Official Statement: 14th December 2012
HiPipo (U) Limited-HiPipo.com; East Africa’s number 1 social entertainment platform also a leading digital media, IT consulting, research and advisory company in Uganda has today released the final list of the First HiPipo Music Awards (HMA).
The HMA grand finale is scheduled for 9 February 2013 at Theatre Labonita.
The nominees per category have been derived from 1100 nomination forms that were filled either on hard copy or on online.
Each category has five nominees; media selected two people per category, fellow artists and fans nominated one each while the fifth comes from HiPipo.com charts records that have been running throughout the year.
Three categories, best breakthrough musician, best musician in the Diaspora and best onstage performer have six nominees as two artists in each of these categories tied with the same nomination votes.
“The awards committee unanimously agreed that these three categories should have six nominees in order to ensure fairness for those that were nominated. The other categories have five nominees each. HMA has come to further develop Uganda’s music industry,” Eng John Mark Ssebunnya, the chairman of HMA organizing committee said.
He added: “Under the theme-The Online Music Excellence, we are going to reward the best in Uganda and also provide them with a platform to challenge at regional, continental and international level. Several world stars today have been products of social media. The journey to have a Ugandan superstar created by social media is already on. HMA brings an even more realistic drive to achieve this sooner.”
Find PDF Document: Press Release with List of Nominees
About HMA
HMA comes at the back of fast growing internet usage among Ugandans. 2012 Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) statistics indicate that Internet usage is at above 5 million users, a figure that is expected to continue blossoming years to come as internet gets more available, reliable, and affordable. On the over 5 million internet users in Uganda, atleast 1 million people are on Social Media.
HMA, a production initiated and presented by HiPipo.com will give music stakeholders an opportunity to recognize and reward artists that have had an exceptional musical performance online especially on the HiPipo.com Weekly Musical Charts that run through the year, other social media channels such as YouTube, Facebook and on digital media platforms including Radio and TV.
The event (HMA finale) is scheduled for 9th February 2013 at Theatre Labonita and will broadcast live online and on TV. It will be preceded with multimedia productions that will include interviews with artists, fans, entertainment presenters, music promoters and other music industry stakeholders.
Schedule
Nomination Exercise
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14 November to 9 December 2012
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Nomination Release
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14 December 2012
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Voting ONLINE/Mobile Web and SMS
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28 December 2012 to 9 February 2013
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Nomination Celebrity Night
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January 5 2013
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Awards Week
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21 to 25 January 2013
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Awards Event Day
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Saturday 9 February 2013
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Event Information Resources
Event Website: http://hipipo.com/hma/
About HiPipo
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