Tanzanian sensational singer Diamond Platnumz was the big winner of the evening at the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) ceremony held in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday. The singer walked away with three awards including the Artiste and Song of the year accolades. Other winners from East Africa included Kenya’s Sauti Sol who won two awards, Uganda’s Chameleone who notched one and Tanzania’s Vanessa Mdee who also bagged one award.
Here’s the full list of winners:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Diamond Platnumz
SONG OF THE YEAR
Diamond Platnumz – “Nasema Nawe”, featuring KhadijaKopa
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Charlotte Dipanda – “Elle n’a pas vu”
BEST ARTIST IN AFRICA (RnB & Soul)
Praiz Adejo – Nigeria
BEST AFRICAN REGGAE, RAGGA & DANCEHALL
Stonebwoy – Ghana
BEST MALE ARTIST: INSPIRATIONAL CATEGORY
Darey – Nigeria
BEST FEMALE ARTIST: INSPIRATIONAL CATEGORY
Betty Akna - Equatorial Guinea
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Wiyaala – Ghana
BEST ARTIST IN AFRICAN POP
Vanessa Mdee – Tanzania
BEST ARTIST IN AFRICAN HIP HOP
Casper Nyovest – South Africa
BEST ARTIST IN AFRICAN ELECTRO
Flavour – Nigeria
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Sauti Sol and Cedric Kadenyi – Kenya
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR IN AFRICA
Jose Chameleone – Uganda
REVELATION OF THE YEAR IN AFRICA
Adekunle Gold – Nigeria Adekunle Gold and Kiss Daniel
MOST PROMISING ARTIST IN AFRICA
Kiss Daniel – Nigeria
BEST ARTIST IN AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY
Charlotte Dipanda
BEST ARTIST IN AFRICAN JAZZ
Kunle Ayo – Nigeria
BEST MALE ARTIST IN WESTERN AFRICA
Olamide – Nigeria
BEST FEMALE ARTIST IN WESTERN AFRICA
Yemi Alade – Nigeria
BEST ARTIST IN AFRICAN ROCK
M’vula – Kenya
BEST AFRICAN GROUP
Sauti Sol – Kenya
BEST AFRICAN COLLABORATION
AKA(South Africa) and Burna Boy (Nigeria)
BEST FEMALE ARTIST IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Busiswa Ngoku – South Africa
BEST MALE ARTIST IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Casper Nyovest – South Africa
BEST FEMALE ARTIST IN NORTHERN AFRICA
Manal – Morocco
BEST MALE ARTIST IN NORTHERN AFRICA
Ahmed Soultan – Morocco
BEST FEMALE ARTIST IN EASTERN AFRICA
Tsedenia Gebremarkos – Ethiopia
BEST MALE ARTIST IN EASTERN AFRICA
Diamond Platnumz – Tanzania
PILLAR OF CULTURE IN AFRICA
Bola Ahmed Tinubu
BigEyeUg Staff