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Metro FM Music Awards nominees are …

The nominees for the 2016 Metro FM music awards were announced in Fourways, Johannesburg on Thursday.

The awards aim to honour music excellence as well as artists who gave the nation some of the best music, over the last 12 months.

Voting opened this morning and will end on February, 14. The winners from each category will be awarded with R100 000. For the the first time, the Metro FM music awards will include the African category, with African artists nominated.

The music event will be held on the February 27, 2016 at the iNkosi Albert Luthuli ICC, Durban and will have a live broadcast on SABC1.

Metro FM also unveiled a human size statuette that will be on the roadshow to all the provinces of SA.

Leading the nominations is Nomvula hitmaker, Nathi with 5 nods, followed by most featured artist Riky Rick with 4 and Zonke with 3 nominees among other artists.

The MMA15 Nominees and categories are as follows:

BEST AFRICAN POP ALBUM
NOMINEE TITLE
1 Nathi Buyelekhaya
2 Zahara Country girl
3 Zonke Work of Heart
4 Maleh You make my heart go
5 Kabomo Sekusile
BEST COMPILATION ALBUM
# NOMINEE TITLE
1 DJ Fresh Fresh House Flava Vol 8
2 DJ Kanunu Soul Meditation 2
3 Various Artists It’s Not A Party Without Us
4 999 music Summer Ya Di Summer
BEST DANCE ALBUM
# NOMINEE TITLE
1 DJ Sphectacula & DJ Naves Kings Of The Weekend
2 Black Coffee Pieces of Me
3 Prince Kaybee Better Days
4 Mobi Dixon Tribal Soul Special Edition
5 Heavy K Respect The Drumboss 2015
BEST FEMALE ALBUM
NOMINEE TITLE
1 Maleh You make my heart go
2 Zonke Work of Heart
3 Zahara Country Girl
4 Thiwe Soul Therapy
5 Fifi Cooper 20FIFI
BEST DUO OR GROUP ALBUM
# NOMINEE TITLE
1 DBN Nyts Believe
2 Deep Xcape Pandora’s Box
3 DJ Sphectacular & DJ Naves Kings Of The Weekend
4 Junior Taurus & Lady Zamar Cotton Candy
5 Mi Casa Home Sweet Home
BEST HIT SINGLE
# NOMINEE TITLE
1 AKA ft Burnaboy, Khuli Chana, Yanga Baddest
2 L-Tido Dlala ka yona
3 Kwesta Nomayini
4 WTF Nomusa
5 Shekinah & Kyle Deutch Back to the Beach
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
# NOMINEE TITLE
1 Da Les P.A.I.D
2 Donald What Goes Around
3 Emtee Roll Up
4 DJ Sphectacula & DJ Naves KOTW Anthem
5 Tumi ft Busiswa Visa
BEST HIP HOP ALBUM
# NOMINEE TITLE
1 Cassper Nyovest Refiloe
2 Ricky Rick Family Values
3 Emtee Avery
4 FiFi Cooper 20FIFI
5 Zakwe Impande
BEST URBAN JAZZ ALBUM
# NOMINEE TITLE
1 Benjamin Jephta Homecoming
2 Judith Sephuma One World
3 Mpumi Dlamini Mpumi Dlamini
4 Nduduzo Makhathini Listening to the ground
5 Nomfundo Xaluva From now on
BEST KWAITO ALBUM
# NOMINEE TITLE
1 Big Nuz For The Fans
2 DBN Nyts Believe
3 DJ Bongz Game Changer
4 Kabelo Mabalane Immortal Vol 3
BEST MALE ALBUM
# NOMINEE TITLE
1 Nathi Buyelekaya
2 Black Coffee Pieces Of Me
3 Cassper Nyovest Refiloe
4 Prince Kaybee Better Days
5 Ricky Rick Family Values
BEST NEW ARTIST
# NOMINEE TITLE
1 Nathi Buyelekhaya
2 Emtee Avery
3 Ricky Rick Family Values
4 Prince Kaybee Better Days
5 Fifi Cooper 20FiFi
BEST R&B SINGLE
# NOMINEE TITLE
1 Zonke Reach It
2 Nathi Nomvula
3 Maleh Feels so good
4 Cici Runaway
5 Vincent Bones My lady
BEST REMIX
# NOMINEE TITLE
1 Kelly Khumalo Asine (Afrikan Soul Remix)
2 DJ Sliqe Do like I do Remix
3 Emtee Roll Up Re-Up
4 Tresor Never let me go (Mobi Dixon Remix)
5 AKA Baddest (Remix)
BEST URBAN GOSPEL ALBUM
# NOMINEE TITLE
1 Ntokozo Mbambo Spirit and Life
2 Andile ka Majola Chapter 7
3 Malusi Mbokazi Ngisize Nkosi
4 Ayanda Ntazi Udumo
5 Worship House True Worship 2015 (Live)
SONG OF THE YEAR
# NOMINEE TITLE
1 Black Coffee We Dance Again
2 Nathi Nomvula
3 DJ Sphectacula & DJ Naves Kings Of The Weekend Anthem
4 DBN Nyts Shumaya
5 Heavy K Umoya
6 DJ Ganyani Talk To Me
7 Prince Kaybee Wajelwa
8 Ricky Rick Boss Zonke
9 DJ Shimza Akulalwa
10 Prince Kaybee Better Days
BEST COLLABORATION
1 DJ Sphectacula & DJ Naves ft. Professor Kings Of The Weekend Anthem
2 Heavy K FT. Professor & Mpumi Umoya
3 Majour League DJs ft.Cassper Nyovest,Ricky Rick and MalumKoolkat Slyza Tsotsi
4 AKA ft Burna Boy, Khuli Chana & Yanga Baddest
5 DJ Sliqe ft JR, Okmalumkoolkat, WTF iLife

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Read more on these topics: Kiernan Jarryd Forbes (AKA)Metro FM