The much anticipated 2015 edition of All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), in collaboration with African Union Commission (AUC), went down last night at the prestigious Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The awards witnessed top celebrities across the continent and many of them traveled all the way to pick up their plaques.
Nigerian music stars and fans were a bit disappointed on the night as the likes of Davido, Wizkid, P-Square who got several nominations could not get any. Olamide who was expected to sweep the awards only got as Tanzanian star, Diamond Platnumz emerged as the star of the night scooping major categories.
Here is the list of last night’s winners:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Charlotte Dipanda – “Elle n’a pas vu”
BEST ARTIS IN AFRICA (RnB & Soul)
Praiz Adejo – Nigeria
BEST AFRICAN REGGAE, RAGGA & DANCEHALL
Stonebwoy – Ghana
BEST MALE ARTIST: INSPIRATIONAL CATEGORY
Darey – Nigeria
BEST FEMALE ARTIST: INSPIRATIONAL CATEGORY
Betty Akna- Equatorial Guinea
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Wiyaala – Ghana
BEST ARTIST IN AFRICAN POP
Vanessa Mdee – Tanzania
BEST ARTIST IN AFRICAN HIP HOP
Casper Nyovest – South Africa
BEST ARTIS IN AFRICAN ELECTRO
Flavour – Nigeria
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Sauti Sol and Cedric Kadenyi – Kenya
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR IN AFRICA
Joseph Chameleone – Uganda
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Diamond Platnumz
SONG OF THE YEAR
Diamond Platnumz – “Nasema Nawe”, featuring Khadijo Kopa
REVELATION OF THE YEAR IN AFRICA
Adekunle Gold – Nigeria
MOST PROMISING ARTIST IN AFRICA
Kiss Daniel – Nigeria
BEST ARTIST IN AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY
Charlotte Dipanda
BEST ARTIST IN AFRICAN JAZZ
Kunle Ayo – Nigeria
BEST MALE ARTIST IN WESTERN AFRICA
Olamide – Nigeria
BEST FEMALE ARTIST IN WESTERN AFRICA
Yemi Alade – Nigeria
BEST ARTIST IN AFRICAN ROCK
M’vula – Kenya
BEST AFRICAN GROUP
Sauti Sol- Kenya
BEST AFRICAN COLLABORATION
AKA(South Africa) and Burna Boy(Nigeria)
BEST FEMALE ARTIST IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Busiswa Ngoku- South Africa
BEST MALE ARTIST IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Casper Nyovest- South Africa
BEST FEMALE ARTIST IN NORTHERN AFRICA
Manal- Morocco
BEST MALE ARTIST IN NORTHERN AFRICA
Ahmed Soultan- Morocco
BEST FEMALE ARTIST IN EASTERN AFRICA
Tsedenia Gebremarkos- Ethiopia
BEST MALE ARTIST IN EASTERN AFRICA
Diamond Platnumz- Tanzania
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