ZIMA 2015 Nominees List
After requesting for artists to hand in their submissions for consideration for nominations at the Zimbabwe Music Awards, there has been silence over the awards show.
ZIMA has released the nominees for the 2015 awards although reports have it that the awards will be held in 2016.
The nominations look ‘fair’ as the nominees’ music and albums are recent.
So who is up for a ZIMA? Check out the list below:
Best Acapella
“Nkwali” Nkwali
“Revival and reformation” 7th day Tynwald east choir
“Mbiri Yashe” Vabati vevhangeri
“Hosanna” Breeze Music
“Mavambo” Tariro yedenga choir
Best Alternative Music
“Nyaya Dzerudo” Bryan
“Beating for You” Alethea
“Moto Ngaubvire” Cythia Mare
“Kodak Moments” Warren H
“Lalela” Alfred Nenguwo
Best Choral Music
“Nomoyo” Makumbe High School
“The battle against Evil” African Joy with Sabastian Magacha
“Chisikwa“ Xtreme Afrique
Best collaboration
“African Queen“,Trevor Dongo ft Soul Jah love and shayzo
“Kure kure”,Ammara Brown and Jah Prayzah
“Alleluya“,Roki and XQ
“Kune Muponesi”,Janet Manyowa ft Pastor Mahendere
“Ngala Ngala“,Nesto ft Squash
Best Contemporary Gospel Music
“Kuregerera In Advance”,Takesure Zama and Worship Addicts
“Mwana Wamambo”,Mudiwa Hood
“King of Glory”,Janet Manyowa
“Makanaka Jesu”, Pastor Mahendere
“Tinosimudza Maoko”, Itai Zama
Best Dancehall Music
“Awuya wuya”,Winky D
“Ngoma Ndoimba”, Killer T
“Toti Toti”,Tocky Vibes
“Bandit Rebirth”,Sir Calaz
“2015 Collection”,Soul Jah Love
Best Hip Hop
“Mind over Matter”,Trey XL
“Bebengakholwa”,Cal –vin
“Trae Young”,Trae Young
“Zita Rako”,L-kat
“Its our time”,Klap
Best house music
“Mhururu”, Tkp
“Its love”,Skaiva
“Ngikulindile”, Squash
“Achimwemwe”, Defined house
“You can’t say No”,J dot
Best Producer
Russo Way too nice /various
Sanii MakhalimaThe Ark
Munyaradzi ViyaleJerusarema / Jah Prayzah
Prince Oskid Tapfuma and Tamuka Mukulumi Kenako volume 1
Elton BryceBryce nation
Best R&B /SOUL/Afro pop
“The Ark”,Sanii Makhalima
“Ammartia”, Ammara Brown
“Two steps to Go”,Trevor Dongo
“Music Vocals Cindy”,Cindy Munyavi
“Mutongi Wemoyo”, Varaidzo
Best Single
“Ndomira Pamuri”, Janet Manyowa
“I cry Too”, Mzoe 7
“Thank God its Friday”, Roki ft XQ
“Ngala Ngala”, Nesto ft Squash
“Handikusiye”, Shingi Mangoma ft Reverb7
Best sungura
“Rumbidzo”, Nicholas Zacharia
“Gunship”, Sulumani Chimbetu
“Mupedza Nyaya”, Romeo Gasa
“Zvandigumbura”, Mark Ngwazi and njanja express
“Mafaro chete”, Zebedee Gurajena
Best traditional gospel music
“Paita Nyasha”,Bethany pasinawako
“Ebenezer”, Apostle Rev T chivaviro
“NdiJesu”, Blessing Shumba
“Glory to Glory”, Mathius Mhere
“Grace Period”, Grace Murudzwa
Best Traditional Music
“Zvakarongeka”, Tasarina Chibaya
“Jerusarema”, Jah Prayzah
“Changamire”,Gudo guru
“Chaki Chaki”, volume 1
“Mwene we Moyo” Mangwenya Diana Samkange
Best Video
Andy Cutta “Alleluya /Roki and XQ”
Joe Njagu “Zvidikidiki /Selma Mtukudzi”
Andy Cutta “Ndomira Pamuri ,/ Janet Manyowa”
Andy Cutta “I don’t care When I am in love/Candy Main ft Clare”
Valentine Shamwari
Album of the year
“Jerusarema”,Jah Prayzah
“King of Glory”, Janet Manyowa
“Ngoma Ndaimba”,Killer T
“Kuregerera in Advance”, Takesure Zama
“Makanaka Jesu”,Pastor Mahendere
Best duo and group
Roki and EXQ
Defined House
Sabastian Magacha and African joy
Extreme Afrique
Best male artist
Killer T “Ngoma Ndoimba”
Jah Prayzah “Jerusarema”
Pastor Mahendere “Makanaka Jesu”
Trevor Dongo,”Two steps to Go”
Sulumani Chimbetu, “Gunship”
Best female artist
Varaidzo,”Mutongi WeMoyo”
Cynthia Mare, “Moto Ngaubvire”
Janet Manyowa, “Glory to Glory”
Cindy Munyavi “Music Vocals Cindy”
Ammara Brown,”Ammartia”
Best newcomer
Zebedee Gurajena,”Mafaro Chete”
Nkwali,”Nkwali”
Janet Manyowa,”Glory to Glory”
Alethea,”Beating for You”
International achiever
Buffalo Souljah
Lifetime Achievement Award
Bob Marley
Thank you ZIMA for nominating the man who baptized Zimbabwe into a reggae (and now dancehall nation), the late legendary Bob Marley…but don’t we have our very own Zimbabweans who have achieved a lot in their lifetime? In the meantime we wait for more information on the awards.
ZIMA
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