2017 Metro FM Awards nominees announced

Afro-soul songstress Amanda Black, 24, leads the pack with five nominations. Black’s 2016 album Amazulu earns her nominations in the Best Pop‚ Best Female Album‚ Best New Artist‚ Best R&B and Song of the Year categories.

Babes Wodumo and rapper Nasty C come in second place with four nominations each. Babes Wodumo will go against Black, Kelly Khumalo‚ Lebo Sekgobela and Brenda Mntambo in the Best Female Album category. Nasty C is up against Kwesta‚ Sjava‚ Mobi Dixon and A Reece in the Best Male Album category.

Nigeria’s Tekno and Botswana’s Vee Mampeezy are among nominees for the One Africa Award, Metro FM Awards’ only international category.

Following last year’s “Legends Don’t Stop, They Ask What’s Next,” this year’s theme is, “What’s Next Is All that Matters.”

Full list of nominees below:

African Pop Album

• Musa –  Mr Serious
•  Amanda Black –  Amazulu
•  Vusi Nova –  Naninina
•  Soul Kulture- Ngeliny'langa
•  Sjava - Isina Muva

Best Collaboration

• Ms Pru – ‘Ameni’
•  Bucie – ‘Rejoice’
•  DJ Speesta – ‘Mayo’
•  Kwesta –  ‘Mayibabo’

Compilation Album

• DJ Tokzen –  ‘Nnthi's Essential Selections 7’
• DJ Qness – ‘Essential Selections, DJ Fresh’
• DJ Fresh – ‘Fresh House Flava Vol 9’

Dance Album

• Babes Wodumo –  Gqom Queen Vol 1
• Dr Malinga –  Goodwill
• Mobi Dixon – Live The Music
• Mphumi – The Birth of Mpumi
• DJ Merlon – Original Copy

Female Album

• Amanda Black – Amazlu
• Babes Wodumo –  Gqom Queen Vol 1
• Kelly Khumalo – My Truth
•  Lebo Sekgobela – Restored
•  Brenda Mntambo – So Much Love

Group Album

• Jeziel Brothers – Out Of The Box
•  The Soil – Echoes of Kofifi
•  Soul Kulture – Ngeliny’langa
•  Durbans Finest – Reloaded
•  Encore – Encore

Best Hit Single

• City Lyts – 'Vura'
• Riky Rick – 'Sidlukotini'
• AKA – 'One Time'
• Ms Pru – 'Ameni'
• DJ Speedsta – 'Mayo'

Best Hip-Hop Song

• Kwesta – ‘Dakar’
• A Reece – ‘Paradise’
• Anatii – ‘Artifact’
• Nasty C – ‘Bad Hair Extension’
• DJ Slique – ‘Inayam Vol 1’

 Best Kwaito Single

• Mshoza – ‘Abantu Bam’
• L’Vovo – ‘Amatin Tin’
• Vetkoek & Mahoota – ‘Sohamba Ngo 7’
• Sosha – ‘Good Times’

 Best Male Album

• Nasty C – Bad Hair Extensions
• Kwesta – Dakar
• Sjava – Isina Muva
• Mobi Dixon –   Live The Music
• A Reece – Paradise

 Best Music Video

• Du Boiz – ‘Dope Dream’
• Benchmarq – ‘All On Me’
• Khuli Chana – ‘One Source’
• Mafikizolo – ‘Kucheza’
• Anatii – ‘Jump’

 Best New Artists

• Babes Wodumo – ‘Gqom Queen’
• Nasty C – ‘Bad Hair Extensions’
• Amanda Black  – ‘Amazulu’
• Sjava – ‘Isina Muva’
• Soul Kulture – ‘Ngeliny’langa'

Best Urban Gospel Album

• Dr Tumi – Love & Grace
• Lebo Sekgobela – Restored
• Joyous Celebration – Joyous Celebration 20
• We Will Worship – Mmuso
• Khaya Mthethwa – The Dawn

 Best Urban Jazz Album

• Jimmy Dludlu – In The Groove
• Brenda Mntambo – So Much More
• Thandiswa – Belede
• Hugh Masekela  – No Borders
• Henry Philemon – Man Of Defination

 Best RnB Single

• Amanda Black – ‘Separate’
• Floda – ‘Decapitate Me’
• Charlie Mindgames – ‘As Long As You’
• Zonke – ‘Funky Lovin’
• Joocy – ‘Thathinhliziyo’

 Best Remix

• DJ Ganyani – ‘Talk To Me’
• Prince Kaybee – ‘Don’t Give Up’
• Thee Legacy – ‘Wena Wedwa’ (Remix)
• Bob’ezy – ‘Close To You’
• Thee Legacy – ‘S’thandwa Sami Remix’

 One Africa Award

• Tekno – ‘Pana’ (Nigeria)
• Vee Mampeezy – ‘I Do’ (Botswana)
• Tiwa Savage –  ‘If I Start To Talk’ (Nigeria)
• Kommanda Obbs – ‘Ke Tauwa’ (Lesotho)
• Patoranking – ‘Kissing’ (Nigeria)

 Best Songs of The Year

• Babes Wodumo – ‘Wololo’
• Kwesta — 'Ngudu'
• Amanda Black — 'Amazulu'
• Dr Malinga — 'Akulaleki'
• Durban’s Finest ft Professor- 'Unsindo'
• King Monada — 'Ska Bhora Moreki'
• Lebo Sekhobela — 'Lion of Juda'
• Black Motion — 'Imali'