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PRESS RELEASE: NEA ANNOUNCES 2007 NEA AWARDS NOMINEES
The Producers of the Second Annual NEA Awards announces its Nomination for the 2007 NEA Awards.
/Performing Arts PR News/ - NEW YORK, NY, May 31, 2007 - The Producers of the NEA Award Show on May 22nd announced its 2007 Nominees for the Second Annual NEA Awards. The Nominees for this years Award show scheduled for this summer in New York City is loaded with familiar names in the Nigerian Music, Fashion, Sport and Film industry.
Last years R & B artist Banky is nominated twice this year for the Best International Album of the year for the album "Back in the Buildin" and also nominated for the single of the year with his hit song " Capable". Nominated alongside Banky for best Album category are Eldee for Return of the King, Amplifyd Crew for "Amplifyd", Chamillionaire for "Ultimate Victory" and Lemar for "Truth About Love."
In the Nigeria Music scene the competition is fierce, Afro pop artist Dbanj leads all nominees with four nominations that includes Best Album of the year for "Funked Up " album, hottest single of the year for the song "Why Me", Best Collabo of the year with Don Jazzy for "Tongolo" and Best Afro Pop Act of the Year . Also with four nominations is Afro pop artist Paul Play for Best Album of the year for "Hitsville", hottest single of the year for the song "Angel of my Life", Best Afro Pop Act of the Year and Music Producer of the Year. Tuface Idibia, last year's African Breakthrough Artist of the year at the NEA Award Show, came in with three nominations himself for Best Album of the year for "Grass2Grace", hottest single of the year for the song "For Instance" and Best Collabo of the year with Soul E. for the hit song "E Be Like Say." P Square, Faze and Wierd MC all have two nominations each. Faze and Wierd MC were both nominated for Hottest single of the year and Best Collabo of the year while P Square got the Best Collabo of the year and Best Afro Pop Act of the Year nominations.
In the film category, the Best Actress Category is shaping out to be the most highly contested category with nominee Stella Damascus nominated for "Dangerous Twins", Chioma Chukwuka for "Eagles Bride", Rita Dominic for "Girls Cot", Ini Edo for "Kingdom Apart" and Omotola for "Sounds of Silence." In the men's category, the nominee for Best Actor are Nkem Owoh for "Osoufia in London", Olu Jacobs for "Eagles Pride", Kanayo O. Kanayo for "Desperate Billionaire", Desmond Elliot for "Games Women Play" and Ramsy Nouah for "Dangerous Twins".
U.S. residents can vote for their favorite artists at www.nigeriaentawards.com and Nigeria residents can vote via SMS Text voting. Voting begins on Tuesday May 22nd, 2007. Winners will be announced this summer at the Award ceremony on July 21st 2007 at the Skirball Center for Performing Arts, New York University .
For complete list of nominees and categories, please visit: www.nigeriaentawards.com.
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About NEA Awards
The producers of the 2007 NEA Award Show in New York are dedicated to promoting the image and rich cutlure of Nigeria at home and abroad. Alongside that, the producers of the show are dedicated to promoting Nigerian acts to mainstream America.
About NYU's Skirball Center
NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, located off of Washington Square South at 566 LaGuardia Place, provides a large-scale, professional performance space for university productions and events and live professional performances from around the world. The 860-seat theater (which opened in October 2003) hosts the only major university-based professional performing arts presenting program in Manhattan.
The Center presents theater, dance, music, music theater, and opera, solo performance, comedy, video, film, and public affairs events. Its mission is to serve the NYU community while building young audiences (age 18 - 40) for live performance by reaching out to them with a broad range of world-class, forward-thinking work at low ticket prices.
The Skirball Center is located at 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South. For a complete listing of events happening at the Skirball Center , go to www.skirballcenter.nyu.edu.
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