CRAIG DAVID has picked up three MOBO Award nominations for this year, a repeat of his total tally of gongs for 2000.
At a launch in London last night (August 29), attended by TLC‘s Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes and Kelis, Destiny’s Child, Missy Elliott, So Solid Crew, Oxide & Neutrino and Usher also picked up three nominations.
Veteran soul crooner Luther Vandross will pick up a Lifetime Achievement Award at the ceremony, set for the London Arena on October 4, while R Kelly will receive an Outstanding Achievement gong.
Kelis and Trevor Nelson will host the awards.
This year’s nominations are as follows:
Best R&B Act
Destiny’s Child
Usher
Craig David
Sisqo
Damage
Best Hip Hop Act
OutKast
Missy Elliott
Ja Rule
Roots Manuva
Nelly
Eve
Best Video
OutKast – ‘Ms Jackson’
Missy Elliott – ‘Get Ur Freak On’
Eminem – ‘Stan’
Usher – ‘Pop Ya Colla’
Oxide & Neutrino – ‘Up Middle Finger’
Best Producer
Dr Dre
Neptunes
Timbaland
Mark Hill
Blacksmith
Stargate
Best UK Act (in association with The Sun)
Damage
Craig David
So Solid Crew
Mis-teeq
Sade
Mastercard Best Album
Destiny’s Child – ‘Survivor’
OutKast – ‘Stankonia’
Craig David – ‘Born To Do It’
Usher – ‘8701’
Mya – ‘Fear Of Flying’
Samantha Mumba – ‘Gotta Tell You’
Best Single (in association with Capital FM)
Destiny’s Child – ‘Independent Women Part 1’
Missy Elliott – ‘Get Ur Freak On’
OutKast – ‘Ms Jackson’
Architechs – ‘Body Groove’
DJ Pied Piper – ‘Do You Really Like It?’
Shaggy – ‘It Wasn’t Me’
Best Newcomer
Mis-teeq
Sunshine Anderson
India Arie
DJ Pied Piper
So Solid Crew
Oxide & Neutrino
Best UK Radio DJ
Trevor Nelson
Simon ‘Schoolboy’ Phillips
Giles Peterson
Jigs
Dreem Teem
Matt White
Steve Sutherland
Tim Westwood
George Kay
Chris Phillips