Alkaline and Vybz Kartel dominated dancehall airwaves last year and as the awards seasons kicks into overdrive both deejays are are leading the 2022 Youth View Awards nominations.

Element of group i is the top contender with a total of 10 nominations beyond ix categories including Favourite Local Chart — Topping Song of the Yr and Favourite Dancehall Artiste. Vybz Kartel came in 2nd with eight nods across seven height categories including the two that Alkaline are listed in.

Kartel'southward erstwhile protege Popcaan and his frequent collaborator Spice tied for six nominations. Popcaan is besides up for both Topping Vocal of the Year and Favourite Dancehall Artiste. Spice is contending for Favourite Local Female Artiste of the Twelvemonth and Immature Hot and Hype Female of the Year. Konshens, who had a great year last year, picked up five nods including the Song of the Year category for his chart topper "Bruck Off Yuh Back."

Female dancehall newcomer Shenseea and Ding Dong each shared four nominations, while Mavado and Ishawna picked upwardly three. This is particularly interesting given the great yr that Mavado had on the local dancehall scene with a slew of hits.

This year the Youth View Awards will be celebrating its 10-twelvemonth anniversary having launched in 2008 with a mandate to appreciate the Jamaican entertainment culture and a large part of that civilisation is dancehall music. This year's event will be held on February 8, 2022 at the National Indoor Sports Arena in St Andrew. The awards will be hosted past Yendi Phillips and Bambino.

Alkaline metal and Vybz Kartel are both engaged in a lyrical feud, so information technology will exist interesting to see who emerged from the YVA with the most trophies this year. The incarcerated deejay already put the genre on loftier alarm that he plans on releasing a chiliad new songs this year solitary. Both artists released albums last year.