Telecel Ghana Music Awards 2025: Full List of Nominees Announced

Organizers of the 2025 Telecel Ghana Music Awards(TGMA) have announced the final list of nominees ahead of this year’s ceremony. The announcement was made on Saturday, March 15, following the conclusion of the nomination process.

The highly anticipated 26th edition of the awards is scheduled to take place on May 3, 2025, at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC).

In the build-up to the main event, a pre-party will be held on May 2, bringing together nominees, industry figures, and music enthusiasts for networking and celebrations.

Among the major categories, Joe Mettle, Piesie Esther, Diana Hamilton, Empress Gifty, Team Eternity Ghana, and MOG Music will compete for Best Gospel Artiste of the Year.

The Telecel Most Popular Song of the Year category features strong contenders, including: Asylum – Olive The Boy, Paris – King Promise, Lomo Lomo – KiDi ft Black Sherif, Very Soon – Fameye, Jejereje – Stonebwoy, Aseda – King Paluta, Puul – Lasmid, Defe Defe – Team Eternity Ghana, January 9 – Black Sherif.

Full list of nominees:

Artiste of the Year

• Kweku Smoke
• Team Eternity
• Joe Mettle
• King Paluta
• King Promise
• Stonebwoy
• Black Sherif

Best New Artiste

• LalixLola
• AratheJay
• Rap Fada
• Team Eternity
• Beeztrap Kotm
• Kwesi Amewuga

Best Male Vocal Performance

• Kofi Nuel – Do Not Fear
• Emmanueel Juddah – Aseda
• MOG Music – Ahuoden Fofro
• Ayisi – Can I live
• Joe Mettle – Obo Awon Oba

Best Female Vocal Performance

• Naana Asiedu -Defe Defe
• Best Female Vocal Performance
• Naana Asiedu -Defe Defe
• Lordina the Soprano – Simply Trusting
• Everyday
• Esther Goodwyll – I Choose to Praise
• Titi Owusu – Noboody
• Mima Afrika – On Fire

Best Hiplife/HipHop Artiste

• Amerado
• Beeztrap KOTM
• Kweku Smoke
• Black Sherif
• King Paluta
• Sarkodie
• Medikal

Best Rap Performance

• Eno Barony
• Kweku Smoke
• Okyeame Kwame
• Sarkodie
• Lyrical Joe
• Flowking Stone

Best Gospel Artiste

• Piesie Esther
• Joe Mettle
• Empress Gifty
• Diana Hamilton
• Team Eternity Ghana
• MOG Music

Best HipHop Song

• Joey B – Princess
• Kweku Smoke – Holy Ghost
• Kwaw Kese ft Kofi Mole – Awoyo Sofo
• Black Sherif – Kilos Milos
• Sarkodie ft Beeztrap KOTM – Amen
• Beeztrap KOTM & Oseikrom Osikani – Fly Girl

Best Afrobeat Song

• OlivetheBoy Asylum
• Lasmid – Puul
• Kidi ft Black Sherif – Lomo Lomo
• Mr Drew – Sneaky
• King Promise – Favourite Story
• Beeztrap KOTM – Yesu

Best Hiplife Song

• Eno Barony ft King Palta – Soja Go Soja Come
• Black Sherif – Rebel Music
• Tulenkey ft Beeztrap KOTM – Bad Feeling
• Okyeame Kwame ft Kuami Eugene – No
• Competition
• Sarkodie – No Sir
• Lyrical Joe ft Kuami Eugene – Enter

Best Highlife Song

• Kuami Eugene – Canopy
• King Paluta – Aseda
• Fameye – Very Soon
• Amerado Abronoma
• Rap Fada ft King Paluta – Odo Bi Ye BAD
• Kofi Kinaata – Effiakuma Broken Heart

Best Urban Contemporary Gospel Song

• Scoot Evans – Call
• Joe Mettle ft Sandra Duah – Give Me Oil
• Nana Yaw Ofori Atta
• Team Eternity – Defe Defe
• Kobby Salm – Cast Your Burden
• Ohemaa Mercy ft Kofi Owusu – Dry Bones

Best Reggae/Dancehall Song

• Amerado ft Samini – Ankonam Remix
• Stonebwoy – Psalm 23
• Ras Kuuku – Road of Evil
• Samini – Chemistry
• Jupitar – I Keep Winning
• Moliy & Silent Addy – Shake It To The Max

Best Traditional Gospel

• MOG Music – Wo Ye
• Empress Gifty – Watch Me
• Piesie Ateene
• Diana Hamilton – The Doing of the Lord
• Mavis Asante – Victory
• Queendalyn ft Judikay – Omewoya

Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste

• Jupitar
• Samini
• Ras Kuuku
• Epixode
• Stonebwoy
• Rocky Dawuni

Songwriter of the Year

• Ayisi
• Kofi Kinaata
• Okyeame Kwame
• OlivetheBoy
• Team Eternity Ghana

Telecel Most Popular Song

• OlivetheBoy – Asylum
• Kidi ft Black Sherif – Lomo Lomo
• Lasmid – Puul
• King Paluta – Aseda
• Black Sherif – January 9
• King Promise – Paris
• Defe Defe – Team Eternity
• Stonebwoy Jejereje