BritAsia Music & Film Awards


The BritAsia Music & Film Awards,, is an awards show that has been held in Autumn in the United Kingdom and occasionally in Canada, since 2010. The awards show is produced by Brit Asia TV. Award winners are decided by public voting on a website from a list of nominees presented by the event organizers at a nomination party. Website desiblitz called it "UK's largest celebration of South Asian music" and "the biggest awards in the British Asian Music calendar".
WWW britasia.tv/bama

History

2010-2015

The inaugural edition of the BAMA was in 2010, two years after the establishment of the Brit Asia TV channel in April 2008. The event was held in Birmingham, the so-called "Bhangra capital of the world". Birmingham also held most of the following editions, except the 2011 and 2018 editions held in London, and the 2019 edition held in Wembley. The editions between 2012 and 2017 were all held at the same venue, the Utilita Arena Birmingham.
The first event was hosted by comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli, as were the 2011 and 2012 editions. Other hosts who appeared more than once include Sunny and Shay, co-hosting in 2014 and 2015, and Sukhi Bart who hosted the 2014, 2015 and 2017 events.

2016-2020

The 2016 event, originally planned to be held on 5 November 2016 was cancelled due to Brit Asia TV re-branding and restructuring. It was rescheduled to 4 March 2017, thus making it the 2017 event, cancelling the 2016 one.
The 2019 event was the first event to have a title sponsor, with the title "BritAsia TV Presents Kuflink Music Awards 2019"., the latest edition of the BAMA was the 2019 event, and no nominees were published, nor was any other announcement made regarding the 2020 event. Another event organized by BritAsia TV, the BritAsia TV Punjabi Film Awards 2020, was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns.

2021-2025

After its postponement in 2020, the award show underwent various changes and was set to return in 2023. It was relaunched as the BritAsia Music & Film Awards and the first event was held in November 2023, marking its 10th event since launching back in 2010. It was the first event held outside of the UK, where it was inaugerated in Toronto, Canada. The BAMFA event has since been scheduled to be held every 2 years, after it was confirmed it was not being held in 2024. The 11th award show returned in 2025 and was scheduled for November 29, 2025 and again held in Toronto like the previous award show.

2026-present

The next BAMFA show is set to be held in 2027.

Award winners

2010

The inaugural 2010 event was held at Symphony Hall, Birmingham on 2 May 2010. It was hosted by Hardeep Singh Kohli. The nominees' announcement party was held at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. Award winners were:

2011

The 2011 event was at the Hammersmith Apollo, London, on 1 October 2011. It was hosted by Hardeep Singh Kohli. The nominations party was held on 25 August 2011 in Birmingham Award winners were:

2012

The 2012 event was held at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham on 6 October 2012. It was hosted by Hardeep Singh Kohli. The nominations party was held on 23 August 2012 at the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham. Award winners were:

2013

The 2013 event was held on 12 October 2013 at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham. It was hosted by Kulvinder Ghir. The nominations party was held on 4 September 2013 at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. Award winners were:

2014

The 2014 event was held on 4 October 2014 at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham. It was hosted by Sunny and Shay and by Sukhi Bart. The nominations party was held at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground on 28 August 2014. Award winners were:

2015

The 2015 event was held on 3 October 2015 at Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham. It was hosted by Sunny and Shay and by Sukhi Bart. The nominations announcement party was held at Villa Park, Birmingham, on 5 September 2015. Award winners were:
  • Breakthrough Act: Zack Knight
  • Best Songwriter: Abbi Fatehgarhia
  • Best Dance Group: Gabru Punjab De
  • Best Deejay: DJ Dips
  • Best North American Act: Mickey Singh
  • Best Live Band: The Legends Band
  • Bollywood Record of the Year: "Lovely" by Dr Zeus and Kanika Kapoor
  • Best Urban Asian Act: Imran Khan
  • Best Bollywood Act: Kanika Kapoor
  • Best UK Album: Chapter V by DJ Vix
  • Best World Album: Mitti Di Bawa by Ranjit Bawa
  • Best Female Act: Kanika Kapoor
  • Best Male Act: Diljit Dosanjh
  • Best Producer: Dr Zeus
  • Best Music Video: "Imaginary" by Imran Khan
  • Best UK Single: "Imaginary" by Imran Khan
  • Best World Single: "Patiala Peg" by Diljit Dosanjh
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Gurcharan Mall

2016

  • '''Cancelled'''

2017

The 2017 event was held on 4 March 2017 at Utilita Arena Birmingham. It was hosted by Sukhi Bart and Mandy Takhar. The nominations party was held at the Park Regis Hotel in Birmingham on 10 February 2017. Award winners were:
  • Best Breakthrough Act: Akhil
  • Best Bollywood Act: Badshah
  • Best Music Producer: Tru Skool
  • Best Music Video: "Do you know" by Diljit Dosanjh
  • Best Male Act: Diljit Dosanjh
  • Best Female Act: Sunanda Sharma
  • Best Band: The Legends Live Band
  • Best Urban Asian Act: Zack Knight
  • Best Single: "Gani" by Manni Sandhu
  • Best Album: One Time 4 Ya Mind by Tru Skool
  • Best Club DJ: Kray Twins
  • Best Dance Group: Nachda Sansar
  • Bollywood Record of the year: Kala Chashma
  • Best Songwriter: Satinder Sartaaj
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Channi Singh

2018

The 2018 event was held on 6 October 2018 at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge in London. It was hosted by Preeya Kalidas and Apache Indian. Award winners were:

2019

The 2019 event, originally planned for 28 September 2019, was held on 30 November 2019 at SSE Arena, Wembley. It was hosted by Jassa Ahluwali and Kiran Rai. The event was sponsored by Kuflink. Award winners were:

2020-2022

  • '''Postponed'''

2023

Note: The festival was relaunched as the BritAsia Music and Film Awards in 2023.

2025