Davido, Tiwa, Patoranking others lead as Channel O Africa Music Video Awards 2014 unveils nominees

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Africa's leading urban music channel, Channel O, has announced the nominees for the 2014 Channel O Africa Music Video Awards.

Spread across 14 categories, this year’s Channel O Africa Music Video Awards nominees, according to a press statement sent to SHOWBIZPLUSng, are a showcase of Original African music from all corners of the continent – befitting to the dashing 17 year old music channel that has and continues to consistently be a pioneer for Africa’s musicians and music. 

“The quality of music videos we have seen over the past few years is testament to the way music videos are playing an increasingly important role in the promotion of African music. It is refreshing to see newcomers nominated with industry veterans in this year’s nominees list and it proves that there is no barrier to making an impact on the music scene. The music and videos produced on our African soil is of the same, if not even better, quality as that of those produced internationally and most of our nominees are no stranger to performing on global stages,” says Channel O Africa Manager Leslie Kasumba.

The Channel O Africa Music Video Awardsare the only public voted annual music video awards show broadcast around the continent that exclusively feature African artists and now in their 11^th year, 2014 will see the awards taking place on Saturday, 29 November at Nasrec Expo Centre in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Leading with the most nominees this year is South African and new kid on these Hip Hop streets Cassper Nyovest; K.O and Nigeria’s Davido with five nominations each. Nyovest flexes his musical prowess with his nominations for Most Gifted Male Video, Most Gifted Newcomer Video,the ever controversial Most Gifted Hip Hop Video, Most Gifted Southern Video as well as the prestigious Most Gifted Video of the Year categories for “Doc Shebeleza”. Davido represents West Africa with his impressive nominations for the track “Aye” which dominated in four categories Most Gifted Male Video, Most Gifted Afro Pop Video, Most Gifted West Video and Most Gifted Video of the Year, while “Skelewu” earned him a comfortable spot in the Most Gifted Dance Video category. K.O, the man behind one of the most popular tracks that’s blazing radio and television stations alike at the moment, “Caracara”, makes his Channel O Africa Music Video Awards nominee debut as a solo artist in the categories Most Gifted Male Video, Most Gifted Duo, Group or Featuring Video, Most Gifted Hip Hop Video, Most Gifted Southern Video and Most Gifted Video of the Year. 

Voting takes place across a wide range of digital platforms: via the website and mobile site - voting on the website and on the mobile site [www.channelo.tv] is free and you are allowed to vote up to 100 times on both platforms respectively; via WeChat - voting on WeChat is free. To vote using WeChat on your mobile, go to the app store on your phone, download the WeChat app, create your profile, then search for Channelotv and add the account. You can vote up to 100 times! For terms and conditions and more information, log on to www.channelo.tv. Voting closes on 23 November at midnight.

Will these nominations equal wins? Only YOU the voting public can decide! For more information you can also log onto www.dstv.com

Here is the full list of nominees:

MOST GIFTED MALE
ARTIST	TITLE
CASSPER NYOVEST	DOC SHEBELEZA
DAVIDO	AYE
RIKY RICK FT OKMALUMKOOLKAT	AMANTOMBAZANE
K.O. FT KID X	CARACARA
SARKODIE	ILLUMINATI
MOST GIFTED FEMALE
ARTIST	TITLE
THEMBI SEETE	THUNTSHA LEROLE
BUCIE FT HEAVY K	EASY TO LOVE
LIZHA JAMES FT UHURU	QUEM TI MANDOU
TIWA SAVAGE FT DON JAZZY	EMINADO
SEYI SHAY	IRAWO
MOST GIFTED NEWCOMER
ARTIST	TITLE
DREAM TEAM FT TAMARSHA, AKA & BIG NUZ	TSEKEDE
CASSPER NYOVEST	DOC SHEBELEZA
EMMY GEE FT AB CRAZY & DJ DIMPLEZ	RANDS AND NAIRAS
DIAMOND	NUMBER ONE
PATORANKING	GIRLIE O (REMIX)
MOST GIFTED DUO, GROUP OR FEATURING
ARTIST	TITLE
UHURU FT OSKIDO & PROFESSOR	Y-TJUKUTJA
DJ CLOCK FT BEATENBERG	PLUTO (I REMEMBER)
R2BEES FT WIZKID	SLOW DOWN
K.O. FT KID X	CARACARA
KCEE FT WIZKID	PULL OVER
MOST GIFTED DANCE
ARTIST	TITLE
UHURU FT OSKIDO & PROFESSOR	Y-TJUKUTJA
DAVIDO	SKELEWU
DJ CLOCK FT BEATENBERG	PLUTO (I REMEMBER)
P SQUARE	PERSONALLY
BUSISWA FT VARIOUS	NGOKU
MOST GIFTED RAGGA DANCEHALL
ARTIST	TITLE
BUFFALO SOULJAH	BASAWINE
OREZI	RIHANNA
JESSE JAGGZ FEAT WIZKID	BAD GIRL
PATORANKING	GIRLIE O (REMIX)
SHATTA WALE	EVERYDOBY LIKES MY TING
MOST GIFTED AFRO POP
ARTIST	TITLE
DAVIDO	AYE
MAFIKIZOLO FT MAY D	HAPPINESS
DIAMOND	NUMBER ONE
FLAVOUR	ADA ADA
IYANYA	JOMBOLO
MOST GIFTED KWAITO
ARTIST	TITLE
UHURU FT OSKIDO & PROFESSOR	Y-TJUKUTJA
CHARACTER FT MONO T & OSKIDO	INXEBA LENDODA
BIG NUZ FT KHAYA MTHETHWA	INCWADI YOTHANDO
DJ VETKUK VS MAHOOTA	KHABA LENJA
DJ CNDO	YAMNANDI INTO
MOST GIFTED R&B
ARTIST	TITLE
2FACE FT T PAIN	RAINBOW
JIMMY NEVIS FT KWESTA	BALLOON
GB COLLECTIVE FT BRIAN TEMBA & REASON	CHOCOLATE VANILLA
DONALD	CRAZY BUT AMAZING
NIYOLA	TOH BAD
MOST GIFTED HIP HOP
ARTIST	TITLE
CASSPER NYOVEST	DOC SHEBELEZA
KHULI CHANA FT DA L.E.S & MAGESH	HAPE LE HAPE 2.1
PHYNO	ALOBAM
K.O. FT KID X	CARACARA
AKA	CONGRATULATE
MOST GIFTED SOUTHERN
ARTIST	TITLE
DJ CLOCK FT BEATENBERG	PLUTO (I REMEMBER)
CASSPER NYOVEST	DOC SHEBELEZA
AKA	CONGRATULATE
ZEUS	PSYCH
K.O. FT KID X	CARACARA
MOST GIFTED WEST
ARTIST	TITLE
R2BEES FT WIZKID	SLOW DOWN
DAVIDO	AYE
BURNA BOY FT D'BANJ	WON DA MO
OLAMIDE	TURN UP
DR SID FT DON JAZZY	SURULERE
MOST GIFTED EAST
ARTIST	TITLE
SAUTI SOL	NSHIKE
DIAMOND	NUMBER ONE
NAVIO	NO HOLDING BACK
EDDY KENZO	SITYA LOSS
ELANI	KOOKOO
MOST GIFTED VIDEO OF THE YEAR
ARTIST	TITLE
EMMY GEE FT AB CRAZY & DJ DIMPLEZ	RANDS AND NAIRAS
DAVIDO	AYE
K.O. FT KID X	CARACARA
BURNA BOY	RUN MY RACE
TIWA SAVAGE FT DON JAZZY	EMINADO
DR SID FT DON JAZZY	SURULERE
RIKY RICK FT OKMALUMKOOLKAT	AMANTOMBAZANE
CASSPER NYOVEST	DOC SHEBELEZA
SARKODIE	ILLUMINATI
DJ CLOCK FT BEATENBERG	PLUTO (I REMEMBER)
AKA	CONGRATULATE
DIAMOND	NUMBER ONE