Tu Face, P Square, Bigiano, top Nominees list of the SMVA 2009

Multiple Award-winning African artiste of Nigerian origin, Tu Face Idibia, alongside Bigiano, Nigerian Music industry’s epitome of perseverance, and one of the most successful duos ever to come out of Africa, P Square, are topping the list of Nominees for this year’s edition of the Soundcity Music Video Awards, SMVA.

Weird MC, El Dee , Mo Hits, and Dipp are closely following the front runners however, and are poised to be rewarded in just as many categories in the race for music video excellence. 

The list of Nominees which also features Banky W, J Martins, Jimmy Jatt, Kel, Goldie, Dare Art Alade, Bouqui and a host of others, was released in Lagos last week by the Awards Screening Committee.

This year’s recognition is more broadly contested as no single video by any solo, duo, or group of artistes featured in more than four categories of Awards, with the highest number of four nominations recorded by Tu Face

 for the video Enter the Place; Bigiano for the video Shayo; and P Square for the video Roll It. 

Mr. Olamide Adedeji, Awards Coordinator, said the categories of the Awards extend to every popular genre of music as appreciated all over Nigeria and indeed across Africa . The SMVA will also reward producers and directors, who work behind the scenes to produce the videos that have put Nigeria on

 the global front. The Nominees list shows the viewing preferences of Nigerians and viewers of music videos across Africa; and the entries were adjudged on the criteria of originality, style, creativity, expression and graphic quality.