Nigerian musicians dominated the 9th All Africa Music Awards AFRIMA, held in Lagos on Sunday night, winning several major awards.
Rema was the biggest winner of the night. He won three awards:
Artiste of the Year
Best Male Artiste in Western Africa
Best African Artiste in RnB and Soul
Burna Boy also had a strong showing. He won Album of the Year for No Sign of Weakness. He also won Best African Collaboration with Shallipopi for the song Laho.
Shallipopi went on to win Song of the Year for the same track.
Yemi Alade won Best Soundtrack in a Movie, Series or Documentary for her song You Are, which was featured in the animated series Iyanu.
Phyno won Best African Artiste in African Hip-Hop, while Tanzania’s Juma Jux won Best Male Artiste in Eastern Africa.
Among new stars, Qing Madi was named Most Promising Artiste of the Year, while Chella won African Fans’ Favourite.
Below is the full list of winners.
REGIONAL CATEGORIES
Best Male Artiste – Central Africa
Winner: Singuila (The Congo)
Best Female Artiste – Central Africa
Winner: Cindy Le Coeur (DRC)
Best Male Artiste – Eastern Africa
Winner: Jux (Tanzania)
Best Female Artiste – Eastern Africa
Winner: Denise (Madagascar)
Best Male Artiste – Northern Africa
Winner: Adviser (Mauritania)
Best Female Artiste – Northern Africa
Winner: Sherine (Egypt)
Best Male Artiste – Southern Africa
Winner: Yo Maps (Zambia)
Best Female Artiste – Southern Africa
Winner: Nontokozo Mkhize (South Africa)
Best Male Artiste – Western Africa
Winner: Rema (Nigeria)
Best Female Artiste – Western Africa
Winner: Wendy Shay (Ghana)
CONTINENTAL CATEGORIES
Best Male Artiste – African Inspirational Music
Winner: Milo (Côte d’Ivoire)
Best Female Artiste – African Inspirational Music
Winner: Morijah (Côte d’Ivoire)
Best African Artiste, Duo or Group – African Jazz
Winner: Haddinqo (Ethiopia)
Best Artiste, Duo or Group – African Contemporary
Winner: Axel Merryl (Benin)
Best Soundtrack – Movie, Series or Documentary
Winner: You Are – Yemi Alade (Nigeria)
Songwriter of the Year
Winner: Bakhaw Dioum – Choix (Senegal)
African Fans’ Favourite
Winner: Chella (Nigeria)
Best African DJ
Winner: DJ Moh Green (Algeria)
Producer of the Year
Winners: Element Eleéh & Mugisha Fred Robinson (Rwanda)
Album of the Year
Winner: No Sign of Weakness – Burna Boy (Nigeria)
Best African Video of the Year
Winner: Ova – Mbosso (Tanzania)
Song of the Year
Winner: Laho – Shallipopi (Nigeria)
Best African Dance or Choreography
Winner: Weeha – Dimama (Ethiopia)
Best African Act – Reggae, Ragga and Dancehall
Winner: Takana Zion (Guinea)
Best African Collaboration
Winner: Shallipopi ft Burna Boy – Laho (Nigeria)
Most Promising Artiste of the Year
Winner: Qing Madi (Nigeria)
Artiste of the Year
Winner: Rema (Nigeria)
Breakout Artiste of the Year
Winner: Ciza (South Africa)
Best African Lyricist Rapper
Winner: Didi B (Côte d’Ivoire)
Best African Artiste, Duo or Group – African Hip-Hop
Winner: Phyno (Nigeria)
Best African Artiste, Duo or Group – RnB and Soul
Winner: Rema (Nigeria)
Best African Duo, Group or Band
Winner: Team Paiya (Côte d’Ivoire)
