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BASS Awards Announces 2016 Nominees; Samini, Stonebwoy, Rocky Dawuni, Ras Kuuku In Running For Topmost Prize

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Organizers of the annual Bass Awards have announced nominees for various honours at the widely-anticipated event which comes off this month. Popular reggae/ dancehall acts Samini, Stonebwoy, Rocky Dawuni, Ras Kuuku, and Knit Lante are all in the running for the most coveted prize; The Kwame Nkrumah Award.

Other acts as Fancy Gadam, Ebony, MzVee, AK Songstess, and Epixode also secured nomination in various other categories.

This year’s selection committee consists  Empress Lomo of Radio Gold, King Lagazee of Hitz FM, Fiifi Selah of Pluzz FM and Nana Dubwise a producer at Pluzz FM and deejay. For this year, special efforts were made to expand he base of the scheme in order to meet rapid dynamism in the industry. According to the source, deejays, industry players and musicians have been engaged to enhance the process.
Instituted in 2013, the Bass Awards seeks to reward deserving musicians in the genres of reggae and dancehall. Samini, Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy, Ras Kuuku, Tsidi Fari, Dr Knii Lante and A.K Songstress have all won Bass Awards in the past.

See a full list of nominees below:

KWAME NKRUMAH AWARD (ARTISTE OF THE YEAR)

    KNII LANTE
    SAMINI
    STONEBWOY
    ROCKY DAWUNI
    RAS KUUKU



DANCEHALL SONG OF THE YEAR

    SHEGAH – DEM AH RUN
    STONEBWOY – GO HIGHER
    BLAK MEXXIAH – UNDER COVER LOVER
    EPIXODE – WE NUH CARE
    RUDEBWOY RANKING – BUSS AH LIGHTER
    JUPITAR Ft STONEBWOY – FIRE
    FANCY GADAM FT RASHID METAL – NAAYI KOOMI
    SAMINI FT BUSY SIGNAL – DROP THE GUNS



DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR

    BOB SHABANI
    FANCY GADAM
    KAMELYEON
    BASTERO
    BURNING MEZAYA
    EBONY
    SCATA BADA



FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

    AK SONGSTRESS – CAN YOU FEEL IT
    MZVEE – HOLD ME NOW
    TIFFANY – FORGIVE
    SHEGAH – SURVIVOR



MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

    KAMELYEON – JAH ALONE
    DE VOICE – IT’S SO CRAZY
    TSIDI FARI – FREE PAPAU
    KNII LANTE – BEAUTIFUL VIRGO
    LUTHER – AM GREATER
    JUPITAR Ft STONEBWOY – FIRE

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

    AB MUSIC – SO CRY
    BRAINY BEATS – DROP THE GUN
    GARZY – NEW STYLE
    BEATS DAKAY – GO HIGHER
    RIDDIM BOSS – LAVA QUEEN



BEST DANCEHALL VIDEO

    A.K SONGSTRESS – HOLIDAY
    RAS KUUKU Ft TINNY – GBANGBAN
    EBONY – DANCEFLOOR
    STONEBWOY – GO HIGHER
    FANCY GADAM FT RASHID METAL – YAAYI KOOMI
    TIFFANY – FORGIVE THEM
    MZVEE – HOLD ME NOW



BEST REGGAE VIDEO

    OGYA MENSAH – IT’S SO CRAZY
    LUTHER – AM GREATER
    SHEGAH – SURVIVOR
    RUDEBWOY RANKING – DON’T CRY
    NANA BROBBEY – GMO



BEST PERFORMER

    STONEBWOY
    SAMINI
    KNII LANTE
    RAS KUUKU
    FANCY GADAM



REGGAE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

    RAS KUUKU
    IWAN
    KNII LANTE
    ROCKY DAWUNI
    OSAGYEFO



DANCEHALL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

    STONEBWOY
    A.K SONGSTRESS
    JUPITAR
    RUDEBWOY RANKING
    FANCY GADAM
    SHEGAH



BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT

    PATORANKING
    CYNTHIA MORGAN
    NC DREAD
    ALPHA BLONDY





ALBULM OF THE YEAR

    ROCKY DAWUNI – BRANCHES OF SOME TREES
    STONEBWOY – NECESSARY EVIL
    SAMINI – BREAKING NEWS
    MZ VEE – VERIFIED

ALTERNATIVE REGGAE / DANCEHALL SONG

    DE SERVANT – OH GOD I LOVE YOU
    ANNETTE DANSO Ft BUJU STINGO
    MINISTER KOBY – SEARCHING
    SANDY BEE – MASE BI
    NII SOUL FT LARRY KINGDOM – WHERE’S THE LOVE



BEST REGGAE COLLABORATION

    ROCKY DAWUNI Ft SAMINI – BLACK STAR
    REDFYAH Ft JAH AMBER – SATURNALIA
    BLEND MISHKIN Ft REDFYAH – NEED YOU
    NANA BROBBEY Ft BLACK SANTINO – AFRICAN LIFE



BEST DANCEHALL COLLABORATION

    JUPITAR FT STONEBWOY – FIRE
    BRAINER FT LINGUA – YOU DO EVERYTHING
    EPIXODE FT SAMINI – LETS PARTY
    IWAN FT K.PATAN / RASKUUKU – TAKING OVER
    SAMINI FT BUSY SIGNAL – DROP THE GUNS
    STONEBWOY FT R2BEES – SHIKENA
    BURNING MEZAYA FT. RUDEBWOY – YUH SUMTHING



RIDDIM OF THE YEAR

    RIDDIM BOSS – LAVA QUEEN
    AK SONGSTRESS – SHUT DOWN
    BRAINY BEATS – AVO RIDDIM
    MASTA GARZY – IPHONE RIDDIM



SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR

    OGYA MENSAH – IT’S SO CRAZY
    IWAN – HOPE
    PATTAN – EYE ODO
    SHATTA RAKO – STATE OF EMERGENCY
    SHEGAH – SURVIVOR
    NANA BROBBEY – YEMPE NTOKWA





YAA ASANTEWAA AWARD (RECORD OF THE YEAR)

    IWAN – HOPE
    PATTAN – EYE ODO
    SHATTA RAKO – STATE OF EMERGENCY
    NANA BROBBEY – GMO
    OSAGYEFO – BOHO BIOM



REGGAE SONG OF THE YEAR

    BLAKK RASTA – SEIWA AKOTO
    RAS KUUKU – MAMA AFRIKA
    SHEGAH – SURVIVOR
    AK SONGSTRESS – CAN YOU FEEL IT
    RUDEBWOY RANKING – DON’T CRY
    KNII LANTE – BEAUTIFUL VIRGO
    STONEBWOY – PUSH NO FURTHER
    ROCKY DAWUNI – NAIROBI
    RED FYAH FT JAH AMBER – SATURNALIA

10. PAPA WASTIK – THIS FEELING

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