{"id":6718,"date":"2026-06-26T08:45:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kabza-de-small-tops-2026-samas-nominations-with-five-nods\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T08:45:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:45:58","slug":"kabza-de-small-tops-2026-samas-nominations-with-five-nods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kabza-de-small-tops-2026-samas-nominations-with-five-nods\/","title":{"rendered":"Kabza De Small Tops 2026 SAMAs Nominations with Five Nods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amapiano producer <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/tycoon-releases-art-of-love-iii-with-kabza-de-small-kelvin-momo\/\"><strong>Kabza De Small<\/strong><\/a> has secured five nominations for the 32nd <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samusicawards.co.za\">South African Music Awards<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/sama32-nominees-revealed-ahead-of-sun-city-return\/\">SAMAs<\/a>)<\/strong>, topping the list of contenders announced online on 25 June. The awards ceremony is set for 15 August at the Sun City Superbowl in North West Province.<\/p>\n<p>His album <em>Bab&#8217;Motha<\/em> is shortlisted for Best Amapiano Album and Best Engineered Album. Collaborative tracks earned him additional nods in Best Collaboration, Best Produced Music Video, and Remix of the Year.<\/p>\n<h2>Multiple Nominees<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/scorpion-kings-live-adds-5000-tickets-for-fnb-stadium-show\/\"><strong>DJ Maphorisa<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nasty_C\">Nasty C<\/a><\/strong> each received three nominations. DJ Maphorisa&#8217;s collaborative work on &#8216;Abantwana Bakho&#8217; is recognised in Best Collaboration and Best Produced Music Video, while &#8216;Dlala Ka Yona&#8217; earned a Best Collaboration nod. Nasty C&#8217;s album <em>Free<\/em> is nominated for Best Hip Hop Album and Best Engineered Album, and &#8216;Leftie (Dlala Ngcobo)&#8217; is up for Best Produced Music Video.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kelvin Momo<\/strong> landed two nominations in the Best Amapiano Album category for <em>N&#8217;wana Wa Mutsonga<\/em> and <em>Thato Ya Modimo<\/em>, and appears in the Remix of the Year category via &#8216;Eningi (Remix)&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Other artists with multiple nominations include <strong>Samthing Soweto<\/strong> (Best Afro Pop Album, Best Engineered Album for <em>Touch is a Move (Good Morning)<\/em>), <strong>Shekhinah<\/strong> (Best Pop Album, Best Produced Album for <em>Less Trouble<\/em>), <strong>Langa Mavuso<\/strong> (Best R&amp;B Soul Album, Best Produced Album for <em>Therapy: The Other Side<\/em>), and <strong>Guy Buttery<\/strong> (Best Classical Instrumental Album, Best Engineered Album for <em>Orchestrations<\/em>).<\/p>\n<h2>Category Contests<\/h2>\n<p>The Best Afro Pop Album race includes <strong>CiCi<\/strong> (<em>Busisiwe 2.0<\/em>), <strong>Lwah Ndlunkulu<\/strong> (<em>Amaciko<\/em>), <strong>Sjava<\/strong> (<em>Inkanyezi 2.0 (Live)<\/em>), <strong>Nomfundo Moh<\/strong> (<em>Out The Box<\/em>), and Samthing Soweto.<\/p>\n<p>Best Dance Album nominees are <strong>MaWhoo<\/strong>, <strong>M\u00d6RDA<\/strong>, <strong>Da Capo<\/strong>, <strong>Dlala Thukzin<\/strong> and <strong>JAZZWRLD<\/strong> with <em>Thukuthela<\/em>. The Best Maskandi Album category features <strong>Saliwa<\/strong>, <strong>Mbuzeni<\/strong>, <strong>Ntencane<\/strong>, <strong>Smiramira<\/strong> and <strong>Mzukulu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Jazz category nominees include <strong>Mandisi Dyantyis<\/strong>, <strong>Paras &#8220;Sibalukhulu&#8221; Dlamini<\/strong>, <strong>Temba Ncetani<\/strong>, <strong>Lumanyano Mzi<\/strong> and <strong>Billy Monama<\/strong>. The Best Pop Album shortlist comprises <strong>Will Linley<\/strong>, <strong>Matt Gardiner<\/strong>, Shekhinah, <strong>Anica Kiana<\/strong> and <strong>Tannah<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Rest of Africa Award will be contested by Ghanaian artists <strong>Gyakie<\/strong> and <strong>Black Sherif<\/strong>, alongside Nigerian acts <strong>Olamide<\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wizkid\">Wizkid<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Asake<\/strong> and <strong>Tiwa Savage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kabza De Small received five nominations for the 2026 South African Music Awards, including Best Amapiano Album and Best Engineered Album.","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[512],"tags":[1684,563,1516,987,1102,1647],"class_list":["post-6718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-industry-news","tag-2026-samas","tag-amapiano","tag-kabza-de-small","tag-music-awards","tag-samas","tag-south-african-music-awards","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kabza De Small SAMAs 2026 Nominations Lead<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Amapiano star Kabza De Small leads the 32nd South African Music Awards nominations with five nods. 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