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
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Television/Radio coverage
Network	Gh One TV DStv Channel 155 Channel 110

The Ghana Music Awards were established in 2000 by Charter House Production to celebrate Ghanaian musicians. The awards are presented annually, and are broadcast live on GH One. The awards ceremony features performance by artists.

Trophy

The Ghana Music Awards trophy has been changed over the years, the current trophy being 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

A blank list of categories along with definitions is sent out to industry practitioners in all Regions of Ghana by the GMA Board; 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

Artist of the Year is the topmost award at the Ghana Music Awards, given to the artist(s) adjudged by the Academy, Board and the general public as having the highest audience appeal and popularity. The artist(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
• 2016: EL (rapper)

Ghana Music Awards most nominated and winning artist

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

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	5th
Artist	Sarkodie	Ofori Amponsah	R2Bees	Kwaw Kese	Kwabena Kwabena	Praye
Total wins	18	12	8	7	6	6

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.

48 nominations

• Sarkodie

22 nominations

• Kwabena Kwabena

23 nominations

• R2Bees

20 nominations

• Wutah

19 nominations

• Okyeame Kwame

17 nominations

• 4x4
• Ofori Amponsah

15 nominations

• Efya

14 nominations

• D black

12 nominations

• Kwaw Kese
• Ohemaa Mercy

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. From 2010 to 2012 the awards ceremony was held at the Dome, moving back to the Accra International Conference Centre in 2013 and 2014.

Ghana Music Awards Dates and Locations
#	Year	Date	City	Venue	Host(s)	Ref
1	2000		Accra	National Theatre of Ghana	Kwami Sefa Kayi
2	2001
3	2002
4	2003	8 March
5	2004	13 March		Accra International Conference Centre
6	2005	1 May
7	2006	4 March
8	2007	6 May
9	2008	25 April			Samini and Doreen Andoh
10	2009	4 April			Bice Osei Kuffour, Samini and Dentaa
11	2010	10 April		Dome	Kwasi Kyei Darwkah
12	2011	25 February			Chris Attoh and Doreen Andoh
13	2012	13 April			Chris Attoh and Benson Ohene Boateng
14	2013	18 May		Accra International Conference Centre	Mildred Ashong and KOD
15	2014	26 April
16	2015	11 April			Nathaniel Attoh and Joselyn Dumas
17	2016	7 May			Chris Attoh, Naa Ashorkor and Dj Black

External links

• Official website

• ameyawdebrah.com/vodafone-ghana-music-awards-air-live-dstv-gotv/
• ameyawdebrah.com/vodafone-ghana-music-awards-air-live-dstv-gotv/
• http://citifmonline.com/2016/05/04/chris-naa-and-dj-black-to-host-vgma-2016/