Music of Black Origin Awards alias MOBO Awards untuk tahun ke-17-nya di 2012 di dominasi oleh Emeli Sande, Plan B yang mendapat masing-masing 5 nominasi, Rita Ora dan Labyrinth mendapat 4 nominasi. Acara ini bakal diadakan di Echo Arena, Liverpool tgl 3 November dengan host Rebecca Ferguson.
Ini dia list nominasinya:
Best Newcomer
Delilah
StooShe
Angel
Rudimental
Lianne La Havas
AlunaGeorge
Conor Maynard
Jessie Ware
Misha B
Rita Ora
Best UK Male
Labrinth
Ed Sheeran
Plan B
Professor Green
Wiley
Rizzle Kicks
Best UK Female
Emeli Sande
Rita Ora
Jessie J
Jessie Ware
Rebecca Ferguson
Tulisa
Best Video
Emeli Sande – My Kind Of Love
JLS – Do You Feel What I Feel
Plan B – Ill Manors
Rizzle Kicks – Mama Do The Hump
Rita Ora ft. Tinie Tempah – R.I.P.
Best Hip-Hop/Grime
Devlin
Plan B
Professor Green
Wiley
Wretch 32
Best Album
Ed Sheeran – +
Emeli Sande – Our Version of Events
Labrinth – Electronic Earth
Plan B – Ill Manors
Rita Ora – Ora
Best R&B/Soul Act
Angel
Emeli Sande
Labrinth
Maverick Sabre
Rebecca Ferguson
Best Song in Association with PRSforMusic
Ed Sheeran – Lego House
Emeli Sande – Next To Me
Plan B – Ill Manors
Labrinth feat. Tinie Tempah – Earthquake
Michael Kiwanuka – I’ll Get Along
Best International Act
Azealia Banks
Beyonce
Drake
Jay Z and Kanye West
Frank Ocean
Nas
Nicki Minaj
Ne-Yo
Rick Ross
Rihanna