15th Metro FM Music Awards

The 15th installment of the annual Metro FM Music Awards is an award ceremony in the South African music industry honouring musicians who did exceedingly well in their field throughout 2015. The show first aired on SABC 1 on February 27, 2016.

15th Metro FM Music Awards
Sponsored by	Metro FM
Date	February 27, 2016
Location	Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Hosted by	Bonang Matheba
Website	www.metrofm.co.za
Television/radio coverage
Network	SABC1

The winner in each category will receive a R100,000 prize for each category they win. Metro FM is investing in musicians; building wealth and benefiting financially from their trade over and above the artistic recognition that comes with the MMA's coveted statuette. This will be the first installment of the award show to include a new category, namely the Pan-African Category.

Nathi and Sphectacular & DJ Naves led the nominations with five each, followed by Riky Rick and Emtee with four nominations each, and AKA, Fifi Cooper and Black Coffee with three nominations each.

Emtee is the biggest winner of the event, having won in four categories. AKA won three awards, one of which he shares with newcomer Emtee.

Winners and nominees

Below is the full list of nominees. Winners are highlighted green.

Category	Nominee	Work nominated	Result
Best African Pop Album	Nathi	Buyelekhaya	Won
	Zahara	Country Girl	Nominated
	Zonke	Work of Heart	Nominated
	Maleh	You Make My Heart Go	Nominated
	Kabomo	Sekusile	Nominated
Best Compilation Album	DJ Fresh	Fresh House Flava 8	Nominated
	DJ Kanunu	Soul Meditation 2	Nominated
	Various Artists	It's Not a Party Without Us	Nominated
	999 music	Summer Ya Di Summer	Won
Best Dance Album	DJ Sphectacula & DJ Naves	Kings of the Weekend	Nominated
	Black Coffee	Pieces of Me	Nominated
	Prince Kaybee	Better Days	Won
	Mobi Dixon	Tribal Soul Special Edition	Nominated
	Heavy K	Respect The Drumboss 2015	Nominated
Best Female Album	Maleh	You Make My Heart Go	Nominated
	Zonke	Work of Heart	Nominated
	Zahara	Country Girl	Nominated
	Thiwe	Soul Therapy	Nominated
	Fifi Cooper	20FIFI	Won
Best Duo or Group Album	Durban Nyts	Believe	Won
	Deep Xcape	Pandora's Box	Nominated
	DJ Sphectacula & DJ Naves	Kings of the Weekend	Nominated
	Junior Taurus & Lady Zamar	Cotton Candy	Nominated
	Mi Casa	Home Sweet Home	Nominated
Best Hit Single	AKA featuring Burna Boy, Khuli Chana and Yanga	Baddest	Won
	L-Tido	Dlala Ka Yona	Nominated
	Kwesta	Nomayini	Nominated
	WTF	Nomusa	Nominated
	Shekinah & Kyle Deutshmann	Back to the Beach	Nominated
Best Music Video	Da L.E.S featuring AKA and Burna Boy	P.A.I.D	Nominated
	Donald	What Goes Around	Nominated
	Emtee	Roll Up	Won
	DJ Sphectacula & DJ Naves	Kings of the Weekend Anthem	Nominated
	Tumi featuring Busiswa	Visa	Nominated
Best Hip Hop Album	Cassper Nyovest	Refiloe	Nominated
	Riky Rick	Family Values	Nominated
	Emtee	Avery	Won
	Fifi Cooper	20Fifi	Nominated
	Zakwe	Impande	Nominated
Best Urban Jazz Album	Benjamin Jephta	Homecoming	Nominated
	Judith Sephuma	One World	Nominated
	Mpumi Dlamini	Mpumi Dlamini	Nominated
	Nduduzo Makhathini	Listening to the Ground	Nominated
	Nomfundo Xaluva	From Now On	Won
Best Kwaito Album	Big Nuz	For The Fans	Nominated
	Durban Nyts	Believe	Nominated
	DJ Bongz	Game Changer	Won
	Kabelo Mabalane	Immortal Vol 3	Nominated
Best Male Album	Nathi	Buyelekhaya	Nominated
	Black Coffee	Pieces of Me	Nominated
	Cassper Nyovest	Refiloe	Won
	Prince Kaybee	Better Days	Nominated
	Riky Rick	Family Values	Nominated
Best New Artist	Nathi	Buyelekhaya	Nominated
	Emtee	Avery	Nominated
	Riky Rick	Family Values	Nominated
	Prince Kaybee	Better Days	Nominated
	Fifi Cooper	20Fifi	Won
Best R&B Single	Zonke	Reach It	Nominated
	Nathi	Nomvula	Nominated
	Maleh	Feels So Good	Nominated
	Cici	Runaway	Won
	Vincent Bones	My Lady	Nominated
Best Remix	Kelly Khumalo	Asine (Afrikan Soul Remix)	Nominated
	DJ Sliqe featuring Riky Rick, Reason, L-Tido, Nadia Nakai, Kwesta and Flabba	Do Like I Do (Remix)	Nominated
	Emtee featuring Wizkid and AKA	Roll Up Re-Up	Won
	Tresor	Never Let Me Go (Mobi Dixon Remix)	Nominated
	AKA featuring Fifi Cooper, Rouge, Moozlie and GiGi Lamayne	Baddest (Remix)	Nominated
Best Urban Gospel Album	Ntokozo Mbambo	Spirit and Life	Nominated
	Andile ka Majola	Chapter 7	Nominated
	Malusi Mbokazi	Ngisize Nkosi	Nominated
	Ayanda Ntazi	Udumo	Nominated
	Worship House	True Worship 2015 (Live)	Won
Song of the Year	Black Coffee	We Dance Again	Nominated
	Nathi	Nomvula	Won
	DJ Sphectacula & DJ Naves	Kings of the Weekend Anthem	Nominated
	Durban Nyts	Shumaya	Nominated
	Heavy K	Umoya	Nominated
	DJ Ganyani	Talk to Me	Nominated
	Prince Kaybee	Wajelwa	Nominated
	Riky Rick	Boss Zonke	Nominated
	DJ Shimza	Akulalwa	Nominated
	Prince Kaybee	Better Days	Nominated
Best Collaboration	DJ Sphectacula & DJ Naves featuring Professor	Kings of the Weekend Anthem	Nominated
	Heavy K featuring Professor & Mpumi	Umoya	Nominated
	Major League DJs featuring Cassper Nyovest, Riky Rick and OkMalumKoolKat	Slyza Tsotsi	Nominated
	AKA featuring Burna Boy, Khuli Chana and Yanga	Baddest	Won
	DJ Sliqe featuring JR, OkMalumKoolKat and WTF	iLife	Nominated
Listeners Choice	Emtee		Won
Best Produced Album	Fifi Cooper	20Fifi	Won
Best Styled Video	Cici		Won
Lifetime Achiever	Arthur Mafokate