Gambia's Wah Sa Halat releases 2019 award nominees

The ceremony will take place on 26 January at Kairaba Beach Hotel in Banjul. The awards were first held in 2016 and inspired by a radio show.

“The categories are 18 and each of them has four to five nominees and is determined by the works of an individual artist over the past years, and it must be original content," jury member Francis Abdul Malick Mendy said.

He added that a new category called the People’s Choice would go through the board but would be decided by the voting public. Another new category is the Activism Award, which will be given to an artist giving back to soceity through music.

Belowis the full list of nominees:

Artist of the Year

• ST
• Jizzle
• Nobles
• Big Faa
• T Smallz Suso

 Song of the Year 

• 'Nna Jarabi' – Nobles ft. Jizzle
• 'Jalika' – Jizzle ft. Hussien
• 'Fuwareyaa' – ST
• 'Mosanam' – Nobles
• 'Nyu Defarr Kor' – Bigg Faa

 Music Video of the Year

• 'Makk Suma Ndo' – Og Log
• 'Mosanam' – Nobles
• 'Chorr Mama' – ST
• 'Dees' – Vypa ft. Yaffa
• 'Ma Niggas' – Jizzle

Album of the Year

• GeeBril – Gee
• Saluto – ST
• The Next Big Thing – Jizzle
• Hello World – Nobles
• Better Days – Royal Messenjah

Best Collaboration of the Year

• 'Badou Jack' – Attack ft. Bai Babu
• 'Dor Si Dara' – Hussien & Chanta
• 'Jalika' – Jizzle ft. Hussien
• 'Nna Jarabi' – Nobles ft. Jizzle
• 'Bagne' – Team Kunda ft. Bai Babu

Music Producer of the Year

• Jlive Music 
• Uche Made It
• Styllz
• Minka Records
• Whadnow

Video Director of the Year

• Sheikh Tijan – STS Pictures
• Gando – Iris Studios
• Pa Matarr Waggeh – Wax Media

Rap/hip hop Artist of the Year

• ST
• Awa Bling
• Og Log
• Vypa
• Mass Murda 187

Reggae-dancehall Artist of the Year

• Royal Messenjah
• Mahaa Di Hammer
• Sophia
• A2
• Sparklyn Black

Afro-fusion Artist of the Year

• Nobles
• Jizzle
• CihuYaffa
• Team Kunda
• O Boy Gambian Child

New Artist of the Year

• Big Rozay
• Y–Dee
• Cihu Yaffa
• Attack
• Chronik Bob

Foreign-based Artist of the Year

• Benjahmin
• Big Sey
• Gambino
• Dr Olugander
• Limbo