Barbados Music Awards 2008 Winners
The Barbados Music Awards happened last night at the Sir Garfeild Sobers Complex,
Here are all the winners for you too peruse and discuss…
Best Ragga- Soca Single- Male-
Mr. Dale- Soca Junkie
Best Ragga-Soca Single Female
Kimberley Inniss & Keann- Sweat
Best Soca Single
L’il Rick- Caan Wait
Best Social Commentary
Blood- Calypso Owes You Nothing
Red Plastic Bag- Bajans Can’t See
Best Soca Album (Solo, Duo or Group)
Krosfyah- Fire Proof
Best Reggae Single
David Kirton- Green Camouflage
Best Soca Compilation
Red Boyz- Soca Bonfire
Best Non- Soca Compilation
Hit Island Vol. 1
Reggae Artiste of the Year
David Kirton
Best Rock / Alternative Artist
Phillip 7
Best Jazz Album
Arturo Tappin
Best Jazz Artiste
Arturo Tappin
Gospel Artiste
KDB
Rap / Hip-Hop Artiste
Ruby Tech
Best Rap / Hip-Hop Single
Ruby Tech & Damian Marvay- Reasons
Pop / R&B Artiste of the Year
Rihanna
Best Pop / R&B Single
Rihanna- Don’t Stop The Music
Best Soca Collaboration
Kimberley Inniss & Keann- Sweat
Best Non- Soca Collaboration
Ruby Tech. & Damian Marvay- Reasons
Band of the Year
Krosfyah
Producer of the Year
Red Boyz
Instrumentallist of the Year
Arturo Tappin
BMA Media Award- Print / Internet
Andrea King- Nation Newspaper
BMA Media Award- Radio / Television
Hurricane
Best New Artiste
Nard
Best Music Video- Male
David Kirton- Green Camouflage
Best Music Video- Female
Rihanna- Shut Up And Drive
Songwriter of the Year
Dale “Mr. Dale” Rudder
Engineer
Deepu Panjwani
Song of the Year
Rihanna- Umbrella
Album of the Year
Rihanna- Good Girl Gone Bad
Entertainer of the Year – Female
Rihanna
Entertainer of the Year- Male
L’il Rick
People’s Choice DJ Award
Jon Doe
People’s Choice Entertainer of the Year
Rihanna
Beanieman and Shontelle performing at BMA awards, look out for more exclusive pics coming soon..
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January 28th, 2008 at 4:40 am
Just want to say
congratulations to krosfyah on Band of the Year and Best Soca Album.
also comiserations to Peter on missing out on an award
January 28th, 2008 at 8:41 am
I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GLAD RIHANNA WON ALL OF HER AWARDS…….WELLL SHE DIDN’T HAVE ANY REAL COMPETITIONG IN THE BARBADOS MUSIC AWARDS SO IT WAS ONLY OBVIOUS THAT SHE WAS HAVE BUST IN THEIR ASSES..!!!
January 28th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Congratulations on all winners especially my boy Mr. Dale, but when oh when will de fellows from MADD get come recognition. Cheez!
January 28th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Hey, I’m not so far away, working my arse off, in the land of steel pan.
Sending congratulations to everyone who was awarded for their craft.
May we all find and live our bliss.
Peace
Indra
January 28th, 2008 at 10:52 am
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January 28th, 2008 at 11:52 am
The performancs were good, the vibe was good, good job to the team that put it together!!
I wanted to share my award with the rest of the Engineers in Bim, Andrew Denny, Kb, Eliseus Joseph, Peter Coppin and all de others, leh we get together and show de world dat we could make music bout hey dat ready fuh dem!
2008 gine be de year!!
Peace
Deepu
January 28th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Rhianna is in a class all her own. Is it fair that others dont stand a chance to win in the category coming up agains Ri Ri?? Kudos Ri but in all honesty and fairness, her songs and videos are superior to the other artistes and she should just be given seperate awards each year for her achievements.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Congratulations to all the winners except Tiimberlake
January 29th, 2008 at 10:25 am
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January 29th, 2008 at 11:38 am
What I would like to know is what is the Criteria for the nominations and then how the winners are selected. It seems a little off to me. Awards like the media award, How does Hurricane manage to win it every year and in my opinion, there are better people out there.
On the topic of Rhianna, I think that she should be excluded from the awards the next time around. She will always win the awards because she is out there, not necessarily because she is better but because she is on the international market.
Kudos to Philip Scantlebury, I see good things on the horizon for him. We have good talent in Barbados and I think we should push it to its fullest potential. Not everyone will get as lucky as Rhianna, but reach for the stars.
January 29th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Kudos to Rubytech, Damian Marvay and Phillip Scantlebury…well done, well deserved. However, while I understand the need for everyone to be awarded publicly, I think the time has come for some awards to be presented “at a ceremony” before the actual event. The show was definitely too long. Start setting limits on speeches, etc. and have the show run like clockwork.
January 30th, 2008 at 6:39 am
Hurricane deserves her award…the criteria for the Radio Personality of The Year is that the person does tremendous work with the Bajan Music and artists…who else would you vote for?…John Doe?…Peter Coppin?…These guys dont promote Bajan music!!!
January 30th, 2008 at 6:41 am
I’ll add the John Doe does deserve his award ad the People’s Chouce for Deejay of the Year, because no one comes close to his level of popularity…Guys really we should give credit where it is due…
January 31st, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Bashment baby, If we are going down the line of working with bajan music, then Peter Coppin should be up there then, not only, playing but producing good barbadian music. But I guess to each his own. I am truly not impressed with Hurricane. Of course everybody has an opinion.
February 1st, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Question people: Are the BMA’s there to honour th best in bajan music or showcase bajan music to the rest of the world….causin…I don’t get the point of all the overseas invites and this talk about making it more international by bringing in Alicia Keys and Witney Huston. Then it’ll turn into another internationall concert and not an awards show….Also, Philip 7 over Kite or rock/alternative award? Please.
February 1st, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Congrats to Philip Scantlebury & Rhianna & Andrea King, the rest can go home and rest….pure rubbish if u ask me
February 2nd, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Peter, when are we going to see the best and worst dressed at the Barbados Music Awards. Don’t keep muh waiting too long.
February 2nd, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Since no one will ever win any categories that Rhianna competes. Why not just give her a lifetime achivement award and call it wolly.
February 2nd, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Any pictures from the wedding of the two male radio/tv personalities…..I heard Princess P was decked out in an off the shoulder gown….Suspense killing muh Peter get the photos fuh we nuh. After all u promised to entertain we wid de news
February 6th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Rihanna deserves every award, she is a Barbadian artist like all the others and should never be excluded from any awards here on the Island. It is time we accept and love her as our own and continue to support her in everything she does. Yes, there are talented people here on the Island who preform all over the world who did not get the opportunity to be signed by a top music label so I know there is a lot of jealousy floating around the music industry especially among some of the older female artists as far as this young lady is concern.
It is time we realize luck has nothing to do with Rihanna’s success, you can give two people $1 each and you’ll find one person spending it all and the other trying to make $100 more from it. Rihanna has everything the industry is looking for and also a very unique voice. This young lady is madly in demand in the music and fashion world and is being showered with tons of endorsements. She is definitely a force to be reckon with. That is what you call true media candy, they just love her.
We are all here for a purpose so go out there, find what you are good at and try to perfect it, maybe someday you’ll be where you want to be and i’ll be here representing you just like how I represent our home girl Rihanna. There are so many talented people here on the Island with beautiful voices but it takes a lot more than a beautiful singing voice to reach super stardom. Just food for thought. As a Barbadian woman I feel so proud to have a young lady with so much grace and class representing me. She makes us look good. Enough said on that subject.
I have no problem with international artist coming to our music awards, the more the merrier and more exposure for us because where the superstars go the paparazzi follow and the more we are seen by the world. It is the mind set of some Barbadian that keep them from moving forward, don’t look at it like we are being invaded by superstars but look at it as exposure for our talent. Looking forward to seeing more of my Caribbean people doing great things. I’m out.
Unity is strength
February 9th, 2008 at 7:27 am
Great site Peter,
I am in Egypt .Good to be able to know whu guine on all out hey.Dis is de end piece o my African tour.
Love and Respekk,
Pilly
February 16th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
yeaaaa rihanna is the best
singer
of all the world
i love her
rihanna long life
February 16th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
gogogo rihannaaaaaaa
February 21st, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Calm down Skyblu,
Agreed our girl Rihanna deserves all the good things that are coming to her. But let’s be real, she has a world class team managing and promoting her. She has great people writing great songs for her excellent producers studios arrangers and, in short, people with all the international experience needed to ensure her talent is well channelled.
Are some people jealous? I’m sure. Have you never been jealous before? And who better to be jealous than a thriving superstar?
Anyway, enough of that. Nuff repec to Rihanna - keep shining!