Cape Town - The nominees for the Metro FM Music Awards 2017 have been annouced.
R&B artist Amanda Black leads the pack with five nominations, with Babes Wodumo following close with four nominations.
This year's theme is "What's next is all that matters."
Voting lines are now open and will close at 23:59 on Sunday 12 February 2017.
Every award winner will receive R100 000 prize money.
The Metro FM Music Awards will be held in Durban at the iNkosi Albert Luthuli ICC on Saturday, 25 February.
Here is the full list of nominees:
SONG OF THE YEAR
ONE AFRICA
BEST REMIX
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
BEST MALE ALBUM
BEST HIP HOP ALBUM
BEST DANCE ALBUM
BEST NEW ARTIST
BEST HIT SINGLE
BEST KWAITO SINGLE
BEST COLLABORATION
BEST URBAN GOSPEL SINGER
BEST R&B SINGLE
BEST URBAN JAZZ
BEST FEMALE ALBUM
BEST GROUP ALBUM
BEST COMPILATION ALBUM
BEST AFRO POP ALBUM