Many Nigeria Personalities, actors, actresses and musicians came for a night of Glitz and Glamour to the 3rd Annual Nigeria Entertainment Awards held at the Skirball Performing Arts Center in New York City. The producers of this yearly award show, hosted over 600 entertainment enthusiast who came to be a part of the Nigerian Entertainment Industry in the Diaspora. The event was a success.

Hosted by Raz Adoti, a Hollywood Actor with film credits including Amistad and Black Hawk Down, and 2007 Big Brother Africa runner up, Tatiana Dos Santos Durao the event included other notable personalities like Oluchi, Nollywood actors Ramsey Noah and legendary Olu Jacobs, Hollywood actress Ebbe Bassey, Fuji Adewale Ayuba, model Uduak Oduok, and singers Modele, Sasha, Tosin Martins, Kecha, Zainab, Oladele, Keno, Dekunle Fuji, Eldee, Amplifyd Crew, and Alexander The Great.

The Nigeria Entertainment Award recognizes the contributions of Nigerian artists to the entertainment industry across the globe. The awards help present Nigerian acts to the diaspora and Nigerians in the diaspora to the continent.

The Categories and winners of this year’s award event were:

BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR: ASA – Asa

HOTTEST SINGLE OF THE YEAR: Yahooze- Olu Maintain

BEST NEW ACT OF THE YEAR: TY Bello

BEST AFRO POP ACT OF THE YEAR: 9ice

BEST GOSPEL ACT OF THE YEAR: Dekunle Fuji

MUSIC PRODUCER OF THE YEAR: Dr Frabs

BEST MUSIC VIDEO OF YEAR: Do Me- P Square

BEST INTERNATIONAL SINGLE OF THE YEAR: Spray Me Money Remix – Oladele ft Eldee

BEST INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Chapter XIII- Keno

BEST INTERNATIONAL PRODUCER OF THE YEAR: T Money

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO OF YEAR: Wetin Man Go Do – Amplifyd Crew

INTERNATIONAL EVENT OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED TO A PROMOTER): NRC Reunion

BEST WORLD DJ: DJ Humility

BEST COMEDIAN: Basorge

BEST FILM: Blessed Among Women

BEST ACTOR: Olu Jacobs

BEST ACTRESS: Kate Henshaw

U.S BASED PROMOTER OF THE YEAR: Tribe X Entertainment