The 2023 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) nominees have been announced and Black Sherif, Stonebwoy, Diana Hamilton, Cina Soul and others are up for honours.
The 24th VGMA ushers in a stiff competition among outstanding Ghanaian music acts in various categories.
Check the list of nominees out:
VGMA UNSUNG
Ni Ashun
Aya RamzyB
DSL
TsaQa
Maya Blu
Boi Jake
BEST GOSPEL SONG
Final Say - Celestine Donkor
Waye Me Yie - Piesie Esther
My Meditation - Diana Hamilton
Kadosh - Joe Mettle
Hewale Lala - Perez Muzik
Tegbe Tegbe - Bethel Revival Choir ft. Edwin Dadson
This Far - Ewura Abena
Mala - MOG Music
BEST HIGHLIFE SONG
Atia - Epixode ft. Kwabena Kwabena
My Proposal - A.K. Songstress
Ade Dede - Adina
Adom - Kwesi Arthur
Down Flat - Kelvyn Boy
Have Mercy - Kofi Kinaata
BEST HIPLIFE SONG
Friday Night - Lasmid
Stubborn Academy - Medikal
Anadwo - Jay Bahd
Abonten (remix) - DJ Breezy ft. Kwesi Arthur, Mugeez, Stonebwoy, Black Sherif, Small God
Grace Gift - Amerado ft. Lasmid
Ewiase - Kweku Flick
BEST HIP HOP SONG
Kweku The Traveller - Black Sherif
Obiaa Boa - Amerado
Country Side - Sarkodie ft. Black Sherif
Benzo - Malcom Nuna
Drama - Kwesi Arthur
Scarface - Medikal
BEST AFROBEATS SONG
Sugarcane remix - Camidoh ft. Mayorkun, King Promise
Something - Gyakie
Champagne - KiDi
Balance It - Djay
Ginger - King Promise
Jo - FBS ft. Mr Drew
BEST AFROPOP SONG
Therapy - Stonebwoy
Survivor - Wendy Shay
Oil In My Head - Black Sherif
Gboza - Dope Nation
Ten Toes - King Promise ft. Omah Lay
Take Away - Kuami Eugene
Blessed - KiDi ft. Mavado
Thank You - Fameye
BEST REGGAE/DANCEHALL SONG
A Go Dey - Konkara Jahvybz ft. Kelvyn Boy
33N1 - Ras Kuuku
Atia - Epixode
Don’t Forget Me - Black Sherif
Never Bow Down - Rocky Dawuni ft. Blvck H3ro
Eyes On You - Maccasio ft. Stonebwoy
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Yaa Asantewaa - King Promise ft. Frenna
Beginning Again - Adomaa
Hewale Lala - Perez Muzik
Therapy - Stonebwoy
Country Side - Sarkodie ft. Black Sherif
Far Away - Gyakie
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Jo - FBS ft. Mr Drew
Country Side - Sarkodie ft. Black Sherif
Atia - Epixode ft. Kwabena Kwabena
Grace - Amerado ft. Lasmid
Abonten - DJ Breezy ft. Kwesi Arthur, Mugeez, Black Sherif, Stonebwoy, Smallgod
Tegbe Tegbe - Bethel Revival Choir ft. Edwin Dadson
Labadi - Sarkodie ft. King Promise
Body 2 Body - DJ Vyrusky ft. KiDi, Camidoh
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Sugarcane remix - Camidoh ft. King Promise, Mayorkun
Touch It remix - KiDi ft. Tyga
Ten Toes - King Promise ft. Omah Lay
Blessed - KiDi ft. Mavado
Dumebi - MzVee ft. Yemi Alade
Run To You - King Promise ft. Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa
Better Days - Sarkodie ft. Buju
ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR
The Villain I Never Was - Black Sherif
JAMZ - Sarkodie
My Diary - Gyakie
5 Star - King Promise
Song of Jacob - Kwesi Arthur
The Kadosh - Joe Mettle
BEST MALE VOCALIST
Camidoh - Waiting
Kyei Mensah - Nothing Is Too Hard
Perez Muzik - Hewale Lala
Stonebwoy - Therapy
King Promise - Run To You
BEST FEMALE VOCALIST
Piesie Esther - Waye Me Yie
Niella - Nothing Is Too Hard
Enuonyam - GodOf Wonders
Cina Soul - Waiting
Abiana - Shika
Adomaa - Beginning Again
BEST GOSPEL ARTISTE
Piesie Esther
Joe Mettle
Perez Muzik
Diana Hamilton
Celestine Donkor
MOG Music
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
Scarface - Medikal
Goated - Strongman
Obiaa Boa - Amerado
5th August 6 - Lyrical Joe
6 Feet - TeePhlow
BEST HIPLIFE/HIP HOP ARTISTE
Black Sherif
Sarkodie
Kwesi Arthur
Medikal
Amerado
Strongman
BEST HIGHLIFE ARTISTE
Kofi Kinaata
Akwaboah
Kuami Eugene
Abiana
BEST AFROBEATS/AFROPOP ARTISTE
Camidoh
King Promise
Gyakie
KiDi
Wendy Shay
Kelvyn Boy
BEST REGGAE/DANCEHALL ARTISTE
Ras Kuuku
Epixode
Rocky Dawuni
Stonebwoy
Samini
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Piesie Esther - Waye Me Yie
Black Sherif - Oh Paradise
Perez Muzik - Hewale Lala
Fameye - Thank You
Diana Hamilton - My Meditation
Ewura Abena - This Far
AUDIO ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Chopz - Yaa Asantewaa
Qube - Beginning Again
Perez Muzik - Hewale Lala
Supa Dups - Therapy
Possigee - Country Side
Altra Nova - Far Away
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
MOG Beatz
A-Town
Phanthom
Shadrach Yawson
Guilty Beatz
Kill Beatz
Liquid Beatz
Samsney
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Black Sherif - Konongo Zongo dir. by Babs Direction
Stonebwoy - Therapy dir. by J Wiilz
Piesie Esther - Waye Me Yie - dir. by Skyweb Videos
Stonebwoy - Gidigba dir. by Labi
Sarkodie - Labadi ft. King Promise dir. by Capone
KiDi - Touch It remix ft. Tyga dir. by Rex
Scott Evans - Best Side dir. by Rex
Kwabena Kwabena - Afraid to Lose you dir. by Andrew Kumi
ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
BEST AFRICAN ARTISTE
Ayra Star
Burna Boy
Asake
Kizz Daniel
Libianca
The Therapist
