METRO FM ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR THE 15th METRO FM MUSIC AWARDS

The METRO FM Music Awards celebrate excellence in the music industry by honouring musicians who did exceedingly well in their field throughout the previous year.

These musicians whose work enriched the lives of South African music lovers and listeners over the last 12 months were revealed in a spectacular ceremony in Johannesburg, as nominees for the 15th METRO FM Music Awards (MMA15).

Following an unforgettable musical year that saw the birth of new stars, the nominees’ announcement was filled with the country’s top talent. The slew of hits that kept music lovers thrilled this year will contest for the enviable ‘Song of the Year’.

This year’s edition has introduced new ground breaking features to the prestigious awards ceremony. For the first time, winners in each respective category will receive R100 000 Cash Award to mark their musical merit. As South Africa’s largest commercial radio station, Metro FM is investing in musicians building wealth and benefiting financially from their trade over and above the artistic recognition that comes with the MMA’s coveted statuette.

The awards have also introduced a New Pan-African Category. This new category will focus on celebrating African musical excellence by honouring musicians from across the continent that made it onto the Metro FM playlist hence contributing to the station’s music offering.

To expand on the empowerment agenda of the awards, the MMA15 has added a music workshop, designed to empower up and coming artists. It will be hosted by renowned artists from the SA music industry with the aim to nurture, groom and help them to build sustainable and competitive careers in the music industry.

The road to the MMA15 will also include a comedy show component. This new element will showcase some of the big names in the South African comedy scene to bring light and laughter to the road to MMA15.

The road to the MMA15 ceremony will also feature a fashion show themed ‘Music Meets Fashion’. The MMA’s have always had a fashion element as part of the Black Carpet Experience. The fashion show will acknowledge fashion and its place in the music industry.

The SABC remains committed to delivering a world-class music extravaganza, which will be broadcast on Saturday 27 February 2016, on SABC 1.

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