It is just days away from the prestigious All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) and eyebrows are raised. Well, the widely desired spot of ‘Song of The Year’ is up again for a much-heated jostle. This year, the royal rumble is as intense as it could ever get, with nominations from some of the biggest jams of 2020.
‘Song of The Year’ is one of the most keenly contested categories of AFRIMA, featuring the most popular songs in the continent. In 2014 when AFRIMA began, Nigeria’s Brymo won in the category with his song, ‘Down’, Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania) won in 2015 with ‘Nasema Nawe’ and in 2016 with ‘Utanipenda’. Wizkid (Nigeria) with his song, ‘Come Closer’ was the category’s winner in 2017 while GuiltyBeatz, Mr. Eazi, Patapaa & Paapy Kojo (Ghana-Nigeria) won in 2018 with ‘Akwaaba’, and in 2019, ‘Fever’ by Wizkid (Nigeria) clinched the award.
Check out the songs that are in the ring for AFRIMA 2021 ‘Song of The Year’:
SummerYoMuthi (Blaq Diamond, South Africa)
FEM (Davido, Nigeria)
Waah (Diamond Platnumz feat. Koffi Olomide, Tanzania)
Yaba Buluku Remix (Dj Tarico feat. Burna Boy, Preck & Nelson, Mozambique)
Ke Star Remix (Focalistic [Feat. Davido & Vigro Deep, South Africa)
In My Maserati Remix (Olakira feat. Davido, Nigeria) Infinity (Olamide feat Omah Lay, Nigeria)
Abule (Patoranking, Nigeria)
Number One (Rayvanny feat Zuchu, Tanzania)
Le Gout De (Remy Adan, Ivory Coast)
Essence (Wizkid feat Tems, Nigeria)
AFRIMA 2021 holds at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, Nigeria from Friday, November 19 – Sunday, November 21, 2021. Preceding the award ceremony is the African Music Business Summit (AMBS), on Friday, November 19, 2021at 8.30am and AFRIMA Music Fest, same day from 6.00pm.
Sunday, November 21, 2021 comes with all the glitz and glam from Africa’s music superstars, celebrities, and international personalities at AFRIMA Awards ceremony with Red Carpet at 4.30pm and main awards at 7.30pm. Voting and ticket sales are ongoing on AFRIMA website www.afrima.org.
