Emeli Sande hat trick MOBO awards

Scottish-Zambian born singer Emeli Sande was the big winner at the 17th Music of Black Origin awards, which took place Saturday in Liverpool. The 25-year-old singer, whose hits include the No 1 single Read All About It, won best female, best R&B/soul act and best album.

The winners in full

Best female act Emeli Sandé
Best male act Plan B
Best newcomer Rita Ora
Best R&B/soul act Emeli Sandé
Best hip-hop/grime act Plan B
Best video JLS: Do You Feel What I Feel
Best song Labrinth ft Tinie Tempah: Earthquake
Best album Emeli Sandé: Our Version of Events
Best international act Nicki Minaj
Best reggae act Sean Paul
Best jazz act Zoe Rahman
Best African act D'Banj
Best gospel act Rachel Kerr
Outstanding contribution to music TLC
Lifetime achievement award Dionne Warwick

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Nigeria: Dbanj wins Best African Act

  
Dbanj beat PSaquare, Fatoumata Diawara, Spoek Mathambo, Fally Ipupa, Sarkodie, Camp Mulla and  Mariam to walk away with the MTV Best African Act.

D’banj recently lost out of the MTV Europe Music Award ‘Best Worldwide Act’ category to Ahmed Soultan.Hosted by supermodel Heidi Klum, the 19th annual MTV Europe Music Awards will broadcast live from Frankfurt’s historic Festhalle on Sunday 11 November

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Sarkodie ready for Vodafone's concert of the year

Sarkodie ready for Vodafone's concert of the year

Ghana's fastest rapper Sarkodie has spoken about his upcoming performance on the Vodafone 020 Live stage with Ludacris, 4×4 and Naeto C on September 29 at the Dome.
Speaking from the US, Sarkodie said “The atmosphere on stage will be electric when these musical heavy weights come together to ignite the Dome.”

Sarkodie is the first and only Ghanaian artiste, till date, to win a BET award. He has also won the artiste of the year twice at Ghana’s Music Awards.

He is also nominated for the 2012  MTV Europe  Music and MOBO Awards.
He joined a list of Nigerian and Ghanian celebrities on twitter Wednesday

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