2021 Canal D’or Awards: Complete list of nominees

2021 Canal D’or Awards. 2021 Canal D’or Awards honours the best in music, movie and dedicates special prizes to talented entertainers in the country and Africa at large. The 13th edition of the Cameroon music award Canal D’Or will take place on the 30th of October 2021.

Below are the categories and their nominees for the Canal d’Or award 2021.

FEMALE ARTIST

• LADY PONCE
• COCO ARGENTÉE
• KAREYCE FOTSO
• DAPHNE
• CHARLOTTE DIPANDA.
• MANI BELLA.

MALE ARTIST

• AVEIRO DJESS
• LOCKO
• KO C
• SALATIAL
• STANLEY ENOW
• JACKY KINGUE
• SERGO POLO
• DJ GÉRARD BEN
• DYNASTIE LE TIGRE

GOSPEL ARTIST / MUSIC GROUP

• INDIRA
• AKUBAÏ
• THE CHORUS OF PICOLLI
• IDA FOBASSO
• GUY MICHEL KINGUE
• CHRISTIANA MOUKOURY

CANAL 2’OR Public 

• GERVAIS DE GRACE DECCA
• PA’A BARTHÉLEMY
• CARLS ANTONIO
• VICKY PALABA
• FENTO SOLO
• RACHIDA JOLIE
• WITTY MINSTREL.

POPULAR SONG

• “CALEÇON” By Ko C
• “A JAMAIS” By MR. SHYNE
• “LE NYAMA” By AVEIRO DJESS
• “TCHAPEU TCHAPEU” By HAPPY D’EFOULAN
• “MIMBONG” By JOËL LA FLEUR
• “FOUP FAP” By NYANGONO DU SUD
• “LAISSE MOI T’AÎMER” By DARINA VICTRY
• “CHÉRI COCO” By JACKY KINGUE
• “SOKOTO” By JANÉA
• “LES MÊMES MÊMES CHOSES” By LOCKO

MUSICAL REVELATION

• HAPPY D’EFOULAN
• VERNYUY TINA
• KAMENI
• CYSOUL
• DARINA VICTRY

AFRO URBAN MALE ARTIST

• KO C
• SALATIAL
• TZY PANCHAK
• LOCKO
• AVEIRO DJESS
• TENOR
• MINK’S
• STANLEY ENOW
• MR. LEO

AFRO URBAN FEMALE ARTIST

• MIMIE
• BLANCHE BAILLY
• KAMENI
• LYDOL
• NABILA
• DAPHNE

BEST Actress

• EMY BASSONG as SOPHIE in “MADAME … MONSIEUR”
• RACHEL NKONTIEU as MRS MBARGA in “MADAME … MONSIEUR”
• ESTHER BIIGA as EKOUNOU in “QUARTIER CHAUD”
• EDITH MOUKAM as GERMAINE in “SAMBA, LE GENERAL”
• MÉLISSA KOUAMEN as MYRA in “MIEL AMER”
• MURJELLE  BLANCHE as PASSY in “MADAME … MONSIEUR”
• HORTAVIE MPONDO as SYLVIE in “OTAGE D’AMOUR”

BEST ONLINE ACTORS

• MA’A JACKY
• FINGON TRALALA
• ULRICH TAKAM
• TIK NDENGUE
• BLACK OYA
• DYLAN COMEDY
• LUDWIG
• MUTA PENDA

BEST ONLINE ACTRESS

• NIKETCHUE
• NELLY
• JOYS S’AA
• MOA MINGA
• DIANA BOULI
• LARISSA MAFFO
• MADAME COOPER
• LA POUPÉE DU TOGO

BEST ACTOR

• ESHU RIGO as  M. MBARGA in “MADAME …MONSIEUR”
• HERVÉ NGUETCHOUANG as AUSTIN EBANDA in “MADAME … MONSIEUR“
• JEAN DE DIEU TCHEGNEBE as GENERAL SAMBA in “SAMBA”
• PATRICK OYONO as EWANÉ in “MADAME … MONSIEUR”
• DANIEL NSANG as PIWOLE in “MADAME … MONSIEUR”
• EBENEZER KEPOMBIA as PAPA LOKO in “MADAME … MONSIEUR“

BEST COMEDIAN

• CABREL NANJIP
• MOUSTIK THE KARISMATIK
• ULRICH TAKAM
• HOGA
• KALAGAN
• SENIOR PASTOR
• FINGON TRALALA

BEST FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN ARTIST

• FALLY IPUPA
• JOSEY
• KEROZEN
• INNOBS ‘B
• SHAN’L
• KOFFI OLOMID
• SINGUILA
• MEIWAY

ENGLISH-SPEAKING AFRICAN ARTIST

• WIZKID
• DIAMOND PLATNUMZ
• YEMI ALADE
• SIMI
• FLAVOR
• BURNA BOY
• DAVIDO
• MASTER KG

BEST TV SERIES

• “MADAME MONSIEUR” of EBENEZER KEPOMBIA
• “QUARTIER CHAUD” by MARTIN TCHELEMO
• “OTAGES D’AMOUR” by EBENEZER KEPOMBIA
• “SAMBA, Le GENERAL” by JEAN DE GIEU TCHEGNEBE
• “MIEL AMER” by BLAISE TEDJU

BEST ONLINE SERIES.

• LES TCHAKAI
• LES DÉLIRE DE TAKAM
• TOUR DE VILLE
• GLORIA
• LES RIGOLARDS DE MBALMAYO
• LE MINUTES DE QUEENCY

BEST VIDEOGRAPHER

• “MAGNET” of LOCKO by ADAH AKENJI
• “ANITA” of SALATIEL by NKENG STEPHENS
• “BANGO BANGO” of LYDOL by NELSON KWEDI
• “GOOD DAY” of STANLEY ENOW by DR. NKENG STEPHENS
• “JE ME SENS” of COCO ARGENTÊE BY JPM PICTURE

FOLKLORIC MUSIC ARTIST / GROUP

• DJ GERARD BEN
• WITTY MINSTREL
• BANTOU JAZZ JUMEAUX KM
• AÏCHA FADILA
• KUNDE
• TAO

Canal D’Or  sparks controversies upon release of the official nomination list and categories.
From the above categories and their nominees, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?