Call for nominations: SAMAs Lifetime and International Achievement Award

14 Apr 2021 - 11:10

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The Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA) is calling on the public to nominate their favourite artists for the Lifetime and International Achievement Award ahead of the 27th edition of the South African Music Awards (SAMAs) in June.

Yvonne Chaka Chaka is a previous Lifetime Achievement Award winner.

According to the organisers, the nominees will go through a final selection process by RiSA’s executive committee.

“It’s important to note that none of the previous Lifetime and International Achievement Award winners may be entered or nominated again,” RiSA said.

The submission deadline is 19 April and all entries must be submitted to info@samusicawards.co.za or felicia@samusicawards.co.za.

Criteria

This award will be presented to a recording artist.
The recipients will be decided by the members of the RiSA executive committee.
The nominees should have released physical and/or digital recordings in a territory outside of southern Africa between 1 February 2020 and 31 January 2021.
Nominees should also have performed abroad in the same period and preferably achieved recognition by way of a music industry-related award or nomination for an award. Furthermore, the nominees should have achieved a prolific media profile relative to the three other criteria mentioned above, those being release of recordings, performance and awards.
Each nomination should be accompanied by a motivational letter. The letter should summarise the international achievements of the artist in question by referring to the artist’s achievements abroad, relative to sales, performances (touring), awards and media profile. This letter is the most important tool for informing the RiSA executive committee’s decision on which nominees to select as recipients of the award. The letter should therefore be drafted with that purpose in mind.
The nominees may be required to prove the claims made in the motivational letter. It is therefore recommended that documents proving the achievements stated in the letter be presented simultaneously with it. To that end, the nominator should consider providing verifiable sales reports, written confirmation of venues and frequency of performance from promoters, certification of awards and samples of media exposure (press clippings, web articles etc.).
The nominees should ideally have a minimum of 20 years’ experience in the music industry.
The nominee must have contributed significantly throughout his or her career to the development, upliftment and advancement of the South African music industry.

Below is the list of previous SAMAs Lifetime and International Achievement Award winners: