Huge congratulations to the 15 grantees nominated for a MOBO Award at this year’s highly anticipated ceremony! The MOBO Awards are the UK’s biggest celebration of Black music and culture and will take place on 9 December, live-streamed on YouTube at 7.00PM GMT (watch here), and broadcast on BBC One at 10.45PM GMT with a highlights special available on BBC iPlayer the same night and supporting content in BBC Sounds.

The PRS Foundation supported artists are:

BEST MALE ACT

AJ TRACEY – supported through our International Showcase Fund to perform at SXSW 2018

BEST FEMALE ACT (IN ASSOCIATION WITH ISAWITFIRST)

MS BANKS – supported through our PPL Momentum Music Fund and International Showcase Fund to perform at A3C 2016

TIANA MAJOR9 – supported through our International Showcase Fund to perform at A3C 2018 and runner-up in our MOBO UnSung 2014 competition

BEST NEWCOMER (IN ASSOCIATION WITH ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND)
[PUBLIC VOTED]

TIANA MAJOR9

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

KNUCKS – ‘HOME’ (DIRECTED BY RAY FIASCO) – supported through our PPL Momentum Music Fund

BEST R&B/SOUL ACT

TIANA MAJOR9

BEST HIP HOP ACT

MS BANKS

BEST GRIME ACT [PUBLIC VOTED]

GHETTS – supported through our International Showcase Fund to perform at MIDEM 2015

P MONEY – supported through our International Showcase Fund to perform at SXSW 2019

BEST ALBUM (2017 – 2019)

This is a one-off additional category just for this year’s MOBO Awards to highlight the best albums released from 1st September 2017 – 31st August 2019.

DAVE – supported through our International Showcase Fund to perform at SXSW 2017

SKEPTA – supported through our Open Fund for Organisations (Manchester International Festival’s

LITTLE SIMZ – supported through our PPL Momentum Music Fund

BEST GOSPEL ACT (IN ASSOCIATION WITH PREMIER GOSPEL)

GUVNA B – supported through our PPL Momentum Music Fund

BEST JAZZ ACT

MOSES BOYD – supported through our Steve Reid Innovation Award,, Take Five, PPL Momentum Music Fund, International Showcase Fund to perform at SXSW 2018 and BBC Music Introducing and PRS Foundation showcase to perform at New York Winter Jazz 2018

JOE ARMON-JONES – supported through our International Showcase Fund to perform at SXSW 2019

TOM MISCH & YUSSEF DAYES – supported through our (Tom Misch) PPL Momentum Music Fund and (Yussef Dayes) International Showcase Fund to perform at SXSW 2019

YAZMIN LACEY – supported through our  Open Fund for Music Creators, PPL Momentum Music Fund and BBC Music Introducing & PRS Foundation showcase to perform at New York Winter Jazz Festival 2019