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| Winehouse leads Mobo nominations | Winehouse leads Mobo nominations |
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| Singer Amy Winehouse leads the way at this year's Music of Black Origin (Mobo) Awards with four nominations. | Singer Amy Winehouse leads the way at this year's Music of Black Origin (Mobo) Awards with four nominations. |
| The 23-year-old, who has just cancelled a string of US gigs due to ill health, is up for best UK female, best R&B act, best video and best song. | The 23-year-old, who has just cancelled a string of US gigs due to ill health, is up for best UK female, best R&B act, best video and best song. |
| Rapper Dizzee Rascal has also been nominated for four awards, best UK male, best hip hop act, best song and best video for Sirens. | Rapper Dizzee Rascal has also been nominated for four awards, best UK male, best hip hop act, best song and best video for Sirens. |
| The 12th annual Mobo Awards will be broadcast on 21 September. | The 12th annual Mobo Awards will be broadcast on 21 September. |
| Winehouse, who has reportedly been in rehab recently, will go up against Beverley Knight, Corinne Bailey Rae, Joss Stone and Jamelia for best UK female. | |
| UK garage performer Kano, who is also up for best hip-hop act, will compete against Lethal Bizzle, Sway and Wiley for best UK male. | |
| Rapper Kanye West takes on 50 Cent in the best hip-hop category. | |
| The video meant a lot to me, being nominated for best video is definitely an honour Rihanna | |
| This is not the first award ceremony that Winehouse and Rascal will compete for, as both artists were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize which will be announced next month. | |
| Other contenders for the best song award are Neyo, Amerie and Robin Thicke. | |
| Surprisingly Rihanna's popular song Umbrella, which remained at number one in the UK charts for 10 weeks, did not feature in the best song category. | |
| The Barbadian pop star, who won best R&B act last year, was not disappointed though as she said being picked for best video was just as important to her. | |
| "I put a lot in the song and the video. The video meant a lot to me, being nominated for best video is definitely an honour," she said. | |
| On the night of the awards the star revealed she would be feeling "nervous, excited and anxious". | |
| She is also the only female in the male-dominated best international act going up against the likes of P Diddy, Akon and TI. | |
| The former Sugababes singer, Mutya Buena, is up for her first Mobo award for best UK newcomer, along with Shola Ama's sister Sadie Ama. | |
| Jamelia and Shaggy will host the awards ceremony | |
| R&B singer Jamelia is co-hosting the event with reggae artist Shaggy - both previous Mobo winners. | |
| "I'm unbelievably excited about hosting. I've hardly done any presenting before, so to be asked to do such a huge thing, yes, slightly nervous," she said. | |
| Shaggy promised the ceremony would be "climatic". | |
| He added: "I think it's going to be wonderful. I'm happy to be involved with it." | |
| The event will take place at London's 02 Arena. |