Who's Who of Hip Hop Nominated for 2007 Urban Music Awards
| Who's Who of Hip Hop Nominated for 2007 Urban Music Awards |
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| Written by Robert ID3456 |
| Sunday, 18 March 2007 09:17 |
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The 2007 list of nominations for the Annual Urban Music Awards reads like a who’s who of the hip hop community. Everyone from hip hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons to hip hop notable Jimmy ‘Henchmen’ Rosemond, seems to up for an Urban Music Award of some sort. The Annual Urban Music Awards ceremony will be held on the 7th of July 2007 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York and will be attended by more than 2,500 Artist, DJs, producers, promoters, record labels executives and urban and hip hop music fans from across the country. Celebrating its 5 year anniversary in 2007, the Urban Music Awards USA is proud to launch in the US with the Urban Music Awards has been a successful award ceremony which started in the UK in 2003 and to date is the only ceremony which is 100% nominated and voted for by the public. The ceremony was born out of the need to recognize the achievement of Hip Hop, R&B, Soul and urban music artist, labels, radio stations, within different countries and continents around the world. For the first time ever in awards show history, The Urban Music Awards will expose fans to the insanity on and off the stage at the 2007 show via our recent partnership with the world’s biggest social networking site Myspace.com. Millions of Myspace.com users worldwide will have the opportunity to watch the awards as it happens live online. “Invincible Media Group and the UMA’s are always looking to innovate, and set trends to create an exciting and entertaining experience to target urban music lovers worldwide and young people who can simultaneously watch the UMA’s whilst chatting real time with their friends about the unexpected moments and seeing their nominated choice go on with a win," said Jordan Kensington, C.E.O of Invincible Media Group and Executive Producer of the UMA. Additional UMA programming elements include syndication broadcast of the awards show to 22 TV networks worldwide via Invincible TV and our recent agreement with Music Choice. The No.1 multi-platform music network that reaches millions of music fans through their televisions, online and cell phones. “We are really excited to be involved in the 1st ever Urban Music Awards USA in New York and we will be driving votes and ticket sales through a marketing campaign which will see the UMA’s marketed to over 31 million US households”, said Doug Foreman, Marketing Manager of Music Choice. This year, radio station Hot 97, Power 106, and XM Raw are all in line for the Best Radio Station category. “We are thankful for the honor and can’t wait to be represented at the UMA’s”, said Dan Halyburton, Sr/Vp Market Manager of Hot 97 The Urban Music Awards is the 1st and only worldwide people’s choice awards ceremony. It’s an awards ceremony who has gained credibility by turning ‘music buyers’ to ‘decision makers’ giving them the power to decide on who gets nominated and who gets to win one of our coveted trophies. We have been accepting nominations and have received a total of 570,000 submissions by urban music lovers from the USA, Europe and Asia and we are proud to announce these year's nominees. The 2007 nominees for the Urban Music Awards USA are: Artist of the Year Chamillionaire John Legend Nas Nelly Furtado Papoose Best Album Akon - Konvicted Bobby Valentino - Special Occasion Ciara - The Evolution Diddy - Press Play Lupe Fiasco - Food Nas – Hip hop Is Dead Best Collaboration 2007 Birdman feat. Lil'' Wayne - Stutin Like My Daddy Busta Rhymes feat. Mary J Blige, Missy, Papoose Diidy feat. Keyshia Cole - Last Night Fat Joe feat. Lil'' Wayne - Make It Rain Ludacris feat. Mary J Blige - Runaway Love Best Entrepreneur Jimmy ‘Henchmen’ Rosemond Micheal ‘Blue’ Willams Russell Simmons Sean ''Diddy'' Combs Timbaland Best Female Group Cherish Danity Kane Floetry The Pussycat Dolls Best Gospel Act Alan Jackson Ce Ce Winans Kirk Franklin Mary Mary Patti Labelle Best Hip Hop Act 2007 Chamillionaire Jim Jones Nas Papoose The Game TI Best International Latino Act Daddy Yankee Hector Bambino RBD Shakira Best International Reggae Act Beenie Man Busy Signal Sean Paul Sizzla Stephen and Damien Marley Best Male group Gnarls Barkley Outkast Pretty Ricky The Black Eyed Peas Ying Yang Twins Best Music Video Cassie - Long Way to Go Jay Z - Lost Ones Kelis - Bossy Ne-Yo - Sexy Love Rihanna - Unfaithful Best Neo Soul Act Corrine Bailey Rae Floetry India Arie Musiq Soulchild Best Newcomer 2007 Chamillionaire Corrine Bailey Rae Lady Sovereign One Chance Rhymefest Best R&B Act Beyonce Ciara Justin Timberlake Kelis Rihanna Best Radio Station Hot 97 (New York) Hot 99.3 (Austin, Texas) Power 106 (Los Angeles) Q 104.7 ( Ventura XM Raw 66 (Satellite Radio) Best TV Show Dave Chappelle - The Dave Chappelle Show Ice T - Ice T's Rap School Nick Cannon - Wild and Out X-Zibit - Pimp My Ride Best US Radio DJ Angie Martinez Cipha Sounds Fatman Scoop Funkmaster Flex Kay Slay Best Video Model/Dancer Gloria Verez Melyssa Ford Tanya (From Tony Yayo Video) Most Inspiring Act 2007 Beyonce Diddy Lupe Fiasco Omarion TI Lifetime Achievement (To be announced) Outstanding Achievement (To be announced) |
