The South African Music Awards (often simply the SAMAs) are the Recording Industry of South Africa's music industry awards, established in 1995. The ceremony is held in late-April or May every year, with the judging process starting in November of the previous year. The nominations are typically announced at the end of March. The winners receive a gold-plated statuette called a SAMA.[1]
The show is consistently held at the Super Bowl in Sun City, with exception of two years, and broadcast live on national broadcaster, SABC. The ceremony features live performances by a selection of nominees. The SAMAs are considered the South African equivalent of the American Grammy Awards. MTN has been the title sponsor of the event since 2003.[2]
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- ^ Full List of Nominations for Standard Bank SAMAs 2001, RiSA, archived from the original on 11 May 2003, retrieved 17 March 2016
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- ^ Skosana, Welcome; Mphaki, Ali (6 June 2004). "Celebrating 10 years of SA music". City Press. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
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- ^ McCloy, Maria (12 May 2006). "Just another Sama night". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ "The SAMA nominations". Channel24. 13 July 2006. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ The 13th Annual South African Music Awards, Moshito, 17 April 2007, archived from the original on 25 February 2012, retrieved 16 March 2016
- ^ "The 2007 SAMA Nominees". Channel24. 12 March 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ "SAMA 2008: All the Winners!". Channel24. 5 May 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ "SAMA 2008: Nominees announced". Channel24. 14 April 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ "SAMA 2009: All the Winners". Channel24. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ "SAMA Nominations 2009". SAPromo. 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ "16th Annual MTN South African Music Awards Winners". BizCommunity. 5 March 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ "2010 SAMA Nominees". Channel24. 5 March 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ Coetzer, Diane (24 May 2011). "Professor, Liquideep, Thandiswa Mazwai, Locnville Win South African Music Awards". Billboard. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ "SAMA 2011 nominees announced". Channel24. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ "The 18th Annual MTN South African Music Awards winners list". Times Live. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ "SAMA 2012 nominees announced". Channel24. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ Cloete, E (11 May 2013). "The Official MTN SAMA 2013 Winners List!". MTN Blog. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ Sing, JP (20 March 2013). "MTN SAMA 2013 Nominees list". MTN Blog. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ "Here are all the 2014 Sama winners". Channel24. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ "A full list of all the 2014 SAMA nominees". Channel24. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ "These are all the 2015 Sama winners". Channel24. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ "Samas 27: Nominations are out and men are leading the nods". The Citizen. 20 May 2021.