Winky D nabs record 10th People's Choice at NAMAs

Fearless Creativity as a theme delivered, and Zimbabwe's arts scene showed up in full force for a record-breaking night at the 24th NAMAs.

The night's biggest record-breakers

• Winky D clinched a record-setting 10th People's Choice Award at the ceremony.
• Jah Prayzah grabbed a record-setting 5th Outstanding Album Award for Ndini Mukudzeyi.
• Prayzah also took home Outstanding Male Musician on top of that album win.
• Atenda Chinx edged out Jnr Spragga to claim the Outstanding Breakthrough Artist Award.

Most emotional moment of the night

• Nisha Ts received her first-ever NAMA award with her grandmother seated right next to her.
• That moment landed as the night's most poignant, and she also won Outstanding Female Musician.

Winky D and Jusa Dementor's big film and video wins

• The AI-generated video for Fake Love, directed by Jusa Dementor, won Outstanding Music Video.
• Fake Love also took the Outstanding Video prize in the Film and Television category.

Performances that ran the night

• A Zim hip-hop medley featured Sane Wav, Runna Rulez, Young Gemini, Bling4, and Ba Shupi.
• An urban grooves interlude brought Plaxedes Wenyika, Alexio Kawara, and Dino Mudondo together.
• Jnr Spragga, Shone, and Madedido handled the Zimdancehall segment.

Key music and digital award winners

• Nutty O's Too Much took home Outstanding Song of the night.
• Joyful Praise claimed Outstanding Music Group.
• Ollah 7 Podcast debuted and immediately won the brand-new Outstanding Podcast honour.
• Tokoloshi beat Comic Elder to the Outstanding Social Media Skits Award.

Visual arts and special award highlights

• Sabina Mutsvati won Outstanding Female Visual Artist for Ndishongoreiwo.
• Pardon Mapondera took the Outstanding Male Visual Artist for Dotipaiwo Mwenje.
• Stephen Chigorimbo received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
• Odyssey Entertainment was named Promoter of the Year.