Zimbabwe Music Awards have been announced and will take place on the 25th of January.
The awards will be open to works that have been released between 1 January and 31 December 2019.
The roadmap is as follows:
NOVEMBER 11, 2019 – OPENING OF ENTRIES
DECEMBER 31, 2019 – CLOSING OF ENTRIES
JANUARY 1 – 10, 2020 – ADJUDICATION
JANUARY 11, 2020 – NOMINEES ANNOUNCEMENT & CELEBRATION
JANUARY 25, 2020 – THE AWARDS EVENT
JANUARY 25, 2020 – THE AFTER PARTY
And there are 32 awards up for grabs
TOP 5 AWARD
1. BEST FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
2. BEST MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
3. BEST GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR
4. BEST NEW COMER OF THE YEAR
5. BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR
GENRE AWARD
6. ZIM DANCEHALL
7. SUNGURA
8. AFRO POP
9. HIP HOP
10. CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL
11. TRADITIONAL GOSPEL
12. RNB & SOUL
13. JAZZ
14. DANCE (HOUSE/GQOM/KWAITO/EDM)
15. TSHIBILIKA
16. TRADITIONAL (FOLK/CHINYAKARE/CHIMURENGA)
17. TRADITIONAL (FOLK/EZOMDABU/IMBUBE)
18. BEST ALTERNATIVE
TECHNICAL AWARD
19. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
20. ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
21. BEST MUSIC VIDEO
22. BEST VIDEOGRAPHER
SPECIAL AWARD
23. BEST COLLABORATION
24. BEST DJ (RADIO/ CLUB)
25. BEST PROMOTER
26. BEST INTERNATIONAL ZIM ARTIST
27. BEST CORPORATE SPONSOR
28. RETRO ICON AWARD 1
29. RETRO ICON AWARD 2
30. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
31. MOST DOWNLOADED SONG
PUBLIC VOTE AWARD
32. SONG OF THE YEAR