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NEA Awards


Best Album of the Year
Mushin 2 Mohits- Wande Coal   |    CEO- Da Grin    |    Wonder Woman-Omawumi    |    Unstoppable-Tuface
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Hottest Single of the Year
Kondo- Da Grin   |   Kokoroko - Kefee ft. timaya   |   Omoba- D Prince   |
Free Madness- Terry G Bad   |   You Bad - Wande Coal
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Best New Act of the Year
Jaywon   |   D Prince   |   Jesse Jagz   |  Lami  |    Omawumi
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Gospel Artist of the Year
KSB   |   Kefee   |   Bouqui   |   Lara George   |   Kore
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Indigenous Artist of the Year
ASA   |   Nneka   |   9ice   |   Pasuma   |    Jesse King
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Best Pop/R&B Artist of the Year
Banky W   |   Wande Coal   |   Chuddy K   |   Omawumi   |   P Square
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Best Rap Act of the Year
Jesse Jagz   |   Modenine   |   M.I.   |   Da’Grin   |   Naeto C
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Best Soul/Neo Soul Act of the Year
Tuface   |   Lami   |   EVA   |   Nneka   |   Toba Gold
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Best Collaboration With Vocals
Born Champion - Pype ft. Dagrin, Vector, Naeto C, Sasha & GT
Kokoroko - Kefee ft Timaya   |   E No Easy - P Square ft J Martins
Nobody- Tuface ft M.I.   |   Thank God- DaGrin ft Omawumi
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Best International Artist
Wale   |   Keno   |   JJC   |   Kas   |   Moeazy
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Music Producer of the Year
Don Jazzy   |   So Sick   |   J. Sleek   |   Dokta Frabz   |   Cobhams
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Best International Producer of the Year
Kid Konnect   |   Dogmites   |   JJC   |   Mictunes
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Best Male Music Video of the Year (Artist & Director)
One day- eLDee/eLDee   |   Fall in love- Dbanj/Sesan   |   Implication- Tuface/unknown
Lagos Party- Banky/Kemi Adetiba   |   E no easy- P Square ft. J. Martins/Jude Okoye
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Best Female Music Video of the Year (Artist & Director)
You know it- Goldie/Clarence Peters   |   Today na today- Omawumi/Kemi Adetiba
If u want me- mocheddah/Clarence Peters   |   Know- Lami/Brandon
Kokoroko - Kefee ft. Timaya/Wudland
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Best Actor In a Film/Short Story
Ramsey Noauh - Guilty Pleasure   |   Jim Iyke - The Shepherd / Dream Maker
Femi Adebayo/ Ifederu   |   Desmond Elliot - Before the light
Kayode Akinbayo/ Bi a ti ko
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Best Actress In a Film/Short Story
Nse Etim – Reloaded   |   Ini Edo - Native son   |   Genevieve Nnaji - Silent Scandal   |   Stephanie Okereke-Nnenda   |   Omotola Jolade - Deepest of dreams
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Best Film (Director)
The Figurine by Kunle Afolayan   |   Guilty Pleasure - Daniel Adenimokan and Desmond Elliot   |   >Nnenda - Izu Ojukwu   |   Silent Scandal -T.K. Falope   |   
Behind a Smile -by Frank Rajah Arase
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Best Actress In TV Series/Reality/Game Show
Genevieve Nnaji/Guiness Ultimate Survivor-Celebrity edition
Bimbo Akintola/Circle of 3   |   Kate Henshaw Nuttal/Circle of 3   |   Damilola Adegbite/Tinsel   |   Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi/Tinsel
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Best Actor In TV Series/Reality/Game Show
Frank Edohor- who wants to be a millionaire
Kayode Peters- Flat Mates   |   Gideon Okeke/Tinsel
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Best on Screen Personality (People's Choice Award)
Denrele   |   Ill   |   Andre blaze   |   Dorisha brick George   |   Adaure Achumba
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Best TV Series/Reality Show/Game Show
Half Sisters   |   Circle 3   |   Tinsel   |   Star quest   |   Gulder Ultimate search
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International Event of the Year (to a Promoter)
Thisday Music Festival   |   UK Naija Carnival   |   Arise Fashion Week New York   |   Ovation Red Carol   |   Miss Nigeria in America
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Best World DJ
DJ DeeMoney   |   DJ MightyMike   |   DJ Vinny   |   DJ Stramborrella   |   DJ Ike   |   DJ Xclusive
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Best Radio Personality
Rhythm 93.7- Ik (Wild Child)   |   99.9 beat fm- Toolz   |   Top Radio- Tosyn Buknor   |   Beat FM- Olisa Adibua   |   Inspiratiom fm- Dan foster
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Best Comedian
Seyi Law   |   Wale Gate   |   Jedi   |   AY   |   I Go Die
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Fashion Designer of the Year
Deola sagoe   |   Alvins   |   Momo couture   |   Adebayo jones   |   Ouch!
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Entertainment Personality of the Year
Nduka Obiagbena   |   Cecil Hammond   |   Keke and D1   |   Dele Momodu   |   Obi Asika
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Most Promising Act to Watch
Chuddy K   |   D'Prince   |   Eva   |   Femi Adeyinka   |   Mo'Cheddah
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NEA Criteria for Nomination
Eligibility Date
Music must have been released to market, radio stations or online media in any local or international market between March 2009 and May 2010.

Categories Eligibility
Materials for consideration for any category must fall within that category either explicitly or if more than 50 of materials fall within that category implicitly.

Nationality
Individual or establishments must by wholly or partially Nigerian to be considered for any Award category.

Residency

Individual or establishments can be a resident of any country to be considered for any Award category.

Material Submission
All eligible materials shall be considered regardless of whether submitted or not. Any materials submitted will become the property of NEA Awards and can be used as marketing materials for Award show production without approval.

Artistes can only submit materials which that have rights. The producers of NEA shall be under the assumption that artist (or associate) has exclusive rights to all materials submitted, NEA is not liable for any materials submitted in which the person does not have the rights.


Award Recipients
Best Collaboration with Vocals category will be awarded to both the lead artist and the collaborating artist.

Music Video Awards and Best Films go to the director.

Best TV series/Reality show/Game show will go to the original broadcasting network.

Lifetime Achievement Awards and Entertainment Personality of the year Awards are determined by the producers of NEA.

Judging Panel
There are nine total judges. The judges represent individuals in the entertainment media, entertainment executives, DJ’s, comedians, producers etc., each with many years of experience in the entertainment scene and a clear understanding of the Nigeria entertainment industry.

NEA will not reveal the identities of the judges until the day of the event in order to prevent any unnecessary pressure or bias by any artist.

Each judge is required to submit their top picks per category. The NEA Selection committee will then tally all judges selections based on frequency of occurrence.

 

Award Show Performers
NEA selects their Award show performers based on ability to stick to performance script, the number of nomination for that year, genre of music, stage performance capability, and availability of the artist to attend the show. The performer must also meet all NEA eligibility rules and the performance and labor laws of city of New York.

Artist Information

Artist can begin sending their materials to address below.

Deadline for submitting materials is (Friday 4th June, 2010)

All artist materials should have been released between Feb 2009 and May 2010.

All materials sent to NEA nomination committee will not be returned and can/will be used for promotional contents by NEA .

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Please contact us:
NEA Nigeria: + 234 805 373 4776 | +234 706 387 8037

NEA US: +1 856 506 570

Submission

Please send all materials by deadline to:

Drop off for artistes in Nigeria:
Lagos Office: 23a Adeboye Solanke str, by First Bank busstop,
Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos.

(Attn: Akinwale Oluwaleimu)

Outside Nigeria (International Artists):
US Office: 34 West 139th Street, Suite 7H, New York, NY 10037
(Attn: Cosmas Collins)

 

**Artistes are required to drop 10 CDs /DVDs