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
