23rd Annual South African Music Awards


The 23rd Annual South African Music Awards was held on May 27, 2017,
at Sun City Resort and were hosted by Tumi Morake and Somizi Mhlongo. The nominees were announced on April 20, 2017. Nasty C lead the nominations with 6, followed by Kwesta 5.

Winners and nominees

Below is the list of nominees and winners for the popular music categories. Winner's
are highlighted in bold.

Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award (Brought to you by Telkom">Telkom (South Africa)">Telkom)

Best Selling Album and Music Downloads of the Year

  • Nathi ''Buyelekhaya''

Best Selling DVD

Best Selling Overall Music Download

Best Selling Music Download (Ring-back Tone)

  • Sfiso Ncwane

Best Selling Full-track Music Download

  • Thabani makhanya

Sampra Award

Highest Radio Airplay of the Year – DBN Nyts "Shumaya"

Record of the year