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24thVGMA: Black Sherif Wins Artiste Of The Year

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24thVGMA: Black Sherif Wins Artiste Of The Year

Ghanaian singer and rapper born Mohammed Ismail Sharrif, better known by his stage name, Black Sherif, has won the Artiste of the Year award at the 24th Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA).

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The awards ceremony took place at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre on Saturday (6 May).

Black Sherif beats contenders such as Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, Camidoh, King Promise and Piesie Esther to win the ultimate prize.

The “Kwaku the Traveller” hitmaker also won the Best Music Video award, Most Popular Song of the Year and Best Hiplife Song of the Year.

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Below is the full list of winners: 

Artist of the Year

  • Black Sherif – WINNER
  • Stonebwoy
  • Sarkodie
  • King Promise
  • Camidoh
  • KiDi
  • Piesie Esther
  • Joe Mettle

Most Popular Song of the Year

  • Camidoh – “Sugarcane” (remix) ft King Promise and Mayorkun and Darkoo
  • Sarkodie – “Country Side” ft Black Sherif
  • Black Sherif – “Kweku the Traveller” – WINNER
  • Lasmid – “Friday Night”
  • Kelvyn Boy – “Down Flat”
  • Gyakie – “Something”
  • Wendy Shay – ”Survivor”
  • KiDi – “Blessed” ft Mavado
  • Stonebwoy – “Therapy”
  • Piesie Esther – “Wayɛ Me Yie”

The Vodafone Green Award — Worlasi


Record of the Year

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  • King Promise – “Yaa Asantewaa” ft Frenna
  • Adomaa – “Beginning Again”
  • Perez Muzik – “Hewalɛ Lala”
  • Stonebwoy – “Therapy”
  • Sarkodie – “Country Side” ft Black Sherif
  • Gyakie – “Far Away” – WINNER

Best Hip-Hop Song 

  • Black Sherif – “Kweku the Traveller” – WINNER
  • Amerado – “Obiaa Boa”
  • Sarkodie – “Country Side” ft Black Sherif
  • Malcom Nuna – “Benzo”
  • Kwesi Arthur – “Drama”
  • Medikal – “Scarface”

Best New Artist

  • Lasmid – WINNER
  • Djay
  • Malcom Nuna
  • Jay Bhad
  • Ewuraabena
  • DJ Azonto
  • Chief One

Album of the Year

  • Black Sherif – The Villain I Never Was
  • Sarkodie – Jamz
  • Gyakie – My Diary
  • King Promise – 5 StarWINNER
  • Kwesi Arthur – Son of Jacob
  • Joe Mettle – The Kadosh

Best African Artist

  • Arya Star
  • Burna Boy
  • Asake – WINNER
  • Kizz Daniel
  • Libianca
  • The Therapist

Best Rap Performance

  • Medikal – “Scarface”
  • Strongman – “Goated”
  • Amerado – “Obiaa boa” – WINNER
  • Lyrical Joe – “5th August 6”
  • Teephlow – “6feet”

International Collaboration of the Year

  • Camidoh – “Sugarcane” (Remix) ft King Promise and Mayorkun – WINNER
  • KiDi – “Touch It” ft Tyga
  • King Promise – “Ten Toes” ft Omah Lay
  • KiDi – “Blessed” ft Mavado
  • MzVee – “Dumebi” ft Yemi Alade
  • King Promise – “Run to You” ft Chance the Rapper and  Vic Mensa
  • Sarkodie – “Better Days” ft Bnxn

Collaboration of the Year 

  • FBS – “Jo” ft Mr Drew
  • Sarkodie – “Country Side” ft Black Sherif – WINNER
  • Epixode – “Atiaa” ft Kwabena Kwabena
  • Amerado – “Grace” ft Lasmid
  • DJ Breezy – “Abonten” ft Kwesi Arthur, Mugeez, Stonebwoy, Black Sherif and Smallgod
  • Bethel Revival Choir ft Edwin Dadson – “Tegbe Tegbe”
  • Sarkodie – “Labadi” ft King Promise

Songwriter of the Year 

  • Piesie Esther – “Wayɛ me Yie”
  • Black sheriff – “Oh Paradise”
  • Perez Muzik – “Hewalɛ lala” – WINNER
  • Fameye – “Thank You”
  • Diana Hamilton – “My Meditation”
  • Ewurabena – “This Far”

Best Highlife Artist

  • Kofi Kinaata – WINNER
  • Akwaboa
  • Kuami Eugene
  • Abiana

Best Hiplife/Hip-Hop Artist

  • Black Sherif
  • Sarkodie – WINNER
  • Kwesi Arthur
  • Medikal
  • Amerado
  • Strongman

Best Afrobeats/Afropop Artist

  • Camidoh
  • King Promise – WINNER
  • Gyakie
  • KiDi
  • Wendy Shay
  • Kelvyn Boy

Best Reggae/Dancehall Artist

  • Ras Kuuku
  • Epixode
  • Rocky Dawuni
  • Stonebwoy – WINNER
  • Samini

Best Gospel Artist

  • Piesie Esther – WINNER
  • Joe Mettle
  • Perez Muzik
  • Diana Hamilton
  • Celestine Donkor
  • MOG Music

Best Female Vocal Performance

  • Piesie Esther
  • Niella – WINNER
  • Enuonyam
  • Cina Soul
  • Abiana
  • Adomaa

Best Male Vocal Performance

  • Camidoh
  • Kyei Mensah
  • Perez Muzik – WINNER
  • Stonebwoy
  • King Promise

Best Music Video

  • Black Sherif – “Konogo Zongo” – WINNER
  • Stonebwoy – “Therapy”
  • Piesie Esther – “Wayɛ me Yie”
  • Stonebwoy – “Gidigba”
  • Sarkodie – “Labadi” ft King Promise
  • KiDi – “Touch It” (Remix) ft Tyga
  • Scott Evans – “Best Side”
  • Kwabena Kwabena – “Afraid to Lose You”

Producer of the Year

  • Mog Beatz – WINNER
  • Atown
  • Phantom
  • Shadrach Yawson
  • Guilty Beatz
  • Kill Beatz
  • Liquid Beatz
  • Samnsey

Audio Engineer of the Year

  • Chopz – “Yaa Asantewaa”
  • Qube – “Beginning Again”
  • Perez Muzik – “Hewalɛ lala”
  • Supa Dups – “Therapy”
  • Possigee – “Country Side”
  • Altra Nova – “Far Away” – WINNER

Best Reggae/Dancehall Song

  • Konkara Jahvybz – “A Go Dey” ft Kelvyn Boy
  • Ras Kuuku – “33N1”
  • Epixode – “Atia” – WINNER
  • Black Sherif – “Don’t Forget Me”
  • Rocky Dawuni – “Never Bow Down” ft Blvk H3ro
  • Maccasio – “Eyes on You” ft Stonebwoy

Best Afropop Song

  • Stonebwoy – “Therapy” – WINNER
  • Wendy Shay – “Survivor”
  • Black Sherif – “Oil in my head”
  • DopeNation – “Gboza”
  • King Promise – “Ten Toes” ft Omah Lay
  • Kuami Eugene – “Takeaway”
  • KiDi – “Blessed” ft Movado
  • Fameye – “Thank You”

Best Afrobeats Song

  • Camidoh – “Sugarcane” (Remix) ft King Promise and Mayokun – WINNER
  • Gyakie – “Something”
  • KiDi – “Champagne”
  • Djay – “Balance It”
  • King Promise – “Ginger”
  • FBS – “Jo” ft Mr Drew

Best Highlife Song

  • Epixode – “Atia” ft Kwabena Kwabena
  • AK Songstress – “My Proposal”
  • Adina – “Adi Dede”
  • Kwesi Arthur – “Adom”
  • Kelvyn Boy – “Down Flat” – WINNER
  • Kofi Kinaata – “Have Mercy”

Best Hiplife Song

  • Lasmid – “Friday Night” – WINNER
  • Medikal – “Stubborn Academy”
  • Jay Bahd – “Anadwo”
  • DJ Breezy – “Abonten” ft Kwesi Arthur, Mugeez, Stonebwoy, Black Sherif and Smallgod
  • Amerado – “Grace” ft Lasmid
  • Kweku Flick – “Ewiase”

Unsung Artist of the Year

  • Ni Ashun
  • Aya Ramzy
  • DSL – WINNER
  • TsaQa
  • Maya Blu
  • Boi Jake

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CMA 2023: Official Launch & Nominees Unveiling Slated For Saturday, September 30 at Fays Lounge, Cape Coast.

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Official Launch & Nominees Unveiling For Central Music Awards 2023 Slated For Saturday, September 30 at Fays Lounge, Cape Coast.

Central Music Awards 2023 – Play The Music

Heritage Event Promotions, the organizers of the annual Central Music Awards have announced the official launch and nominees unveiling for the 12th edition of the Central Music Awards. This year’s launch and official unveiling of nominees is scheduled for Saturday, 30th September, 2023 at Fays Lounge located at Kotokuraba in Cape Coast.

The Central Music Awards, globally known as the first, biggest and best regional awards scheme in Ghana has contributed immensely towards the growth and development of musicians from the central region. The scheme has for the past eleven years, honoured, celebrated and awarded deserving and hardworking musicians whose works have contributed to the progress of the music industry in the central region.

Aside from the awards and honours, Heritage Promotions has since 2018 held successful music seminars and workshops geared towards providing an avenue for musicians across the 22 districts of the central region to meet, connect, network and learn new ideas, strategies to excel in the mainstream music industry ahead of the official launch.

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In line with the activities for the 12th Central Music Awards, the organisers on Saturday, 16th September, 2023 held an educative music seminar for musicians and industry players which had amazing speakers like Barrister Daniels, Kobby Kyei, Nana Gee and the MUSIGA Chairperson for Central Region, Nana Ekua Apetsewah II.

The award scheme, as established by Candymania Entertainment in 2012 has grown from 10 to 38 categories since Heritage Promotions took over in 2018. The organisers in 2022 introduced five new categories to the scheme which include; the Brass Band of the year, Masquerade Group of the year, Live Band of the year, Afropop Song of the year and Songwriter of the year.

Ahead of the big night, nomination entries for the 12th Central Music Awards were opened for two weeks, from Monday, 28th August to Saturday September 16, 2023 which gave musicians and industry players in good standing and have released works from August 2022 to August 2023 the privilege to file.

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The launching is held together with the nominees unveiling to officially announce to the general public, the successful shortlisted nominees by the Board & Academy in respective award categories from the nominations filed by eligible musicians and industry players within the year under review.

Unlike the previous years where nominees were unveiled online, the organisers in 2022 partnered with Toppiard Event Centre for its official launch and nominees unveiling. In adding more glitz and glam to the Central Music Awards 2023, Heritage Promotions has inked a sponsorship deal with Fays Lounge as the venue for the official launch and nominees unveiling.

Similar to the music seminar, the official launch and nominees unveiling also create an avenue for musicians, artiste managers, media personalities, bloggers, promoters and social media influencers to meet, connect, socialise, network in building their personal and business brands.

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The launch comes with thrilling and electrifying performances from Koby Symple, Goddy Wan, Kwesi Taadi, Is Hommie, EK Nacosty, Kofi Fava, Myskal, Tiw Tes, Funky Kulture and many surprise performances from nominees.

Heritage Promotions calls on all Musicians and Industry players to turnout at 7:00 PM come Saturday, 30th September, 2023 at Fays Lounge for the official launch and nominees unveiling of Central Music Awards 2023.

The Central Music Awards 2023 is proudly sponsored by Club 161, EN.AR Limited, nJet, BB Winery & Li-Quora and Fays Lounge.

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Source: Bismark Botchwey | Heritage Promotions

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