14th Music Awards of Nagaland: Benry Moses wins ‘Song of the Year’ award

Our Reporter

Dimapur, Dec. 10 (EMN): The much-awaited 14th Music Awards of Nagaland (MAN) 2022 ceremony was held at Nagaland Bamboo Research Centre in Chümoukedima on December 10.

The event was organised by Native Trax Society (NTS) in collaboration with Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency (NBDA) and Department of Tourism Nagaland.

The evening witnessed scintillating performances by few of the best artistes of Nagaland including Temsu Clover, Psycho K4, African Amakishiu, JV Kelio and Kevi Zumvü.

The judges for this year’s edition were well known actor, film director, producer, music director, composer and former VJ, Luke Kenny (chief judge); Dr. Tolto Metha who is a team member of NBDA, vocalist if White Fire, a gospel rock band based in Guwahati; and Sunep Lemtur, a renowned professional singer, song writer, actor, producer, director, composer and an entrepreneur.

A total of 54 entries were nominated in various genres and the award for the song of the year was selected through a public choice award that secured the highest number of views on the MAN YouTube channel.

During the event, short speech was delivered by Chairman of Livingstone Foundation International, Dr. Andrew Ahoto Sema.

Winners of 14th edition of MAN are:

1. Best EDM Song: JV Keli-o for Drip

2. Best Gospel Song: Sanepong Tzudir for 'Beautiful lies and ugly truth'

3. Best Gospel Song (Local Dialects): Tsali I Sangtam for 'Achangka Mah'