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The 2013 NEA Awards were held on September 1st in New York and hosted by Basket Mouth. Opening the event was Sean Tizzle performing on stage, Dammy Krane, Olamide & Phyno and more.
The moment of the day went to Olamide for scooping three awards as "Best Indigenous Artist", "Best Album" and "Best Collaboration" with Phyno. Basket Mouth won Comedian of Year and gave it to Bovi.
Finally, Iyanya took jabs at D'Tunes while receiving his award. Check out winners below:
BEST ALBUM OF THE YEARYBNL – Olamide
HOTTEST SINGLE OF THE YEARKukere – Iyanya
BEST NEW ACT OF THE YEARBurna Boy
GOSPEL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEARSammy Okposo
BEST POP/R&B ARTIST OF THE YEARDavido
BEST RAP ACT OF THE YEARIce Prince
MUSIC PRODUCER OF THE YEARSpellz
MOST PROMISING MALE ACT TO WATCHEndia
MOST PROMISING FEMALE ACT TO WATCHEmma Nyra
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTISTJJC
BEST INDIGENOUS ARTIST/GROUPOlamide
BEST COLLABOGhost Mode – Phyno & Olamide
BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN FILMRita Dominic
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN FILMAli Nuhu
BEST FILM DIRECTORTunde Kelani (Maami)
BEST TV SHOWBig Brother Africa
PAN AFRICAN ACTORJohn Dumelo
PAN AFRICAN ACTRESSNadia Buhari
WORLD DJDJ Bayo (UK)
BEST COMEDIANBasket Mouth
ENTERTAINMENT PROMOTERCoko Bar
RADIO ON AIR/TV PERSONALITYFreeze – Cool FM
TV PERSONALITYLabi Layori
ENTERTAINMENT BLOG OF THE YEARNotJustOk