MOBO Awards 2021

MOBO Awards 2021 ceremony was held at the Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry on 5 December 2021.^[1] The ceremony streamed live on YouTube and the highlights of the ceremony were shown on BBC One three days later.^[2]

MOBO Awards 2021
Date	5 December 2021
Location	Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, England
Hosted by	Leigh-Anne Pinnock Munya Chawawa Eddie Kadi (special guest)
Website	mobo.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	YouTube (live coverage) BBC One (highlights)
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The nominees were announced on 11 November 2021, led by rapper Dave with five nominations.^[3] Central Cee and Wizkid won the most awards of the night with two each.^[4] The ceremony honoured former heavyweight boxer Frank Bruno for his work in raising awareness of mental health issues.^[5]

Performers

The performers for the ceremony were announced on 24 November 2021.^[6]

List of performers at the MOBO Awards 2021

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Bree Runway	"Hot Hot"
Pa Salieu	"Frontline" "Gliding" "My Family"
Ghetts	"Mozambique" "Hop Out"
Tems	"Crazy Tings" "Higher"
NSG	"Petite"
Potter Payper	"Purpose" "Gangsteritus"
ENNY	"Peng Black Girls"
Stefflon Don Ms Banks	"Dip"

Winners and nominees

Winners appear first and highlighted in bold.

Album of the Year We're All Alone in This Together – Dave Collapsed in Sunbeams – Arlo Parks Conflict of Interest – Ghetts Edna – Headie One Mother – Cleo Sol Not Your Muse – Celeste	Song of the Year "Body (Remix)" – Russ Millions and Tion Wayne featuring ArrDee, Bugzy Malone, Buni, Darkoo, E1, Fivio Foreign & ZT "Clash" – Dave featuring Stormzy "Commitment Issues" – Central Cee "Latest Trends" – A1 x J1 "My Family" – Pa Salieu featuring BackRoad Gee "Peng Black Girls" – ENNY featuring Amia Brave
Best Newcomer Central Cee Arlo Parks ArrDee BackRoad Gee Berwyn ENNY Joy Crookes Midas the Jagaban PinkPantheress Wes Nelson	Video of the Year M1llionz – "Lagga" (Director: Teeeezy C) Bree Runway – "Hot Hot" (Director: Jocelyn Anquetil) Fredo featuring Dave – "Money Talks" (Director: Edem Wornoo) Little Simz featuring Cleo Sol – "Woman" (Director: Little Simz) Pa Salieu featuring BackRoad Gee – "My Family" (Director: Femi Ladi) Slowthai featuring ASAP Rocky – "Mazza" (Director: The Rest)
Best Female Act Little Simz Arlo Parks Bree Runway Cleo Sol Shaybo Tiana Major9	Best Male Act Ghetts AJ Tracey Central Cee Dave Headie One Potter Payper
Best Grime Act Skepta Bugzy Malone Chip D Double E Frisco Ghetts	Best Soul/R&B Act Cleo Sol Bellah Jorja Smith Sault Tiana Major9 WSTRN
Best Hip Hop Act D-Block Europe Dave Fredo Little Simz Potter Payper Slowthai	Best Drill Act Central Cee Digga D Headie One K-Trap Loski M1llionz Russ Millions SR Tion Wayne Unknown T
Best International Act Wizkid Doja Cat Drake Kanye West Lil Nas X Megan Thee Stallion Polo G Rema Skillibeng Young Stoner Life (Young Thug & Gunna)	Best Gospel Act Guvna B CalledOut Music CeCe Winans Kirk Franklin Maverick City Music SO
Best African Music Act Wizkid Ayra Starr Burna Boy CKay Davido King Promise NSG Rema Tems Tiwa Savage	Best Reggae Act Shenseea Lila Iké Popcaan Sean Paul Skillibeng Spice
Best Jazz Act Sons of Kemet Alfa Mist Blue Lab Beats Emma-Jean Thackray Jacob Collier Nubiyan Twist	Best Producer Jae5 Gotcha Juls M1OnTheBeat P2J TSB
Best Performance in a TV Show/Film Micheal Ward – Small Axe as Franklyn Damson Idris – Snowfall as Franklin Saint Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton Ashley Thomas – Them as Henry Emory Letitia Wright – Small Axe as Altheia Jones	Best Media Personality Chunkz & Yung Filly Charlene White Harry Pinero Henrie Kwushue Julie Adenuga Maya Jama Mo Gilligan Munya Chawawa Nella Rose Zeze Millz
MOBO Impact Award Frank Bruno