The 21st Annual South African Music Awards were announced during a gala event at Sun City's Super Bowl arena in the North West province on Sunday night, 19 April 2015.

It was branded as #SAMAXXI, where XXI represents the Roman numerals for 21.

Cassper Nyovest had five nominations for SAMA awards but only walked away with Newcomer of the Year.

Beatenberg secured 3 SAMAs out of 5 nominations.

The group went to win four Special Awards during the pre-show for their collaboration with DJ Clock.