IndiaPost.com - Nominees chosen for Bollywood music awards

NEW YORK: Performers who have received the top five rankings for Bollywood Music Awards 2007 have been declared. The ceremony will be held on Saturday, Nov 17 in the Mark.G.Etess Arena at the world famous and glittering Trump Taj Mahal Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey.

The Bollywood Music & Fashion Awards 2007 will be a star studded event of international stature honoring the outstanding achievements of Indian music makers and fashion designers during the prior year.

Unlike any fashion awards of its kind, the International Bollywood Music & Fashion Awards will bring together the top international designers, ravishing models and the hottest celebrities together to honor the colliding worlds of fashion and entertainment.

Fashion and music are no longer mutually exclusive spheres; now more than ever, music is linked with fashion. Any line that remains between the worlds of fashion and entertainment will be erased when stars and designers alike will celebrate the year's finest collections at the show by Manish Malhotra and Suneet Verma.

Performances by Alisha Chinai, Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sukhbir, Caribbean superstars Rooplall Girdharie, Geeta Bisram and the Angels Caribbean Band and many more stars will enthrall the audience.

The Bollywood Music and Fashion Awards will be viewed by over 270 million viewers on television in over 90 countries. The list of nominees are as follows for the Bollywood Music Awards:

Best Music Director

1.A.R. Rahman - Guru,

2.Himesh Reshammiya - Aap Ka Suroor

3.Shankar Ehsaan Loy - Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna

4.Pritam - Dhoom 2

5.Jatin Lalit - Fanaa

Best Male Singer

1.Himesh Reshammiya - Yeh Tera Mera Milna - Aap Ka Suroor

2.Sukhvider Singh -Omkar -.Omkara

3.Sukhbir....Dil Laga..........Dhoom 2

4.Shaan........Main Hoon Don -Don

5.Sonu Nigam- Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna - Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna

Best Female Singer

1.Alisha Chinoy -Its Rocking- Kya Love Story Hai

2.Sunidhi Chauhan - Beedi - Omkara

3.Shreya Ghosal - Barso Re Megha -Guru

4.Chinmayee, Keerthi - Maya Maya - Guru

5.Alka Yagnik- Salaam- Umrao Jaan

Best Song of the Year

1.Sunidhi Chauhan- Doom Machale

2.Himesh Reshmiya- Joot Nahi Bolna -Aap Ka Suroor

3. Alisha Chinoy -Its Rocking- Kya Love Story Hai

4.Shaan-Main Hoon Don/Chand Sivarish-Don/Fanaa

5.Keerthi Chunmayee - Maiya Maiya-Guru

Best Bhangra Artist

1.RDB-Aaja Mahi-Simply RDB

2.Jay Sean -Ride It

3.Jazzy B-Romeo

4.Sukhshinder Shinda- Living the dream

5.Josh- Mahive- Mausam

Remix Album

1.DJSanj - Block Party

2.JoSH- Promiscous Girl-(Nelly Furtado and Timbaland) JoSH Desi remix

3.Rishi Rich -Rock your World-Mausam

4.Dr. Zeus- Back Unda Da Influence

5.RDB-Rafta Rafta-Namaste London

Best Pop artist

1.Apache Indian-Sadhu

2.Jay Sean - Ride It

3.Bilz-2Step Bhangra

4.Josh-Nachle-Aggar

5.Rouge- Eh Papi

Best Dance Video

1.Jay Sean & Juggy D- push it up

2.Bilz-2 step bhangra-

3.DJ Sanj-Block Party

4.JoSH-Rock your World

5.Ali Zafar-Sajania

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