The Annual Award for Musical Excellence in Nigeria (Amen) put together by Encomium Ventures, publishers of Encomium magazine held on Sunday 1st July 2007 at the Civic Centre.
Here are the list of nominees and their winners.
Best Music Presenter on radio
Grand Master Lee - Star FM
Kemistry - Rhythm 93.7
Olisa Adibua - Cool FM - Winner
Best Radio DJ
DJ Bombastic - Star FM
DJ OBJ - Metro FM
DJ Dr.XIN - Unilag FM
DJ Steve Nolly - Ray Power
DJ Humility - Rhythm FM - Winner
Best Music Presenter on TV
Jumoke Alao - Gbedu (AIT)
Cally Ikpe - New Life Beats
Ebere - Video Plus (LTV)
Chichi Ookhalum - Juke Box (MBI)
Deji Falope - Soundcity - winner. This guy should be presenting on MTV Base or Channel 0. That's how good he is.
Best Record Label
Kennis Music
Orangootan
Colossal Entertainment
Ojez Music
Storm Records - winner
Concert of the year
House on the rock (Experience)
Kennis Music Easter Fiesta
Star Mega Jam
Thisday Music Festival - winner. Totally agree
Best Choreography Dance (Musical Video)
Obiwon - Get them off me
Ayuba - Mellow
Free Windz
Resonance - Holy Ghost Fire
Paul Agubata - Eeh Yawah
P-Square - Your Name - winner.
Best Picture (Musical Video)
Kade - Muma Gee
Lagbaja
Tunde and Wunmi Obe
Escalade - Dare Art Alade - winner
Best Costume (Musical Video)
Kade - Muma Gee
Olori oko - Infinity
Paul Agubata
Lagbaja - winner
Best Special Effect (Musical Video)
Resonance
Infinity - Olori oko
Cry - Modenine
Gino - no be God - winner
Best Musical Video Director
Emmanuel - Cry (Modenine)
Yomi Amoo - Olori Oko (Infinity)
Remi Oni - Why me (D'banj)
Wudi Awa - No be God (Gino)
DJ Tee - Escalade - winner
Most Popular Song
Why me - D'banj
Kolomental - Faze
Infinity - Olori Oko
Paul Play - Angel of my life
Ekwe - Stereo Man
Ijo Ya - Weird Mc - winner. Is Ijo ya more popular than D'banj's why me? Don't think so
Best Group/Duo Performance
Infinity
Styl Plus
Resonance
Tunde and Wunmi Obe
P-Square - winner. I think Infinity should have won this category
Upcoming Act of the year
Etcetera
D'accord Band
Morachi
Sanchez
Blaise
Asa - winner. Are they kidding me? Asa upcoming act? I saw her in concert 2/3 years ago...Morachi should have won
Best Male Vocalist
Sammie Okposo
Faze
Segun Obe
Soul E
Obiwon
Tuface
Paul Play - winner. This guy has improved vocally in the last few years. He deserves it
Best Female Vocalist
Essence
Tope Alabi
Shola Alison
Esther Abigbo (Resonance) - winner. I'm in total agreement
Best Gospel Album
Bouqui - Bouqui
Sammie Okposo - No more drama
Resonance - Chinwe Ike - My winner
Infinity - Olri Oko - winner
R&B Male Vocal Performance
Dare Ar Alade
Faze
Styl Plus
Soul E
Paul Play - winner
R&B Female Vocal Performance
Ashionye
Essence
Fragrance
Azeezat- winner
Best R&B Song
Dare Art Alade - Escalade
Styl - Plus - Drives me crazy
Obiwon - Onyinye
Tuface - True Love
Paul Play - Forever. My R&B song og the year is 2face's 'If love is a crime'. I listen to it at least 10 times a day
Best R&B album
Dare Art Alade - From me 2 u
Faze - Independent
Sunny Neji - Off da hook
Paul Play - Hits Ville - winner. What happened to Tuface's album 'Grass to grace'? I've bought that album three times so far...it should have been nominated at least
Best Rap Song
Modenine - Cry
OD - Don't Hate
Bouqui - Lai lai
Ikechukwu - Son of the soil
Freestyle - Bragging Right
Gino - If no be God - winner. I love this song but I thought Modenine was a more likely candidate to win this category
Best Rap Vocal
Bouqui
Sauce Kid
OD
Freestyle
Modenine - winner. Typical!
Best Dancehall/Reggae Album
Majek Fashek - Little patience
Mad Melon and Mountain Black - Kpolongo
Professor Linkin - Jogodo
Black Face - Evergreen
Stereoman - Ekwe - winner
Best Pop Album
Jazzman - Mr Funky
D'banj - Rundown
P-Square - Da remix
Weird MC - After da storm
2face - Grass 2 Grace - winner. Totally agreeeeeeeee!
Best New duo or group
Streetmonks
Resonance
Xproject
Infinity - winner
Best New Act (male)
Stereoman
Danny Young
Sauce Kid
9ice
Soul E - winner
Best New Act (Female)
Asionye
Essence
Fragrance
Ebiere Ohochukwu
Oyindamola Adejumo
Bouqui - winner
Song of the year
Paul Play - Angel of my life
Infinity - Olori Oko
Faze - Kolomental
Weird MC - Ijo Ya
2face - For instance
D'banj - Why me - winner. Mos Definitely
Producer of the year
Paul Play - Angel of my life
Sunny Steve - Olori Oko
Don Jazzy - Why me
Spanky - Kolomental
Don Jazzy - Ijo Ya
OJB - for instance - winner. At last he gets a much deserved award
Album of the year
Hitsville - Paul Play
After da Storm - Weird MC
Run Down - D'banj
Independent - Faze
Grass to Grace - 2face - winner. Yessssssssssssssssssssssss!
Act of the year
Paul Play
Faze
2 Faze
Weird MC
D' banj - winner
Pheww...that was a ride! So what do you think of the winners of this year's AMEN award...do share your thoughts.
