South African Music Awards

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The South African Music Awards (SAMA; German about: " South African Music Awards ") are a prize of the Record Industry of South Africa (RiSA; about: "South African record industry") in South Africa . They have been awarded annually to successful musicians since 1995. In 2012 there were 37 awards, in 2019 there were 38 awards. The prize consists of a figure called "Sama".

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The prizes are split similarly to the Grammy Awards . Main prizes are awarded for the Lifetime Achievement ("Life Achievement ") and International Achievement ("International Success"). The "Top 5" include the prizes for the best album of the year, the group or duo of the year, the newcomer of the year and the female or male artist of the year. There are additional prizes in the categories MTN Record of the Year , Best Selling Album and - in three categories - MTN Best- Selling mobile music download (" Most downloaded piece of music on mobile radio") , partly named after the main sponsor MTN.

The prizes are awarded on two consecutive days in April, May or June during a show at the Superbowl in Sun City . Some of the nominated artists will perform live. The winner will be announced out of five nominees. Musicians are honored for their achievements in the previous year of the award ceremony. The prizes are awarded by independent experts who work for radio stations, print media or in the academic field and are redefined every year. Deviating from this, some prizes are determined on the basis of sales figures, while the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Executive Committee of the RiSA and the Record of the Year award, in which more than five albums are nominated, are awarded by public vote via SMS. In 2012 the singer Zahara won eight SAMAs for her album Loliwe.

Categories

The categories have been changed several times in the history of the SAMA awards. The award ceremony took place in 2012 in the following categories.

  • Sunday:
    • Best producer
    • Best Engineer
    • Best Video of the Year
    • Best Live DVD
    • Remix of the Year
    • Lifetime Achievement Award
    • Best Selling True-Tone Download of the Year
    • Best Selling Ring Back Tone of the Year
    • Best Selling Full Track Download of the Year
    • Most Played Song on South African Radio 2011
  • Mondays, including live broadcast on SABC1 TV :
    • Best alternative album
    • Best Kiddies Album
    • Best Smooth Urban Music Album
    • Best Contemporary Faith Music Album
    • Best Classical and Instrumental Album
    • Best collaboration
    • Best jazz album
    • Best Pop Album
    • Best African Adult Album
    • Best rock album
    • Best Traditional Music Album
    • Best Traditional Faith Music Album
    • Best Street Urban Music Album
    • Best Sokkie Dan's album
    • Best Adult Contemporary Album
    • Best Maskandi album
    • Best Kwaito Album
    • Best dance album
    • Best selling album

Web links

Commons : South African Music Awards  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c List of the 2012 winners (English, PDF file; 50 kB), accessed on October 3, 2012
  2. ↑ Sama 2019: Complete list of winners. thesouthafrican.com, June 1, 2019, accessed December 22, 2019
  3. ↑ Conditions of participation and list of nominated albums 2012 (English, PDF file; 1.0 MB), accessed on October 3, 2012