List of South African Music Award categories

South African Music Awards (SAMAs) are awarded in a series of categories, each of which isolate a specific contribution to music. The standard awards list nominees in each category from which a winner is selected. SAMA categories have been added and removed over time.

Special awards

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There are special awards which are awarded without nominations, typically for achievements of longer than the past year, which the standard awards apply to:

  • Lifetime Achievement Award is a Special Merit Award presented to performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording.
  • International Achievement Award is a Special Merit Award presented to performers who, during their musical careers, have achieved notable international success.

Top 5 categories

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The Top 5 categories are standard awards for musical works which do not restrict nominees by genre, but may do so by some other criteria:

Genre-specific categories

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Afrikaans

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Global Charts

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Jazz and Classical

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Technical and Video

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Traditional

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Urban

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Other awards

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References

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