THE URBAN MUSIC AWARD'S UK RETURN FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL NIGHT

Another successful night was had by all at the return of the prestigious 7th annual Urban Music Awards at the heart of London city at a secret location on the 1st of November 2009. The show returned after the successful US version of the awards show was held in New York City early in July on the 17th of July 2009. N-Dubz, Calvin Harris, Jay Sean ft. Lil Wayne, JLS, Brick and Lace, and more were big winners on the night. The show was hosted by Tabby Brown & Roxanne Bennett
A few awards Presenters included:
BBC TV Comedian Rowland Rivron, Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace (Big Brother 7), former boxer Frank Bruno, Paul Danan (Reality TV, former Hollyoaks actor), British MP George Galloway, actress Linda Robson, Kele le Roc, Eastenders star, Shana Swash, Eddie Khadi and R&B group Cleopatra.
A few performances included:
UK soul legend, Omar, and rapper Yogi, + Touchtone Records very own King P opened the show with an electrifying performance. Others included; Sons of Soul (SOS) “Candy Girl”; Sway; Wild Sugar; K.I.G Family “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”; Meleka “Go”; Lazee “Hold On”; Dj Luck and Mc Neat “A Little Bit of Luck”; Egypt “In The Morning”; Britain’s Next Superstar singers/contestants and Brick & Lace
Jordan Kensington, C.E.O, of Urban Music Awards and IMG added, “This year, we celebrate UK urban music going pop. There is no denying when we launched IMG in 1999 to support 100% UK acts, there was hardly any awards show or platform in support for UK music. We worked extremely hard to make sure UK urban music got it’s deserving place in pop culture and we are proud to see acts we gave coverage to via our magazines, radio, and the UMA’s 10 years ago make it top 10 in the charts and are now well known names in every single household. This is a testament to our achievements, but the work doesn’t stop there. Our artists need sustainability and gateway for international success which is why the UMA’s launched its US version in New York in 2007 with an aim to provide a vehicle to promote a collaboration between UK and US artists and we were back this year in July at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Next year we return with the 3rd US version of the UMA’s in Los Angeles. UMA’s is the only music awards show dedicated to HipHop, R&B, Soul, and Dance music to have versions of the show in six countries and with our planned launch in Africa this coming December. We are proud to build a global phenomenon of music fans internationally and becoming a market leader in offering artist a gateway opportunity to be booked for international appearances in the USA, France, Germany, Japan, Caribbean and now Africa”.
Grandmasterflash (Godfather of HipHop) added “I am an innovator as we created HipHop, a music genre that wasn’t fully embraced. We worked long and hard to make sure it grew to become a credible and successful genre and now it is being enjoyed all around the world by music fans from different races, ages and more. The UMA’s would always have my support because what the UMA’s are doing worldwide is way ahead of it’s time and the effects and positive impact of the Urban Music Awards worldwide would only be realised several years after for how groundbreaking one show has been to inspire a generation from the grassroots to the mainstream”.
Full list of winners for the 7th annual Urban Music Awards (UK) were:
Best Album
N-Dubz ‘Uncle B’

Best Dance Act
Calvin Harris

Best Collaboration
Jay Sean ft. Lil Wayne

Best DJ
Swerve

Best Entrepreneur
Levi Roots

Best Gospel Act
Guvna B

Best Group
JLS

Best HipHop Act
Sway

Best Jazz Act
Yolanda Brown

Best Music Video
K.I.G Family ‘Heads , shoulders, knees and toes’

Best Newcomer
Egypt

Best Producer
Blessed Beats


Best Radio Station
Kiss

Best TV Station
Flava

Best R&B Act
Brick & Lace

Best Radio Show
James Merritt

Best UK Asian Act
RDB

Most Inspiring Act
Brick & Lace

Outstanding Contribution to the community award
Nii Sackey

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