Krept & Konan, FKA twigs & More Up For 2015 MOBO Awards

30 September 2015 / 11:37

This year's MOBO Awards nominations have literally just been revealed and MTV Brand New For 2015 winners Krept & Konan are joint leaders ofthe pack with four nods.

The 'Freak Of The Week's hit makers are nominated for Best Male, Best Song, Best Hip Hipand also Best Album for 'The Long Way Home' which made history earlier this year becoming the highest charting UK hip hip record when it debuted at No.2 in the iTunes chart.

Grime giant JME also scored four noms also including Best Male and Best Album.

Meanwhile Lianne La Havas and the enigmatic FKA twigs followclose behind with three nominations each. La Havas is eyeing up Best Female, Best Album and Best RnB/Soul Atwhile also twigs competes inBest Female but hastwo noms in the Best Video category for 'Pendulum' and 'Glass and Patron'.

Competeing alongside Krept & Konanfor Best Albumare Lianne La Havas''Blood', JME's 'Integrity', Wiley's 'Snakes & Ladders' and Jamie xx's'In Colours'.

This year's 20th MOBO Awards will take place in Leeds' First Direct Arena on 4th November and this year's ceremony will also honour Wiley with the inaugural MOBO 'Paving The Way' award in partnership with ITV2.

The 'Chasing The Art' rapper will be honoured with a paving stone to immortalise his legacy in a location meaningful to him where he started on his creative journey. Wiley has chosen to place his paving stone at his former secondary school ‘Bow School’ which his father also attend.

Kanya King MBE, Founder and CEO of MOBO said:“Over the past 20 years we’ve been elevating and celebrating emerging and established musical talent – The MOBO Awards have been a catalyst for countless artists who received their first TV opportunity on our show and who might otherwise have remained unnoticed,” Kanya said.
“We want to celebrate the phenomenal achievements of our brightest stars like Wiley, who paved the way for the next generation to achieve even greater things –and we are delighted to be launching this award with ITV2 here today. Wiley, we salute you”.

2015 MOBO Awards Nominees

Best Male

Skepta
Mark Ronson
Krept & Konan
JME
Stormzy

Best Female

FKA twigs
Little Simz
Ella Eyre
Lianne La Havas
Jess Glynne

Best Album

Krept & Konan – ‘The Long Way Home’
JME – ‘Integrity’
Lianne La Havas – ‘Blood’
Wiley – ‘Snakes & Ladders’
Jamie xx – ‘In Colour’

Best Song In Association With First Direct

Mark Ronson Ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Skepta – “Shutdown”
Tinie Tempah Ft. Jess Glynne – “Not Letting Go”
Jme Ft. Giggs “Man Don’t Care”
Krept & Konan “Freak Of The Week”

Best Video

Stormzy – “Know Me From”
FKA twigs – “Pendulum”
Rita Ora Ft. Chris Brown “Body On Me”
Lethal Bizzle – “Fester Skank”
FKA twigs – “Glass & Patron”

Best Newcomer In Association With Virgin Trains East Coast

Bugzy Malone
Section Boyz
Nao
Bonkaz
Nick Brewer
George The Poet
J Hus
Snakehips
Sinead Harnett
Yungen

Best International Album

'Shortlist Of Five Final Nominees, Voted By The Public, Will Be Revealed On 14 October 2015'
Drake – “If You’re Reading This Its Too Late”
J. Cole – “2014 Forest Hill Drive”
Kendrick Lamar – “To Pimp A Butterfly”
Dr Dre – “Compton: A Soundtrack By Dr. Dre”
The Weeknd – “Beauty Behind The Madness”
D’Angelo – “Black Messiah”
Jazmine Sullivan – “Reality Show”
The Internet – “Ego Death”
Tyrese – “Black Rose”
A$AP Rocky – “At.Long.Last.Asap”

Best Grime In Association With Bbc Radio 1Xtra

Bugzy Malone
JME
Lethal Bizzle
Skepta
Stormzy

Best Hip Hop

Akala
Krept & Konan
Nines
Little Simz
Lady Leshurr

Best RnB/Soul Act

Kwabs
Andreya Triana
Shakka
Lianne La Havas
Joss Stone

Best African

'Shortlist Of Five Final Nominees, Voted By The Public, Will Be Revealed On 14 October 2015'
Fuse ODG
Davido
Wizkid
Patoranking
Moelogo
Yemi Alade
Aka
Mista Silva
Shatta Wale
Silvastone