The 2013 NEA Awards were held yesterday September 1st in New York and hosted by Basket Mouth. Opening the event was Sean Tizzle performing on stage, Dammy Krane, Olamide & Phyno and more. The moment of the day went to Olamide for scooping three awards as “Best Indigenous Artist”, “Best Album” and “Best Collaboration” with Phyno. Basket Mouth won Comedian of Year and gave it to Bovi. Finally, Iyanya took jabs at D’Tunes while receiving his award. Check out winners below
BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR YBNL – Olamide
HOTTEST SINGLE OF THE YEAR Kukere – Iyanya
BEST NEW ACT OF THE YEAR Burna Boy
GOSPEL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Sammy Okposo
BEST POP/R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR Davido
BEST RAP ACT OF THE YEAR Ice Prince
MUSIC PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Spellz
MOST PROMISING MALE ACT TO WATCH Endia
MOST PROMISING FEMALE ACT TO WATCH Emma Nyra
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST JJC BEST INDIGENOUS ARTIST/GROUP Olamide
BEST COLLABO Ghost Mode – Phyno & Olamide
BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN FILM Rita Dominic
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN FILM Ali Nuhu
BEST FILM DIRECTOR Tunde Kelani (Maami)
BEST TV SHOW Big Brother Africa PAN AFRICAN ACTOR John Dumelo
PAN AFRICAN ACTRESS Nadia Buhari
WORLD DJ DJ Bayo
(UK) BEST COMEDIAN Basket Mouth
ENTERTAINMENT PROMOTER Coko Bar
RADIO ON AIR/TV PERSONALITY Freeze – Cool FM TV PERSONALITY
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