Tinie Tempah Leads The MOBOs
The Frisky gent receives four nods for the awards
The nominations for this year's MOBO Awards have been announced, with Tinie Tempah taking the lead with four nominations.
Dizzee Rascal, Professor Green, N-Dubz and Plan B are all close behind with three nods each, while Rihanna, Black Eyed Peas, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Drake and Jason Derulo are all nominated in the Best International Act category.
The awards take place at the Liverpool Echo Arena on October 20th, and although no performers have yet to be announced for the night, N-Dubz have been hinting that they may well be playing.
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2010 MOBO Nominations:
Best Newcomer
Tinie Tempah
Professor Green
Scorcher
Labrinth
Devlin
Best U.K. Act
Tinie Tempah
Jay Sean
Tinchy Stryder
Taio Cruz
Chipmunk
N-Dubz
Giggs
JLS
Roll Deep
M.I.A
Dizzee Rascal
Alexandra Burke
Sade
Plan B
Leona Lewis
Best Song
Taio Cruz ft Ke$ha - "Dirty Picture"
Tinie Tempah - "Pass Out"
N-Dubz ft Mr Hudson - "Playing With Fire"
Mark Ronson & The Business INTL ft Q-Tip & MNDR - "Bang, Bang, Bang"
Professor Green ft Ed Drewett - "I Need You Tonight"
Best U.K. R&B/Soul
Sade
Natalie Williams
Corinne Bailey Rae
McLean
Plan B
Best U.K. Hip Hop/Grime
Giggs
Professor Green
Skepta
Akala
Wiley
Best International Act
Drake
Alicia Keys
Jay Z
Rihanna
Eminem
Janelle Monae
Black Eyed Peas
Nicki Minaj
Ne-Yo
Usher
Beyonce
Jason Derulo
Lil Wayne
Travie McCoy
Trey Songz
Best Video Nominations
Mark Ronson – Bang Bang Bang
Tinie Tempah ft Labrinth – Frisky
Tinchy Stryder – You’re Not Alone
Alesha Dixon – Drummer Boy
Dizzee Rascal – Dirtee Disco
Best Reggae
Damian Marley
Mavado
GYPTIAN
Vybz Kartel
GAPPY RANKS
Best Album
Plan B - "The Defamation of Strickland Banks" (679/Atlantic)
JLS - "JLS" (Epic)
N-Dubz "Against All Odds" (UMTV)
Chipmunk -"I Am Chipmunk" (Jive/Columbia)
Dizzee Rascal - "Tongue in Cheek" (Dirtee Stank)
Best African Act
K'Naan (Somalia)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Hip Hop Pantsula (South Africa)
JJC (Nigeria)
Banky W. (Nigeria)
Concha Buika (Equatorial Guinea)
Mulatu Astatke (Ethiopia)
Wanlov the Kubolor (Ghana)
Angélique Kidjo (Benin)
M3NSA (Ghana)
Yuri Da Cunha (Angola)
Tinny (Ghana)
Waldemar Bastos (Zimbabwe)
Staff Benda Bilili (Congo-Kinshasa)
BLK JKS (South Africa)
Best Gospel Act
Faith Child
Guvna B
Rachel Kerr
Jake Isaac
Beverley Trotman
Best Jazz Act
Robert Glasper
Brad Mehldau
Empirical
Phronesis
John McLaughlin