{"id":39580,"date":"2025-08-01T14:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T14:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/39580\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T14:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T14:52:10","slug":"indo-caribbean-music-awards-announces-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/39580\/","title":{"rendered":"Indo-Caribbean Music Awards announces finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

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10 Hrs Ago<\/p>\n

\"RaymondRaymond Ramnarine – <\/p>\n

The Indo-Caribbean Music Awards is an annual event celebrating the diverse and vibrant musical landscape of the Indo-Caribbean community. This event will honour the achievements of artistes, producers, and industry professionals who have significantly contributed to the region\u2019s music industry.<\/p>\n

A media release said, the first ICMA is being done in partnership with the National Council of Indian Culture and will be held at the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts on September 11.<\/p>\n

\"\"Anil Bheem –<\/p>\n

The first stage of voting was completed on July 18. This first stage was done to identify the final list of nominees for each category. The voting is being done by members and industry professionals from the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n

\"\"Ravi B –<\/p>\n

Four categories that are being decided by a special committee \u2013 International breakthrough artiste, Most promising indo-caribbean dance group, Posthumous award and<\/p>\n

Lifetime acheivement award.<\/p>\n

\"\"Rasika Dindial. Photo courtesy: Rasika Dindial’s Facebook –<\/p>\n

The 103fm Fan\u2019s Choice Award will be decided through a special 103fm promotion.<\/p>\n

\"\"Rawytee Ramroop –<\/p>\n

The nominees are as follows:<\/p>\n

Best male artiste<\/p>\n

Raymond Ramnarine<\/p>\n

Ravi B<\/p>\n

Vicadi Singh<\/p>\n

Anil Bheem<\/p>\n

Rakesh Yankeran<\/p>\n

Best female artiste<\/p>\n

Savita Singh<\/p>\n

Katelin Sultan<\/p>\n

Rasika Dindial<\/p>\n

Reshma Ramlal<\/p>\n

Rawytee Ramroop<\/p>\n

Best original song<\/p>\n

Adesh Samaroo \u2013 One Nip of Puncheon<\/p>\n

Rakesh Yankaran \u2013 Kaisa Bahaar<\/p>\n

Rasika Dindial \u2013 Dudu Kat<\/p>\n

Rooplal Girdharrie \u2013 Char Balma<\/p>\n

Suresh Maraj \u2013 Wok De Land<\/p>\n

Best chutney soca collaboration<\/p>\n

Ravi B and Nisha B \u2013 Lawa<\/p>\n

Raquel John and Hunter \u2013 Plenty Iron<\/p>\n

Captain Kendal, Dawg E Slaughter and LTron \u2013 Suga Water<\/p>\n

Ravi B and Tempa \u2013 Chutney Steam<\/p>\n

Hemlatha Dindial and Rawytee Ramroop \u2013 Daaga Piya<\/p>\n

Song of the year<\/p>\n

Kenneth Salick \u2013 4×4 Van<\/p>\n

JO-E \u2013 Miss Me Again<\/p>\n

Anil Bheem \u2013 Indian Anthem<\/p>\n

Ravi B \u2013 Wedding Party<\/p>\n

Raymond Ramnarine \u2013 Touch De Ground<\/p>\n

Best new artiste<\/p>\n

Katelin Sultan<\/p>\n

Vanita Willie<\/p>\n

Tony Cuttz<\/p>\n

Vicadi Singh<\/p>\n

Sunil Ramsundar<\/p>\n

Best chutney soca<\/p>\n

Jo-e \u2013 Miss Me Again<\/p>\n

Ravi B \u2013 Shirley Gyal<\/p>\n

Rick Ram \u2013 Luzaar<\/p>\n

Rasika Dindial \u2013 Jing-a-ling<\/p>\n

Kenneth Salick \u2013 4×4 Van<\/p>\n

Best taan singing\/baithak gana<\/p>\n

Sunil Ramsundar \u2013 Ab Choliya<\/p>\n

Rasika Dindial \u2013 Dudu Kat<\/p>\n

Suresh Maraj \u2013 Wok De Land<\/p>\n

Dubraj Persad \u2013 Shaadi Karo<\/p>\n

Rooplal G \u2013 Char Balma<\/p>\n

Producer of the year<\/p>\n

Big Rich \u2013 D Pungalunks Factory<\/p>\n

Rishi Gayadeen \u2013 RG Productions<\/p>\n

Rishi Mahatoo \u2013 Maha Studios<\/p>\n

Kishore \u2018Wizzy\u2019 Ramdath \u2013 Wizzy Studio<\/p>\n

Professor Bounty \u2013 Bounty Target Productions<\/p>\n

Best music video<\/p>\n

Savita Singh \u2013 Bachupan<\/p>\n

Ravi B and Nisha B \u2013 Lawa<\/p>\n

Kenneth Salick \u2013 4×4 Van<\/p>\n

Raymond Ramnarine & Rakesh Yankaran \u2013 Chande Jaisa<\/p>\n

Raymond Ramnarine \u2013 Touch De Ground<\/p>\n

Best indo-caribbean band<\/p>\n

Raymond Ramnarine & Dil-E-Nadan<\/p>\n

Ravi B & Karma<\/p>\n

RG the Band<\/p>\n

Avatar<\/p>\n

Shakti Strings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Features Newsday 10 Hrs Ago Raymond Ramnarine – The Indo-Caribbean Music Awards is an annual event celebrating the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-39580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}