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July 31, 2007 (Press Release) --
UK, London (PR WIRE) 30th of August 2007 -Nominations for the 5th Annual Kickers Urban Music Awards was announced today. The music awards 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 year.
The Urban Music Awards was born out of the need to build a worldwide and independent awards ceremony to recognize the achievement of 100% British based artists, producers, club nights, dj’s , radio stations, record labels and artist within British urrban music scene. Ex- Sugarbabes star Mutya Buena, Kele le Roc, Dizzee Rascal, Just Jack and Sadie Ama capture the spotlight this year, 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 awards 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 awards show is brought to you by our presenting sponsor Kickers, Head of Marketing for Kickers, Simon Jobson said “The Urban Music Awards is the perfect partner for us, as it is a credible ceremony that remains as much as part of the people as it is the only awards that is voted for by the public and celebrates creativity and youth movements within the UK. We see the partnership with the Urban Music Awards as a continuation of our strategy of targeting events that reinforces our heritage and connection to music on the back of the iconic Kick Hi boot”. For the first time ever in awards show history, The Kickers Urban Music Awards will expose fans to the insanity on and off the stage at the 2007 show via our live online broadcast of the awards 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 awards ceremony and the recipients of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement and Outstanding Achievement Award. Boyz 2 Men and Grandmasterflash & the Furious Five were recipients of this award in the US show last month. Previous years have seen legends; Omar, Goldie, Beverley Knight, Heather Smalls, and Soul 2 Soul icon Jazzy B take home the award.
CEO & Founder of the UMA’s, Jordan Kensington said “This year to celebrate our 5th anniversary we are 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 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 all year round. Voting kicks off now @ www.kickers.co.uk
Muteya Buena, Sadie Ama, Jamelia, Just Jack and 2003 UMA winner Dizzee Rascal all grab tripple nominations this year.
The Urban Music Awards was born out of the need to build a worldwide and independent awards ceremony to recognize the achievement of 100% British based artists, producers, club nights, dj’s , radio stations, record labels and artist within British urrban music scene. Ex- Sugarbabes star Mutya Buena, Kele le Roc, Dizzee Rascal, Just Jack and Sadie Ama capture the spotlight this year, 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 awards 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 awards show is brought to you by our presenting sponsor Kickers, Head of Marketing for Kickers, Simon Jobson said “The Urban Music Awards is the perfect partner for us, as it is a credible ceremony that remains as much as part of the people as it is the only awards that is voted for by the public and celebrates creativity and youth movements within the UK. We see the partnership with the Urban Music Awards as a continuation of our strategy of targeting events that reinforces our heritage and connection to music on the back of the iconic Kick Hi boot”. For the first time ever in awards show history, The Kickers Urban Music Awards will expose fans to the insanity on and off the stage at the 2007 show via our live online broadcast of the awards 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 awards ceremony and the recipients of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement and Outstanding Achievement Award. Boyz 2 Men and Grandmasterflash & the Furious Five were recipients of this award in the US show last month. Previous years have seen legends; Omar, Goldie, Beverley Knight, Heather Smalls, and Soul 2 Soul icon Jazzy B take home the award.
CEO & Founder of the UMA’s, Jordan Kensington said “This year to celebrate our 5th anniversary we are 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 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 all year round. Voting kicks off now @ www.kickers.co.uk
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