2014 All Africa Music Awards Unveils Nominees

jonathan 13:52 - 25 September 2014

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.

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’.