Thread: Talking about music in Namibia

Forgive me for being so ignorant, Magcutey - but who are the contenders? Do you know?

According to the Marketing Consultant of the Sanlam-NBC Music Award Committee, Angrid van Rensburg, the awards introduced six nominees in categories which received more than 20 entries while those categories that had less than 20 entries will remain with a maximum of four as in the past.

Nominees in the Best Hgaisa/Damara punch:

• Slow
• Stanley
• Timon Uirab
• Pule Benson

Nominees in the Best Oviritje category:

• Okazera
• Ongoro nomundu
• Ovikango
• Kappa

Nominees in the Best Shambo category:

• Susanna Haimbala
• Heita Philipus
• Kamasutra
• Tunakie.

Nominees in the Best Kwikwu/Kwasa category:

• Stanley
• Lady May
• Tate Buti
• Sunny Boy.

Nominees in the Best Dancehall or Ragga category:

• Kamasutra
• Castro
• D-Naff
• Gazza

Nominees in the Best Kwaito category:

• Sunny Boy
• Kamasutra
• Matongo Family
• Gazza

Nominees in the Best R’n B male category:

• Berthold
• Afro Shine
• Black Shade
• Mr Broke.

Nominees in the Best Single category:

• The Dogg
• Allen Jonathan
• Castro
• Berthold

Nominees in the Best House category:

• DJ Khoz
• Lydia
• DJ Kalu
• Phantom

Nominees in the best Best Afro Pop:

• Allen Jonathan
• Big Ben
• Lady May
• Stanley
• Stella
• Killa B.

The nominees for the Best Collaboration category:

• Axue
• DJ Kboz
• Matongo Family
• Stanley
• Sunny Boy
• WMP.

The nominees for the Best Hip-Hop/Rap:

• Sunny Boy
• Dice
• Hoeke Dollo
• Shikololo
• Saint
• Milk.

In the category for the Best Video, the nominees are:

• Ees
• PDK
• Killa B
• Sunny Boy
• Gazza
• Rizz

While in the category of the Best Gospel:

• Sunny Boy
• Philippine
• Big Ben
• Master T
• Phantom
• Rusilla Aussys

The nominees for the Best Reggae category:

• Afro Shine
• M N Johnson
• Steve Hanana.

The nominees for the Artist of the Year:

• Gazza
• The Dogg
• Stanley
• Tate Buti
• Sunny Boy
• Mantongo Family
• Big Ben
• Killa B
• Lady May
• D-Naff.

New categories were introduced such as House and Dancehall/Ragga.

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Peter Joseph Auxchab
• Artist of the Year 2007: The Dogg
• Best-selling Artist: Stanley
• Best Music Video: Gazza: "Mokasie"
• Best Single: The Dogg: "Can you feel it"
• Best Newcomer: PDK
• Best House: Lydia Heelu: "My only hope"
• Best Reggae: MN Johnson: "African people against AIDS"
• Best Kwaito: Gazza: "Piki Piki"
• Best R+B Male: MR Broker: "My Baby"
• Best Hip-Hop/Rap: Dice: "Knock it Out"
• Best Afro Pop: Stanley: "/Ni ha /Name ta #gao tama"
• Best Collaboration: Stanley featuring Charroh: "Ti /Khabi Tamas"
• Best Dancehall/Ragga: Gazza: "New Style"
• Best Gospel: Rusilla Aussy Goagoses: "We Praise Your Name"
• Best Shambo: Tunakie : "Eendunge"
• Best Ma#gaisa / Damara Punch: Stanley: "Chesta"
• Best Oviritje: Ongoro NO Mundu: "Onderera"
• Best Kwiku / Soukous / Kwasa: Tate Buti: "Osuuka"

Sanlam was always ready to explain to the public the formost criteria for winning the award was highest total sales, which was clearly achieved by Stanley, including having a resounding fan base(who doesn't listen to his funky tunes?), but they seem to have forgotten this time around and even bypassed Gazza, who has done more overall as an artist and awarded Dog, who has only 1 niglegible song for 2007, beats me really

juikk and others,


From the organisors, Sanlam by way of Manfred Herunga:

Good Morning Peter, the Sanlam NBC Music Awards (2009) for this year has not as yet been launched but is due to be launched on this coming Friday (14 August 2009) , so there are no Finalists available as yet. This will be made available only at least 3 week after the launch.

The entry form is available from Manfredt at : Manfred.Herunga@sanlam.com.na

Hope this helps.......

The Sanlam/Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) Music Awards 2009 were launched here on Friday.

Acting Director-General (DG) of the NBC Mathew //Gowaseb said in a speech read on his behalf by NBC Corporate Communications Manager Cecil Nguvauva that the music industry has made a footprint, and continues to grow from year to year, with many artists that have excelled in their music careers.

“The Sanlam/NBC Music Awards has provided that platform to further develop that same footprint,” he added.
Gowaseb said seven years back, not as many music/night clubs would play local music, and not many radio stations would promote local artists.

“Today, our local radio stations now have “countdowns” of Namibian artists (and their songs). Namibians are now playing local albums in their cars, and corporate companies now associate local artists with their image. This is evidence that the industry is a market that is an investment,” said //Gowaseb.

He stressed that the objectives of the Sanlam/NBC Music Awards include encouraging, rewarding and recognizing Namibian music artists for producing creative and entertaining music, and creating a platform for established and up-and-coming musicians to perform to a wider audience.

Other objectives include encouraging and motivating the general Namibian public to appreciate Namibian music and musicians, and to bring about entertainment for the audiences and viewers at home.

Also speaking at the event, Marketing and Communications Consultant at Sanlam Namibia Angrid Shimuafeni said four categories have been added to this year's awards.

These are Best Jazz, Best Kizomba, Best Township Disco and Best Song-writer.

Shimuafeni noted that changes were also made to the Song of the Year category, saying each local radio station will choose their five best songs, after which the judges will make a selection of the top five Only then can the public vote in the category through short message services (SMSs).

“Members of the public can only vote once for a particular song,” she stressed, adding that a panel of judges will decide the Artist of the Year.

According to Shimuafeni, changes were also made to the panel of judges, saying local experts in various music genres will make up the judging panel.

She, therefore, called on all artists, existing and up-and-coming, to take part in the awards slated for 04 December at the National Theatre of Namibia.

Sanlam/NBC Music Awards 2009


Now is that time for all artists to take part in the Sanlam/NBC Music Awards 2009. You can collect your entry forms at all NBC/Sanlam head offices countrywide.

Closing date for registration is September 11th 2009

nbc

Well, It will beat me if other artists enter considering Sanlam has a selct few artists always walking with the price though they claimed the artist with the most sales takes the ultimate prize, and walla, last yr Stanley cracked it but award went to none other than... I rest my case.....

Other events on the music scence however seem to go very well on an annual basis, e.g. The Old Mutual Jazz festival!!! wow, what an innitiative hey, promotes music that is mostly not all noise, though I think Old mutual should appreciate local talent, not only through getting them on stage and paying them serious peanuts in comparison to the south african artis. Fair enough the argument would be that RSA artists are renowned/more famous than our own, but Namibian fraterny has the sole responsibility to help promote local talent,therefor should up the LOCAL ARTIST fees to something more substantial....

Else Swazi and Don rocked vegkop indeed