Winners Of The Dance Music Awards South Africa 2017
After weeks of nomination and voting the new digital awards DMASA founded by media house Soul Candi have finally announced their winners in all the categories.
These awards are different from them all. Fans were given a fair chance to control everything , from nominations to voting they had the upper hand, all they were waiting for now are the results of their votes. All the nominated acts were chosen carefully from a variety of categories which were 20 altogether. The top acts that were honored with most awards were Jullian Gomes, Black Coffee, Black Motion and House Afrika.
The awards received over 19 000 votes. The voting campaign started in August and each category had a total of 5 nominations. Multi- award winning sensation Black Coffee bagged the Best Producer, Best Remix and Best Male DJ awards.Black Motion took home the Best Live Act award and the Best Music Video award for their song Rejoice with songstress Bucie.
Kaylow won the award for Best Male Vocalist while Lady Zamar added to her recent string of awards with Best Female Vocalist. House Afrika took Best Record Label and compilation of the Year for their Mzansi House Volume 6.
Lars Behrenroth won Best International DJ and said South Africa was the only country that loved and understood his music on another level. Atjazz took the Best International Producer nod.
Pioneers Of House award went to Sandy Rivera (Kings of Tomorrow). Das Kapital scored himself the Best EDM Record for Bend It and Jazzuelle took the prize for Best Underground Record for Don’t Forget Me featuring Lazarusman. Best Dance Radio Show went to Metro FM’s The Urban Beat, Best Club went to Truth and Best Festival went to Ultra. Lady Sakhe took home Best Female DJ and Babes Wodumo walked away with an award for Best House/Gqom Record for her song Wololo.