List of awards and nominations received by Sauti Sol

Sauti Sol awards and nominations
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Wins	26
Nominations	41
	Note [a] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.; [b] Awards in certain categories do not have prior nominations and only winners are announced by a panel or jury. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.;

The following article outlines the awards and nominations received by Kenyan afro-pop band Sauti Sol. Formed in 2005, the band has since grown to become one of the most successful musical acts in Africa, gaining considerable attention, praise and recognition for their work.

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While neither their debut studio album Mwanzo nor any of its songs were nominated for any awards, the group received a nomination for Best African Newcomer at the 2010 African Music Awards. They received their first major accolade the same year, winning Best Group at the Museke Online Africa Music Awards.^[1] In 2011, Sauti Sol was named Best Fusion Artist/Group of the Year at the Kisima Music Awards, while the music video for the song "Coming Home" from their second studio album Sol Filosofia won Best Music Video.^[2] The following 3 years saw them pick up a further 6 awards, most notably winning Best African Act at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards,^[3] becoming the first Kenyan musicians to receive the award.^[4]

In 2015, the release of their third studio album Live and Die in Afrika saw the group receive continued recognition. The song "Sura Yako" was nominated for 9 awards, winning Most Downloaded Single, Most Downloaded Afro-Pop Single and Most Downloaded Song at the Mdundo Music Awards,^[5] while its music video won YouTube Video of the Year at the Pulse Music Video Awards. The song "Nerea", featuring the duo Amos and Josh, also received numerous nominations, winning Best Collaboration of the Year at the Pulse Music Video Awards.^[6] The group was also nominated for Best International Act: Africa at the BET Awards, but lost out to Ghanaian musician Stonebwoy.^[7]^[8]

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Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

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Awards in certain categories do not have prior nominations and only winners are announced by a panel or jury. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

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Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2015	Sauti Sol	East Africa's Most Stylish Male Artiste	Won	^[9]
2016	Sauti Sol	East Africa's Most Stylish Male Artiste	Nominated	^[10]
2016	"Tulale Fofofo"	Africa's Most Fashionable Music Video	Nominated	^[10]
2017	Sauti Sol	Most Stylish Male Artiste - Africa	Won	^[11]
2018	Sauti Sol	Most Stylish Male Artiste - Africa	Nominated	^[12]
2018	Sauti Sol	Fahionable Music Video of the Year - Africa	Nominated	^[12]

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2015	Sauti Sol	Hottest Group	Won	^[13]
2016	Sauti Sol	Hottest Group	Nominated	^[14]
2018	Sauti Sol	Hottest Group	Won	^[15]

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2010	Sauti Sol	Best African Newcomer	Nominated	^[1]
2018	Sauti Sol	Best International Artist	Nominated	^[16]

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2014	Sauti Sol	Best African Group	Nominated	^[17]
2015	Sauti Sol	Best African Group	Won	^[18]
	Sauti Sol	Best Dance in a Video	Nominated
	"Sura Yako"	Song of the Year	Nominated
2016	Sauti Sol	Best Male East Africa	Nominated	^[19]
		Best African Group	Won
		Artist of the Year	Nominated
	"Unconditionally Bae" (featuring Ali Kiba)	Video of the Year	Nominated
	"Unconditionally Bae" (featuring Ali Kiba)	Song of the Year	Nominated
2017	Sauti Sol	Best African Group	Nominated	^[20]
	Sauti Sol	Best Male East Africa	Nominated
	"Love Again"	Video of the Year	Nominated
	"Love Again"	Best Collaboration	Nominated
2018	Sauti Sol	Best Live Act	Nominated
		Sauti Sol	Best Group	Nominated
		Best Male East Africa	Nominated	^[21]

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2015	"Nerea" (featuring Amos and Josh)	Best African Collaboration	Nominated	^[22]
	Sauti Sol	Best African Group	Won	^[23]
	Sauti Sol	Songwriter of the Year	Nominated	^[24]
	Savara Mudigi, Polycarp Otieno	Producer of the Year	Won	^[25]
2018	Sauti Sol	Best African Group	Nominated	^[26]
	Sauti Sol	Best African Group in African Reggae/Ragga Dancehall	Nominated	^[26]
	"Melanin" (featuring Patoranking)	Song of the Year	Nominated	^[26]
	"Melanin" (featuring Patoranking)	Best Collaboration	Nominated	^[26]
2019	Afrikan Sauce	Album of the Year in Africa	Won	^[27]
2019	Sauti Sol	Best African Duo, Group or Band	Won	^[27]

List of awards and nominations received by Sauti Sol

Abryanz Style and Fashion Awards

African Entertainment Awards

African Music Awards

African Muzik Magazine Awards

All Africa Music Awards

BEFFTA Awards

BET Awards

Bingwa Music Awards

Chaguo La Teeniez Awards

Channel O Music Video Awards

East Africa TV Awards

Google Recognition

HiPipo Music Awards

The Headies Awards

International Achievement Recognition Awards

Kilimanjaro Tanzania Music Awards

Kisima Music Awards

Kora Awards

Mdundo Music Awards

MTV Awards

MTV Africa Music Awards

MTV Europe Music Awards

Museke Online Africa Music Awards

Nigeria Entertainment Awards

OLX Social Media Awards

Pulse Music Video Awards

Soundcity MVP Awards Festival

tooXclusive Awards

Uganda Entertainment Awards

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Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2014	"Sura Yako"	Best Music Video in Kenya	Won	^[29]
2015	Sauti Sol	Artist of the Year (Kenya)	Nominated	^[30]
	Sauti Sol	East African Artist of the Year	Won
	"Nerea" (featuring Amos and Josh)	Best Video of the Year (East Africa)	Nominated
		Song of the Year
		East African Song of the Year
		Songwriter of the Year

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2011	Sauti Sol	Teeniez' Group or Collabo	Nominated	^[31]
2012	"Gentleman" (featuring P-Unit)	Teeniez' Group or Collabo	Nominated	^[32]^[33]^[34]

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2012	"I Don't Want to Be Alone" (A.Y. featuring Sauti Sol)	Most Gifted East African Video	Won	^[1]^[35]
2013	"Money Lover"	Most Gifted East African	Nominated	^[1]^[36]
2013	"Money Lover"	Most Gifted Afro-pop		^[1]^[36]
2014	"Nishike (Touch Me)"	Most Gifted East African		^[37]

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2016	Sura Yako	East Africa Super Hit	Nominated	^[40]
2016	Shake Yo Bam Bam	East Africa Best Video	Nominated	^[41]
2017	"Unconditionally Bae" (featuring Ali Kiba)	East Africa Super Hit	Won	^[42]
2017	"Unconditionally Bae" (featuring Ali Kiba)	Song of the Year - Kenya	Won	^[42]

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2011	"Coming Home"	Best Music Video	Won	^[1]^[2]
2011	Sauti Sol	Best Fusion Artist/Group of the Year	Won	^[1]^[2]

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2015	Sauti Sol	Most Downloaded Group	Won	^[5]
	"Sura Yako"	Most Downloaded Single
		Most Downloaded Afro Pop Single
		Most Downladed Song
2017	"Live and Die in Afrika"	Most Downloaded Group Single	Nominated	^[47]
	"Live and Die in Afrika"	Most Downloaded Song of the Year	Nominated
	Sauti Sol	Most Downloaded Afro Pop Artists	Nominated

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2014	Sauti Sol	Best African Act	Won	^[3]
2014	Sauti Sol	Best Worldwide Act	Nominated	^[4]

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2015	Sauti Sol	African Artist of the Year (non-Nigerian)	Nominated	^[52]
2016		African Artist of the Year (non-Nigerian)	Nominated	^[53]
2017		Best Male Artist - Africa (non-Nigerian)	Nominated	^[54]

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2015	"Nerea" (featuring Amos and Josh)	Best Collaboration of the Year	Won	^[6]
	"Nerea" (featuring Amos and Josh)	Best Cinematography of the Year^[a]	Nominated
	"Nishike"	Best Group Video of the Year
	"Shake Yo Bam Bam"	Best Choreography of the Year
	"Sura Yako"	YouTube Video of the Year	Won
2018	Short N Sweet ft Nyashinski	Best Collaboration	Won	^[59]