{"id":27663,"date":"2018-11-16T12:04:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T12:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=27663"},"modified":"2018-11-21T09:44:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T09:44:09","slug":"smash-hit-uk-bhangra-awards-2018-unites-delights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/16\/smash-hit-uk-bhangra-awards-2018-unites-delights\/","title":{"rendered":"SMASH HIT UK BHANGRA AWARDS 2018 UNITES & DELIGHTS"},"content":{"rendered":"
We at The Asian Today are\u00a0very <\/strong>honoured\u00a0and humbled to have won best publication at the UK Bhangra Awards for the second time. We won at the inaugural\u00a0Bhangra Awards in 2014.\u00a0<\/span>The Asian Today was created in 2002 to inform, educate and enlighten the South-Asian community. <\/strong><\/div>\n
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\"\"We have established a loyal and extensive readership through which we have cemented an important position within the community, the publication has gone from strength to strength\u00a0and has\u00a0strived to keep up with being a <\/strong>community based newspaper. A great way to celebrate our 16th year as an\u00a0<\/strong>award\u00a0winning publication. We would like to thank all our supporters, our team and above all our readers.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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After the smash hit UK Bhangra Awards 2014-2017, Culture Unite & Lyca Radio presented UK Bhangra Awards 2018 on Saturday 10th November in the luxurious Regency Banqueting Suite, Birmingham. This prestigious red carpet event celebrating its 5th anniversary included 24 awards, live performances, dinner and dance. The event was superbly hosted by Boy Chana, Pam Sidhu, Apna Bhajan Jagpal and Chandni Kahn.<\/span><\/div>\n
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There were breathtaking live performances by the Balwinder Bhatti Band, 2 Tricky Project Band, Haripa Dancers, Dhol Frequency, Inderjit London, Biba Singh, Jin & Seetal, Shubhra Bhambra, Jassi Premi, Dara Kandola, Nesdi Jones, Khushi Kaur, Shin Cobra, Asha Jassal, Royal Keys Pianist, Emily Marina Violinist, Ravneet Kaur, Sohan & Aruna Kailey \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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A full venue attendance was made up of Bhangra industry fraternity, VIP’s and general public.\u00a0Bhangra fans from all communities were united and delighted at the grand ceremony. This tremendous showcase unveiled the best artistic talent within the nation and beyond. All recipients of the stunning crystal trophy were truly honored, knowing they had received probably the highest accolade in the industry and joined an elite list of winners at the world’s only Bhangra Awards event.<\/div>\n
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\"\"CEO of Culture Unite Mr. Bobby Bola was quoted as saying “The team at UK Bhangra Awards thank everyone that has made the event a huge success in promoting Bhangra, Culture & Unity”.<\/div>\n
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UK BHANGRA AWARDS 2018 WINNERS LIST<\/u><\/b>
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(1) BEST PUBLICATION – The Asian Today<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
(2)<\/b> BEST WEBSITE – DesiBlitz.com<\/span><\/div>\n
(3)<\/b> BEST RADIO PRESENTER – Shandy Kambo\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
(4)<\/b> BEST TV PRESENTER –\u00a0Mohanjit Basra<\/span><\/div>\n
(5)<\/b> BEST DJ ROADSHOW – Higher Class DJ’s\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
(6)<\/b> BEST DHOL ARTIST –\u00a0Ministry of Dhol\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
(7)<\/b> BEST DANCE GROUP –\u00a0Haripa Dancers<\/span><\/div>\n
(8)<\/b> BEST MELA –\u00a0Glasgow Mela<\/span><\/div>\n
(9)<\/b> BEST SONGWRITER –\u00a0Gurpreet Virk (GV)<\/span><\/div>\n
(10)<\/b> BEST MUSIC PRODUCER –\u00a0Vee Music<\/span><\/div>\n
(11)<\/b> BEST MUSICIAN –\u00a0Gubzy Lackhanpal<\/span><\/div>\n
(12)<\/b> BEST BAND –\u00a0Brotherhood Group<\/span><\/div>\n
(13)<\/b> BEST RECORD LABEL –\u00a0Hi-Tech Music<\/span><\/div>\n
(14)<\/b> BEST VIDEO PRODUCER –\u00a0Sunny Dhinsey Filmlore<\/span><\/div>\n
(15)<\/b> BEST MUSIC VIDEO –\u00a0Subaig S. Kandola ft Desi Routz – She Dances<\/span><\/div>\n
(16)<\/b> BEST SINGLE –\u00a0Jaz Dhami ft V Rakx – Aitvaar \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
(17)<\/b> BEST ALBUM –\u00a0Jaz Dhami – Pieces of Me<\/span><\/div>\n
(18)<\/b> BEST NEWCOMER –\u00a0Dev Nahar &\u00a0Khushi Kaur\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
(19)<\/b> BEST FEMALE SINGER –\u00a0Seetal Kaur<\/span><\/div>\n
(20)<\/b> BEST MALE SINGER –\u00a0Subaig S. Kandola<\/span><\/div>\n
(21)<\/b> BEST URBAN ARTIST –\u00a0Tazzz<\/span><\/div>\n
(22)<\/b> BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST –\u00a0Biba Singh (USA)<\/span><\/div>\n
(23)<\/b> SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD –\u00a0Harminder Berman &\u00a0Jassi Premi<\/span><\/div>\n
(24)<\/b> LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD –\u00a0Jandu Littranwala \u00a0\"\"<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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We at The Asian Today are\u00a0very honoured\u00a0and humbled to have won best publication at the UK Bhangra Awards for the second time. We won at the inaugural\u00a0Bhangra Awards in 2014.\u00a0The Asian Today was created in 2002 to inform, educate and enlighten the South-Asian community. We have established a loyal and extensive readership through which we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,98,112],"tags":[264,1693,574],"class_list":["post-27663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-press-releases","category-top-stories","tag-birmingham","tag-regency-banqueting-suite","tag-uk-bhangra-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}