House
Female Artist of the Year
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Msaki: Platinum Heart Open
Khanyisile Mthethwa: African Bird
Kamo Mphela: Nkulunkulu
Reign Afrika: Trailblazer
Shekhinah: Trouble In Paradise
Male Artist of the Year
Sun-El Musician: African Electronic Dance Album
Zakes Bantwini: Ghetto King
Brian Temba: It’s All You
ChymaMusique: Musique
Mobi Dixon: When House Was House
Duo/Group of the Year
Reece Madlisa & Zuma: Ama Roto Vol. 2
Watershed: Elephant In The Room
Franco Prinsloo & Vox Chamber Choir: Franco: Kruis Van Liefde
Wouter Kellerman & David Arkenstone: Pangaea
Shwi Nimtekhala: Wangikhulisa uMama
Newcomer of the Year
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Thapelo Lekoane: Tapestry
Khanyisile Mthetwa: African Bird
25K: Pheli Makaveli
Ncebakazi Msomi: The 34th Psalm
Botanist Mr Lemington: The Shift
Best Rock Album
Steve Louw: Headlight Dreams
Springbok Nude Girls: Partypocalypse
Tim Parr: Revolution
Deity’s Muse: Ennui
Albert Frost: Sacred Sound
Best Pop Album
Jeremy Loops: Souvenirs
Tresor: Motion
Shekhinah: Trouble In Paradise
Bonji: A Journal
Jacky Carpede: Don’t Let Go
Beste Kontemporere Musiek Album
Jan Jan Jan: Al Die Oysters
Neil Sandilands: Sangona Sandilands & Jou Pa Se Posse Maanskyn
