List of awards and nominations received by Busiswa

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Busiswa awards and nominations
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Wins4
Nominations12
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  1. Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Busiswa is a South African singer, and songwriter. [1] She gained public recognition for featuring on DJ Zinhle's Song "My Name Is", after being discovered by Kalawa Jazmee CEO, Oskido. [2] Since then, she has released two studio albums Highly Flavored and Summer Life . [3]

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Busiswa's contribution to the South African music industry has garnered her multiple awards and nominations in several music award South African Music Awards, [4] Metro FM Music Awards, [5] the Channel O Music Video Awards and MTV Africa Music Award In 2012, she was named in the Mail and Guardian's Top 200 Young South Africans. [6]

South African Music Awards

The South African Music Awards (also known as The SAMAs) are the Recording Industry of South Africa's music industry awards, established in 1995.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2012My Name IsRecord of the yearNominated
2018Highly FlavoredBest Kwaito AlbumWon
HerselfBest Female ArtistNominated
2019 Summer LifeBest Dance AlbumNominated
BusiswaBest Female artistNominated

Metro FM Awards

Metro FM Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that was established in 2000 by Metro FM with the aim of offering its listeners to honour their favorite South African artists. [7] Busiswa has received one award nominations.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2014VisaBest Music VideoNominated

All Africa Music Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2015BusiswaBest Female (Southern Africa)Won

Channel O Africa Music Video Award

First held in 2003 as Reel Music Video Awards, the Channel O Africa Music Video Awards are Pan-African music awards organised by South Africa-based television channel Channel O. Busiswa has won the award once.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2012My Name IsMost Gifted Dance categoryNominated
Music Video of the yearNominated
2013NgokuMost Gifted Dance categoryWon

Mtv Africa Music Awards

The MTV Africa Music Awards were established in 2008 by MTV Networks Africa to celebrate the most popular contemporary music in Africa.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2015HerselfBest FemaleNominated

Feather Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2019HerselfMusician of the YearWon [8]

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References

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  2. "Catching Up With Busiswa". www.bona.co.za. September 22, 2014.
  3. "Busiswa is highly favoured". www.channel24.co.za. 2017-08-23.
  4. "Channel O Africa Music Video Awards 2013 nominees announced".
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