JLS won best album and were named best UK act at the Mobo Awards The
Rapper Tinie Tempah and foursome JLS have scooped two Mobo (Music of Black Origin) awards each at a ceremony in Liverpool’s Echo arena.
Tempah took home best newcomer and best video for his single Frisky.
The best album trophy went to former X Factor finalists JLS, who were also named best UK act for 2010.
There were also prizes for Plan B, Professor Green, N-Dubz and US rapper Eminem, who was named best international act.
Plan B, who recently won four prizes at the UK Music Video Awards, was named best UK R&B and Soul act.
The star – who has won critical acclaim for his album The Defamation Of Strickland Banks – did not collect the award in person, but in a pre-recorded acceptance speech said it “meant the world” to him.
Tempah, Jay Sean, JLS, Professor Green, Alesha Dixon, N-Dubz and Mark Ronson all performed on stage at the Echo arena.
The award for best UK hip hop and grime artist went to Professor Green, while N-Dubz were crowned the winners of best song with their track Playing With Fire, which featured Mr Hudson.
N-Dubz rapper Dappy told the audience: “If you’ve got something to party over, then party. But if you’re not winning nothing, go home, feel bad, wake up tomorrow and work harder.”
Rapper Tinie Tempah was named best newcomer at the ceremony Grammy-award-winning singer Billy Ocean, whose hits include Caribbean Queen and When The Going Gets Tough, was presented with the lifetime achievement trophy.
There were also prizes for reggae artist Gyptian, Somali-born rapper K’Naan and jazz act Empirical.
Twenty-one-year-old gospel act Guvna B said he wanted to dedicate his prize to young people growing up in difficult circumstances.
“I grew up in east London with lots of violence and lost a couple of friends to knife and gun crime,” he said.
“I reached a crossroads with a choice of right or wrong and took the correct route – I became a Christian – and four years down the line I have a Mobo.”
The Mobo awards, now in their 15th year, were hosted by Alesha Dixon and Reggie Yates.
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