The 5th Annual Kickers Urban Music Awards was launched today.
The music awards ceremony will be held on the 3rd of November 2007 in London and will be attended by more than 1,200 Artist, DJs, producers, promoters, record labels executives, celebrities from the world of music, radio, TV, sports and urban music fans from across the country.
Muteya Buena, Lemar, Jamelia, Just Jack and 2003 UMA winner Dizzee Rascal all grab tripple nominations this year. The Urban Music Awards was born out of the need to build a worldwide and independent awards ceremony to recognize the achievement of 100% British based artists, producers, club nights, dj’s , radio stations, record labels and artist within British urban music scene. Ex- Sugarbabes star Mutya Buena, Lemar, Dizzee Rascal and Just Jack captures the spotlight this year, each with nominations for ‘Most Inspiring Act sponsored by Kickers’, the Best R&B act and Best Album.
At the launch at Cargo on the 1st of Oct. It was announced that UB40 will be recipient of the official Lifetime Achievement Award whilst the award winning Gabrielle will be collecting the award for Outstanding Achievement.
Voting kicks off now @ www.kickersuma.co.uk
Here are the 2007 nominees for the Kickers Urban Music Awards UK:
Best Reggae Act
Movado
Gappy Ranks
Elephant Man
Collie Buddz
Sean Paul
Kevin Lyttle
Best Underground DJ
The Mixologists
DJ Shedevil
Poser
Frisky
Scottie B
Cameo
Best Radio Station sponsored by Redmango
BBC 1Xtra
Choice fm
Radio 1
Kiss fm
Colourful Radio
Galaxy fm
Best Jazz Act
Dennis Rollins
Soweto Kinch
Courtney Pine
Jamie Cullum
Norah Jones
Best Club Night sponsored by Kickers
Get Down
Play
Sintillate
Innovation
Twice as Nice
Best Neo Soul Act
Hill St. Soul
Corrinne Bailey Rae
Joss Stone
Tasha’s World
Nate James
Best Garage Act
Lethal B
N-Dubz
Wiley
J.M.E
Kano
Best Drum & Bass DJ/Act
Bailey
Shy FX
Roni Size
Fabio & Grooverider
Best Gospel Act
Four Cornerz
Raymond & Co
Nu-Life
Siani
Best Independent Record Label
679 Recordings
BBE Records
Jet Star
Altered Ego (Pickwick)
Big Dadda Recordings
Best UK Radio DJ
MannyNorte (BBC 1Xtra)
Shortee Blitz (Kiss 100)
Jenny Francis (Choice Fm)
DJ 279 (Choice fm)
Tim Westwood (BBC 1Xtra/Radio 1)
Masterstepz (Choice fm)
Best Album 2007
Alesha Dixon ‘Lipstick’ (Polydor Records)
Lemar ‘Truth about Love’ (SonyBMG)
Dizzee Rascal ‘Maths & English (XL Records)
Lily Allen ‘Allright Still’ (EMI/Parlophone Records)
Just Jack ‘Overtones’
Nate James ‘Kingdom Falls’
Best TV Show 2007 sponsored by Imperial Dax
Music Cool (T4/Channel 4)
Pimp My Ride UK (MTV Base)
The Illout Show (Channel U)
The Lick (MTV Base)
Popworld (T4/Channel 4)
Best Newcomer 2007 sponsored by Foot Locker
Plan B
N-Dubz
Mr. Midas
Pyrelli
Tinchy Stryder
Natalie Williams
Best R&B Act 2007
Sadie Ama
Lemar
Jamelia
Mutya Buena
Nathan
Jay Sean
Best HipHop Act 2007
Plan B
Roots Manuva
Wiley
Sway
Blak Twang
Just Jack
Best Magazine
Touch Magazine
Blues & Soul
Young Voices
Vice
Pride
Flavor Magazine
Most Inspiring Act 2007 sponsored by Kickers
Sadie Ama
Mutya Buena
Dizzee Rascal
Cherry Blackstone
Jamelia
Kele le Roc
Best Website 2007
Myspace.com
Ukmusic.com
Urban-world.co.uk
Youtube.com
Promotion city.com
majorfm.com
Everyurbanthing.com
Best Crossover Chart Act Sponsored By Sonneti
Corrine Bailey Rae
Lily Allen
Mutya Buena
Mark Ronson
Just Jack
Raghav
Best Producer
Rishi Rich
Davinche
Mark Ronson
Sticky
Mike Skinner ‘The Beats’
Best Music Video sponsored by Kickers
Lemar ‘Someone should tell you’
Amy Winehouse ‘Rehab’
Dizzy Rascal ‘Sirens’
Natalie Williams ‘This Girl’
Jamelia ‘Something about you’
Best Entrepreneur 2007 sponsored by Kickers
Johnathan Shallit (Director, Shallit Global)
Mike Skinner (Director, The Beats)
Doug Cooper (Director, Ukmusic.com)
Tim Campbell (BBC1, Apprentice)
Terry Pullen (Director, the Play Room)
Vote live now @ www.kickersuma.co.uk
