Vote for your artist of the year
To nominate your favourite artist of the year, send their name to 33121. Nomination lines close on May 19.
Nominations for the 28th edition of the South African Music Awards (SAMA) and South African Music Performance Rights Association (SAMPRA) artist of the year category opened on May 3.
The category, first introduced in 2021 acknowledges musicians who best entertained during the past year as decided by the public. Any South African musician who has released a body of work between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021 is eligible for nomination.
Nominees will be bound by the official SAMA rules. To nominate your favourite artist of the year, send their name to 33121. Nomination lines close on May 19.
The SAMA28 SAMPRA artist of the year category joins record of the year and music video of the year categories as the third award voted for by the public exclusively.
The other categories are adjudicated by a panel of expert judges. SAMPRA CEO, Pfanani Lishivha said: “We are incredibly proud of the work that South African artists accomplished in 2021, especially given the conditions that they had to create in. We urge every music lovers to nominate and vote for their favourite artists because it truly is your nomination and vote that will count in the SAMPRA artist of the year category.”
Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA) CEO, Nhlanhla Sibisi said: “We once again invite South African music enthusiasts to have their say in selecting the year’s biggest act. It has been a fantastic year for South African music particularly with the emergence of new class acts. We anticipate that this will be a hotly contested category and we look forward to crowning the recipient at SAMA28.”
