Tonight, the MOBO Awards made its live show return and cemented its status as the UK’s biggest celebration of Black music and culture. Artists who are shaping the cultural zeitgeist and re-defining the future of the British music landscape were honoured in a star-studded ceremony that was streamed on YouTube live from Coventry, the UK’s City of Culture.
The ceremony, at Coventry Building Society Arena, was hosted by multi-platinum-selling artist and actress Leigh-Anne Pinnock and comedian and broadcaster Munya Chawawa, with special guest host Eddie Kadi, who presents BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Official UK Afrobeats Chart Show. The show featured blockbuster performances from a diverse range of talent: Ghetts, Pa Salieu, Stefflon Don and Ms Banks, Bree Runway, Potter Payper, Tems, NSG and ENNY. Legendary world heavyweight champion boxer Frank Bruno MBE was honoured with the MOBO Inspiration Award, in recognition of his indelible impact on British sport, having battled racism and mental health stigma in and outside the ring during his storied rise to the top.
Don’t miss MOBO Awards 2021: Access All Areas, presented by 1Xtra’s DJ Target, on 8 December 10.35pm on BBC One
MOBO AWARDS 2021 WINNERS
* – denotes public voted categories
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
DAVE “WE’RE ALL ALONE IN THIS TOGETHER”
BEST FEMALE ACT – IN ASSOCIATION WITH ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND
LITTLE SIMZ
BEST MALE ACT
GHETTS
BEST NEWCOMER – IN ASSOCIATION WITH ASOS *
CENTRAL CEE
SONG OF THE YEAR –IN ASSOCIATION WITH COVENTRY BUILDING SOCIETY ARENA *
TION WAYNE & RUSS MILLIONS FEAT. ARRDEE, BUGZY MALONE, BUNI, DARKOO, E1 (3X3), FIVIO FOREIGN & ZT (3X3) – ‘BODY (REMIX)’
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
M1LLIONZ – ‘LAGGA’ (DIRECTED BY TEEEEZY C)
BEST GRIME ACT *
SKEPTA
BEST R&B/SOUL ACT
CLEO SOL
BEST HIP HOP ACT *
D. BLOCK EUROPE
BEST DRILL ACT – IN ASSOCIATION WITH TRENCH *
CENTRAL CEE
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT *
WIZKID
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A TV SHOW/FILM *
MICHEAL WARD AS FRANKLYN IN ‘SMALL AXE’
BEST MEDIA PERSONALITY *
CHUNKZ & YUNG FILLY
BEST GOSPEL ACT – IN ASSOCIATION WITH PREMIER GOSPEL
GUVNA B
BEST AFRICAN MUSIC ACT – IN ASSOCIATION WITH AFROZONS WITH SHEILA O *
WIZKID
BEST REGGAE ACT
SHENSEEA
BEST JAZZ ACT – IN ASSOCIATION WITH BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC
SONS OF KEMET
BEST PRODUCER – IN ASSOCIATION WITH COMPLEX UK
JAE5
MOBO Awards 2021 Performances
Bree Runway – ‘HOT HOT’
Pa Salieu – ‘Frontline’ / ‘Gliding’ / ‘My Family’
Ghetts – ‘Mozambique’ / ‘Hop Out’
Tems – ‘Crazy Tings’ / ‘Higher’
NSG – ‘Petite’
Potter Payper – ‘Purpose’ / ‘Gangsteritus’
ENNY – ‘Black Peng Girls’
Stefflon Don & Ms Banks – ‘Dip’
