List of South African Music Award categories
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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[]
There are special awards which are awarded without nominations, typically for achievements of longer than the past year, which the standard awards apply to:
- 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.
- is a Special Merit Award presented to performers who, during their musical careers, have achieved notable international success.
Top 5 categories[]
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:
- Album of the Year is awarded to the performer and the production team of an album.
- Group or Duo of the Year is awarded to a group or duo with reference to an album.
- Newcomer of the Year is awarded to an artist with reference to an album.
- is awarded to a female artist with reference to an album.
- is awarded to a male artist with reference to an album.
Genre-specific categories[]
Afrikaans[]
Global Charts[]
Jazz and Classical[]
Technical and Video[]
Traditional[]
Urban[]
Other awards[]
References[]
Categories:
- South African Music Awards