• Thu Sep 09th 2010 1:32 pm

    2010 MOBO Nominations

    MOBO+Awards+Nominations+Launch+Inside+Arrivals+QWqs89waCSdlNext month marks the 15th year of the MOBO awards, with a bigger-than-ever list full of successful UK Urban acts. Tinie Tempah leads the nominations for the 2010 MOBO Awards with the chart-topping U.K. rapper up for four awards at the ceremony.

    Dizzee Rascal, Professor Green, N-Dubz and Plan B each have three nominations for the U.K. urban music awards. This year’s ceremony takes place at Liverpool Echo Arena on Oct. 20 and it will be televised live on BBC Three.

    “MOBO music is now the U.K. mainstream,” said the organizers in a statement. The nominees were unveiled at the May Fair Hotel in London this week. They were decided by a music panel of DJs, music editors, journalists, broadcasters and other tastemakers.

    MOBO is also capitalizing on the success of the genre and helping new talent with new activities, including the first ever national MOBO Tour. It will call at six U.K. cities in October and feature Skepta, Aggro Santos, Mz Bratt and Scorcher, who also attend the nominations.

    “I am very proud of the level of talent in the U.K.,” said Kanya King, CEO and founder of MOBO, in a statement.

    Here is the complete list of 2010 MOBO Nominations:

    Best Newcomer
    Tinie Tempah
    Professor Green
    Scorcher
    Labrinth
    Devlin

    Best U.K. Act
    Tinie Tempah
    Jay Sean
    Tinchy Stryder
    Taio Cruz
    Chipmunk
    N-Dubz
    Giggs
    JLS
    Roll Deep
    M.I.A
    Dizzee Rascal
    Alexandra Burke
    Sade
    Plan B
    Leona Lewis

    Best Song
    Taio Cruz ft Ke$ha – “Dirty Picture”
    Tinie Tempah – “Pass Out”
    N-Dubz ft Mr Hudson – “Playing With Fire”
    Mark Ronson & The Business INTL ft Q-Tip & MNDR – “Bang, Bang, Bang”
    Professor Green ft Ed Drewett – “I Need You Tonight”

    Best U.K. R&B/Soul
    Sade
    Natalie Williams
    Corinne Bailey Rae
    McLean
    Plan B

    Best U.K. Hip Hop/Grime
    Giggs
    Professor Green
    Skepta
    Akala
    Wiley

    Best International Act
    Drake
    Alicia Keys
    Jay Z
    Rihanna
    Eminem
    Janelle Monae
    Black Eyed Peas
    Nicki Minaj
    Ne-Yo
    Usher
    Beyonce
    Jason Derulo
    Lil Wayne
    Travie McCoy
    Trey Songz

    Best Reggae
    Damian Marley
    Mavado
    GYPTIAN
    Vybz Kartel
    GAPPY RANKS

    Best Album
    Plan B – “The Defamation of Strickland Banks” (679/Atlantic)
    JLS – “JLS” (Epic)
    N-Dubz “Against All Odds” (UMTV)
    Chipmunk -”I Am Chipmunk” (Jive/Columbia)
    Dizzee Rascal – “Tongue in Cheek” (Dirtee Stank)

    Best Video
    Mark Ronson & The Business INTL ft Q-Tip & MNDR – “Bang, Bang, Bang”
    Tinie Tempah ft Labrinth – “Frisky”
    Tinchy Stryder – “You’re Not Alone”
    Alesha Dixon – “Drummer Boy”
    Dizzee Rascal – “Dirtee Disco”

    Best African Act
    K’Naan (Somalia)
    P-Square (Nigeria)
    Hip Hop Pantsula (South Africa)
    JJC (Nigeria)
    Banky W. (Nigeria)
    Concha Buika (Equatorial Guinea)
    Mulatu Astatke (Ethiopia)
    Wanlov the Kubolor (Ghana)
    Angélique Kidjo (Benin)
    M3NSA (Ghana)
    Yuri Da Cunha (Angola)
    Tinny (Ghana)
    Waldemar Bastos (Zimbabwe)
    Staff Benda Bilili (Congo-Kinshasa)
    BLK JKS (South Africa)

    Best Gospel Act

    Faith Child
    Guvna B
    Rachel Kerr
    Jake Isaac
    Beverley Trotman
    Best Jazz Act
    Robert Glasper
    Brad Mehldau
    Empirical
    Phronesis
    John McLaughlin

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