{"id":164993,"date":"2015-11-06T11:38:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T11:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=164993"},"modified":"2015-11-06T11:44:39","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T11:44:39","slug":"fuse-odg-wins-best-african-act-at-mobo-awards-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=164993","title":{"rendered":"Fuse ODG wins Best African Act at MOBO Awards 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ghanaian-born-UK-based musician, Fuse ODG, has for the third time running emerged as Africa\u2019s best musician at the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fuse ODG cemented his reign by beating competition from other topnotch musicians on the continent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fuse won the award in 2013 and 2014 respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Born Nana Richard Abiona, he beat the likes of Davido, Wizkid, Patoranking, Moelogo, Yemi Alade, AKA, Mista Silva, Silvastone, and fellow Ghanaian musician Shatta Wale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 2015 MOBO Awards came off at the First Direct Arena in Leeds Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his acceptance speech, the Antenna hit singer said, \u201cYou guys already know I do this for my people. Big up everyone in Africa\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also thanked the various artistes in Africa who are working hard to put the continent on the map.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Below is the 2015 MOBO Awards winners list:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Best Male<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Skepta<br \/>\nMark Ronson<br \/>\nKrept &amp; Konan<br \/>\nJME<br \/>\nStormzy (WINNER)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Best Female<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">FKA Twigs<br \/>\nLittle Simz<br \/>\nElla Eyre (WINNER)<br \/>\nLianne La Havas<br \/>\nJess Glynne<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Best Album<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Krept &amp; Konan &#8211; &#8216;The Long Way Home&#8217; (WINNER)<br \/>\nJME &#8211; &#8216;Integrity&#8217;<br \/>\nLianne La Havas &#8211; &#8216;Blood&#8217;<br \/>\nWiley &#8211; &#8216;Snakes &amp; Ladders&#8217;<br \/>\nJamie XX &#8211; &#8216;In Colour&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Best Song<\/strong><br \/>\nMark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars &#8211; &#8216;Uptown Funk&#8217;<br \/>\nSkepta &#8211; &#8216;Shutdown&#8217; (WINNER)<br \/>\nTinie Tempah Feat. Jess Glynne &#8211; &#8216;Not Letting Go&#8217;<br \/>\nJME Feat. Giggs &#8211; &#8216;Man Don&#8217;t Care&#8217;<br \/>\nKrept &amp; Konan &#8211; &#8216;Freak Of The Week&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Best Video<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stormzy &#8211; &#8216;Know Me From&#8217;<br \/>\nFKA Twigs &#8211; &#8216;Pendulum&#8217; (WINNER)<br \/>\nRita Ora Feat. Chris Brown &#8211; &#8216;Body On Me&#8217;<br \/>\nLethal Bizzle &#8216; &#8216;Fester Skank&#8217;<br \/>\nFKA Twigs &#8216; &#8216;Glass And Patron&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Best Newcomer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bugzy Malone<br \/>\nSection Boyz (WINNER)<br \/>\nNao<br \/>\nBonkaz<br \/>\nNick Brewer<br \/>\nGeorge The Poet<br \/>\nJ Hus<br \/>\nSnakehips<br \/>\nSinead Harnett<br \/>\nYungen<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Best International Album<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Drake &#8211; &#8216;If You&#8217;re Reading This, It\u2019s Too Late&#8217; (WINNER)<br \/>\nKendrick Lamar &#8211; &#8216;To Pimp A Butterfly&#8217;<br \/>\nJ. Cole &#8211; &#8216;2014 Forest Hills Drive&#8217;<br \/>\nDre Dre &#8211; &#8216;Compton: A Soundtrack By Dr Dre&#8217;<br \/>\nThe Weeknd &#8211; &#8216;Beauty Behind The Madness&#8217;<br \/>\nD&#8217;Angelo &#8211; &#8216;Black Messiah&#8217;<br \/>\nJazmine Sullivan &#8211; &#8216;Reality Show&#8217;<br \/>\nThe Internet &#8211; &#8216;Ego Death&#8217;<br \/>\nTyrese &#8211; &#8216;Black Rose&#8217;<br \/>\nA$AP Rocky &#8211; &#8216;At.Long.Last.ASAP&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Best Grime<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bugzy Malone<br \/>\nJME<br \/>\nLethal Bizzle<br \/>\nSkepta<br \/>\nStormzy (WINNER)<br \/>\nBest Hip-Hop<br \/>\nAkala<br \/>\nKrept &amp; Konan (WINNER)<br \/>\nNines<br \/>\nLittle Simz<br \/>\nLady Leshurr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Best R&amp;B\/Soul<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kwabs<br \/>\nAndreya Triana<br \/>\nShakka (WINNER)<br \/>\nLianna La Havas<br \/>\nJoss Stone<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Best African<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fuse ODG (WINNER)<br \/>\nDavido<br \/>\nWizkid<br \/>\nPatoranking<br \/>\nMoelogo<br \/>\nYemi Alade<br \/>\nAka<br \/>\nMista Silva<br \/>\nShatta Wale<br \/>\nSilvastone<br \/>\nBest Reggae<br \/>\nStylo G<br \/>\nChonixx<br \/>\nOmi<br \/>\nPopcaan (WINNER)<br \/>\nProtoje<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Best Jazz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Binker And Moses (WINNER)<br \/>\nJulia Biel<br \/>\nCourtney Pine<br \/>\nDavid Little<br \/>\nPolar Bear<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Best Gospel<\/strong><br \/>\nChos3n<br \/>\nOlaedo Ibe<br \/>\nLeroy Johnson<br \/>\nNi-Cola<br \/>\nFaith Child (WINNER)<br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\nBy: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian-born-UK-based musician, Fuse ODG, has for the third time running emerged as Africa\u2019s best musician at the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards. Fuse ODG cemented his reign by beating competition from other topnotch musicians on the continent. Fuse won the award in 2013 and 2014 respectively. Born Nana Richard Abiona, he beat the likes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":164999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-164993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-togbe-afede"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/164999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}