Sean Paul Wins “Best Reggae Act” at MOBO Award

Sunday, October 20, 2013

 

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amaican artiste Sean Paul emerged victorious at the UK's Music of Black Origin Awards (MOBOs) on the weekend after taking home the “Best Reggae Act” award.

The 18th MOBO Awards ceremony was held in Glasgow, Scotland and featured performances from acts including So Solid Crew, Tinie Tempah, Rudimental and Iggy Azalea.

Sean Paul beat out competitors Deejay Stylo G, a Jamaican singer based in London, Mavado, Tarrus Riley and Popcaan in the Best Reggae category.

 

This is the fifth win for Sean who won in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2012 respectively.

 

The full list of winners at the 2013 MOBO Awards, are as follows:

Best Newcomer: Krept and Konan

Best Male Act: Wiley

Best Female Act: Laura Mvula

Best Video: 'La La La' by Naughty Boy

Best UK Hip Hop/Grime: Tinie Tempah

Best Album: Home by Rudimental

Best R&B/Soul Act: Laura Mvula

Best Song: 'La La La' by Naughty Boy

Best International Act: Kendrick Lamar

Best African Act: Fuse ODG

Best Jazz Act: Sons Of Kemet

Best Gospel Act: Lurine Cato

Best Reggae Act: Sean Paul

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Caribbean Entertainers Nominated for UK MOBO Awards

Friday, September 21, 2012

The nominees for 17th annual MOBO Awards were recently announced and a host of Caribbean nominees made the short list. Founded in 1996, MOBO was established by Kanya King MBE to recognise the outstanding achievements of artists who perform music in genres ranging from gospel, Jazz, R & B, Soul, Reggae to Hip Hop.

Bajan popstar Rihanna and Trinidadian Rapper Nicki Minaj were both nominated in the same category for “Best International Act” , other members in that category includes; Azealia Banks, Beyoncé, Drake, Jay Z and Kanye West, Frank Ocean, Nas,Ne-Yo and Rick Ross. This category was won by Rihanna last year and is deemed at the favourite to win again.

For the “Best Reggae Act” the list includes:

Popcaan
Sean Paul
Konshens
Damian Marley
Mr. Vegas

In the Best Reggae Act” Gyptian was the last Caribbean winner to capped that award back in 2010. Last year's winner went to Alborosie, an Italian reggae artist. Sean Paul who is the favourite to win , won in 2002,2004, 2006 and 2009

This year's Music of Black Origin (Mobo) Awards will be held at Liverpool's Echo Arena on Saturday November 3^rd.

The full list of MOBO awards nominations 2012 is as follows:

Best Newcomer in association with HTC – vote now
Delilah
StooShe
Angel
Rudimental
Lianne La Havas
AlunaGeorge
Conor Maynard
Jessie Ware
Misha B
Rita Ora

Best UK Male – vote now
Labrinth
Ed Sheeran
Plan B
Professor Green
Wiley
Rizzle Kicks

Best UK Female in association with Tresor Paris – vote now
Emeli Sandé
Rita Ora
Jessie J
Jessie Ware
Rebecca Ferguson
Tulisa

Best Video – vote now
Emeli Sandé – My Kind Of Love
JLS – Do You Feel What I Feel
Plan B – Ill Manors
Rizzle Kicks – Mama Do The Hump
Rita Ora ft. Tinie Tempah – R.I.P.

Best Hip-Hop/Grime – vote now
Devlin
Plan B
Professor Green
Wiley
Wretch 32

Best Album – vote now
Ed Sheeran – +
Emeli Sandé – Our Version of Events
Labrinth – Electronic Earth
Plan B – Ill Manors
Rita Ora – Ora

Best R&B/Soul Act – vote now
Angel
Emeli Sandé
Labrinth
Maverick Sabre
Rebecca Ferguson

Best Song in Association with PRSforMusic – vote now
Ed Sheeran - Lego House
Emeli Sandé - Next To Me
Plan B - Ill Manors
Labrinth feat. Tinie Tempah - Earthquake
Michael Kiwanuka - I'll Get Along

Best International Act – vote now
Azealia Banks
Beyoncé
Drake
Jay Z and Kanye West
Frank Ocean
Nas
Nicki Minaj
Ne-Yo
Rick Ross
Rihanna

Best African Act – vote now
Fatoumata Diawara
P Square
The Very Best
Spoek Mathambo
D'Banj
Fally Ipupa
Sarkodi Duncwills
Cabo Snoop
Camp Mulla
Amadou and Mariam

Best Reggae Act – vote now
Popcaan
Sean Paul
Konshens
Damian Marley
Mr. Vegas

Best Jazz Act – vote now
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Femi Temowo
Zara Mcfarlane
Roller Trio
Zoe Rahman

Best Gospel Act – vote now
V9 Collective
Rachel Kerr
Ni-Cola
Ram1
El Mafrex

 

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