MTV Africa Music Awards 2015

MTV Africa Music Awards 2015
Awarded for	MTV Africa Music Awards
date	July 18, 2015
Moderation	Anthony Anderson
Loan location	Durban International Convention Center, KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Awarded by	MTV Networks Africa
Most awards	P-Square (2)
Most of the nominations	Cassper Nyovest and AKA (3 each)
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The 2015 MTV Africa Music Awards were presented on July 18, 2015 at the Durban International Convention Center, KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa . Anthony Anderson was the moderator .

In 2015, the MAMA Evolution Award category was introduced, which was awarded to African artists who were influential in style both for African music in Africa itself and worldwide. The first award of this kind went to D'Banj . The winner of the evening was the duo P-Square , which not only received the award for Best Group, but was also named Artist of the Decade.

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on June 11, 2015 in Johannesburg. The nominees for the Best international category were announced on July 9th. The winners were determined by online voting .

Best times

 Davido

•  AKA
•  Diamond platinum
•  Sarcody
•  Wizkid

Best Female

 Yemi Alade

•  Bucie
•  Busiswa
•  Seiyi Shay
•  Vanessa Mdee

Best Group

 P-Square

•  B4
•  Beatenberg
•  Black Motion
•  Sauti Sol

Best New Act Transformed by Absolut

 Pator ranking

•  Anna Joyce
•  Cassper Nyovest
•  Duncan
•  Stonebwoy

Best hip hop

 Cassper Nyovest

•  KO
•  Phyno
•  Olamide
•  Youssoupha

Best collaboration

- AKA , Burna Boy , Da LES & JR : All Eyes on Me

• - Davido feat. Uhuru & DJ Buckz : The Sound
• - Diamond & Iyanya : Bum Bum
• - Toofan & DJ Arafat : Apero Remix
• - Stanley Enow & Sarkodie : Njama Njama Cow Remix

Song of the Year

 Mavins : Dorobucci

•  Cassper Nyovest : Doc Shebeleza
•  Euphonik feat. Mpumi : Busa
•  DJ Fisherman & NaakMusiQ featuring DJ Tira , Danger & Dream Team: Call Out
•  KO feat. Kid X : Caracara
•  Lil Kesh feat. Olamide & Davido : Shoki Remix
•  Sauti Sol : Surah Yako
•  Toofan : Gweta
•  Wizkid : Show You the Money
•  Yemi Alade : Johnny

Best Live

 Diamond platinum

•  Big Nuz
•  Flavor
•  South Africa
•  Toofan

Video of the Year

Riky Rick : Nafukawa (Direction: Adriaan Louw )

• Seyi Shay feat. Wizkid: Crazy (Director: Ryan Kruger)
• Prime Circle : Doors (Director: Clarence Peters)
• Davido feat. Uhuru & DJ Buckz : The Sound (Director: Sesan)

Best Pop & Alternative

 Jeremy Loops

•  Fuse ODG
•  Jimmy Nevis
•  Nneka
•  Prime Circle

Best Francophone

 DJ Arafat

•  Jovi
•  Laurette le Pearle
•  Ivory Coast
•  Toofan

Best Lusophone

 Ary

•  B4
•  Nelson Freitas
•  NGA
•  Yuri Da Cunha

Personality of the Year

 Trevor Noah

•  Basketmouth
•  Bonang Matheba
•  OC Ukeje
•  Yaya Toure

MAMA evolution

 D'Banj

Best International

 Nicki Minaj

•  Beyoncé
•  Big Sean
•  Chris Brown
•  Nicki Minaj
•  Rihanna

Artist of the Decade

 P-Square

MTV Base Leadership Award

Saran Kaba Jones & S'Bu Mavundla

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2015 MTV Africa Music Awards Winners! July 21, 2015, archived from the original ; accessed on November 2, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Karishma Thakurdin: All the nominees for the MTV MAMAs 2015. Channel24.co.za, June 12, 2015, accessed November 2, 2019 . 
3. ↑ MTV Africa Music Awards announces Best International Act nominees. Media Update, July 9, 2015, accessed November 2, 2019 .