Shatta Wale
Shatta Wale | |
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Born |
Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr. Accra |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Other names | Bandana |
Occupation | Musician |
Known for | Reggae, dancehall |
Website | |
shattawale |
Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr., known by his stage name Shatta Wale[1] (formerly Bandana), is a Ghanaian born reggae-dancehall musician born on the 17th of October, 1984 to Charles Mensah Snr and Mama Elsie. He is best known for "Dancehall King". He won Artiste of the Year at the 2014 edition of the Ghana Music Awards.
Career
Shatta Wale changed his name to "Bandana" after senior high school and released the hit track "Bandana from Ghana". The song made tremendous air waves in the Ghanaian music industry in 2004. Shatta Wale's sudden rise to the occasion happen in 2013 VGMA awards when he threw lyrical insults to VGMA because he proclaimed they robbed him of the Dancehall artist of the year to a female Dancehall artist "Kaakie". Even though the song had vulgar lyrics, it was so anticipated by the media which created his musical breakthrough.
His greatest song hit in 2013, Dancehall king took the airwaves by surprise. Shatta wale's musical revenue is mostly generated through hosting of shows which attracts most 1000's of Ghanaian youths.[2]
In 2015, Shatta Wale asked not to be nominated in the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards even though he could have won the prestigious Artiste & Song of the year for the second time running with his hit songs Dancehall Commando featuring Sarkodie,[3] Party all night long featuring Jah Vinci,[4][5][6][7][8] Wine ya waist featuring Davido [9] and Korle Gonno among many hit songs he released the preceding year: because of an impending court case with the organisers of the Awards Charter House Productions Ltd [10][11][12] for allegedly making defamatory remarks against the CEO of Charter House in a video he uploaded on his Facebook page.[13]
Shatta Wale's hardwork in 2014, got him nominated for the maiden and highly prestigious GN Bank Awards [14][15] as the People’s Choice Male Musician of the year.[16]
Awards and nominations
Year | Event | Prize | Recipient | Result | Reference |
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2014 | Channel O Music Video Awards | Most Gifted Ragga Dancehall Video | "Everybody Likes My Ting" | Nominated | [17][18] |
4Syte TV Music Video Awards | Best Reggae/Dancehall Video | Won | [19] | ||
Most Popular Video | Won | ||||
2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards | African Artist of the Year | Won | [20] | ||
African Muzik Magazine Awards | Best Male West Africa | Nominated | [21] | ||
Best Dancehall Artist | Nominated | ||||
Ghana Music Awards | Artist of the Year | Won | [2] | ||
Best Collaboration of the Year | "Hot Cake" Pope Skinny feat. Shatta Wale |
Nominated | |||
Reggae/Dancehall Song of the Year | Nominated | ||||
"Fever" D2 feat. Shatta Wale |
Nominated | ||||
"Dancehall King" | Won | ||||
Nigerian Entertainment Awards | African Artiste of the Year | Won | [22] | ||
BASS Awards | Best Performer of the Year | Won | [23][24] | ||
Best Collaboration of the year | "D2 ft. Shatta Wale – Fever" | Nominated | |||
"Shatta Wale ft. D Black – Ina the Party" | Nominated | ||||
Best Video Dancehall | "Like my thing" | Won | |||
Dancehall Artist of the year | "Shatta Wale – Enter the Net" | Won |
Year | Event | Prize | Recipient | Result | Reference |
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2015 | GN Bank Awards | People’s Choice Male Musician | Shatta Wale | Won | [15][16][25][26][27][28][29][30] |
2014 | International Reggae and World Music Awards | Best New Entertainer | Shatta Wale | Won | [31][32][33][34][35][36] |
References
- ↑ "A 'repented' Shatta Wale apologizes to Charter House". MyJoyOnline. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Full list of winners at 2014 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards". MyJoyOnline. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarkodie_(rapper)
- ↑ http://www.ghxclusives.com/shatta-wale-party-all-night-ft-jah-vinci/
- ↑ http://www.ghanamotion.com/shatta-wale-party-all-night-ft-jah-vinci/
- ↑ http://www.urbanroll.net/releases/shatta-wale-ft-jah-vinci-party-nite/
- ↑ https://bigx.com.gh/shatta-wale-jah-vinci-party-night/
- ↑ http://www.ghanandwom.com/shatta-wale-party-all-night-feat-jah-vinci/
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davido
- ↑ http://www.myjoyonline.com/entertainment/2014/December-9th/an-unregistered-charter-house-ghana-limited-cant-sue-shatta-wale-defence-counsel.php
- ↑ http://showbiz.peacefmonline.com/pages/news/201410/220691.php
- ↑ http://www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh/charter-house-shatta-wale-case-adjourned-to-january/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/rasta.flex?fref=ts
- ↑ http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/artikel.php?
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 http://omgghana.com/full-list-nominees-gn-bank-peoples-choice-awards/
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 http://pulse.com.gh/news/gn-bank-awards-2015-shatta-wale-crowned-male-musician-of-the-year-see-full-list-of-winners-id3590679.html
- ↑ Rhodé Marshall. "Channel O Africa announces Music Video Awards nominees". The M&G Online.
- ↑ "Channel O TV Online - Full list of CHOAMVA winners". dstv.com.
- ↑ ghanamotion. "[Photos] Edem tops 2014 4syte TV Music Video Awards as Sarkodie wins Most Influential Artist Award". Ghanamotion.com.
- ↑ Editor. "Nigeria Entertainment Awards 2014 holds in New York (Full list of winners)". chills24.
- ↑ "See Nominees for the African Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA) 2014". Bellanaija. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ "Ghana News - Shatta Wale wins African Artiste of the Year". myjoyonline.com.
- ↑ "BASS Awards - Full List of Winners". peacefmonline. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ↑ "2014 BASS Awards: Blakk Rasta, Ras Kuuku & Shatta Wale receive highest nominations". myjoyonline. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ↑ http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/artikel.php?ID=344658
- ↑ http://www.dailyguideghana.com/spyder-lee-changes-awards-name-to-gn-bank-awards/
- ↑ http://www.kapital971.com/tag/gn-bank-peoples-choice-awards/
- ↑ http://graphic.com.gh/entertainment/showbiz-news/40471-top-stars-swerved-at-gn-bank-awards.html
- ↑ http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/artikel.php?ID=351400
- ↑ http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=351368
- ↑ http://www.ghanamotion.com/shatta-wale-crowned-best-new-entertainer-at-the-2014-irawma-awards/
- ↑ http://myjoyonline.com/entertainment/2014/August-27th/shatta-wale-nominated-for-two-international-awards.php
- ↑ http://www.ghanamotion.com/tag/international-reggae-and-world-music-awards/
- ↑ https://bigx.com.gh/shatta-wale-nominated-for-international-reggae-and-world-music-awards/
- ↑ http://citifmonline.net/news/best-new-entertainer-at-the-2014-irawma-awards-shatta-wale-crowned
- ↑ http://www.reggaenostalgia.com/irawma-oct-4th-coral-springs-center-for-the-arts/