21st BAY AREA BLACK MUSIC AWARDS

Schedule

Sun Oct 26 2025 at 05:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts | Oakland, CA

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This is the annual celebration of excellence in the Bay Area as we honor the legacies, create new stars and recognize the greats.
About this Event

Join us for the annual Bay Area Black Music Awards..."Where The Stars Of The Shine Brightest". The annual event is a red carpet, exciting music filled celebration honoring those great contributors to music. The BMA Oakland chapter is one of the best of all the BMA Chapters ( we also have chapters in Los Angeles, Sacramento, Deroit, Houston, Las Vegas and Atlanta) for the music and the music makers to be honored. This is like attending the Grammy's BET, and American Music Awards all in one night, excetp the room is filled with the legends odf tody, to and forever. Take a glance at just some of the 2025 Nominees:

BEST FEMALE VOCALIST

Dee Dee Simon

Niecey Robinson

Lea Sweet

Silk-E

Angel Sessions

Samaria

Journee

Sawanya Stanley

Rayanna Jay

Ariel Marin

Cherronda G

Tracy Cruz

KeShay Love

NZuri Soul

But-tah Buttahfly

Althea Battle

LaToya London

BEST MALE VOCALIST

Dysonthesinger

Lester Franklin

Raymond Coats

D Platinum

Tony Lindsey

Chuck Lounge

Samuelle

Elujay

Adrian Marcel

Klassic Man

CJ Phillips

BEST FEMALE R&B PERFORMER

Dee Dee Simon

Kymi Armour

Silk-E

LaToya London

Rayanna Jay

Tambora Pipkin

Nzuri Soul

KeShay Love

Sawanya Stanley

Niecey Robinson

Cherronda G

Lea Sweet

Tracy Cruz

Ariel Marin

But-tah Buttahfly

BEST MALE R&B PERFORMER

Dysonthesinger

Adrian Marcel

Red Lotus

Rayven Justice

Elujay

Lionel Burns

Tony Lindsey

Fred Ross

Klassic Man

Les Franklin

Martin Luther

Chuck Lounge

D. Platinum

BEST MALE URBAN PERFORMER

Dysonthesinger

Klassic Man

D. Platinum

Adrian Marcel

Kev Choice

Martin Luther

BEST FEMALE URBAN PERFORMER

NZuri Soul

Silk-E

Ariel Marin

Kamaiyah

KeShay Love

Rayanna Jay

Kymi Armour

Cherronda G

BEST FEMALE NEO SOUL PERFORMER

NZuri Soul

Ariel Marin

Angel Sessions

Rayanna Jay

Tracy Cruz

BEST MALE NEO SOUL PERFORMER

Martin Luther

Steve Knill

Cornel CC Carter

Codany Holiday

Chuck Lounge

BEST RECORDED SONG

Dee Dee Simon

Nona Brown

Ric Alexander

Red Lotus

Chuck Lounge

Miko Marks

Joe Leavy

NZuri Soul

Les Franklin

Tracy Cruz

BEST FEMALE JAZZ PEFORMER

Stacy Carter

Gloria Galomee

Tiffany Austin

Sandra Tyler

Kim Nalley

Nina Causey

Faye Carol

BEST MALE JAZZ PERFORMER

Ric Alexander

Joe Leavy

Ron Matthews

Lab Rats

Larry “Jazz” Thomas

Paris Escovedo

Angel Wellman

Charles Thomas

Kenney Washington

David Hardiman

David Murray

Kenneth Little

BEST MALE BLUES PERFORMER

Fillmore Slim

J.C. Smith

Johnathon Pryor

Bobby Young

Sonny Blue Bland

Raymond Coats

Michael Skinner

Alabama Mike

Reggie Rolls

Alvon Johnson

BEST FEMALE BLUES PERFORMER

Lady Bianca

Sandra Tyler

Jeanie Tracy

Margie Turner

Dejeana Burkes

Charlene Moore

Faye Carol

Sue McCracklin

Claudette King

BEST FEMALE LIVE PERFORMER

Dee Dee Simon

Kamaiyah

Angel Sessions

Tambora Pipkin

Cherronda G

Tracy Cruz

Elise Evans

Miko Marks

Lea Sweet

NZuri Soul

Nina Causey

Sawayna Stanley

Niecey Robinson

LaToya London

BEST LIVE PERFORMER-MALE

Dysonthesinger

Klassic Man

Ron Matthews

Red Lotus

Derrick Hall

Les Franklin

Samuelle

Kev Choice

Chuck Lounge

Adrian Marcel

Martin Luther

BEST GOSPEL FEMALE PERFORMER

Nona Brown

Yvonne Cobbs

Mary Williams

Robin Hodge Williams

Althea Battle

Gail Moore

Angel Sessions

Jasmine Stingily

Paula Burn

Ashling Cole

Freda Mitchell

Alfreda Lyons Campbell

BEST MALE GOSPEL PERFORMER

L.V. Bennet

Joe Douglass

Derick Hall

Micheal Robinson & Spiritual Keys

Anthony Washington

Lawrence Matthews

Terrence Kelly

Sylvester Burks

Leonard Lothlen

Bishop Pittman and Sons Of Christ

BEST FEMALE TRIBUTE ARTIST

Lea Sweet

Niecey Robinson

Yvonne Cobbs

Stacy Carter

Nina Causey

Samantha Alexis

But-tah Buttahfly

Nzuri Soul

BEST MALE TRIBUTE ARTIST

Klassic Man

Lionel Burns

BEST R&B GROUP

Top Shelf

The Bromatics

Talk Of Da Town

Best Intentions

The Seastrunk Brothers

BEST SHOW BAND

MDP Band

Funk Ky Shus Wit Nu Soles

Sizzle

Micheal Skinner

The Obamas

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Lolita Sweet

Sonny Blue Bland

Ronnie Stewart

Nate Owens

Steven Parker

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD

Ron Matthews


Note: This is just a partial listing. More categories and nominations to be announced.

The Bay Area Black Music Awards has a long history of bringing the entire region into national focus. Reserve your VIP Tickets and walk the Red carpet, attend the After party and enjoy all the glitz and glamour of a stellar incredible awards show event. Call 279-399-0842.



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Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts, 10 10th Street, Oakland, United States

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