By Tsitsi
After a pause since 2016, the Zimbabwe Music Awards will be held in January 2020. Below is the roadmap to the main event which will take place on 25 January.
NOVEMBER 11, 2019 – OPENING OF ENTRIES
DECEMBER 31, 2019 – CLOSING OF ENTRIES
JANUARY 1 – 10, 2020 – ADJUDICATION
JANUARY 11, 2020 – NOMINEES ANNOUNCEMENT & CELEBRATION
JANUARY 25, 2020 – THE AWARDS EVENT
JANUARY 25, 2020 – THE AFTER PARTY
32 MUSIC AWARDS
TOP 5 AWARD
- BEST FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- BEST MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- BEST GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR
- BEST NEW COMER OF THE YEAR
- BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR
GENRE AWARD
- ZIM DANCEHALL
- SUNGURA
- AFRO POP
- HIP HOP
- CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL
- TRADITIONAL GOSPEL
- RNB & SOUL
- JAZZ
- DANCE (HOUSE/GQOM/KWAITO/EDM)
- TSHIBILIKA
- TRADITIONAL (FOLK/CHINYAKARE/CHIMURENGA)
- TRADITIONAL (FOLK/EZOMDABU/IMBUBE)
- BEST ALTERNATIVE
TECHNICAL AWARD
- PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
- ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
- BEST MUSIC VIDEO
- BEST VIDEOGRAPHER
SPECIAL AWARD
- BEST COLLABORATION
- BEST DJ (RADIO/ CLUB)
- BEST PROMOTER
- BEST INTERNATIONAL ZIM ARTIST
- BEST CORPORATE SPONSOR
- RETRO ICON AWARD 1
- RETRO ICON AWARD 2
- LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- MOST DOWNLOADED SONG
PUBLIC VOTE AWARD
- SONG OF THE YEAR
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