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Balafon Music Awards Unveils Nominees List for 2022 Edition

Locko, PhillBill, Tzy Panchak, Rinyu, Krys M and others get nominations for this year's Balafon Award

Balafon Radio on September 20, 2022, published the full list of nominees for the Balafon Music Award 2022. Balafon Music Award is one of the biggest music awards ceremonies in Cameroon.

Each year, Balafon Music Awards, Acknowledges the best artists and actors in the music industry in Cameroon

Created in 2013 by the private radio station Radio Balafon, the Balafon Music Awards is one of the most prestigious awards ceremonies in Cameroon.

The Balafon Music awards, shows are meant to Acknowledge and reward the main artists and actors of the music industry who have throughout the year impacted the promotion of Cameroonian culture both locally and on the international stage
The Balafon Music award ceremonies select nominees from numerous categories in the music entertainment industry, and the winners are awarded these prestigious prizes to celebrate Cameroonian music and to thank them for promoting Cameroonian culture.
The last edition of the Balafon Music Award was held on December 16, 2021, in Douala
Below is the full list of the 41 nominees, nominated from numerous categories of the Cameroonian music industry for the Balafon music awards 2022

Best Gospel

  • NO MAN de SHAEEN
  • TON FEU de SANDRINE NNANGA
  • IL EST LA de INDIRA FT KS BLOOM
  • CHILD OF GOD de MAUREEN FORBAH FT GUY MICHEL KINGUE
  • CELEBRONS L’ETERNEL de MONICA LA DIVAS DE L’ASSIKO GOSPEL
  • CE MONDE VA PASSER de PRISCA BENITA
  • VICTOIRE de SISI BALEBA
  • MA SAISON de ISIS KINGUE

Revelation of the Year

  • KETIA ANZOUER dans (SHABASIKO)
  • JOY dans (NOBODY)
  • SEPPO dans (SOKOLO)
  • YVI ATIA dans (JE LE VEUX)
  • ARMELLE DIAMANT dans (AZOMBO)
  • NKOA FLEABY dans (BÉBÉ)
  • Y-TRESOR dans (FOR YOU)

Best Traditional Music

1. A CHACUN SA CHANCE de KRYS’M
2. SHABASIKO de RIDIMZ
3. LA CLE de PHILL BILL
4. KWEL de MR SYMPA
5. MBANDJOH des RYTHMEURS ABC
6. LA FILLE LA de WATIO DE SOUZA
7. AZOMBO de ARMEL DIAMANT
8. NIBO’O de SERGINY SEMA

Best Collaboration

• ROGER FT LADY PONCE (N’OUBLIE PAS)
• KO-C FT INNOSS’B (QUAND J’AURAIS L’ARGENT)
• SALATIEL FT PETIT PAYS(PELE)
• INDIRA FT KS BLOOM (IL EST LA)
• BLANCHE BAILLY FT JOEBOY (MINE)
• FUL FT LOCKO (ENTRE NOUS)
• MR SHYNE FT FANICKO (VAS Y)
• ARMEL DIAMANT et LE BANTU JAZZ (AZOMBO)

Best Music Video

• QUAND J’AURAIS L’ARGENT de KO-C/ INNOSS’B
• SHABASIKO de RIDIMZ
• DON’T CALL ME BACK de LOCKO
• MINE de BLANCHE BAILLY/ JOEBOY
• IL EST LA de INDIRA/ KS BLOOM
• PELE de SALATIEL/ PETIT PAYS
• NON COUPABLE de LADY PONCE
• LA GALERE de KO-C

Best Male Artiste

VOIX MASCULINE DE L’ANNEE
• LOCKO
• CYSOUL
• TZY PANCHACK
• MR SHYNE
• PHILL BILL
• SALATIEL
• ROGER DE X-MALEYA
• MOLA MONGOMBE

Song of the Year

• QUAND J’AURAIS L’ARGENT de KO’C/INNOSS’B
• SHABASIKO de RIDIMZ
• MBANDJOH des RYTHMEURS ABC
• JE TOMBE AUSSI de CYSOUL
• AZOMBO de ARMEL DIAMANT
• CONTROLLER de RINYU
• LA CLÉ de PHILL BILL
• DON’T CALL ME BACK de LOCKO
• LA GALERE de KO’C

Best Female Artiste

• SANDRINE NNANGA
• LADY PONCE
• YVIE ATIA
• RINYU
• JOY
• KETIA ANZOUER
• ARMEL DIAMANT
• KRYS’M

Best Album

• ERA de LOCKO
• F1 de FUL
• HYBRID de LYDOL
• LOVE AND WAR de TZY PANCHACK
• E MBOWA de MOLA MONGOMBE

Best Producer 

• TAMSIR in (LE BEAU DES BEAUX)
• PHILL BILL in (SHABASIKO)
• SALATIEL in (PELE)
• OKEN/LOCKO in (DON’T CALL ME BACK)
• PHILL BILL/CHINJONG in (QUAND J’AURAIS L’ARGENT)
• MUKUDU in (PETITE SOEUR)
• OKEN/FUL FT LOCKO in (ENTRE NOUS)
• EL B KING in (JE TOMBE AUSSI)
• DIJAY KARL in (CONTROLLER)

Artiste of the Year

• CYSOUL
• LOCKO
• LADY PONCE
• ARMELLE DIAMANT
• PHILL BILL
• RINYU
• SALATIEL
• KO-C

From the list of nominees above, is your favorite artist nominated or not. who should have been nominated or who shouldn’t have been nominated.

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