Estelle in line for five Mobo awards

Updated 08.06 Thu Sep 11 2008

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Estelle is set to get over her Mercury Prize disappointment after being nominated for five Mobo awards.

The 28-year-old singer recently became the first British woman to reach number one in the US singles charts for more than 20 years.

Londoner Estelle's career soared to new heights only after she went to the US and signed to a record label there.

Estelle is up for Best UK Female, Album, Song, R&B/Soul and Video at the ceremony, which will be hosted at Wembley Arena in October with former Spice Girl Mel B.

Bleeding Love star Lewis, 23, is up for Best Female, Album and Video.

Londoner Estelle's career soared to new heights only after she went to the US and signed to a record label there.

Her single American Boy was a massive success and she was nominated for the Mercury Prize for the album Shine.

But Estelle lost out to Elbow, who won the Mercury Prize with their fourth album The Seldom Seen Kid.

This year's Mobo (Music of Black Origin) Awards see Dizzee Rascal up for Best Song and Hip-Hop as well as Best Male, the category he scooped last year.

In the Best Female category, Estelle and former X Factor winner Lewis will be competing with Adele, Duffy, and MIA.

International Mobo nominees include Kanye West, Mariah Carey, Chris Brown, Rihanna, Jay-Z, Mary J Blige, Ne-Yo, Usher, Akon and Alicia Keys.