Ghana Music Awards: Sarkodie Tops With 12 Nominations
The organizers of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Charterhouse, on Wednesday announced the nominees for this year's music awards at a short ceremony at the studios of GH One Entertainment Television in Accra.
The ceremony was attended by a cross-section of the entertainment media and a number of stakeholders in the music industry.
One of Ghana's fast rappers, Sarkodie, who led the nominees, list bagged a total of 12 nominations including 3 in the Best Collaboration of the Year category for 'Sweetio' with Raquel, 'U Go Kill Me' featuring EL and 'I'm in Love With You' featuring Efya; Songwriter of the Year, Artist of the Year, Most Popular Song of the Year and Album of the Year.
2011 was largely a good year for the rapper but he will face some stiff competition from Okyeame Kwame with 9 nominations, 7 for 4×4, 6 for Stay J and 5 for Dr Cryme. Other artists with multiple nominations include Kwaw Kesse, Trigmatic, Efya, Raquel, Becca and others.
This year's Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) ceremony, slated for April 14 at the Accra International Conference Centre, will reward deserving artistes for their hard work, dedication and contribution to the music industry.
The package for this year's awards includes GH¢ 2,000 for each winner, and GH¢ 10,000 for the Artiste of the Year. The winner of the World Bank Sponsored Music for Development category will also take home a cash prize of GH¢ 5,000.
This year's music awards festival kicks off with series of activities which include a nominees' party in Takoradi on March 10 and Kumasi on March 24, as well as club parties in some selected regions. It would be climaxed with the final nominees' party in Accra on March 31.
Bellow is the full list of nominations:
1. Artiste(s) of the Year
Becca
Okyeame Kwame
Sarkodie
Efya
R2Bees
4×4
Kwaw Kesse
2. Best New Artiste(s) of The Year
Atumpan
Racquel
Stay Jay
D-Cryme
EL
Zigi
3. African Artiste(s) of the Year
Naeto C
Duncan Mighty
Ice Prince
D'banj
Cabo Snoop
Wizkid
MI
4. Hiplife Song of the Year
Stay Jay - 'Shashee Wowo'
Keche - 'Sorkode'
4X4 - 'Yesi Yesii'
Sarkodie - 'U Go Kill Me'
Okyeame Kwame - 'Faithful'
Buk Bak - 'Kolom'
D Cryme - 'Kill Me Shy'
5. Highlife Song of the Year
George Darko - 'Lucky Star'
Lucky Mensah - 'Nkratuor'
Kwabena Maphia - 'I Go pay'
Daddy Lumba - 'Ko Hye Po'
Kwabena Kwabena - 'Be Gye Me'
K. K Fosu - 'Akoma'
6. Most Popular Song of the year
4 x 4 - 'Yesi Yesii'
Stay Jay - 'Shashee Wowo'
Selina Boateng - 'Me Nku Me Ho'
D Cryme - 'Kill Me Shy'
Sarkodie - 'U Go Kill Me'
Zigi - 'You Say Wetin'
Atumpan - 'The Thing'
Okyeame Kwame - 'Faithful'
7. Afro-Pop Song of the Year
Ruff-N-Smooth - 'Beautiful'
Becca - 'African Woman'
Fuse ODG- 'Azonto'
Zigi - 'U Say Wey Tin'
Atumpan - 'The Thing'
Raquel - 'Sweetieo'
Chase - 'Tell Me Your Name'
8. Hip hop Song Of The Year
Bra Kevin - 'Three Headed Beast'
D-Black - 'My Kind Of Girl'
Sarkodie - 'I'm In Love With You'
Edem - 'Too Much'
Guru - 'Mmaa Kuo'
Kwaw Kese - 'Poppin'
9.Gospel Song Of The Year
Lady Prempeh- 'Nsantaban'
Gifty Osei - 'Fefeefe'
Philipa Baafi - 'Dea Eba Wosem Afe Yi'
Selina Boateng - 'Me Nku Me Ho'
Jake Alolome - 'Tomorrow By This Time'
DSP Kofi Sarpong - 'African Borborbo'
Bernice Ansah - 'Final say'
10. Reggae Song Of The Year
Blakk Rasta - 'Miss Right'
SonniBalli - 'All They See'
Edem - 'Ghetto Arise'
Kesse - 'Oh Yes'
Stonebwoy/Samini - 'Climax'
Jupiter/Trigmatic - 'Uptown Downtown'
11. Best Male Vocal Artiste
Kesse - 'Oh Yes'
Fritz - 'Me Dowu'
K. K. Fosu - 'Akoma'
Kwasey Pee - 'Shwe Ahenie'
Chemphe - 'Number One'
Kwame Adinkra - 'Abena Dansoaa'
12 Group Of The Year
R2Bees
Buk Bak
Keche
Ruff-N-Smooth
4X4
13. Best Music Video of The Year
Becca - 'African Woman' - Davis Media Group
4×4 - 'Yesi Yesii' - Phamous People
D Black - 'My Kinda Girl' - Jonathan Olamide & Desmond Blackmore
M3NSA - 'No One Knows' – Sam A Kessie
Bra Kevin - '3 Headed Beast' – Nana Asihene
Sheriffa Gunu - 'Mrantie' – Phamous Films Production
Okyeame Kwame - 'Faithful' - Ohene Media
14. Best Female Vocal Artiste
Efya - 'I'm In Love With You'
Raquel - 'Odo'
Bertha - 'Faithful'
Becca - 'African Woman'
Irene Logan - 'Light and Darkness'
Diana Antwi Hamilton - 'Eye Wo Ara'
15. Gospel Album Of The Year
Philipa Baafi - 'Dea Eba Wosem Afe Yi'
Selina Boateng - 'Me Nku Me Ho'
Bernice Ansah - 'Gbenze Gbenze'
Lady Prempeh - 'Ne Ntaban'
Diana Antwi Hamilton - 'Blessings'
Gifty Osei - 'Fefeefe'
16. Best Rapper Of The Year
Manifest - 'Ghana Must Go'
Sarkodie - 'U Go Kill Me'
Okyeame Kwame - 'Faithful'
Edem - 'Legacy'
Trigmatic - 'Light and Darkness'
EL - 'Obuu Mo'
17. Record of the Year
Okyeame Kwame/Bertha - 'Faithful'
Jayso/Adina - 'Music'
M3NSA - 'Fante Love Song'
Trigmatic/Irene - 'Light and Darkness'
Sarkodie/Efya - 'I'm In Love With You'
Kwame Adinkra/Kwabena Kwabena - 'Akua Dansoa'
Yaa Pono/Efya - 'Good Morning'
18. Song Writer Of The Year
Okyeame Kwame - 'Faithful' written by Kwame Nsiah Apau
D Cryme - 'Kill Me Shy' written by Darlington Agyekum
'Fante Love Song' written by Mensah Ansah
Manifest/Efya - 'Asa' written by Kwame Tsikata /Jane Awindor/ J.Karp
Sarkodie/ Efya - 'I'm In Love With You' written by Micheal Owusu Addo / Jane Awindor
Becca - 'African Woman' written by Kiki Banson
Trigmatic/Irene - 'Light And Darkness' written by Nana Yaw Oduro, Irene Logan
19. Best Collaboration of the Year
Trigmatic/Raquel -'Aageii'
Fuse ODG / Tiffany - 'Azonto'
Raquel/Sarkodie -'Sweetieo'
Eduwordzi/Stay Jay - 'Yenko Nkoa'
Okyeame Kwame/Bertha -'Faithful'
Sarkodie/Efya - 'I'm In Love With You'
Sarkodie/EL -'You Go Kill Me'
20. Album of the Year
Sarkodie - 'Rapperholic'
Kwaw Kese- 'Untold Stories'
4×4 - 'Waist and Power'
Stay Jay - 'Repetition'
Trigmatic - 'Solutions'
Selina Boateng - 'Menko Meho'
21. Highlife Artiste(s) of the Year
Daddy Lumba
K. K Fosu
Kwabena Kwabena
Kwasie Pee
George Darko
Lucky Mensah
22. Gospel Artiste(s) of the Year
DSP Kofi Sarpong
Gifty Osei
Philipa Baafi
Lady Prempeh
Bernice Ansah
Selina Boateng
23. Hiplife\Hiphop Artiste(s) of the Year
Stay Jay
Okyeame Kwame
4×4
Sarkodie
D-Cryme
Kwaw Kese
R2Bees