These days, the hip-hop world is becoming more interesting with many emerging artists on board to strengthen the industry. With the second edition of the O Music Awards coming up, we think it is interesting to know the nominees.
Also, there are interesting details about O’s efforts this year. Aside from the many changes that have been made on its award categories, fans have also suggested the creation of new awards like “Best Artist with a Cameraphone” and “Best Web Born Artist”.
Fans can cast their votes at the O Music Awards website. Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Odd Future, The Game, T-Pain, The Notorious B.I.G. and many others are nominated this year.
Here are the nominees of the “Best Artist with a Cameraphone”, “Best Music Forum”, “Hottest Music NILF” and “Best Web Born Artist” categories.
Best Artist With A Cameraphone
1. Demi Lovato
2. Justin Bieber
3. The Deftones
4. Portugal. The Man
5. Young The Giant
6. Shiny Toy Guns
7. The National
8. Katy Perry
9. Amanda Palmer
10. Ben Folds
Best Music Forum
1. Ultimate Guitar
2. Talk Bass
3. Drummerworld
4. Banjo Hangout
5. Ultimate Metal
6. Stereo Killer
7. Rap Godfathers
8. Rap Genius
9. Dogs On Acid
10. Witch-House
Hottest Music NILF
1. Billy Chasen, CEO and Co-founder of Turntable.fm
2. Alexander Ljung, CEO and Founder of SoundCloud
3. Ian Rogers, CEO of Topspin
4. Sarah Fullen Gregory, The Gregory Brothers
5. Michelle You, Co-founder of Songkick
6. Arkadiy Kukarkin, Developer at The Hype Machine
7. Katie Morse, Social Marketing Manager at Billboard
8. Corey Stanford, Founder of Blaztrak
9. Prerna Gupta, CEO and Co-founder of Khush
10. D.A. Wallach, Artist In Residence at Spotify
Best Web-Born Artist
1. The Weeknd
2. MNDR
3. Kina Grannis
4. Ben Lovett
5. Odd Future
