Samini

Samini awards and nominations
Awards and nominations
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	Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.;

Samini
Samini
Birth name	Emmanuel Andrews Samini
Also known as	Samini, Batman Samini
Born	22 December 1981; Accra, Ghana
Origin	Dansoman, Accra, Ghana
Genres	Dancehall, reggae, hip-life
Occupation(s)	Rapper, raga, singer, actor, entrepreneur
Instruments	Vocals,Acoustic
Years active	1999–present
Labels	High Grade Family
Associated acts	Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, Kaakie,, Muma Gee Asumadu, Wizkid, Kwabena Kwabena, Elivava, Kofi Kinaata, Dizzy Dee

Emmanuel Andrews Sammini (born 22 December 1981 in Accra, Ghana), known by his stage name Samini (formerly as Batman Samini), is a Ghanaian Reggae and Dance hall recording artiste from Wa, Ghana. His genre of music is a melodious mixture of high life, dance hall, reggae and hip-hop. He terms his brand of music as the "African dance hall". He signed his first record deal with Ashanti International. Samini started his record label after he left the aforementioned label.

Samini has released seven studio albums, with all being highly successful on the commercial market. Samini's success and recognition began when his first single, Linda, was released and subsequently appearing on other successful singles by other artists.[1][2][3][4]

On 13 December 2018, Samini was en-skinned as a Chief in his home town. The title given to him by the WaNaa (Paramount Chief of Wa) is `Pebilii Naa’, which means `King of the Rocks’ in Wa.[5]

Background information

He started singing in a church choir at the age of 14 and became a professional musician after a musical collaboration with another musician in 1999. His debut studio album, Dankwasere, was released in 2004; it topped the local music charts for weeks and won two awards at the Ghana Music Awards.[6] The album was supported by the single "Linda". He has performed alongside Sean Paul, Akon, Kevin Little, Shaggy, Wayne Wonder, Damian Marley, Bennie Man, Jay-Z, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Culture (Joseph Hill)(of Blessed Memory) and Steel Pulse. He collaborated with Steel Pulse and Etana from Jamaica. He has received international recognition and toured the UK, Germany, Italy, Canada, and the Netherlands.

He received international recognition when he won the "Best African Act" at the 2006 MOBO Awards.[7] After releasing his second self-titled studio album, Samini, he won three awards at the then 2007 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.[8][9] In February 2008, Samini won the "African Artiste of the Year" award at The Headies.[10] His third studio album, Dagaati, was released in 2008.[6][11] After launching his 7th studio album on 22 December 2018 titled UNTAMED he won the Reggaeville 2018, Album of the Year.

Discography

Studio albums

Dankwasere (2004)
Samini (2007)
Dagaati (2008)
C.E.O (2010)
Next Page (2013)
Breaking News (2015)
Untamed (2018)

Singles

Tsoobi featuring Rowan ,Senario & Razben


Year	Title	Ref
2016	Party Away	[12]
2019	tshoobi	[https://www.dcleakers.com/high-grade-family-ft-samini-senario-razben-rowan-tsoobi-prod-by-brainybeatz/]
2019	Hallelujah	[13]
2019	Celebration	[https://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/31397778]

Videography

Year	Title	Director	Ref
2015	Enkasa As featured artist	N/A	[14]
2016	Ye Ko Paapi	N/A	[15]
2015	New Style	N/A	[16]
2017	My Own	N/A	[17]
2018	Obaa	N/A	[18]
2019	tsoobi	Slingshots	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqG0nbpQ6qk

Awards and nominations

MOBO Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2006	Himself	Best African Act[19]	Won

The Headies


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2010	Himself	Best African Act	Won

Channel O Music Video Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2011	Himself	Most Gifted Reggae Dancehall Video Artist[20]	Won

Bass Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2013	Himself	Kwame Nkrumah Award (Artiste of the Year)[21]	Won
		Best Performer(Reggae/Dancehall)[21]	Won
		Best Dancehall Artiste[21]	Won

MTV Africa Music Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2009	Himself	Best Performer[22]	Won

Ghana Music Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2005	Himself	Artiste of the Year[23]	Won
2005	Himself	HipLife Artist of the Year[23]	Won
2007	Himself	African Magic Artiste of the Year[24]	Won
		Pop Song of the Year[24]	Won
		Record Song of the Year[24]	Won
2011	Himself	Album of the Year[25]	Won

Nominations

2006 MTV Europe Music Awards 2006 – Best African Act
2008 MTV Africa Music Awards – Best Performer
Black Canadian Awards 2014– Best International Act
Ghana Music Awards 2014– Artist of the Year
Ghana Music Awards 2014– Reggae Dance hall Song (scatter bad mind)
Ghana Music Awards 2011– Artist of the Year
Ghana Music Awards 2011 – Afro Pop Song of the Year
Ghana Music Awards 2011– Album of the Year
Ghana Music Awards 2012– Reggae Song of the Year
IRWM Awards- Best African Entertainer
Bass Awards 2013– Most Popular Dance hall Song
Bass Awards 2013– Best Collaboration (Time Bomb ft wiz kid)
Bass Awards 2013– Best Dance hall Music Video
MOAMA Awards 2010– Best African album
Ghana DJ Awards- Song of the Year 2010
Ghana Music Awards UK 2018 – Reggae/Dance hall song of the year
Ghana music awards UK 2019-Special recognition award
Ghana Music Awards 2020-Reggae/Dancehall artist of the year

References

"Batman Samini". Click Afrique. 7 October 2006. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
"Batman Samini". Modern Ghana. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
Nyarko, Scholastica (25 August 2007). "Batman Samini in line for another int'l music award". The Statesman. Archived from the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
Debrah, Ameyaw (8 February 2009). "Ghana artist performs at US show". Africa News. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
"Samini enskinned as chief in his hometown [Photos]". Citi Newsroom. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
Levy, Leighton (25 January 2009). "ini seeks perfect Jamaican sound". The Gleaner (Jamaica). Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
Schlockermann, Ilka (September 2006). "Batman Samini crowned Best African act at the MOBO AwardsMOBO Awards 2006". BBC. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
"Batman Samini sweeps Ghana Musical Award". Click Afrique. 7 May 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
"2007 Ghana Music Awards – Batman Samini tops them all". Modern Ghana. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
"Singer, Samini presents award to MTN". Ghana News. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
Addo, Francis (16 August 2008). "Samini Drops New Album". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
"New Music Samini – Party Away feat. Stonebwoy (Prod. by Brainy Beatz)". Pulse.com.gh. David Mawuli. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
"Samini – Hallelujah (Prod. By JMJ)". www.ghanamotion.com/tag/samini/. N/A.
"Music Video K.K Fosu – Enkasa feat. Samini". Pulse.com.gh. David Mawuli. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
"Music Video Samini – Ye Ko Paapi feat. K.K Fosu". Pulse.com.gh. David Mawuli. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
""New Style" Samini shoots video for new single in USA, premieres at Danstadorm". Pulse.com.gh. David Mawuli. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
"Samini releases video for 'My Own'". Ghanaweb.com. Enews. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
"Samini – Obaa (Prod. by Mix Master Garzy)". Ghanamotion.com. Ghanamotion. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
"BATMAN SAMINI, FROM GHANA, NAMED BEST AFRICAN ACT @ MOBO AWARDS". John Higginson. 21 September 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2006.
"Samini wins Ghana's first ever channel o award". Ernest Dela. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
"Samini tops maiden edition of BASS Awards + Full list of winners". Ameyaw Debrah. 6 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
"Samini wins Best African Performer Award". Daily Graphic. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
"Samini". Ghana Music.com. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
"2007 GHANA MUSIC AWARDS- BATMAN SAMINI TOPS THEM ALL". Modern Ghana. 5 May 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2007.
"MTN Ghana Music Awards full llist of winners". 9 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.

External links

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[19] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

[1] "Batman Samini". Click Afrique. 7 October 2006. Retrieved 16 June 2009.

[2] "Batman Samini". Modern Ghana. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 16 June 2009.

[3] Nyarko, Scholastica (25 August 2007). "Batman Samini in line for another int'l music award". The Statesman. Archived from the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2009.

[4] Debrah, Ameyaw (8 February 2009). "Ghana artist performs at US show". Africa News. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2009.

[5] "Samini enskinned as chief in his hometown [Photos]". Citi Newsroom. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

[ini_seeks_perfect_Jamaican_sound-6] Levy, Leighton (25 January 2009). "ini seeks perfect Jamaican sound". The Gleaner (Jamaica). Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2009.

[Best_African_act_at_MOBO_Awards_2006-7] Schlockermann, Ilka (September 2006). "Batman Samini crowned Best African act at the MOBO AwardsMOBO Awards 2006". BBC. Retrieved 16 June 2009.

[Batman_Samini_sweeps_Ghana_Musical_Award.-8] "Batman Samini sweeps Ghana Musical Award". Click Afrique. 7 May 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2009.

[Batman_Samini_tops_them_all-9] "2007 Ghana Music Awards – Batman Samini tops them all". Modern Ghana. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2009.

[Singer,_Samini_presents_award_to_MTN-10] "Singer, Samini presents award to MTN". Ghana News. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2009.

[Samini_Drops_New_Album-11] Addo, Francis (16 August 2008). "Samini Drops New Album". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 17 June 2009.

[12] "New Music Samini – Party Away feat. Stonebwoy (Prod. by Brainy Beatz)". Pulse.com.gh. David Mawuli. Retrieved 25 January 2016.

[13] "Samini – Hallelujah (Prod. By JMJ)". www.ghanamotion.com/tag/samini/. N/A.

[14] "Music Video K.K Fosu – Enkasa feat. Samini". Pulse.com.gh. David Mawuli. Retrieved 5 February 2016.

[15] "Music Video Samini – Ye Ko Paapi feat. K.K Fosu". Pulse.com.gh. David Mawuli. Retrieved 8 February 2016.

[16] ""New Style" Samini shoots video for new single in USA, premieres at Danstadorm". Pulse.com.gh. David Mawuli. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

[17] "Samini releases video for 'My Own'". Ghanaweb.com. Enews. Retrieved 28 November 2017.

[18] "Samini – Obaa (Prod. by Mix Master Garzy)". Ghanamotion.com. Ghanamotion. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

[20] "BATMAN SAMINI, FROM GHANA, NAMED BEST AFRICAN ACT @ MOBO AWARDS". John Higginson. 21 September 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2006.

[21] "Samini wins Ghana's first ever channel o award". Ernest Dela. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.

[BassAwards-22] "Samini tops maiden edition of BASS Awards + Full list of winners". Ameyaw Debrah. 6 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[23] "Samini wins Best African Performer Award". Daily Graphic. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.

[Ghana_Music_Samini-24] "Samini". Ghana Music.com. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

[Modern_Ghana-25] "2007 GHANA MUSIC AWARDS- BATMAN SAMINI TOPS THEM ALL". Modern Ghana. 5 May 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2007.

[Ghana_Music_2011_full-26] "MTN Ghana Music Awards full llist of winners". 9 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.