MTN Uganda awarded the artistes with the most downloaded CallerTunez in 2021, across the different music genres.
The colorful event was held at the Kampala Serena Hotel on Thursday 30, 2022.
The awards, were a culmination of the six-month-long award journey during which different artists with the most downloaded ring back tune and lucky customers who downloaded and used the tunes on their phones were rewarded with cash prizes on a monthly basis since July last year.
The artist with the most downloaded CallerTunez in a month from July to December 2021 was rewarded with UGX2million while the artiste in the Rising star category would take home UGX1million.
Pallaso, Spice Diana, Liam voice, Martha Mukisa, Pia Pounds among others, are some of the artists that were rewarded in the previous months.
The 2021 MTN CallerTunez categories comprised of; Kadongo Kamu (Band), Afro Beat (Pop), Hip Hop (Lugaflow), R&B, religious and dance hall (raga & reggae).
Artist Chosen Becky’s Nesiimye won the Kadongo Kamu (Band) Category, Pallaso’s Mallamu for the Afrobeat/Afropop category, Fik Fameika’s Lock won in the Hip-Hop/Lugaflow category.
Liam Voice’s Omwooyo took the mantle for the RnB category while Martha Mukisa an Kenzo’s Sango held the top position under Ragga/Dancehall.
Under the religious category, Miracle Music Ministry’s ‘You have been faithful to me’ was the most downloaded gospel callerTune for the year 2021. Each of the winners walked away with 2.5Million shillings.
To ensure that customers also take part in the 2021 MTN CallerTunez awards grand finale, MTN introduced the People’s Choice Award which comprises three categories namely, the best male artist, the best female artist and the rising star to allow customers to vote for their favorite artists of 2021.
Liam voice scooped a second award having emerged as the Best rising star as chosen by the 8,858 people who voted for him.
Spice Diana was voted as the best female artiste under the people’s choice awards having garnered 33,461 votes. Pallaso also bagged a second award after beating other male artistes to get named the best male artiste after garnering 25,672 votes.
They each walked away with 3Million shillings in addition to the awards.