Black Coffee leads the SAMA 25 nominations

Award-winning producer and DJ Black Coffee is leading the leading the 25th annual South  African Music Awards nominations with a total of 5 nominations. These include Album of the Year, Male Artist of the Year and Best Dance Album of the year for his album Music is King. The star also scored a double nomination for Collaboration of the Year Award for his songs Wish You Were Here featuring Msaki and Drive featuring David Guetta & Delilah Montagu.

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Black Coffee is closely followed by Zonke and S’java who earned 4 nominations each. Both stars are in the running for Album of the year, with Zonke scoring Female Artist of the Year, Best Produced Album and Best R&B/Soul Album nods. S’java is up for Male Artist of the year, Best Engineer and Best Afro Pop Album.

Other notable nominations include Nakhane who earned two nominations; Male Artist of the Year and Best Alternative Album. And newcomer, Sho Madjozi who’s nominated for Female Artist of the Year, Best Gqom/Kwaito/Amapiano Album, Best Newcomer and Music Video of the year.

Black Coffee leads the SAMA 25 nominations. Here’s a look at the full list.

 

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??Everybody served HEAT this past year, but we are honoured to announce the following as our #SAMA25 Album of The Year Nominees!??

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Nishayile ladies! ? We are proud to announce these songbirds as our #SAMA25 Female Artist of the Year nominees! ✨

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Kuyafiwa with these guys??? Check out the heavy hitters in the music industry are going toe to toe on our #SAMA25 Male Artist of the Year nominee list! ?

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Thank you for mastering every track to perfection and having us moving to your rhythms! These are the #SAMA25 nominees for Best Engineer. ?

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??AYEYE, this list is filled with the best talent South Africa has to offer! Congratulations to all our #SAMA25 Nominees for killing the game.??

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Time stands still when you’re surrounded by the right melodies. ?Congratulations to these incredible artists for making it as our #SAMA25 Best Produced Album nominees?

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There’s nothing as powerful as music coming to life through video! ? That’s why we’re honoured to announce these groundbreakers as #SAMA25 Music Video of the Year nominees! ✨

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When you come together and be all about the music, all you can do is WIN. ?Congratulations to these artists on their #SAMA25 nomination for Collaboration of the Year! ✨

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To the #SAMA25 Best Live Audio Visual Recording nominees, thanks for making us feel like we are right there with you in the crowd! ?

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Nothing short of phenomenal! ?Congratulations to our #SAMA25 Best Afro Pop nominees! We see you shining?

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A huge shoutout to these jazz legends in the making for coming out on top in our #SAMA25 Best Jazz Album nominees list! ?

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2018 was a year that kept on giving us the best music Africa has to offer. ? Competition was tight, but these are the stars of our #SAMA25 Rest Of Africa Artist nominees list ?

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?Siyalilizela for our #SAMA25 Best Maskandi Album nominees! Congratulations! ?

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To our #SAMA25 Best Traditional Album nominees, we thank you for giving us melodies that keep taking us back to our roots! ?

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Congratulations to these #SAMA25 Best African Indigenous Faith Album nominees for bringing the melodies of faith to us like we’ve never seen before! ?

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These artists had our voices going higher and higher to the Most High! Praises to the #SAMA25 Best Traditional Faith Music Album nominees!

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Nis’jaivisa kuze kuse! Siyabonga and cheers to our #SAMA25 Best Dance Album nominees!

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Hibiiiriii! We searched nationwide and found the best in the game! Congratulations to these artists for killing every note and making it to our Best Kwaito/ Gqom/ Amapiano nominees list!?

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We congratulate all the artists who have brought us timeless soul and made it to our #SAMA25 Best R&B/Soul Album nomination list! ?

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These nominees has all the artists who kept us raising our voices to the heavens! Congratulations to our #SAMA25 Contemporary Faith Music Album nominees?‍✨

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These #SAMA25 nominees had us feeling irie with their sounds! Congratulations on your Best Reggae Album nomination! ???

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Julle maak ons hart klop! And that’s why you’re a #SAMA25 Beste Kontemporere Musiek Album nominee! Congratulations! ??

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With nominees like these, who will win? Congratulations to our #SAMA25 Best African Adult Contemporary Album nominees???

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We applaud these game changers, bringing a different sound to our music industry! Congratulations to the #SAMA25 Best Alternative Album nominees! ✨

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We show love to those softly swept us off our feet! ? Kudos to our #SAMA25 Best Adult Contemporary Album nominees! ?

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We could never forget about the baddest in the game? These giants are reigning high and mighty in our #SAMA25 Best Hip-Hop Album Nomination list! ??

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To these fantastic artists who keep soaring the pop charts, a round of applause for making it to our #SAMA25 Best Pop Album nominees list!

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When these stars rock n roll, they mean business! No doubt worthy of a #SAMA25 Best Rock Album!

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Hey, jou lekker ding! ?Three cheers for these Afrikaans pop stars on their #SAMA25 Beste Pop Album nomination! ?

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