Drake, Beyonce and Stormzy lead the nominations for the Urban Music Awards 2023. The prestigious occasion celebrating the favored style returns on February 28, 2023 on the Porchester Hall in London.
The above artists are all in competition for the coveted Best Album prize for Her Loss (with 21 Savage), Renaissance and This Is What I Mean respectively.
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Little Simz’ No Thank You, Knucks’ Alpha Place, Kojey Radical’s Reason to Smile, Chris Brown’s Breezy, DJ Khaled’s God Did, Cleo Sol’s Mother, and Dave’s We’re All Alone in This Together are additionally amongst these in competition for the award.
Artist of the Year (USA) will see Chris Brown, Beyonce, Lizzo, Drake, DJ Khaled, Cardi B, Coi Leray, GloRilla, Latto, 21 Savage, Megan Thee Stallion, Nicki Minaj, and Jack Harlow go head-to-head.
While within the UK, Central Cee, Mahalia, Knucks, Stormzy, Ms. Banks, A1 x J1, Cleo Sol and Jnr Choi are shortlisted.
The ceremony will air on VooVix TV, which has additionally introduced it’s re-launching its flagship actuality TV present, Britain’s Next Urban Superstar. Auditions happen in London on February 13, and the finalists shall be introduced on the UMA’s on February 28.
Founder and President of the UMA’s, Jordan Kensington, commented: “The UMA’s at it’s core has always been about mentoring, nurturing and assisting the next generation of artists as well as celebrating the present class of amazing breakthrough talent. 2023 marks 19 years of tenacity, hard work and perseverance. To see the aftermath of urban music becoming the new popular genre worldwide is a huge dream we had 19 years ago. We are both excited and pleased that hard work and consistency paid off.”
Voting for the nineteenth annual Urban Music Awards is now dwell till February 20 through the occasion’s official web site, the place a full checklist of the nominations might be discovered. Tune in on February 28 to catch all of the motion dwell on VooVix TV or e book your tickets through Eventbrite.
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