Urban Music Awards Nominations announced…

There's no doubting that British Urban music is in something of a peak period at the moment. Creatively there are a few crafting genuinely impressive pop songs and creating the theatre and character the scene had previously lacked. On the flip-side there's N-Dubz but what are you gonna do?

The Urban Music Awards will take place on September 18th and will be open to votes via its website www.urbanmusicawards.net until August 1st.

And the nominations are...

Best Album: Jay Sean - All Or Northing, Plan B - The Defamation Of Strickland Banks, Chipmunk - I Am Chipmunk, N-Dubz - Against All Odds, Alexandra Burke - Overcome, JLS - JLS

Best Collaboration: Chipmunk feat Esmee Denters - Until You Were Gone, Taio Cruz feat Kesha - Dirty Picture, Professor Green feat Ed Drewett - I Need You Tonight, Alexandra Burke feat Pitbull - All Night Long, Tinie Tempah feat Labyrinth - Pass Out, Roll Deep feat Jodie Connor - Good Times

Best Dance Act: Faithless, Pendulum, DJ Zinc, TC, Cascada, Calvin Harris

Best DJ: Swerve (Kiss), Semtex (1Xtra), Masterstepz (Choice), Shortee Blitz & DJ MK (Kiss), MistaJam (1Xtra), Manny Norte (Kiss)

Best Gospel Act: Victizzle, Blush UK, Jahaziel, Muyiwa, London Community Gospel Choir, GK Real, DTWG

Best Group: La Fouine, Roll Deep, GK Real, JLS, N-Dubz, Pendulum

Best European Act: Imro Select, Thierry Cham, La Fouine, Amel Bent, Maika,Tal, Ms Platinum

Best International Act: Nneka, Black Eyed Peas, Iyaz, Trinidad, Jason Derulo, K'Naan, BOB, Rihanna

Best Newcomer: Tinie Tempah, Mclean, Steve Hoang, Aggro Santos, Lady Ny, Professor Green

Best Hip Hop Act: Ken Ring, Roots Manuva, Foreign Beggars, La Fouine, Tinie Tempah, Professor Green

Best R&B Act: Willy Denzy, Amel Bent, Jay Sean, JLS, Stevie Hoang, Tal

Best Music Video: Steve Hoang - No Coming Back, Craig David - One More Lie (Standing In The Shadows, Alexandra Burke feat Pitbull - All Night Long, Mclean - My Name, Skepta - Badboy, Tinie Tempah feat Labyrinth - Frisky

Best Street Dance Group: Flawless, Diversity, Plague, Status, Boyblue

Best Asian Act: Steve Hoang, Imran Khan, Jay Sean, MIA, Jaz Dhami, Mumzy Stranger

Best TV Station: Flava TV, Channel AKA, 4Music, Kiss TV, Chart Show TV

Best Radio Station: Kiss, Capital FM, Choice FM, Galaxy Digital, BBC1Xtra, Smooth Radio

Best Radio Show: Ricki & Melvin (Kiss), Swerve (Kiss), Twin B (1Xtra), Fabio & Grooverider (Radio 1), Jenny Francis (Choice), Max (1Xtra)

Best Producer: Labyrinth, David Guetta, Red 1, Chase & Status, Fraser T Smith

Outstanding Contribution To Dance Music: Faithless