The 9th annual Channel O awards took place this past weekend
in Soweto, South Africa. Heading the winner’s list was Nigerian superstar
D’Banj who capped an amazing 2012 by taking home the most anticipated award of
the night Most Gifted Video of the Year for his chart-topper, Oliver Twist and also Most Gifted Male video.
One of 2012’s biggest artists, Zahara, was named winner of the Most Gifted Female Video at the awards for her breakthrough single, Loliwe.
Another of the night’s most closely watched category Most Gifted Newcomer was taken by Nigeria’s Davido – for his massive hit, Dami Duro beating our Kenyan representatives Camp Mulla.
One of 2012’s biggest artists, Zahara, was named winner of the Most Gifted Female Video at the awards for her breakthrough single, Loliwe.
Another of the night’s most closely watched category Most Gifted Newcomer was taken by Nigeria’s Davido – for his massive hit, Dami Duro beating our Kenyan representatives Camp Mulla.
P Square once again proved to be a Channel O Music Video Awards favourite: winning the Most Gifted Duo, Group or Featuring Video for the third time for Chop My Money featuring Akon and May D.
South African innovator DJ Cleo who won Most Gifted Dance Video for his social network hit Facebook beating off some stiff competition.
The cross-border collaboration of Zimbabwean-born Buffalo Souljah with Angola’s Cabo Snoop Styra Inonyengesa was named Most Gifted Ragga Dancehall Video while rising Nigerian star, Brymo, took home the award for Most Gifted Afro Pop Video for Ara.
It was another border-breaking hook-up that snagged Most Gifted Kwaito Video when EES featuring Mandoza’sAyoba beat off stiff competition in this closely watched category while Oyi, by Flavour featuring Tiwa Savage took home this year’s Most Gifted R&B Video Award. The last of the genre categories – Most Gifted Hip Hop Video – was award to multi-talented Ice Prince for his massive hit,Superstar.
The Nigerian artist was the award’s co-host with South Africa’s own Bonang Matheba – and the couple brilliantly kept the flow going on a night jam-packed with live music performances and the who’s who of African entertainment.
The regional categories were an intensely contested race for the crown – but in the end it was Cashtime Fam’s Shut It Down (Stundee) that won Most Gifted South Video; Ghana and Nigeria’s D-Black ft Mo Cheddah’s Falling that was named Most Gifted African West Video and Tanzania’s AY ft Sauti Sol’s I Don't Want to Be Alone, which took home the Most Gifted African East award.
The awards evening was capped when multi-talented South African music veteran, Oskido, was named as this year’s Special Recognition recipient at the 9th annual Channel O Music Video Awards.
The 9th annual Channel O Music Video Awards, sponsored by DStv and DStv Mobile, are Africa’s only continent-wide, public-voted awards, rewarding artists across a diversity of genres and regions.
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