Egypt: Here Are The Nominees For The MEAMAwards2017!

The 2nd annual Middle East Music Awards #MEAMAwards2017 has announced its nominees for this year. The #MEAMAwards event is said to be the biggest music Award ceremony in the Middle East.

This year’s nominees list shows Nigerian men dominating with the likes of Tekno, Olamide, Davido, Wizkid scoring more than one nomination each. Surprisingly, songstress Tiwa Savage is missing on the list. We also see Angola’s Cabo Snoop is back in the game and has scored a nomination, with Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz bagging 2 nominations.

Here are the nominees:

Most Promising Artist of The Year

• Vanessa Mdee (Tanzania)
• Niniola (Nigeria)
• Mayorkun (Nigeria)
• Wayna Wondwossen (Ethiopia)
• Shayfeen (Morocco)
• A.X (Nigeria)
• Koker (Nigeria)

Breakthrough Act Of The Year

• Dotman (Nigeria)
• Junior Boy (Nigeria)
• MZ Kiss (Nigeria)
• Demme Vee (Nigeria)
• Terry Apala (Nigeria)
• Airboy (Nigeria)

Indigenous Artist Of The Year

• Olamide (Nigeria)
• Saad Lamjarred (Morocco)
• Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)
• Sauti Sol (Kenya)
• Phyno (Nigeria)
• Pasuna (Nigeria)
• Cabo Snoop (Angola)

Male Artist Of The Year

• Runtown (Nigeria)
• Olamide (Nigeria)
• Alikiba (Tanzania)
• Wizkid (Nigeria)
• Eddy Kenzo (Uganda)
• Davido (Nigeria)
• Tekno (Nigeria)

Female Artist Of The Year

• Vanessa Mdee (Tanzania)
• Niniola (Nigeria)
• Victoria Kimani (Kenya)
• Yemi Alade (Nigeria)
• Zina Daoudia (Morocco)
• Wayna Wondwossen (Ethiopia)
• Seyi Shay (Nigeria)

DJ Of The Year

• DJ FunKey
• DJ Shiru (Uganda)
• DJ Neptune (Nigeria)
• DJ D-Ommy (Tanzania)
• DJ Feedo (Egypt)
• DJ Gavpop (Nigeria)
• DJ Kaywise (Nigeria)

Song Of The Year

• Eddy Kenzo – Shauri Yako (Uganda)
• Wizkid – Come Closer (Nigeria)
• Ycee – Juice (Nigeria)
• Davido – IF (Nigeria)
• Diamond Platnumz – Eneka (Tanzania)
• Mr Eazi – Leg Over (Nigeria)
• Tekno – Pana (Nigeria)
• Small Doctor – Penalty (Nigeria)
• Seyi Shay – Yolo (Nigeria)

The award ceremony will take place at the Cataract Pyramids Resorts, in Cairo Egypt on the 5th October 2017. Voting will open on the 18th September 2017. All voting will be done via www.meama.com

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