As requested, MOBO winners for each year (struggled to find nominees prior to 2001):
1996: BEST ALBUM
Winner: Goldie
Album: Timeless
BEST SINGLE
Winner: Gabrielle
Song: Give Me A Little More Time
BEST INTERNATIONAL SINGLE
Winner: The Fugees
Song: Killing Me Softly
1997: BEST ALBUM
Winner: Jamiroquai
Album: Travelling Without Moving
BEST SINGLE
Winner: Eternal Feat. BeBe Winans
Song: I Wanna Be The Only One
BEST INTERNATIONAL SINGLE
Winner: Rosie Gaines
Song: Closer Than Close
1998: BEST ALBUM
Winner: Adam F
Album: Colours
BEST SINGLE
Winner: Another Level
Song: Freak Me
BEST INTERNATIONAL SINGLE
Winner: Pras feat ODB / Mya
Song: Ghetto Superstar
1999: BEST ALBUM
Winner: Beverly Knight
Album: Prodigal Sister
BEST SINGLE
Winner: Kele Le Roc
Song: My Love
BEST INTERNATIONAL SINGLE
Winner: Eminem
Song: My Name Is...
2000: BEST UK SINGLE
Craig David "Fill Me In"
2001: Best album:
Usher - 8701
Also nominated were: Destiny's Child - Survivor, Outkast - Stankonia, Craig David - Born To Do It, Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You, Mya - Fear of Flying.
Best single:
Destiny's Child - Indepndent Women Part 1
Also nominated were: Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On, Outkast - Ms Jackson, Architechs featuring Nana - Body Groove, DJ Pied Piper & the Masters of Ceremonies - Do You Really Like It?, Shaggy - It Wasn't Me.
2002: Best Album - Alicia Keys for Songs In A Minor
Also nominated: Ashanti - Ashanti, The Streets - Original Pirate Material, Ja Rule - Pain Is Love, Ms Dynamite - A Little Deeper
Best Single - Ms Dynamite for It Takes More
Also nominated: Ja Rule featuring Ashanti - Always On Time, Nelly - Hot In Here, Alicia Keys - Fallin', Fat Joe featuring Ashanti - What's Luv?
2003: Best album
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
Terri Walker - Untitled
Justin Timberlake - Justified
Big Brovaz - Nu Flow
Floetry - Floetic
Beyonce - Dangerously In Love
Best single
50 Cent - In Da Club
Beyonce ft Jay-Z - Crazy In Love
Nelly ft Kelly Rowland - Dilemma
R Kelly - Ignition
Mis-Teeq - Scandalous
2004: Best Album
Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys
Jay-Z - Black Album
Joss Stone - Soul Sessions
Kanye West - College Dropout
Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Usher - Confessions
Best Single
Jamelia - Thank You
Kanye West - All Falls Down
Mario Winans - I Don't Wanna Know
Outkast - Hey Ya!
Usher - Burn
Best Collaboration
2Play feat. Raghav & Jucxi - So Confused
Brandy & Kanye West - Talk About Our Love
Marques Houston & Joe Budden - Clubbin'
Twista & Kanye West - Slow Jamz
Usher & Ludacris - Yeah
Best Ringtone
Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love
Eamon - I Don't Want You Back
Mario Winans - I Don't Wanna Know
Outkast - Hey Ya!
Usher - Yeah
2005: Best album:
Lemar - Time to Grow
Also nominated:
Common - Be
Kano - Home Sweet Home
John Legend - Get Lifted
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
Best single:
Lethal B - Pow (Forward)
Also nominated:
Amerie - 1 Thing
Lemar - If There's Any Justice
Mario - Let Me Love You
Snoop Dogg feat Pharrell Williams - Drop It Like It's Hot
2006: Best Song:
Beyonce feat. Jay-Z - 'Déjà vu'
Corinne Bailey Rae - 'Put Your Records On'
Gnarls Barkley - 'Crazy'
Mary J Blige - 'Be Without You'
Ne Yo - 'So Sick'
2007: Best song
Ne-Yo - Because of You
Amerie - Take Control
Amy Winehouse - Rehab
Dizzee Rascal - Sirens
Robin Thicke - Lost Without You
2008: Best Album
As I Am - Alicia Keys
Shine " Estelle
Spirit " Leona Lewis
The Carter III " Lil Wayne
Here I Stand " Usher
Best Song
American Boy " Estelle
Dance Wiv Me " Dizzee Rascal
Lollipop " Lil Wayne
Low " Flo Rida
Wearing My Rolex " Wiley
2009: BEST ALBUM
'808s and Heartbreaks' - Kanye West
'Catch 22' - Tinchy Stryder
'Catch Me If You Can' – Bashy
'I Am… Sasha Fierce' - Beyonce
'Uncle B' - N-Dubz
BEST SONG
'Beat Again' – JLS
'Diamond Rings' - Chipmunk ft. Emeli Sande
'Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes' - K.I.G. Family
'Number One' - Tinchy Stryder and N-Dubz
'Strong Again' - N-Dubz
2010: Best Album - Plan B - The Defamation of Strickland Banks, JLS - JLS, N-Dubz - Against All Odds, Chipmunk - I Am Chipmunk, Dizzee Rascal - Tongue N' Cheek.
Best Song (in association with PRS for Music) - Taio Cruz ft Ke ha - Dirty Picture, Tinie Tempah - Pass Out, N-Dubz ft Mr Hudson - Playing With Fire, Mark Ronson & The Business Intl ft Q-Tip & Mndr - Bang, Bang, Bang, Professor Green ft Ed Drewett - I Need You Tonight.
2011: Best Album
Adele - 21
Chase & Status - No More Idols
Jessie J - Who You Are
Katy B - On A Mission
Tinie Tempah - Disc-Overy
Best Song
Adele - 'Someone Like You'
Chase & Status featuring Tinie Tempah - 'Hitz'
[youtube-https]Jessie J - 'Do It Like A Dude'[/youtube-https]
Tinie Tempah - 'Wonderman'
Wretch 32 - 'Traktor'
2012: Best Album
Ed Sheeran - '+'
Emeli Sande - 'Our Version Of Events'
Labrinth - 'Electronic Earth'
Plan B - 'Ill Manors'
Rita Ora - 'Ora'
Best Song
Ed Sheeran - 'Lego House'
Emeli Sande - 'Next To Me'
Labrinth Feat. Tinie Tempah - 'Earthquake'
Michael Kiwanuka - 'I'll Get Along'
Plan B - 'Ill Manors'
2013: Best Album
Angel - 'About Time'
Disclosure - 'Settle'
Laura Mvula - 'Sing To the Moon'
Rudimental - 'Home'
Wiley - 'Ascent'
Best Song in Association with PRS for Music
Disclosure feat. AlunaGeorge - 'White Noise'
Naughty Boy - 'La La La'
Rudimental feat. Ella Eyre - 'Waiting All Night'
Wiley feat. Chip - 'Reloaded'
Wretch 32 ft Shakka - 'Black Out'
2014: Best Album
Ghetts: Rebel With A Cause
Katy B: Little Red
Krept & Konan: Young Kingz
Sam Smith: In The Lonely Hour
Tinie Tempah: Demonstration
Best Song
Ed Sheeran ft. Pharrell: 'Sing'
Fuse ODG ft. Sean Paul: 'Dangerous Love'
Krept & Konan: 'Don't Waste My Time'
Meridian Dan ft. Big H & JME: 'German Whip'
Sam Smith: 'Stay With Me'
2015: BEST ALBUM
Krept & Konan - 'The Long Way Home'
JME - 'Integrity'
Lianne La Havas - 'Blood'
Wiley - 'Snakes & Ladders'
Jamie XX - 'In Colour'
BEST SONG
Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars - 'Uptown Funk'
Skepta - 'Shutdown'
Tinie Tempah Feat. Jess Glynne - 'Not Letting Go'
JME Feat. Giggs - 'Man Don't Care'
Krept & Konan - 'Freak Of The Week'
BEST INTERNATIONAL ALBUM
Drake - 'If You're Reading This, Its Too Late'
Kendrick Lamar - 'To Pimp A Butterfly'
J. Cole - '2014 Forest Hills Drive'
Dre Dre - 'Compton: A Soundtrack By Dr Dre'
The Weeknd - 'Beauty Behind The Madness'
D'Angelo - 'Black Messiah'
Jazmine Sullivan - 'Reality Show'
The Internet - 'Ego Death'
Tyrese - 'Black Rose'
A$AP Rocky - 'At.Long.Last.ASAP'
2016: BEST ALBUM
Laura Mvula – The Dreaming Room
Giggs – Landlord
Kano – Made In The Manor
Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
Skepta – Konnichiwa
BEST SONG
Craig David Feat. Big Narstie “When The Bassline Drops” (Produced by White N3rd)
Kano Feat. Giggs & Wiley “3 Wheel-Ups” (Produced by Swifta Beater)
Tinie Tempah Feat. Zara Larsson “Girls Like” (Produced by KDA)
WSTRN “In2” (Produced by PRGRSHN for PARALLEL)
Jorja Smith “Blue Lights” (Produced by Joice)
Naughty Boy Feat. Beyoncé & Arrow Benjamin “Runnin’” (Produced by Naughty Boy)
Abra Cadabra Feat. Krept & Konan "Robbery (Remix)" (Produced by Yamaica)
Chase & Status Feat. Frisco “Funny” (Produced by Chase & Status)
Ghetts – “You Dun Know Already” (Produced by Sir Spyro)
M.O “Who Do You Think Of” (Produced by Fred Gibson)
J.Hus "Friendly" (Produced by J5)
Lethal Bizzle “Wobble” (Produced by Diztortion)
2017: BEST ALBUM
J Hus – Common Sense
Nines – One Foot Out
Sampha – Process
Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer
Wretch 32 – Growing Over Life
BEST SONG
J Hus “Did You See”
(Produced by JAE5)
Kojo Funds Feat. Abra Cadabra “Dun Talkin’”
(Produced by GA)
Not3s “Addison Lee”
(Produced by Malv On The Track)
Stormzy “Big For Your Boots”
(Produced by Sir Spyro & Fraser T Smith)
Yungen Feat. Yxng Bane “Bestie)
(Produced by ADP)
2020: ALBUM OF THE YEAR
J HUS – ‘BIG CONSPIRACY’
STORMZY – ‘HEAVY IS THE HEAD’
MAHALIA – ‘LOVE AND COMPROMISE’
NINES – ‘CRABS IN A BUCKET’
LIANNE LA HAVAS – ‘LIANNE LA HAVAS’
SONG OF THE YEAR [PUBLIC VOTED]
YOUNG T & BUGSEY FEAT. HEADIE ONE – ‘DON’T RUSH’
DIGGA D – ‘WOI’
DARKOO FEAT. ONE ACEN - ‘GANGSTA’
TION WAYNE FEAT. STORMZY & DUTCHAVELLI – ‘I DUNNO’
ABRA CADABRA – ‘ON DECK’
BEST ALBUM (2017 – 2019)
This is a one-off additional category just for this year’s MOBO Awards to highlight the best albums released from 1st September 2017 – 31st August 2019.
DAVE – ‘PSYCHODRAMA’
KANO – ‘HOODIES ALL SUMMER’
ELLA MAI – ‘ELLA MAI’
SKEPTA – ‘IGNORANCE IS BLISS’
NINES – ‘CROP CIRCLE’
LITTLE SIMZ – ‘GREY AREA’
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