Hosts, Durban will once again come to an abrupt standstill as artists, record companies and hangers-on descend at one of the majestic tourism destinations’ in the country for the second time since the awards took place last year.
Inkosi Albert Luthuli Conference Centre (ICC) will be the center of attraction on the evening of March 1 2014.
In conjunction with the awards ‘celebrating 20 years of our democracy’ theme, this is an affair not to be missed…
Uhuru and Naima Kay earned themselves four nods as newcomers.
Mafikizolo received five nominations with two of their hit songs being selected in the ‘Song of the Year’ category and were followed by Afro-soul singer Zahara and another newbie, Indwe with 3 nominations each.
Mi Casa’s new album Sucasa and their single ‘Jika’ got nominated for the ‘Best Dance Album’ and ‘Song of the Year’ categories, respectively.
For once everyone believes all nominess deserve to be on the list. Talk of pleasing hard-to-please South Africans’.
The MMA13 nominees are:
BEST AFRICAN POP ALBUM
MAFIKIZOLO – REUNITED
ZAHARA – PHENDULA
NAIMA KAY – UMSEBENZI
DANNY K – GOOD LOOK
NTANDO – MONDAY TO SUNDAY
BEST COMPILATION ALBUM
EUPHONIK – FOR THE LOVE OF HOUSE VOL. 5
SOUL CANDI SESSIONS – 2014
DJ T-DEEP – FUNDAMENTALS OF HOUSE
DJ FRESH – FRESH HOUSE FLAVA VOL. 7
BEST DANCE ALBUM
UHURU – OUR FATHER
MI CASA – SU CASA
LULO CAFÉ – SOUL AFRICA
HEAVY K – RESPECT THE DRUMBOSS 2013
ZAKES BANTWINI – MY MUSIC BIBLE
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
ZAMAJOBE – THULA MNTWANA
ZAHARA – PHENDULA
DJ CNDO – FINEST LADY OF HOUSE VOL. 5
INDWE – INDWE
NAIMA KAY – UMSEBENZI
BEST DUO/GROUP
MI CASA – SU CASA
MAFIKIZOLO – REUNITED
MUZART – MUZART
UHURU – OUR FATHER
BIG NUZ – MADE IN AFRICA
BEST HIT SINGLE
DJ GANYANI – XIGUBU
KHULI CHANA – MNATEBOWEN
BLACK COFFEE – BUYA
AKA – KONTROL
GINO BROWN – BODY LANGUAGE
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
DA LES – HEAVEN
KHULI CHANA – MNATEBOWEN
VEEZO – MONEY, SEX, CLOTHES, GIRLS
IFANI – MILLI
DONALD – YOUR JOY
BEST HIP HOP ALBUM
IFANI – I BELIEVES IN ME
KWESTA – DAKAR
L-TIDO – ALL OF ME
BEST URBAN JAZZ ALBUM
JULIUS SCHULTZ – COLOR BLIND
ZAMAJOBE – THULA MNTWANA
INDWE – INDWE
SWAZI DLAMINI – SOUL OF ME
NOMFUNDO – KUSILE
BEST KWAITO ALBUM
CHARACTER – SELF CONTROL
BIG NUZ – MADE IN AFRICA
ALASKA – REVIVAL
MANDOZA – SGANTSONTSO
BEST MALE ARTIST
ZAKES BANTWINI – MY MUSIC BIBLE
VUSI NOVA – WALK INTO LIGHT
IFANI – I BELIEVES IN ME
LULO CAFÉ – SOUL AFRICA
CULOE DE SONG – EXODUS
BEST NEWCOMER
MUZART – MUZART
HAPPY – AHEAD OF TIME
IFANI – I BELIEVES IN ME
NAIMA KAY – UMSEBENZI
INDWE – INDWE
BEST R&B ALBUM
GB COLLECTIVE – COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE
PRESSS – BLACK
VUSI NOVA – WALK INTO LIGHT
DANNY K – GOOD LOOK
LUNGI NAIDOO – I AM
BEST URBAN GOSPEL ALBUM
TAKIE NDOU – PALMIST
THAPELO TAU – SEDIBA SA NNETE
JUDITH SEPHUMA – THE EXPERIENCE
WE WILL WORSHIP – YHWH
NQUBEKO MBATHA – SENTIMENTS OF A WORSHIPER
BEST COLLABORATION
REVOLUTION feat. BLACK MOTION & YASIRA – NOQATIKO
MAFIKIZOLOfeat. MAY D – HAPPINESS
UHURU feat. OSKIDO, PROFESSOR & DJ BUCKS – Y-TJUKUJA
LULO CAFÉ feat. BLACK MOTION & NAPE LEON – WHISTLING TO BED
DJ GANYANI feat. FB – XIGUBU
SONG OF THE YEAR
MI CASA – JIKA
MAFIKIZOLO – HAPPINESS
HEAVY K – WENA
UHURU – Y-TJUKUJA
BIG NUZ – INAZO
BIG NUZ – HAWAII
ZAHARA – PHENDULA
LULO CAFÉ – WHISTLING TO BED
MAFIKIZOLO – KHONA
NAIMA KAY – LELILANGA REMIX
