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Kanya King and the MOBO Awards

1Xtra Salutes Kanya King, co-founder and creative heart of the MOBO Awards.

Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 1Xtra.

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Thu 25 Jun 2026 00:00
BBC Radio 1Xtra

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Music Played

  • Beverley Knight

    Gold

    • Who I Am.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 11.

  • Beverley Knight

    Made It Back (feat. Redman)

  • Tinchy Stryder

    You're Not Alone (Radio Edit)

    • You're Not Alone.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Goldie

    Inner City Life

    • London Music Stream/Because Music.

  • Gabrielle

    Dreams

    • Dreams.
    • Universal.

  • Shola Ama

    Imagine (Club Asylum Remix)

    Remix Artist: Club Asylum.

  • Shola Ama

    You Might Need Somebody

  • Rihanna

    Umbrella

    • Umbrella.
    • Def Jam.

  • Soul II Soul

    Keep on Movin' (feat. Caron Wheeler)

    • Keep On Movin'.
    • Virgin/10.

  • Soul II Soul

    Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (feat. Caron Wheeler)

    • Virgin/10.

  • Eternal

    Power of a Woman

    • Essential Eternal.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 16.

  • Destiny’s Child

    Survivor

    • Survivor.
    • Columbia.
    • 2.

  • Destiny’s Child

    Independent Women, Part I

    • Independent Women Part 1.
    • Columbia.

  • DJ Fresh

    Hot Right Now (feat. Rita Ora)

    • Ministry of Sound Recordings.

  • Emeli Sandé

    Next To Me

    • Virgin.

  • Sade

    By Your Side (Neptunes Remix)

    • The Ultimate Collection.
    • RCA Records Label.
    • 15.

  • Amy Winehouse

    Tears Dry On Their Own

    • Tears Dry On Their Own.
    • Island.

  • Wretch 32

    Traktor (feat. L Marshall)

    • Ministry Of Sound.

  • FKA twigs

    Tears In The Club (feat. The Weeknd)

    • XL.

  • Artful Dodger

    Re-Rewind (feat. Craig David)

    • Relentless.

  • Pharrell Williams

    Frontin' (feat. JAY-Z)

    • Frontin'.
    • Star Trak.

  • Pharrell Williams

    Happy

    • Universal.

  • Eve

    Who's That Girl?

    • Who's That Girl?.
    • Interscope.
    • 1.

  • Krept & Konan

    Don't Waste My Time

    • Playhard Records.

  • Emeli Sandé

    Heaven (Live at the MOBO Awards, 2022)

Broadcast

  • Thu 25 Jun 2026 00:00
    BBC Radio 1Xtra