Krept & Konan lead the nominations at the 20th MOBO Awards.
The ‘Freak of the Week’ hitmakers received four nods in categories including Best Album for ‘The Long Way Home’, Best Male, Best Hip Hop and Best Song as the nominations were announced this morning (30.09.15)
The grime duo – Casyo ‘Krept’ Johnson and Karl ‘Konan’ Wilson – will take to the stage at the annual awards ceremony later this year for a special performance.
And Krept & Konan weren’t the only artists from the worlds of grime and hip hop to be recognised as the genre dominated the nominations with a whopping 27 nods in categories including Best Song, Best Male Act, Best Video and Newcomer.
Elsewhere FKA Twigs has been nominated in the Best Female and Best Video categories, with her videos for ‘Pendulum’ and ‘Glass & Patron’ both in with a chance of winning the award.
Lianne La Havas will challenge Krept & Konan for the Best Album gong with her hit record ‘Blood’ while ‘Wearing My Rolex’ hitmaker Wiley was announced as the first recipient of the inaugural MOBO Paving The Way award.
The 2015 MOBO Awards are set to take place on Wednesday November 4 at Leeds’ First Direct Arena and will be broadcast live on ITV2 and later repeated in full on ITV.
Tickets to attend the show are available via www.mobo.com/tickets.
The full list of nominations are as follows:
Best Male:
Skepta
Mark Ronson
Krept & Konan
JME
Stormzy
Best Female:
FKA Twigs
Little Simz
Ella Eyre
Lianna La Havas
Jess Glyne
Best Album:
‘The Long Way Home’ – Krept & Konan
‘Integrity’ – JME
‘Blood’ – Lianne La Havas
‘Snakes & Ladders – Wiley
‘In Colour’ – Jamie XX
Best Song in Association with First Direct:
‘Uptown Funk’ – Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars
‘Shutdown’ – Skepta
‘Not Letting Go’ – Tinie Tempah Feat. Jess Glynne
‘Man Don’t Care’ – JME Feat. Giggs
‘Freak of the Week’ – Krept & Konan
Best Video:
‘Know Me From’ – Stormzy
‘Pendulum’ – FKA Twigs
‘Body On Me’ – Rita Ora Feat. Chris Brown
‘Fester Skank’ – Lethal Bizzle
‘Glass & Patron’ – FKA Twigs
Best Newcomer in Association with Virgin Trains East Coast:
Bugzy Malone
Section Boyz
Nao
Bonkaz
Nick Brewer
George The Poet
J Hus
Snakehips
Sinead Harnett
Yungen
Best International Album:
‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’ – Drake
‘2014 Forest Hill Drive’ – J. Cole
‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ – Kendrick Lamar
‘Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre’ – Dr. Dre
‘Beauty Behind The Madness’ – The Weeknd
‘Black Messiah’ – D’Angelo
‘Reality Show’ – Jazmine Sullivan
‘Ego Death’ – The Internet
‘Black Rose’ – Tyrese
‘At. Long. Last. ASAP’ – A$AP Rocky
Best Grime in Association with BBC Radio 1Xtra:
Bugzy Malone
JME
Lethal Bizzle
Skepta
Stormzy
Best Hip Hop:
Akala
Krept and Konan
Nines
Little Simz
Lady Leshurr
Best RNB/Soul Act:
Kwabs
Andreya Triana
Shakka
Lianne La Havas
Joss Stone
Best African:
Fuse ODG
Davido
Wizkid
Patoranking
Moelogo
Yemi Alade
Aka
Mista Silva
Shatta Wale
Silvastone
Best Reggae:
Stylo G
Chronixx
Omi
Popcaan
Protoje
Best Jazz:
Binker and Moses
Julia Biel
Courtney Pine
David Lyttle
Polar Bear
Best Gospel:
Chos3n
Olaedo Ibe
Leroy Johnson
Ni-Cola
Faith Child
Krept and Konan lead MOBO Award nominations
