 On 8 December 2011, parent company Chocolate City Group won the African Awards for Entrepreneurship, beating over 3,300 applicants from 48 countries in Africa to clinch the runner-up prize, thereby making history as the first entertainment company to win the prize since 2007.Chocolate City won the "Best Record Label of the Year" award at the 2013 City People Entertainment Awards.At the 2011 edition of the aforementioned awards, the record label won the "Record Label of the Year" award.