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Hosted by Mel B and Reverend Run, the 2008 MOBO Awards took place at Wembley Arena. it was a night when British R&B stars including Estelle and Leona Lewis broke the tradition of losing to their US counterparts.

Estelle had a blinding 2008 with her global smash ‘American Boy’, a collaboration with Kanye West, and was “very happy” to pick up the Best UK Female Award that year.

Dizzee Rascal, Chipmunk, Chris Brown and Mavado were just some of the other winners, while YolanDa Brown picked up best Jazz after opening for The Tempations across the UK that same year.

Leona Lewis emerged from The X Factor fully formed, picking up two MOBO Awards for Best Video (‘Bleeding Love’) and Best Album in the process.

 

  • BEST ALBUM

    Winner: Leona Lewis

    Album: Spirit

  • BEST SONG

    Winner: Estelle

    Song: American Boy

  • BEST UK MALE

    Winner: Dizzee Rascal

  • BEST UK FEMALE

    Winner: Estelle

  • BEST UK NEWCOMER

    Winner: Chipmunk

  • BEST VIDEO

    Winner: Leona Lewis

    Video: Bleeding Love

  • BEST HIP HOP ACT

    Winner: Lil Wayne

  • BEST R&B/SOUL ACT

    Winner: Chris Brown

  • BEST REGGAE ACT

    Winner: Movado

  • BEST GOSPEL ACT

    Winner: Jahaziel

  • BEST JAZZ ACT

    Winner: YolanDa Brown

  • BEST AFRICAN ACT

    Winner: 9ice

  • BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT

    Winner: Chris Brown

  • BEST CLUB DJ

    Winner: Tim Westwood

  • BEST RADIO DJ

    Winner: Tim Westwood

  • BE MOBO

    Winner: Ricky McCalla

  • LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

    Winner: Mary Wilson