The 18th Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) has come off at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) with Joe Mettle winning the Artiste of the Year Award.
His win makes him the first gospel artiste to win the main award since the VGMAs started in 2000.
The event which was nearly marred by a power outage at the venue which delayed its start by over two hours saw Kofi Kinaata winning three awards [songwriter, Highlife song and Highlife artiste of the year] while M.anifest took won the Hiphop song of the year award and also beat Sarkodie to the Rapper of the year award.
Veteran Highlife act, Paapa Yankson was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award which came with a GHC10,000 cash prize.
Find below all the nominees and winners for the various categories:
Artiste of the Year
EL
Sarkodie
Stonebwoy
Joe Mettle
MzVee
Medikal
Song of the Year
Christy                    –      Dobble
U x Me                    –      Joey B
R N S                      –      Sarkodie
Solo                       –      Article Wan
People Dey                –      Stonebwoy
Kaabuame                 –      EL
Bie Gya                    –      Criss Waddle ft. Stonebwoy
Sweetie Pie                –      Kofi Kinaata
Alhaji                     –      VVIP ft. Patoranking
Yewo Nyame a Yewo Adze   –   Nacee Ft. Ernest Opoku
Go Low                   –   Flowking Stone
Album of the YearÂ
Counsellor               -     Nacee
Bar 3                   –     EL
Nowhere Cool             –     M.anifest
Gifted                 –      Flowking Stone
Sounds of Africa       –      Sonnie Badu
Best Collaboration of the Year
Alhaji                    –   VVIP ft. Patoranking
Yewo Nyame a Yewo Adze     –   Nacee ft. Ernest Opoku
Confirm Rmx.              –   Medikal Ft. Sarkodie
Bie Gya                  –   Criss Waddle ft. Stonebwoy
Nwansina                 –    Ras Kuuku ft. Luther
Samba                   –    Guru ft. Singlet
African Artiste of the Year
Patoranking
Mr. Eazi
Runtown
Tekno
Nathaniel Bassey
Best New Artiste/Discovery of the Year
Medikal
Nii Funny
Fancy Gadam
Article Wan
Feli Nuna
Ebony
Rudebowy Ranking
Eugy
Best Rapper of the Year
Flowking Stone                     –      Fire Bon Dem Rmx
EL                                –     Love God
Medikal                           –     Connect
Yaa Pono (Ponobiom)               –       Mind on Money
M.anifest                          –      100%
Sarkodie                           –     Fire Bon Dem Rmx
Best Group of the Year
VVIP
R2Bees
Dunsin
Gallaxy
Hiplife/Hiphop Artiste of the Year
Guru
EL
Flowking Stone
Medikal
Sarkodie
M.anifest
Joey B
Best Male Vocalist
Ogya Mensah                —    Get Serious
Afriyie                     —    Here to stay
Joe Mettle                  —  Onwanwani
Akwaboah                   —   Hello
Sonnie Badu                 --  Still You Reign
Ernest Opoku                —   Yewo Nyame a Yewo Adze
Best Female Vocalist
Adina                   —   Too Late
Becca                  —  Beshiwo
MzVee                  —  Nobody Else
Piesie Esther           —  Agye Won Nsem
Petrah                 —   My Man
Record of the Year
Me ne woa                —    Nacee
Hello                     —    Akwaboah ft. Sarkodie
Too Late                  —   Adina
U x Me                   —  Joey B
Motromodwo             — Trigmatic ft. A.I
Best Music Video of the Year
Leno                    –      Wiyaala                          –  Charlotte Appleton
Small Small               –      Okyeame Kwame Ft. MzVee        –  Phamous Philms
Yewo Nyame a Yewo Adze    –      Nacee Ft. Ernest Opoku            –   Mcwillies
Rapping Drums             –      Flowking Stone                   –   Xbills Ebenezer
W’ani Aba                  –     M.anifest ft. Bisa Kdei              –   Solomon Director
Nyedzilo                    –    Edem ft. Rekaado Banks              –   Phamous Philms
Songwriter of the Year
Joe Mettle           –      Onwanwani
Kill Beatz           –      Too Late
Kofi Kinaata        –      Confession
Nacee              –      Yewo Nyame A Yewo Adze
Reggae/Dancehall Song of the Year
People Dey      –    Stonebwoy
Nwansina        –    Ras Kuuku Ft. Luther
Gborgborvor     –    Gallaxy Ft. Stonebwoy
Kupe           –    Ebony
Yonnah         –    Samini ft. Luther
Pain Dem       –   Rudebwoy Ranking
Arostor         –   Kaakie Ft. Yaa Pono
Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year
Stonebwoy
Ras Kuuku
Samini
Ebony
Rudebwoy Ranking
MzVee
Highlife Artiste of the Year
Bisa Kdei
Becca
Kofi Kinaata
Highlife Song of the Year
Jwe         –    Bisa Kdei
Confession  –    Kofi Kinaata
Beshiwo     –    Becca ft. Bisa Kdei
Mintse Bo   –    Wisa Greid
Christy      –    Dobble
Bokor Bokor –    Kill Beatz ft. Mugeez and Fuse ODG
Hiphop Song of the Year
God Mc         –    M.anifest
Trumpet         –   Sarkodie ft. Teephlow, Koo Ntakra, Strongman, Donzy, Medikal & Pappy Kojo
Lalafalama       –    EL
Confirm RMX     –    Medikal Ft. Sarkodie
Egboame RMX    –    Edem ft. Cabum, Teephlow, Ayat, Gemini, Medikal. Mac M, Darko and Bebelino
Tension         -   Okyeame Kwame ft. Cabum, Medikal and Sister Debbie
Afropop Song of the Year
Kaabuame        –   EL
Dance for Me       -    Eugy ft. Eazi
Solo              –    Article Wan
U x Me            –    Joey B
Too Risky          –    Medikal ft. Sister Debbie
Too Late          –    Adina
Grind             –    Vision DJ ft. A.I
Hiplife Song of the Year
Samba       –   Guru Ft. Singlet
Club        –    Donzy Ft. Piesie & Sarkodie
Go Low      –    Flowking Stone
RNS        –    Sarkodie
Biegya      –    Criss Waddle ft. Stonebwoy
Sweetie Pie  –    Kofi Kinaata
Alhaji       –    VVIP
Gospel Song of the Year
Yewo Nyame a Yewo adze   –    Nacee ft. Ernest Opoku
Change Over    -    Mary Agyemang
Mewo Jesus     -    Mabel Okyere
Still You Reign    -    Sonnie Badu
Healing Stream   -    Jeshrun Okyere Ft. Nathaniel Bassey
Agye Won Nsam  -    Piesie Esther
Gospel Artiste of the Year
Joe Mettle
Piesie Esther
Sonnie Badu
Jeshrun Okyere
Nacee
Unsung Artiste
Kuami Eugene
Aj Lyricx
Afezi Perry
CJ Biggerman
Eshun
Deon Boakye
Cina Soul
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