Lemar, Just Jack, Shortee Blitz, Joss Stone, Kano, Jamelia, Kele le Roc, Lethal B, Courtney Pine (O.B.E), Amy Winehouse, Mutya Buena, N-Dubz make list.
UK, London (PR WIRE) 30th of August 2007 -Nominations for the 5th Annual Kickers Urban Music Aw ar ds was announced today. The music aw ar ds ceremony will be held on the 3rd of November 2007 in London and will be attended by more than 1,200 Artist, DJs, producers, promoters, record labels executives, celebrities from the world of music, radio, TV, sports and urban music fans from across the country.
Muteya Buena, Sadie Ama, Jamelia, Just Jack and 2003 UMA winner Dizzee Rascal all grab tripple nominations this ye ar .
The Urban Music Aw ar ds was born out of the need to build a worldwide and independent aw ar ds ceremony to recognize the achievement of 100% British based ar tists, producers, club nights, dj’s , radio stations, record labels and ar tist within British urrban music scene. Ex- Sug ar babes st ar Mutya Buena, Kele le Roc, Dizzee Rascal, Just Jack and Sadie Ama capture the spotlight this ye ar , each with nominations for ‘Most Inspiring Act sponsored by Kickers’, the Best R&B act and Best Album. Sadie Ama, is set to dominate the aw ar ds show with an amazing three nominations including ‘Most Inspiring Act’, ‘Best R&B Act’ and ‘Best Music Video'. Meanwhile behind the scenes, the nominees for Best TV show see a battle between Channel 4/ T4's Music Cool and Pop World going head to head with MTV's Pimp my Ride UK and long running show 'The Lick' fronted by Trevor Nelson.
The 2007 aw ar ds show is brought to you by our presenting sponsor Kickers, Head of M ar keting for Kickers, Simon Jobson said “The Urban Music Aw ar ds is the perfect p ar tner for us, as it is a credible ceremony that remains as much as p ar t of the people as it is the only aw ar ds that is voted for by the public and celebrates creativity and youth movements within the UK. We see the p ar tnership with the Urban Music Aw ar ds as a continuation of our strategy of t ar geting events that reinforces our heritage and connection to music on the back of the iconic Kick Hi boot”. For the first time ever in aw ar ds show history, The Kickers Urban Music Aw ar ds will expose fans to the insanity on and off the stage at the 2007 show via our live online broadcast of the aw ar ds ceremony as it happens via our sister station Invincible Television with millions of viewers and music fans worldwide expected to watch worldwide.
1st of October 2007 is the press launch which will see the announcement of hosts of the aw ar ds ceremony and the recipients of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement and Outstanding Achievement Aw ar d. Boyz 2 Men and Grandmasterflash & the Furious Five were recipients of this aw ar d in the US show last month. Previous ye ar s have seen legends; Om ar , Goldie, Beverley Knight, Heather Smalls, and Soul 2 Soul icon Jazzy B take home the aw ar d.
CEO & Founder of the UMA’s, Jordan Kensington said “This ye ar to celebrate our 5th annivers ar y we ar e going all out by bringing together comedy, fashion, business and music under one roof to provide quality entertainment and to further take the thriving British urban music scene to a whole new level and at the same time provide more opportunities for our homegrown talent here in the UK and across all the international UMA licensed territories abroad”. The Kickers Urban Music Aw ar ds is the 1st and only worldwide people’s choice aw ar ds ceremony. It’s an aw ar ds 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 all ye ar round. Voting kicks off now @ www.kickers.co.uk
Here ar e the 2007 nominees for the Kickers Urban Music Aw ar ds UK :
Best Reggae Act
Movado
Gappy Ranks
Elephant Man
Collie Buddz
Sean Paul
Kevin Lyttle
Best Underground DJ
The Mixologists
DJ Shedevil
Poser
Frisky
Scottie B
Cameo
Best Radio Station sponsored by Redmango
BBC 1Xtra
Choice fm
Radio 1
Kiss fm
Colourful Radio
Galaxy fm
Best Jazz Act
Dennis Rollins
Soweto Kinch
Courtney Pine
Jamie Cullum
Norah Jones
Best Club Night sponsored by Kickers
Get Down
Play
Sintillate
Innovation
Twice as Nice
Best Neo Soul Act
Hill St. Soul
Corrinne Bailey Rae
Joss Stone
Tasha’s World
Nate James
Best G ar age Act
Lethal B
N-Dubz
Wiley
J.M.E
Kano
Best Drum & Bass DJ/Act
Bailey
Shy FX
Roni Size
Fabio & Grooverider
Best Gospel Act
Four Cornerz
Raymond & Co
Nu-Life
Siani
Best Independent Record Label
679 Recordings
BBE Records
Jet St ar
Altered Ego (Pickwick)
Big Dadda Recordings
Best UK Radio DJ
MannyNorte (BBC 1Xtra)
Shortee Blitz (Kiss 100)
Jenny Francis (Choice Fm)
DJ 279 (Choice fm)
Tim Westwood (BBC 1Xtra/Radio 1)
Masterstepz (Choice fm)
Best Album 2007
Alesha Dixon ‘Lipstick’ (Polydor Records)
Lem ar ‘Truth about Love’ (SonyBMG)
Dizzee Rascal ‘Maths & English (XL Records)
Lily Allen ‘Allright Still’ (EMI/P ar lophone Records)
Just Jack ‘Overtones’
Nate James ‘ Kingdom Falls ’
Best TV Show 2007 sponsored by Imperial Dax
Music Cool (T4/Channel 4)
Pimp My Ride UK (MTV Base)
The Illout Show (Channel U)
The Lick (MTV Base)
Popworld (T4/Channel 4)
Best Newcomer 2007 sponsored by Footlocker
Plan B
N-Dubz
Mr. Midas
Pyrelli
Tinchy Stryder
Natalie Williams
Best R&B Act 2007
Sadie Ama
Lem ar
Jamelia
Mutya Buena
Nathan
Jay Sean
Best HipHop Act 2007
Plan B
Roots Manuva
Wiley
Sway
Blak Twang
Just Jack
Best Magazine
Touch Magazine
Blues & Soul
Young Voices
Vice
Pride
Flavor Magazine
Most Inspiring Act 2007 sponsored by Kickers
Sadie Ama
Mutya Buena
Dizzee Rascal
Cherry Blackstone
Jamelia
Kele le Roc
Best Website 2007
Myspace.com
Ukmusic.com
Urban-world.co.uk
Youtube.com
promotion city.com
majorfm.com
Everyurbanthing.com
Best Crossover Ch ar t Act
Corrine Bailey Rae
Lily Allen
Mutya Buena
M ar k Ronson
Just Jack
Raghav
Best Producer
Rishi Rich
Davinche
M ar k Ronson
Sticky
Mike Skinner ‘The Beats’
Best Music Video sponsored by Kickers
Lem ar ‘Someone should tell you’
Amy Winehouse ‘Rehab’
Sadie Ama ‘Fallin’
Dizzy Rascal ‘Sirens’
Natalie Williams ‘This Girl’
Jamelia ‘Something about you’
Best Entrepreneur 2007 sponsored by Kickers
Johnathan Shallit (Director, Shallit Global)
Mike Skinner (Director, The Beats)
Doug Cooper (Director, Ukmusic.com )
Tim Campbell (BBC1, Apprentice)
Terry Pullen (Director, The Play Room)
About Invincible:
Invincible Media Group is the international p ar ent group of companies behind Invincible Magazine, Invincible USA newspaper (new), Invincible Radio, Invincible TV, and Invincible films, Invincible Jeans, Invincible Events and Invincible Mobile. Invincible, was launched on the 1st of July 1999 in London , United Kingdom as a styles, ideas and impact conscious brand with an aim of serving our very vibrant multi-cultural society. Since its creation , with offices in the United Kingdom, USA, Germany, France and the C ar ibbean, Invincible has launched the c ar eers of musicians, ar tists, photographers, designers, writers, models and actors ar ound the world, while staking out an unchallenged position for itself at the cutting-edge of international urban cool and inspiration. Fuelled with a dedication to succeed, Invincible promotes a message of unity to empower ethnic diversity and creativity.
Invincible Magazine published 6 times a ye ar has a distribution of approximately 65,000 in Europe . Invincible USA newspaper launches in the US on the 1st of September 2007 as the only free bi-weekly entertainment newspaper distributed across New York , New Jersey with subscribers in LA, Miami , Atlanta and other key regions. With a circulation of 150,000 copies every 2 weeks, the US finally has an entertainment newspaper providing music news, film, health, comedy and night in and night out guides completely free of ch ar ge with a mainstream t ar get audience in mind. Its readership is evenly split between men and women of multiple ethnic backgrounds, who possess a college education, and ar e between the ages of 16 to 35.
Invincible Events (our sister events management company), is responsible for the World Fashion Aw ar ds, British Music Week, The National Entrepreneurs Conference (NEC-UK and NEC-USA) and the prestigious Urban Music Aw ar ds held annually in UK, USA, Africa, Japan, France, & C ar ibbean.
About Kickers:
The Kickers brand was founded more than 30 ye ar s ago and has always had a strong connection with the music industry. In the 70s, the tradem ar k Kick-Hi boot caused a phenomenon when it reached London , being adopted by The Who’s Roger Daltrey and Rod Stew ar t among others as the shoe to be seen in.
In the 80s, it grew to be one of the main symbols of the Acid House movement and in the 90s, was picked up by the burgeoning ‘Madchester’ scene. The F ar m celebrated the design with their ironic LP cover of a sheep we ar ing Kick-His while The Stone Roses wore theirs in the Fools Gold video, closely followed by Oasis’ Noel Gallagher and J ar vis Cocker.
Since 2000, the Kick-Hi has become the essential kit for the UK g ar age scene as well as having a renaissance on the feet of the new indie kids.
Important Contacts:
For IMG & general UMA info:
Ch ar lie Simpson
Direct- 0208-525-4131
Email: charlie@urbanmusicawards.net
Chris Mitchell
Direct- 0208-525-4131
Email: chris.mitchell@britishmusicweek.com
Ainsley Duncombe
Direct: 0208-525-4131
E-mail: ainsley@invincibleusa.com
For Kickers & Kickers Urban Music Awards 2007:
Cube PR
T: +44 207 242 54 83
F: +44 207 242 54 54
E: rae@cubecompany.com
