No Show For Nana Boroo & Castro

Nana Boroo

If the recently-released Ghana Music Award nomination is a reflection of the main awards' night, then Ghanaian hip-lifers Nana Boroo and Castro should be getting ready for a shocker.

Even though their 'Aha Ye De'  and 'African Girls'  songs caused a stir on various chart shows across Ghana, the two songs have not been able to repeat that incursion on the Ghana Music Awards nomination list.

Last Friday, Charterhouse, organizers of the event, released the nominations for the award at the Golden Tulip Hotel, during a downpour.

Surprisingly, singer Kwabena Kwabena beat every other artiste with 9 nominations, with 3 from collaborative works with other artistes.

Gospel songstress Cecelia Marfo came close with 7 nominations while rapper Trigmatic led the hiphop/hiplife force with a total of 7 nominations.

Meanwhile, the publicly accepted 'Aha Yede' by Nana Boroo and 'African Girls' by Castro ft Asamoah Gyan received only 3 and 5 nominations respectively.

VIP, Eazzy, D-Black and No Tribe received 5 nominations each.

The nomination night attracted a number of industry players including actors and the inky fraternity, with Kofi Okyere as MC.

There were exhilarating performances by artistes as Bless, Efya, and No Tribe whose performance was adjudged the best on the night.

The group performed on stage even though it was raining heavily in the middle of the ceremony.

The 2011 Ghana Music Awards ceremony is scheduled for the Accra International Conference Centre (Dome) on April 9.

The public can vote for their favourite artists by texting the category name from A-I and the name of the artist of choice to MTN short code 1767.

Already, the usual controversies that rock the award have started. Ruff & Smooth and VIP have so far complained about the nominations.

Ruff & Smooth was not nominated at all with claims that their 'Swagger' song was nominated last year. However the duo said 'Swagger', at that time, was a single.

They released the album subsequently; hence they expected that other songs on the album would get nominations.

VIP's Paradise Entertainment was also not happy that the trio's 'Away' song was not included in the Afro Pop category.

Their reason was that the organizers nominated the song for the category last year but later dropped it because it was a single then. Now that its album was out, they expected that the song would have been nominated in that category.

There is the likelihood that more controversy will follow.

Below is the full list of nominees:
PUBLIC VOTING CATEGORIES
Artiste of the Year
No Tribe
Cecilia Marfo
Samini
Castro
VIP
Kwabena Kwabena
Hiplife/Hiphop Artiste (s) of the Year
D-Black
Eazzy
VIP
Trigmatic
Castro
R2Bees
Highlife Artiste (s) of the Year
Daddy Lumba (DL)
Kwabena Kwabena
Adane Best
Bless
Gospel Artiste (s) of the Year
Herty Borngreat
No Tribe
Ernest Opoku
Cee
Florence Obinim
Cecilia Marfo
Discovery of the Year
Jay Ghartey
Eazzy
IWAN
Nana Boroo
Trigmatic
Herty Bongreat
Bless
Best Collaboration of the Year
D-Black feat. Kwabena Kwabena - Somebody
Castro feat. Asamoah Gyan (Baby Jet) - African Girls

R2Bees feat. Wande Coal - Kiss Your Hands
Cecilia Marfo feat. Ernest Opoku
Tinny feat. Donaeo - I Need It
Florence Obinim & Princess Ifeoma - God Never Fails

Cee feat. Ampong & Isaac - Halleluyah
Hiplife Song of the Year
Guru - Democracy
Castro feat. Asamoah Gyan (Baby Jet) - African Girls

Akoo Nana - Guru
Nana Boroo - Aha Ye De (Bebia Ewu)
Reggie Rockstone feat. Quabena Maphia - Female Friend

VIP - Away
Highlife Song of the Year
VIP - Gyata Bi
Bless - Meda Enda
Kwabena Kwabena - Dadea Anoma
Daddy Lumba (DL) featuring Sarkodie - Anadwo Ye Die

Cash Unit feat. Benji & Kwabena Kwabena
Daasebre Dwamena - Megya Apem
Most Popular Song of the Year
R2Bees feat. Wande Coal - Kiss Your Hands
Castro feat. Asamoah Gyan (Baby Jet) - African Girls

VIP - Away
Cecilia Marfo - Afunumu Ba
Eazzy - Wengeze
No Tribe - Bohye
Nana Boroo - Aha Ye De (Bebia Ewu)
AfroPop Song of the Year
Jay Ghartey - My Lady
R2Bees feat. Wande Coal - Kiss Your Hands
5Five - Move Back
Samini - Sweet Mistake
Eazzy - Wengeze
4×4 - Miss Doctor
Hip Hop Song of the Year
D-Black feat. Dr. Cryme
Trigmatic - My Life
Richie feat. Sway - Intoxicated
Eazzy - Bo Wonsem Ma Me
Asem - No More Kpayor
J-Town - Guns and Roses
Gospel Song of the Year
Herty Borngreat - Odo Ben Ni
No Tribe - Bohye
Ceccy Twum - Nhyira Ba
Florence Obinim & Princess Ifeoma - God Never Fails

Cecilia Marfo - Afunumu Ba
Ernest Opoku - Onyame Di Hene
Cee feat. Ampong & Isaac - Halleluyah
Reggae Song of the Year
Rocky Dawuni - African Reggae Fever
IWAN - Thanks & Praise
Sammi B - Tongue Tied
Samini - Trigga
Na U - Independence Day
Sonni Balli - When You're Gone
Best Rapper of the Year
Sway - Intoxicated
J-Town - Guns and Roses
Guru - Democracy
Trigmatic - My Life
Reggie Rockstone - Female Friend
COMMITTEE VOTING CATEGORIES
Album of the Year
Trigmatic - Permanent Stains
Jay Ghartey - Shining Gold
No Tribe - Three (Father, Son and Holy Ghost)
D-Black - Music, Love & Life
VIP - Progress
Cecilia Marfo - Faithfulness
Samini - C. E. O
Best Male Vocal Performance (Solo/Group)
Kwabena Kwabena - Dadea Anoma
Knii Lante - Bo Noo
Ernest Opoku - Onyame Di Hene
Morris D'Voice - Sanku
Nana Fynn - Santrofi
Nacy - Di Kan
Best Female Vocal Performance (Solo/Group)
Efya - Little Things
Herty Borngreat - Odo Ben Ni
Ceccy Twum - Nhyira Ba
Cecilia Marfo - Afunumu Ba
Christiana Love - No Fears
Cindy Thompson - Nhyira Nie
Record of the Year
Sammi B- Tongue Tie
Kwabena Kwabena - Dadea Anoma
Efya - Little Things
Jay Ghartey - So Wild
Knii Lante feat. Leboo - Lagos To Vienna
Trigmatic - My Life
African Artiste of the Year
2 Face
Asa
Uche Agbo
K'naan
Meiway
Songwriter (s) of the Year
Asem and Efya
Pastor Boamah
D-Black and Kwabena Kwabena - Somebody
Trigmatic - My Life
Bless - Meda Enda
Kwabena Kwabena - Dadea Anoma
INDUSTRY CATEGORIES
Traditional Artistes of the Year
Instrumentalist of the Year
MUSIGA Merit Awards
Music for Development
Producer of the Year
Music Video of the Year
Source: NewsOne