Michael Olatuja's "Speak" Wins Best R&B Album in the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards



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recording artist Michael Olatuja's new album Speak has just won the honor of Best R&B Album in the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards (The IMAs)!
 
Speak and other IMA winners in more than 50 album, song, music video and design categories culled from thousands of submissions from around the globe, were determined by a panel of 80 influential artists and industry pros including Tom Waits, The Black Keys, Ricky Skaggs, Pete Wentz, Mark Hoppus, Aimee Mann, The Apples in Stereo, David Garrett, Suzanne Vega, Bettye LaVette, Judy Collins, Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward.


Read more about the IMAs and the list of winners HERE, and get a copy of Speak and other top albums featured in this week's iTunes Indie Spotlight on the IMAs HERE!

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The ObliqSound label was ALSO nominated for two two additional categories in this year's contest!

Speak was nominated for Best Album Art Photography, with credit to outstanding photographer Carsten Fleck, and ObliqSound artists Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze received a nod for Best Song, World Traditional, for Manssani Cisse off the album Sira Though not winners in the main competition, they're still eligible for the Vox Populi "voice of the people" contest, and you can still vote by following the nomination links above!

 

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