Banky W Heads List of Nominees for 2010 SoundCity Music Video Awards

Banky W is having the best 24 hours any singer could ever ask for; a few hours after he was announced as one of the nominees for a MOBO Award in the Best African Act category, the EME singer is back in the news again as he  leads the pack of of nominees for this year’s SoundCity Music Video Awards with 7 nominations in total. P Square comes second  with 5 nods while Mozambique’s Dama Do Bling, D.R Congo’s Fally Ipupa and Nigeria’s Wande Coal and 2Face Idibia earn 4 nominations each in what appears to be a well-balanced list of nominees. There’s also space for 4 posthumous nominations for Dagrin, who seems to be getting the recognition he deserves, albeit a little too late.

This is the 3rd edition of the SMVAs which were started by Consolidated Media Associated Ltd (creators of Sound City Music channel) in 2008 to celebrate and reward outstanding music video production in Nigeria. In this edition however, the organisers are intent on raising the show’s profile up a notch by not only celebrating urban music video production in Nigeria alone, but from around the continent as well.
The SMVAs have 20 categories up for contention and an extra one for Hip Hop Legend Honors to be announced by the panel of judges. 18 of the categories are non-voting but two categories of the SMVAs are decided by the voting public; the Best Video and Viewer’s Choice.
The 2010 SMVA will take place at the Expo Hall of the Eko Hotel, Lagos on the 1st October, 2010 (**event has been postponed to 20th November, 2010). Other notable nominees include Ghana’s Sarkodie, South Africa’s JR and Nigeria’s Djinee.
LIST OF NOMINEES
Best Male Video
1. Lay Away – Sarkodie (Ghana)
2. Implication –  2face Idibia (Nigeria)
3. Continua Assim –  Don Kikas (Angola)
4. Strong Ting – Banky W (Nigeria)
5. Zambesi – Tinashe (Zimbabwe)
6. Pon Pon Pon – Dagrin (Nigeria)

Best Female Video
1. Without You – Airis (Nigeria)
2. Estilo Xakhale-  Lizha James (Mozambique)
3. Donʼt Leave Me –  Ibiyemi (Nigeria)
4. You Know It – Goldie (Nigeria)
5. Moza Girl – Dama Do Bling (Mozambique)
6. Fire Music – Becca (Ghana)

Best Choreography
1. Who Born The Maga – Wande Coal (Nigeria)
2. Sexy Dance – Fally Ipupa (D.R.Congo)
3. Strong Ting – Banky W (Nigeria)
4. Moza Girl – Dama Do Bling (Mozambique)
5. Ready To Go –  Styl Plus (Nigeria)
6. You Got Me Like Curtiz Namibia

Best Special Effects
1. Catch Fire – Zaaki Azzay (Nigeria)
2. Party Time – Jozi (South Africa)
3. Fairy Tale – Liquid Deep (South Africa)
4. Overkilling – Djinee (Nigeria)
5. Show Dem – JR (South Africa)
6. Ginger Your Swagger – KC Presh (Nigeria)

Best Editing
1. Owo Ati Swagger (Rmx) – Cartiair (Nigeria)
2. Sexy Dance – Fally Ipupa (D.R.Congo)
3. Danger – PSquare (Nigeria)
4. Lagos Party – Banky W (Nigeria)
5. Mhlobo Wami – Teargas (South Africa)
6. Moza Girl – Dama Do Bling (Mozambique)

Best Duo Or Group Video
1. Tell Me Nothing – Show Dem Camp (Nigeria)
2. We Run The City – Deep Level (South Africa)
3. Danger – PSquare (Nigeria)
4. I Think I Like Am – V.I.P (Ghana)
5. Mhlobo Wami – Teargas (South Africa)
6. Ready To Go – Styl Plus (Nigeria)
Best Cinematography
1. Fire Is Low – Freshlyground (South Africa)
2. Favourite – Stella Mwangi (Kenya)
3. Strong Ting – Banky W (Nigeria)
4. E No Easy – P Square (Nigeria)
5. Mhlobo Wami – Teargas (South Africa)
6. Zambesi – Tinashe (Zimbabwe)

Best Hip Hop Video
1. Pon Pon Pon – Dagrin (Nigeria)
2. Tell Me Nothing – Show Dem Camp (Nigeria)
3. Lay Away – Sarkodie (Ghana)
4. Put It Down – Sasha (Nigeria)
5. Moto – Taygrin (Malawi)
6. Wild Life – Jozi (South Africa)

Best R & B Video
1. Let You Know – Darey Art Alade (Nigeria)
2. Be Happy – Yvonne (Kenya)
3. Strong Ting – Banky W (Nigeria)
4. DonʼT Leave Me Ibiyemi (Nigeria)
5. Addicted – Urban Reign (South Africa)
6. Fine Fine Lady – Mike Anyasodo (Nigeria)

10. Best Pop Video
1. Nzewuwo – Toniks (Uganda)
2. Overkilling – Djinee (Nigeria)
3. Love Zone – Jon Germain (Ghana)
4. Implication – 2face Idibia (Nigeria)
5. Sweet Mistake – Samini (Ghana)
6. Today Na Today Omawumi (Nigeria)




11. Best Collaboration In A Music Video
1. We Are Africans (Africa Rmx) – JJC ft. (Femi Kuti, Kel, Eldee, Ay.Com, Mo Money, Ragga Remi) Nigeria
2. Somebody – DʼBlack (ft. Kwabena) Ghana
3. Sample (Rmx) – Terry Da Rapman (ft. Stereoman, Pherowshuz) Nigeria
4. Lay Away – Sarkodie (ft. Sway & Jayso) Ghana
5. Owo Ati Swagger – Cartiar (ft. Dagrin, Terry Tha Rapman) Nigeria
6. Wonberi – Knighthouse (ft.Sauce Kid) Nigeria

12. Discovery Of The Year
1. If You Want Me – Moʼ Chedda (Nigeria)
2. Fairy Tale – Liquid Deep (South Africa)
3. Gbon Gbon Gbon – Jaywon (Nigeria)
4. Fine Fine Lady – Mike Anyasodo (Nigeria)
5. Show Dem – JR (South Africa)
6. Pump It Up – Jesse Jaggz (Nigeria)

13. Best Video (Voting)
1. Moza Girl – Dama Do Bling (Mozambique)
2. Strong Ting – Banky W (Nigeria)
3. Danger – PSquare (Nigeria)
4. Fire Is Low – Freshlyground (South Africa)
5. Overkilling – Djinee (Nigeria)
6. Zambesi – Tinashe (Zimbabwe)

14. Viewers Choice (Voting)
1. Pon Pon Pon – Dagrin (Nigeria)
2. Lagos Party – Banky W (Nigeria)
3. Party 101 – Tear Gas (South Africa)
4. Safe – M.I (Nigeria)
5. You Bad – Wande Coal (Nigeria)
6. Ezandlha Phezulu – Buffalo Souljah (Zimbabwe)

15. Hit Producer Of The Year (As Used In A Music Video)
1. Safe – M.I (Nigeria)
2. Show Dem – JR (South Africa)
3. Implication – Jay Sleek / 2face Idibia (Nigeria)
4. Pon Pon Pon – Sossick / Dagrin (Nigeria)
5. Sexy Dance – Fally Ipupa (DR Congo)
6. Bumper 2 Bumper – Don Jazzy / Wande Coal Nigeria

16. Best Western
1. Adiouza – Senegal
2. P Square – Nigeria
3. Samini – Ghana
4. 2face Idibia – Nigeria
5. Emmerson – Sierra Leone
6. Wande Coal – Nigeria



17. Best Eastern
1. Wahu – Kenya
2. Wyre – Kenya
3. Amani – Kenya
4. Marlaw – Tanzania
5. XOD – Uganda
6. Nameless – Kenya

18. Best Southern
1. Pro – South Africa
2. DJ Cleo – South Africa
3. Black Coffee – South Africa
4. The Dogg – Namibia
5. Lizha James – Mozambique
6. Proverb – South Africa

19. Best Central
1. Fally Ipupa (DR Congo)
2. Nadege Mbadou (Gabon)
3. Barbara Kanam (DR Congo)
4. Jumo Selesao (DR Congo)
5. Nadege Mbadou (Gabon)
6. Awilo Longomba (DR Congo)
20. Soundcity Fresh Video
1. Mr. Endowed – DʼBanj (Nigeria)
2. Believe – D-Black (Ghana)
3. Critical – Ikechukwu (Nigeria)
4. Nhi Ngugu Haladza – Tania Tome (Mozambique)
5. Mali – Debout Mokobe (Mali)
6. Beautiful Music-  Rotimi (Nigeria)

21. Hip Hop Legend Honors (TBA)

Source: http://www.thenetng.com/2010/09/10/banky-w-heads-list-of-nominees-for-2010-soundcity-music-video-awards/