The nominees for this yr’s Hint Awards have been introduced!
South African acts Tyler ICU and Tyla, in addition to Nigerian superstars Asake, Burna Boy, and Rema, earned probably the most nods.
The Hint Awards spotlight the richness and excellence of African and Afrocentric music by genres resembling Afrobeats, Dancehall, Hip-hop, Mbalax, Amapiano, Zouk, Kizomba, Genge, Coupé-décalé, Bongo Flava, Soukous, Gospel, Rap, Raï, Kompa, R&B, and Rumba. Artists from over 30 nations in Africa, South America, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, and Europe are competing in 24 classes.
This yr’s version of the Awards, which can happen in Zanzibar, Tanzania, on twenty sixth February, is poised to rejoice the sound and tales driving African music’s ever-expanding resonance.
One of the crucial keenly-contested classes is Track of The 12 months, the place Tyler ICU has been nominated for his smash hit Mnike. He’s up towards Tyla’s Leap, Asake‘s Lively, Tems’ Love Me Jeje and Burna Boy’s Greater, amongst others.
One other class to look out for is Album of the 12 months, the place Asake’s Lungu Boy has been nominated alongside Burna Boy’s I Informed Them, Rema’s HEIS, Amaarae’s Fountain Child, and King Promise’s True To Self.
Tyler ICU, Tyla, Asake, Rema And Burna Boy are additionally up for Finest International African Artist, with Nigerian pop princess Ayra Star, Congo DR’s Fally Ipupa and Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz finishing the record of nominees.
Followers can now vote for his or her favorite artists throughout a number of classes. The polls opened on 2nd January and can shut on February fifteenth, 2025. Public votes will decide 50% of the outcomes, with the remainder determined by an knowledgeable jury.
Click on right here to see the complete record of nominees.