Ghana Music Awards

Ghana Music Awards
Vodafone Ghana Music Awards 2015
Awarded for	Outstanding in the music industry
Country	Ghana
Presented by	CharterHouse Productions
First awarded	2000

The Ghana Music Awards were established in 2000 by Charter House Production to celebrate Ghanaian and African musicians. The awards are presented annually, and are broadcast live on GhOne Tv. The awards ceremony features performance by artists.^[1]

Trophy

The Ghana Music Awards trophy has been changed over the years, the current trophy was unveiled during the 2013 Vodafone Ghana Music Award- Industry Awards night. The trophy includes a plastic red,gold, green (national colours of Ghana) compact disc to symbolize music.

Nomination Process

The GMA board send out blank list of categories along with definitions are sent out to industry practitioners in all ten (10) Regions of the country, i.e. Radio station DJs, Night Club DJs as well as MUSIGA Regional Offices, Major Distributors of Music etc, for nominations in the various categories. Entries are also received from the following: ·Published call for entries in the Press ·Nomination forms submitted by Record Companies. ·Google and other internet search engines are used to track online releases and to verify dates of release ·Data from Mobile Content companies are also used to verify releases ·Statutory organizations such as Copyright office are also used to verify works released as well as IP ownership ·Nominations gathered are subjected to short listing by members of the VGMA BOARD.

Award Categories

• Artiste of the Year
• Vodafone Song of the Year
• Highlife Artiste of the Year
• Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year
• Gospel Album of the Year
• Songwriter of the Year
• Hip-life/Hip-hop Artiste of the Year
• Best New Artiste of the Year
• Gospel Artiste of the Year
• Best Collaboration of the Year
• Hip-life Song of the Year
• Album of the Year
• Record of the Year
• Highlife Song of the Year
• Afro-Pop Song of the Year
• Gospel Song of the Year
• Reggae Dancehall Song of the Year
• Best Male Vocal Performance
• Best Female Vocal Performance
• Hip-Hop Song of the Year
• Best Rapper of the Year
• Best Music Video of the Year
• Best Group of the Year
• Producer of the Year
• African Artiste of the Year

Ghana Music Awards Artist of the Year

The artist of the year is the topmost award at the Ghana Music Awards. The Artiste of the Year is the artiste(s) adjudged by the Academy, Board and the General Public as the artiste(s) with the highest audience appeal and popularity. The artiste(s) must have released a hit single/album during the year under review.

Artist of the Year award winners

• 2000: Daddy Lumba
• 2001: Kojo Antwi
• 2002: Lord Kenya
• 2003: Kontihene
• 2004: V.I.P
• 2005: Bice Osei Kuffour
• 2006: Ofori Amponsah
• 2007: Samini
• 2008: Kwaw Kese
• 2009: Okyeame Kwame
• 2010: Sarkodie
• 2011: V.I.P
• 2012: Sarkodie
• 2013: R2Bees
• 2014: Shatta Wale
• 2015: Stonebwoy

Ghana Music Awards most nominated and winning artist

Below are current rankings for the most wins and nominated artist. (male & female) Most wins (as of 2015)

Most Nomination (as of 2015) This is a list of multiple nominated musicians with 12 or more nominations. Sarkodie is currently the most nominated musician with 43 nominations.

Factoids

• Most awarded musician: Sarkodie w/ 15 awards
• Most nominated Female: Efya w/ 15 nominations
• Most nominated Group: R2Beez w/ 23 nominations
• Most consecutive wins for Best female vocalist: Efya w/ 4 consecutive years.
• Most wins in a night: Ofori Amponsah w/ 7 wins

Locations

The inaugural ceremony in 2000 was held at the National Theatre of Ghana. From 2000 to 2003, the National Theatre of Ghana in Accra hosted the awards. From 2004 to 2009, the awards have been held at the Accra International Conference Centre in Accra. And from 2010 -2012 the awards was held at the Dome. The Awards moved back to the Accra International Conference Centre in 2013 and 2014.

References

External links

• Official website