Forgive me for being so ignorant, Magcutey - but who are the contenders? Do you know?

According to the Marketing Consultant of the Sanlam-NBC Music Award Committee, Angrid van Rensburg, the awards introduced six nominees in categories which received more than 20 entries while those categories that had less than 20 entries will remain with a maximum of four as in the past.

Nominees in the Best Hgaisa/Damara punch:

• Slow
• Stanley
• Timon Uirab
• Pule Benson

Nominees in the Best Oviritje category:

• Okazera
• Ongoro nomundu
• Ovikango
• Kappa

Nominees in the Best Shambo category:

• Susanna Haimbala
• Heita Philipus
• Kamasutra
• Tunakie.

Nominees in the Best Kwikwu/Kwasa category:

• Stanley
• Lady May
• Tate Buti
• Sunny Boy.

Nominees in the Best Dancehall or Ragga category:

• Kamasutra
• Castro
• D-Naff
• Gazza

Nominees in the Best Kwaito category:

• Sunny Boy
• Kamasutra
• Matongo Family
• Gazza

Nominees in the Best R’n B male category:

• Berthold
• Afro Shine
• Black Shade
• Mr Broke.

Nominees in the Best Single category:

• The Dogg
• Allen Jonathan
• Castro
• Berthold

Nominees in the Best House category:

• DJ Khoz
• Lydia
• DJ Kalu
• Phantom

Nominees in the best Best Afro Pop:

• Allen Jonathan
• Big Ben
• Lady May
• Stanley
• Stella
• Killa B.

The nominees for the Best Collaboration category:

• Axue
• DJ Kboz
• Matongo Family
• Stanley
• Sunny Boy
• WMP.

The nominees for the Best Hip-Hop/Rap:

• Sunny Boy
• Dice
• Hoeke Dollo
• Shikololo
• Saint
• Milk.

In the category for the Best Video, the nominees are:

• Ees
• PDK
• Killa B
• Sunny Boy
• Gazza
• Rizz

While in the category of the Best Gospel:

• Sunny Boy
• Philippine
• Big Ben
• Master T
• Phantom
• Rusilla Aussys

The nominees for the Best Reggae category:

• Afro Shine
• M N Johnson
• Steve Hanana.

The nominees for the Artist of the Year:

• Gazza
• The Dogg
• Stanley
• Tate Buti
• Sunny Boy
• Mantongo Family
• Big Ben
• Killa B
• Lady May
• D-Naff.

New categories were introduced such as House and Dancehall/Ragga.

Sanlam was always ready to explain to the public the formost criteria for winning the award was highest total sales, which was clearly achieved by Stanley, including having a resounding fan base(who doesn't listen to his funky tunes?), but they seem to have forgotten this time around and even bypassed Gazza, who has done more overall as an artist and awarded Dog, who has only 1 niglegible song for 2007, beats me really