Yes folks music awards season is almost here!

Check out the 2011 Urban Music Awards nominees list.

Best  Collaboration sponsored by Corona Extra
DJ Fresh ft Sian Evans   “Louder”   (Ministry of Sound)
Dappy ft.  Tinchy Stryder   “Spaceship”   (4^th & Broadway & AATW)
Lock Essein ft.  Tanya Lacey     “How we Roll”    (RCA)
Vato Gonzalez ft Foreign Beggars  “Badman Riddim”   (Levels/Ministry of Sound)
Chipmunk ft. Chris Brown  “Champion”
Wretch 32 ft.  Example  “Unorthodox”   (Levels/Ministry of Sound)

Best Male Artist
Example (Data)
Jay Sean
Chipmunk (Sony BMG)
Wretch 32 (Ministry of Sound)
Devlin
Ed Sheeran (Asylum)

Best Female Artist  sponsored by Sleek
Jessie J (Island/Lava)
Katy B (Rinse Recordings)
Adele (XL Recordings)
Alexandra Burke
Beverley Knight
Emilie Sande

International Artists of the Year
Kelly Rowland
Diddy Dirty Money
Chris Brown
Jason Derulo
Aloe Blacc  (Epic)
Bruno Mars
Trey Songz
Nicki Minaj

Best Album sponsored by Corona Extra
Beverley Knight “Soul UK”  (Hurricane)
Jessie J  ‘Who you are’  (Island/Lava)
Katy B   “On a Mission”  (Rinse Recordings)
Example “Won’t Go Quietly”  (Data)
Adele   “21”  (XL Recordings)
Joss Stone “LP1”  (Stone’d/Surfdog)

Best HipHop Act
Chipmunk
Wretch 32
Tinie Tempah
Dappy
Professor Green

Best Single
Jessie J  “Nobody’s Perfect’
Wretch 32 ft. Example ‘Unorthodox’
Chipmunk ft.  Chris Brown  ‘Champion’
Dappy ft. Tinchy Stryder  ‘Spaceship’
Emilie Sande ‘Heaven’
Vato Gonzalez ft. Foreign Beggars ‘Badman Riddim’
Maverick Sabre ‘Let me Go’

Best Music Video
Chipmunk ft. Chris Brown  ‘Born a Champion”
Wretch 32 ft. Example  “Unorthodox”
Tinie Tempah
JLS  ft. Dev  ‘You Makes Me Wanna’  (Epic)
Lock Essien  ft. Tanya Lacey  (RCA)
Toddla  T ft. Shola Ama  & J2K  “Take  it Back”
Yasmin  ‘Finish Line’  (Data Records)

Artist of the Year
Jessie J
Katy B
JLS
Wretch 32
Ed Sheeran
Example

Best Newcomer
Mz. Bratt
Lock Essien
Emilie Sande
Dionne Broomfield
SoundGirl
Rizzle Kicks
Maverick Sabre
Yasmin

Best DJ 2011
Manny Norte
Target
Tim Westwood
Swerve
Logan
Goldielocks
Nikki

Best Dance Act sponsored by Chelsea Monthly
Calvin Harris ft. Kelis  ‘Bounce’
DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans  ‘Louder’
Example  ‘Changed the way you Kiss me’  (Data)
Alex Guadino ft. Kelly Rowland  (Ministry of Sound)
Martin Solveig & Dragonette ‘Hello’  (3Beat /AATW)
Box Bottom ft. Big Babba ‘Bounce  & Boom’   (DJ BB)
Inna  ‘Sun is Up’   (3 Beat/AATW)
Dev ‘Bass Down Low’  ft.  Cataracs  (Island)

Best Radio Station
Kiss
1Xtra
Choice
Capital fm
Rinse fm
Smooth Radio

Best Radio Show
DJ Swerve (Kiss)
Westwood (1Xtra)
Ricky & Melvin (Kiss)
Jenny Francis (Choice)
Sarah Jane Crawford (1Xtra)
Twin B (1Xtra )

Best Producer
Swedish House Mafia
Fraser T Smith
Red One
Michael Woods
Benny Benassi

Best R&B Act
Jay Sean
Taoi Cruz
JLS
Lock Essien
Emilie Sande
SoundGirl

The 9^th annual Urban Music Awards will be held on the  14^th of September 2011.

Music fans who have nominated for all the categories will get to decide by voting on who gets to win a prestigious UMA award.   Voting is currently live till the 10^th of September 2011 @ www.urbanmusicawards.net