Sunday, November 1st, 2009 | Entertainment, Music Related Links, Useful | 3 Comments

The 16th annual MTN South African Music Awards will be held on Saturday, 17 April 2010.

To qualify for entry for the award, the album must have been released between 29 November 2008 and 27 November 2009.

Nomination entries will open on Monday 2 November 2009 and interested participants will have one month in which to enter before the closing date, being Friday 27 November 2009.

New Award:

“International Achievement Award.

This Special Category award will recognise the South African recording artist who has achieved the most success with the development of their recordings outside of South Africa in the year of the award in question.”

Anxiously anticipating to see who this one goes out to!

The official Rules for the Award ceremony has not yet been uploaded to their website. Be sure to check back.

The show will be broadcasting LIVE from 20:00, on Saturday 17th April 2010… just 166 days to go!

The official MTN SAMA #16 website :   http://www.samusicawards.co.za

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