Groove Award Nominations Open

The nominations for the 2011 Groove Awards with Skiza are now open till February 25th 2011. All you need to do is download the nomination form here fill it in and submit it at any of the 5 drop off points namely Mo Sound Office at Nelleon Place Rhapta road Westlands next to UNHCR,  Nation Centre on Kimathi Street, Nairobi, Hope FM offices on Valley Road, Nairobi, Nam Lolwe Radio in Kisumu or Kassanga Music Shops in Nairobi, Mombasa and Nakuru. You can also mail in your form to Groove Awards, P.O Box 38532 – 00623, Nairobi Kenya.

 

In addition to the form, you also need to drop off the following.
• A Soft Copy of a written Biography in English (less than 500 words) – in a CD
• 2 copies of recent colored photographs (passport and full size) – In a CD
• 4 Copies of the single/CD of the title commercially released from January 1st 2010 to January 1st 2011.
• 4 Copies of Video DVD of the title commercially released from January 1st 2010 to January 1st 2011.

The organizers have also released a timeline of the events leading up to the awards ceremony. There will be a nomination gala on the 28th of March 2011. The Groove Tour is back on the first four Sundays in April. The awards ceremony will take place on 30th April 2011 and voting will close the previous day at midnight.

Now in it’s 6th year, the Groove Awards is organized by Mo Sound Entertainment. Safaricom’s Skiza is back as the title sponsor  as is Nation Media’s NTV. Below are the seven divisions.

DIVISION I
Male artist of the year
Female artist of the year
Group of the year
New artist of the year

DIVISION II
Song of the year
Worship song of the year
Ragga/Reggae song of the year
Hiphop song of the year

DIVISION III
Audio producer of the year
Video producer of the year
Song writer of the year
Video of the year

DIVISION IV
Album of the year
Collabo of the year
Dance group of the year

DIVISION V
Gospel radio show
Gospel TV show
Radio Presenter
DJ of the year

DIVISION VI
Pwani song of the year
Rift valley song of the year
Western song of the year
Eastern song of the year
Nyanza song of the year
Central song of the year

DIVISION VII
Uganda artist of the year
Rwanda artist of the year
Tanzania artist of the year
Burundi artist of the year
Southern Sudan artist of the year
Diaspora artist or group of the year