MOBO AWARDS: WIZKID vs DBANJ vs SEUN KUTI

The Music of Black Origin (MOBO) team on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 released the nomination list for 2011 edition of the award show. The list which has Nigeria’s brightest acts Seun Kuti, Dbanj and Wizkid amongst other African artistes as contestants in the ‘Best African Act’ category.

This year’s edition will make it the 16^th times the reputable award show is holding. And the organizers have announced US singer Jason Derulo and a yet-to-be named female will be the hosting the show.

The 2011 MOBO award is scheduled to hold on October 5, 2011 in Glasgow Scotland.

It would be recalled that African export 2face Idibia won in the ‘Best African Act’ category of the award show in 2007 – the success which Abolore Akande (9ice) repeated in 2008.
See the complete list of nominees below:

BEST UK ACT in association with Capital FM
ADELE
CHASE & STATUS
CHIPMUNK
EXAMPLE
JESSIE J
KATY B
N – DUBZ
WRETCH 32
THE STREETS
TINIE TEMPAH

BEST UK HIP HOP / GRIME ACT
GIGGS
RIZZLE KICKS
TINIE TEMPAH
WILEY
WRETCH 32

BEST VIDEO
CHIPMUNK ft. CHRIS BROWN – CHAMPION
JESSIE J – DO IT LIKE A DUDE
RIZZLE KICKS – DOWN WITH THE TRUMPETS
TINCHY STRYDER Ft. DAPPY – SPACESHIP
WILEY – NUMBERS IN ACTION

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT
ALEXIS JORDAN
ALOE BLACC
BEYONCE
BRUNO MARS
CEE LO GREEN
JASON DERULO
NICKI MINAJ
RIHANNA
SNOOP DOGG
WIZ KHALIFA

BEST SONG
ADELE – SOMEONE LIKE YOU
CHASE & STATUS ft. TINIE TEMPAH – HITZ
JESSIE J – DO IT LIKE A DUDE
TINIE TEMPAH – WONDERMAN
WRETCH 32 – TRAKTOR

BEST ALBUM
ADELE – 21
CHASE & STATUS- NO MORE IDOLS
JESSIE J – WHO YOU ARE
KATY B – ON A MISSION
TINIE TEMPAH – DISC-OVERY

BEST REGGAE
ALBOROSIE
DAMIAN MARLEY & NAS
JAH CURE
KHAGO
MAVADO

BEST JAZZ ACT
DENYS BAPTISTE
GWILYM SIMCOCK
KAIROS 4TET
MATTHEW HALSALL
USONIC

BEST AFRICAN ACT
CHEIKH LO
D’BANJ
FATOUMATA DIAWARA
LIQUIDEEP
OWINY SIGOMA BAND
SEUN KUTI
SMOD
SPOEK MATHAMBO
VIEUX FARKA TOURE
WIZKID
BEST GOSPEL ACT
BOBBY BOVELL
FOUR KORNERZ
JAYESS
JUNIOR GARR
TRIPLE O

BEST R&B / SOUL ACT
ADELE
DIONNE BROMFIELD
MARSHA AMBROSIOUS
MIKE HOUGH
OMAR

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