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Olamide and Phyno at the 2013 Nigerian Entertainment Awards, New York

Nigerian Hip-hop artiste, Olamide, was the winner of multiple awards at the just concluded Nigeria Entertainment Awards, held in New York, United States on September 1, 2013. The event, which has been running for eight years, awarded several other artistes in the Nigerian entertainment industry spanning across movie, music, television, radio, and comedy. Olamide won three awards in the categories for “Best Indigenous Artiste”, “Best Album”, and “Best Collaboration”. Other winners at the event include Iyanya, who won the award in the “Hottest Single of the Year” category for his hit track, Kukere; Burna Boy – “Best New Act of the Year”; Ice Prince – “Best Rap Act of the Year”; Spellz – “Music Producer of the Year”; JJC – “Best International Artiste”. Nollywood actress, Rita Dominic, picked up the award for “Best Lead Actress in Film”; Ali Nuhu – “Best Supporting Actor in Film”; Tunde Kelani “Best Film Director” in the movie, Maami; Nadia Buhari – “Pan African Actress”, and John Dumelo – “Pan African Actor”. 2013 Nigeria Entertainment Awards Winners: BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR YBNL – Olamide HOTTEST SINGLE OF THE YEAR Kukere – Iyanya BEST NEW ACT OF THE YEAR BurnaBoy GOSPEL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Sammy Okposo BEST POP/R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR Davido BEST RAP ACT OF THE YEAR Ice Prince MUSIC PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Spellz MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR Ghetto – Shank & Patrick Elis MOST PROMISING MALE ACT TO WATCH Endia MOST PROMISING FEMALE ACT TO WATCH Emma Nyra EASTERN AFRICAN ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR Navio WESTERN AFRICAN ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR Sarkodie SOUTHERN AFRICAN ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR Zahara BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST JJC BEST INDIGENOUS ARTIST/GROUP Olamide BEST COLLABO GhostMode – Phyno feat. Olamide BEST LEAD ACTOR IN FILM OC UKEJE BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN FILM Rita Dominic –The Meeting BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN FILM Ali Nuhu – Blood and Henna BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN FILM Tunde Aladese – Confusion Na Wa BEST FILM DIRECTOR Tunde Kelani – Maami BEST PICTURE (FILM PRODUCER) Last Flight to Abuja – Obi Emelonye BEST TV SHOW Big Brother Africa PAN AFRICAN ACTOR John Dumelo – Letters to My Mother PAN AFRICAN ACTRESS Nadia Buari – Single & Married WORLD DJ DJ BAYO BEST COMEDIAN Basketmouth ENTERTAINMENT PROMOTER Coko Bar RADIO ON AIR/TV PERSONALITY Freeze CoolFM TV PERSONALITY Labi Layori ENTERTAINMENT BLOG NotJustOk ENTERTAINMENT EXECUTIVE Ubi Franklin BEST INTL ACTORS Dayo Okeniyi BEST INT’L ACTRESS Hope Olaide Wilson