Channel O VMA’s winners history, best wishes team Kenya!
29 November 2013
After waiting for months on end it’s finally here!
It’s now less than 24 hours left to the biggest award ceremony in Africa ‘The Channel O Music Video Awards’ going down tomorrow at Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown Soweto.
Kenya boasts of eight nominations this year but still West Africa especially Nigeria beats us hands down.
I foresee that this is our biggest year looking at the capability of our nominees since they are all the big names in the industry currently.
Below is a brief history of the country and artist that have won the most awards to date.
Judging by the amount of previous winners from the Channel O awards, Nigerian artists rule the roost in the African music video biz with over 20 winners across the various categories throughout the history of the awards.
West African musicians in general have been dominating the awards with a plethora of winners from Ghana and Nigeria.
At the apex of the pyramid, P Square, D’Banj and Buffalo Souljah are tied in first position looking down on all other competition with an incredible five Channel O awards.
Coming in second is the rose among the thorns from Mozambique Lizha James with four awards.
Lizha shares the second spot with the Nigerian smooth operator 2Face Idibia and Ice Prince who have both also scooped four awards.
Sitting at number three with three awards is the Nigerian MC Mode 9, all of them coming in 2006, making him the only artist in the history of the awards to win three different awards during a single awards night.
Lizha James holds the record for being the only artist to win an award at four consecutive Channel O Music Video Awards ceremonies.
South of the equator Gal Level, Gazza and The Dogg have all scooped at least two awards respectively to raise that Namibian flag high. Teargas and Liquideep are the only South African artists to have won more than once, with their wins in 2010 and 2011.
The scarcity of repeat winners in each category is a testament to the rigorous competitiveness in the African music industry as well as the impartiality of the Channel O fans when it comes to picking who is the best of the best.
Best wishes to P-Unit, Xtatic, Sauti Sol, STL and Victoria Kimani from the Mdundo team. Make Kenya proud.
It’s now less than 24 hours left to the biggest award ceremony in Africa ‘The Channel O Music Video Awards’ going down tomorrow at Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown Soweto.
Kenya boasts of eight nominations this year but still West Africa especially Nigeria beats us hands down.
I foresee that this is our biggest year looking at the capability of our nominees since they are all the big names in the industry currently.
Below is a brief history of the country and artist that have won the most awards to date.
Judging by the amount of previous winners from the Channel O awards, Nigerian artists rule the roost in the African music video biz with over 20 winners across the various categories throughout the history of the awards.
West African musicians in general have been dominating the awards with a plethora of winners from Ghana and Nigeria.
At the apex of the pyramid, P Square, D’Banj and Buffalo Souljah are tied in first position looking down on all other competition with an incredible five Channel O awards.
Coming in second is the rose among the thorns from Mozambique Lizha James with four awards.
Lizha shares the second spot with the Nigerian smooth operator 2Face Idibia and Ice Prince who have both also scooped four awards.
Sitting at number three with three awards is the Nigerian MC Mode 9, all of them coming in 2006, making him the only artist in the history of the awards to win three different awards during a single awards night.
Lizha James holds the record for being the only artist to win an award at four consecutive Channel O Music Video Awards ceremonies.
South of the equator Gal Level, Gazza and The Dogg have all scooped at least two awards respectively to raise that Namibian flag high. Teargas and Liquideep are the only South African artists to have won more than once, with their wins in 2010 and 2011.
The scarcity of repeat winners in each category is a testament to the rigorous competitiveness in the African music industry as well as the impartiality of the Channel O fans when it comes to picking who is the best of the best.
Best wishes to P-Unit, Xtatic, Sauti Sol, STL and Victoria Kimani from the Mdundo team. Make Kenya proud.
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