Finalists Published for the First Ever Billboard Arabia Track Awards

The primary-ever Billboard Arabia Track Awards (BBAMAs) will tackle Dec. 11 on the King Fahad Cultural Middle in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After a 12 months of monitoring tendencies at the Billboard Arabia charts, this landmark tournament will have a good time essentially the most gifted artists from the Arab global and North Africa – those that have made waves at the charts and ruled streaming platforms international. Right through the 12 months, Billboard Arabia’s 10 charts have spotlighted listening tendencies throughout 4 key dialects and 4 musical genres, along with the flagship charts: Artist 100 and Scorching 100.

Winners of the BBAMAs will probably be decided in accordance with their efficiency on Billboard Arabia’s flagship charts, such because the Scorching 100 and Artist 100, in addition to its 4 dialect-specific charts — Khaleeji, Egyptian, Levantine and Maghrebi — and genre-specific charts, together with Arabic Hip-Hop, Arabic Indie, Shelat and Mahraganat. Those charts are constructed at the depended on technique that has outlined the Billboard logo.

Past celebrating the 12 months’s main artists and tracks, the BBAMAs will spotlight the area’s wealthy ability pool with an exhilarating lineup of reside performances and sudden collaborations. The development will function a mixture of established and emerging stars from around the Arab global and its diaspora.

With over 40 award classes already published, the BBAMAs promise to be a complete tribute to the area’s colourful song scene. Beneath is the overall checklist of finalists for those awards. Keep tuned; extra classes will probably be unveiled quickly.

Music of the 12 months
“Fouq” via ‏Assala Nasri
“Guli Mata” via Saad Lamjarred, Shreya Ghoshal, and Rajat Nagpal
“Ya Leil W Yal Ein” via Al Shami
“Haygely Mawgow” via Tamer Ashour
“Sabran” via Al Shami

Artist of the 12 months
Amr Diab
Al Shami
Nancy Ajram
Sherine Abdel Wahab
Ahmed Saad

Most sensible Male Artist
Al Shami
Dystinct
Ahmed Saad
Amr Diab
Tamer Ashour

Most sensible Feminine Artist
Nancy Ajram
Elissa
Assala
Sherine Abdel Wahab
Elyanna

Most sensible Band
Cairokee
Massar Egbari
Miami Band
Sharmoofers
Al Massrieen

Most sensible New Artist
Dystinct
Elyanna
TUL8TE
Siilawy
Al Shami

Easiest Gainer
Amr Diab
TUL8TE
Angham
Al Shami
Tamer Ashour

Most sensible Arabic Collaboration of the 12 months
Ameen Khattab and Essam Sasa – “Ehna Say’ Monharifin”
Assala Nasri and Ahmed Saad – “Sabb Farhety”
Nassif Zeytoun and Rahma Riad – “Ma Fi Leil”
Saint Levant and MC Abdul – “Deira”
Tawsen and Ayoub Anbaoui – “Dawini’

Most sensible Khaleeji Music
Adel Ebrahim – “Dl’nak”
Ayed – “Lammah”
Ayed – “Rdy”
Fouad Abdulwahed – “Kel Ahebek”
Fouad Abdulwahed – “Thaag El Ghamaam”

Artist of the 12 months – Khaleeji Dialect
Abdul Majeed Abdullah
Majid al-Muhandis
Ayed
Rashed al-Majed
Hussain Al Jassmi

Most sensible Male Artist – Khaleeji Dialect
Ayed
Hussain Al Jassmi
Rashed al-Majed
Majid al-Muhandis
Abdul Majeed Abdullah

Most sensible Feminine Artist – Khaleeji Dialect
Assala Nasri
Balqees
Aseel Hameem
Shamma Hamdan
Oumaima Taleb

Most sensible Egyptian Music
Wael Jassar – “Koul Waad”
Tamer Ashour – “Haygely Mawgow”
Assala Nasri and Ahmed Saad – “Sabb Farhety”
‏Assala Nasri – “Fouq”
Elyanna – “Ganeni”

Artist of the 12 months – Egyptian Dialect
Ahmed Saad
Nancy Ajram
Amr Diab
Tamer Ashour
Sherine Abdel Wahab

Most sensible Male Artist – Egyptian Dialect
Tamer Ashour
Ramy Sabry
Ahmed Saad
Mohamed Hamaki
Amr Diab

Most sensible Feminine Artist – Egyptian Dialect
Assala Nasri
Elyanna
Nancy Ajram
Elissa
Sherine Abdel Wahab

Most sensible Levantine Music
Ali Saber – “Dawaat Ommi”
Al Shami – “Sabran”
Nassif Zeytoun and Rahma Riad – “Ma Fi Leil”
Al Shami – ‘Wein”
Al Shami – ‘Ya Leil W Yal Ein”

Artist of the 12 months – Levantine Dialect
Al Shami
Elissa
Mahmod Alturky
Nassif Zeytoun
Nancy Ajram

Most sensible Male Artist – Levantine Dialect
Al Shami
Siilawy
Nassif Zeytoun
Wael Kfoury
Mahmod Alturky

Most sensible Feminine Artist – Levantine Dialect
Nancy Ajram
Myriam Fares
Elissa
Abeer Nehme
Rahma Riad

Most sensible Magharebi Music
Soolking and DYSTINCT – ‘Y Dor’
Lartiste – “Zarzour”
Cheb Hichem Tgv – “Fatou Liyam”
Saad Lamjarred, Shreya Ghoshal, and Rajat Nagpal – “Guli Mata”
Lazaro – “Mahboul Ana’

Artist of the 12 months – Magharebi
Zouhair Bahaoui
Saad Lamjarred
Dystinct
Cheb Khaled
Samara

Most sensible Male Artist – Magharebi Dialect
Zouhair Bahaoui
Saad Lamjarred
Dystinct
Cheb Khaled
Samara

Most sensible Feminine Artist – Magharebi Dialect
Manal
Hind Ziadi
Kawtar
Marwa Loud
Chaama

Most sensible Arabic Hip-Hop Music
Muhab – Yazmeely
Draganov – 3dabi
ElGrandeToto and Hamza – Dellali
Stormy – Popo
ElGrandeToto – Blue Love

Artist of the 12 months – Arabic Hip-Hop
Samara
ElGrandeToto
Marwan Pablo
Stormy
Wegz

Most sensible Arabic Hip-Hop Male Artist
Samara
ElGrandeToto
Marwan Pablo
Stormy
Wegz

Most sensible Arabic Hip-Hop Feminine Artist
Raja Meziane
Hala
Perrie
Jara
Khtek

Most sensible Indie Music
TUL8TE – “Mateegy A’ady Aleiky”
Al Shami – “Sabran”
Hamza Namira – “Reyah El Hayah”
TUL8TE – “Habeeby Leh”
Elyanna – “Ganeni”

Artist of the 12 months – Arabic Indie
Siilawy
Muslim
TUL8TE
Elyanna
Cairokee

Most sensible Arabic Indie Male Artist
Al Shami
TUL8TE
Siilawy
Mohammed Saeed
Muslim

Most sensible Arabic Indie Feminine Artist
Zeyne
Emel Mathlouthi
Dana Salah
Ghaliaa
Elyanna

Most sensible Mahraganat Music
Eslam Kabonga and Kalosha – “Elli Nefso Feya Beti Maytawehsh”
Eslam Kabonga – “Aywa Ya Habibty Wahashtiny”
Reda El Bahrawy and Muslim – “Lafena El Donya”
Hamada El Leithy and Amr Salama – “Tarek El Andal”
Reda El Bahrawy – “Aal Doghrey”

Artist of the 12 months – Mahraganat
Muslim
Essam Sasa
Hassan Shakosh
Ameen Khattab
Eslam Kabonga

Most sensible Mahraganat Artist
Hassan Shakosh
Muslim
Essam Sasa
Eslam Kabonga
Ameen Khattab

Most sensible Shelat Music
Mohammed Bin Grman – “Ma Gelt Lak”
Mohammed Bin Grman – “Alek Akhaf”
Abdullah Al Farwan – “Jamalek Gheer”
Nawaf Fraih – “Thalath Ayam”
Asad Albathari – “Makhboob Khelli”

Artist of the 12 months – Shelat
Nader Alsharari
Mohammed Bin Grman
Ghareeb Al Mokhles
Badr Alezzi
Abdullah Al Farwan

Most sensible Shelat Music
“Alek Akhaf” via Mohammed Bin Grman
“Jamalek Gheer” via Abdullah Al Farwan
“Thalath Ayam” via Nawaf Fraih
“Al Makhoob Khelli” via Asad Albathari