Nominations for UK’s leading music awards show UMA are announced

AVE, FREDO, NICKI MINAJ, DRAKE, POST MALONE, & CARDI B join the List of artist nominated for this year’s 16th annual Urban Music Awards 

The nominations for the 16th annual Urban Music Awards have been announced ahead of the awards ceremony which takes place on the 29th of November.

The Urban Music Awards (also known as UMA) has gone from strength to strength as the driving force for urban music worldwide within the past 16 years. The UMA’s where instrumental in the commercial success of the HipHop, R&B, Soul, Dance and Grime nurturing artists, and industry to make it the number 1 selling genre in the world. The awards hold annual versions in the UK, USA, Asia and Africa annually and it’s flagship show in the UK is back on for the 16th edition on the 29th of November 2018.

Chart topper Dave, who reached the top of the charts a few weeks ago claiming the number 1 position is nominated for a record three categories Best Music Video, Best HipHop Act and  Artist of the Year, 

The Best Newcomer  nominees this year include; EO ,  Amelia Monet, Big Zuu, Mostack, Ramz,Raye , Asco , ZieZie, IAMDDB, Octavian, Blay Vision, Jeshi and Basette go head to head whilst theBest International Artist category sees 6ix9nine, Chris Brown, Drake, Tory Lanez, Nicki Minaj, Teyana Taylor, Childish Gambino, French Montana, Cardi B, Kehlani, Post Malone, Kanye West and A$AP Rocky battle to take home the UMA trophy.

The platinum-selling recording artist Dizzee Rascal who is nominated for Best Music Video for ‘Bop N Keep It Dippin’ said: “The Urban Music Awards recognised and supported my talent right from the beginning before anyone else did and I wouldn’t be where I am today without its continued support”.

Since 2003, the UMA’s historically was 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 (2018), the academy received over 2.9 million music fans nominating online. The artists/producers/organisations with the highest nominations are automatically shortlisted and the public is given the chance to vote for the winners in all respective categories for the 16th annual Urban Music Awards sponsored by Celebsss.com, Events Monkey and Dechavel Watches.

Simon Pullman, Marketing Director for Events Monkey commented “We are excited to sign a three-year sponsorship deal with the Urban Music Awards. Events Monkey is a platform for event promoters, producers and organisers to create, list and sell electronic tickets instantly from eventsmonkey.com so to partner with a credible event such as the Urban Music Awards is a perfect fit to our marketing strategy moving forward”

US recording HipHop artist Jay -Z added: “The Urban Music Awards was the first awards ceremony that said hey you the music fans you tell us what is popular not some academy of judges”. 16 years later other awards ceremonies have followed suit giving the people the voice to both nominate and vote something that was never in existence before the Urban Music Awards.

For 16 years, the Urban Music Awards has changed the face of music worldwide as we know it. FromGarage to Dubstep, Sublow, to Drum & Bass, Grime, to Bassline, Reggae, to Afrobeat, the UMA’s has been through all the changes and more. Important is the future of young talent who need a platform to nurture their talent, learn the craft, study the inside outs of the business, learn about finance and most importantly learn about how to build a sustainable career in music.

Full List of the nominees for this year’s Urban Music Awards are:

Best Newcomer 2018

EO
Big Zuu
Mostack
Ramz
Raye
Asco
ZieZie
IAMDDB
Octavian
Amelia Monet
Blay Vision
Jeshi
Basette

Best International Artist 2018
6ix9nine
Chris Brown
Drake
Tory Lanez
Nicki Minaj
Teyana Taylor
Childish Gambino
French Montana
Cardi B
Kehlani
Post Malone
Kanye West
A$AP Rocky

Best Group
Krept & Konan
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
The Kingdom Choir
Lotto Boyz
Belly Squad
House of Pharaohs
MO

African Artist of the Year
Nasty C (South Africa)
Blanche Baily – Cameroon – BonBon
Fally Ipupa – DRC – Mannequin
Betty G – Ethiopia – Mengedegna
Rash – Kenya – Nitachange
Yamiu Mola – Ethiopia – Wegegta
Lyna Mahyem – Algeria – Bye Bye
Abu – Egypt – 3 Daqat
Becca – Ghana – Number One
Davido – Nigeria – Fia

Artist of the Year (USA)
French Montana
Cardi B
Kehlani
Post Malone
Kanye West
A$AP Rocky
Chris Brown
Tory Lanez

Best Music Video
Big Zuu ft. JME ‘Fall Off’
AJ Tracey – ‘LO(V/S)ER’
Dave ft. Fredo ‘Funky Friday’
Mostack ‘What i wanna’
Ramz – ‘Barking’
EO – ‘German’
Not3s ft Mabel – ‘My Lover’
ILLBlu ft. Krept & Konan, Loskie & ZieZie – ‘Chop My Money’
Izzie Gibbs – ‘People’
Dappy ‘All We Know’
Dizzee Rascal – ‘Bop N Keep It Dippin’
Donae’o ft. Belly – ‘Chalice’

Best Producer
Mike Keys
Tre Jean-Marie
Steel Banglez
M1OnTheBeat
Nyge
Remedee
MK The Plug
The Fanatix
Da Beatfreakz
ILLBlu

Best Hip Hop Act
Fredo (UK)
Pusha T (USA)
Dave (UK)
Yemi (Sweden)
Mostack (UK)
Nines (UK)
Stefflon Don (UK)
Jay Kae (UK)
Ms. Banks (UK)
French Montana (USA)

Artist of the Year (UK)
Dave
AJ Tracey
Mostack
Sneakbo
Nines
Ramz
Stefflon Don
Krept & Konan
Hardy Caprio
Yxng Bane

Best Album
Jorja Smith – Lost and Found
A2 – Blue
Big Narstie – BDL Bipolar
Nines – Crop Circle
Wiley – Godfather ||
Sneakbo – Brixton
MNEK – Language
Angel – Woman

Best Radio Show
Rebecca Judd (Westside)
Yasmine Evans (BBC 1Xtra)
Julie Adenuga (Beats 1)
Tim Westwood (Capital Xtra)
A. Dot (BBC 1 Xtra)
Kenny Allstar (BBC 1 Xtra)
Jay London (Capital Xtra)
Snoochie Shy (BBC 1Xtra)
Tinea (Kiss)
Jamz Supernova (BBC 1Xtra)
Tiffany Calver (Kiss Fresh)
Pandora (Kiss)

Best DJ
Semtex
Charlie Sloth
Jamz Supernova
Shy FX
Shortee Blitz
Melody Kane
Charlesy
Rude Kid

Best Radio Station
Kiss
Capital Xtra
BBC 1Xtra
Westside Radio
DejaVu
Soho Radio
Reprezent
Beat London
Rinse
Flex FM

Best Single
Cadet & Deno Driz ‘Advice’
Teddy Bear ft. King London ‘The Weekend’
Little Simz ‘Offence’
Paigey Cakey ft. Geko ‘Loving You’
Nao ‘Make it Out Alive’
Slow Thai ‘Rainbow’
Jones ‘Something Bout our Love’
Ramz ‘Barking’
Dappy ‘All We Know’
Dizzee Rascal – ‘Bop N Keep It Dippin’
Donae’o ft. Belly – ‘Chalice’

Artist of the Year (France)
MHD
Kofs ft. Sadek
Booba
RK
Zola
Niska
Lefa
Black M
Lartiste
Alonzo

Artist of the Year (Asia)
Rich Chigga
Paloalto
Raxstar
Jasmine Sandlas
Garry Sandhu
G Sidhu
Amy Virk
Amrit Maan
Imran Khan

Artist of the Year (South America)
Vico C ( Puerto Rico)
Los Aldeanos (Cuba)
Boca Floja (Mexico)
Manuel Turizo (Colombia)
Bad Bunny (Puerto Rico)
Yandel ( Puerto Rico)
J. Balvin (Colombia)
Maluma (Colombia)
Ozuna (Puerto Rico)
Natti Natasha (Columbia)

Artist of the Year (Caribbean)
Aidonia
Chronixx
Alkaline
Mavado
Damian Marley
Popcaan
Timeka Marshall
Bunji Garlin

Best Entertainer
Mo (The Comedian)
Chicken Connoisseur
Kurupt FM
Michael Dapaah
Stevo the Madman
Yung Filly
Mikes Comedy
David Whitely aka Sideman

Best Gospel Act
Fiona Yorke
Zoe Grace
Triple O
Nyasha T & United Praisers
Sarah Teibo
Tab Worship
IDMC
Noel Robinson
Becca Folkes

Best Jazz Act
Jamie Isaac
Roy Ayers
Camilla George
Tipitina
Georgia Mancio
Ezra Collective
Binker & Moses
Shabaka Hutchings

Best R&B Act
Wstrn
Khalid
Shakka
Mahalia
JGrrey
Aaron Taylor
Weslee
Lyves
Puma Blue

Best Female Act
Mabel
IAMDDB
MO
Trillary Banks
Stefflon don
Ms. Banks
Flohio

Best Record Label
Island Records
Disturbing London
Insanity Records
Decca Records
Big Dada
Merky Records

Voting for the UMA’s starts online at www.urbanmusicawards.co/voting  until the 20th of November 2018 . Winners will be announced at the annual ceremony on the 29th of November 2018 in London
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