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DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2018<br />
2018 Vodafone Ghana Music<br />
Awards: Full list of nominees<br />
CHARTERHOUSE<br />
GHANA, organisers<br />
of the annual<br />
Vodafone Ghana<br />
Music Awards<br />
(VGMAs), has released<br />
the list of nominees for this<br />
year’s edition.<br />
After four years of being blacklisted<br />
by the board for denigrating<br />
the scheme, Shatta Wale is back into<br />
the fray of the VGMAs and will<br />
face competition from Ebony,<br />
Sarkodie, Joe Mettle and label mate<br />
Stonebwoy for the topmost award.<br />
The Ghana Music Awards is an<br />
award scheme designed to recognise<br />
and celebrate the hard work and<br />
dedication of various stakeholders<br />
and players in the entertainment industry.<br />
Below is the full list of nominees<br />
Highlife Song Of the Year<br />
Dream - Kumi Guitar<br />
Bronya - Wutah<br />
Odo - Kidi<br />
Angela - Kuami Eugene<br />
Over - R2bees<br />
Hustle - Ebony<br />
Gospel Song of the Year<br />
Boot 4 Boot- Joyce Blessing<br />
Obi Nyanime - Patience<br />
Nyarko<br />
Efatawo - Nacee<br />
Adom - Gifty Osei<br />
Jehovah - Ceccy Twum<br />
Hiplife Song of the Year<br />
Total Cheat - Fancy Gadam ft<br />
Sarkodie<br />
Boys Boys - Nacee F. Guru<br />
Obi Agyi obi girl - Captain<br />
Planet ft Kofi Kinataa<br />
Ayoo - Shatta Walle<br />
One Corner—Patapaa<br />
Hip Pop Song of the Year<br />
State Of The Art - Teephlow<br />
Light It Up - Sarkodie<br />
Grind Day Remix - Kwesi<br />
Arthur<br />
Pen and Paper - Kojo-cue &<br />
Shaker<br />
Dear God—B4Bonah<br />
Reggae/Dancehall Song of<br />
the Year<br />
Until The Dawn - Efya<br />
My Own - Samini<br />
My Name - Stonebwoy<br />
Maya Burn Dem - Article<br />
Wan<br />
Rewind - Mzvee<br />
Dem Confuse -<br />
Shatta Wale<br />
Afro Pop Song of the Year<br />
Makoma - Adina<br />
Oh Yeah - King Promise<br />
Say You Love Me - Kidi<br />
Sing My Name - Mzvee<br />
Jennifer Lomotey - Kurl Songz<br />
Sponsor - Ebony<br />
My Baby - Magnom<br />
Come From Afar - Stonebwoy<br />
Gospel Artiste of the Year<br />
Joyce Blessing<br />
Patience Nyarko<br />
Joe Mettle<br />
Celestine Donkor<br />
Nacee<br />
Gifty Osei<br />
Highlife Artiste of the Year<br />
Wutah<br />
Kidi<br />
Kuami Eugene<br />
Becca<br />
Reggae Dancehall Artiste of<br />
the Year<br />
Shatta Wale<br />
Ebony<br />
Stonebwoy<br />
Mzvee<br />
•Kuami Eugene<br />
Songwriter of<br />
the Year<br />
Kumi Guitar -<br />
Dream<br />
Joe Mettle -<br />
Bo Noo Ni<br />
Bullet - Maame Hw3<br />
Willis Beatz - Last Show<br />
Samini - My Own<br />
Stonebwoy - My Name<br />
Best Music Video of the Year<br />
Dream - Abass<br />
Selfish - Vertex<br />
My Girl -Nicol Sey<br />
Wedding Car - Bra Shizzle<br />
Obi Agyi Obi Girl -Gyo-<br />
Phamous Filmz<br />
Pen & Paper -E Kumodzi<br />
Record of the Year<br />
Dream - Kumi Guitar<br />
My Own - Samini<br />
Glory - Sarkodie<br />
State Of The Art-Teephlow<br />
Hiplife/hiphop Artiste of the<br />
Year<br />
Ponobiom<br />
R2bees<br />
Captain Planet<br />
Kwesi Arthur<br />
Sarkodie<br />
VVIP<br />
Best Male Vocal Performance<br />
Joe Mettle-Bo No Nii<br />
King Promise-Selfish<br />
Kidi- Odo<br />
Kuami Eugene-Angela<br />
Mugeez-Over<br />
Samini- My Own<br />
•Shatta Wale<br />
Best Female Vocal<br />
Performance<br />
Adina-Makoma<br />
Nana Yaa-Don’t Leave Me<br />
Alone<br />
Efya- Love<br />
Mzvee-Bright Lights<br />
Becca-Summuy3<br />
Best Group of the Year<br />
VVIP<br />
R2bees<br />
Wutah<br />
Best Rapper of the Year<br />
Eno Barony - Fear No Man<br />
Teflon - Phlowducation<br />
Sarkodie - Light It Up<br />
Shaker - Pen and Paper<br />
Ko-jo Cue - Pen and Paper<br />
Strongman - Transformer<br />
Best collaboration of the Year<br />
Bo Noo Ni— Joe Mettle Ft<br />
Luigi Maclean<br />
Sing My<br />
Name<br />
•Mz Vee<br />
Remix— Mzvee Ft Patoranking<br />
Jennifer Lomotey— Kurl Songs<br />
ft Sarkodie<br />
Pain Killer— Sarkodie ft Runtown<br />
Taking Over— Shatta Wale Ft<br />
S.M Militant<br />
Obi Agye Obi Girl— Captain<br />
Planet ft Kofi Kinata<br />
Na Wash— Becca ft Patoranking<br />
African Artiste of the Year<br />
Davido<br />
Wizkid<br />
Too Fan<br />
Cassper Nyovest<br />
Nasty C<br />
Tiwa Savage<br />
Olamide<br />
Best New Artiste of the Year<br />
King Promise<br />
Kurl Songz<br />
Kidi<br />
Kuami Eugege<br />
Magnom<br />
Kwesi Arthur<br />
B4Bonah<br />
UNSUNG Artiste of the Year<br />
Kelvyn Boy<br />
Dope Nation<br />
Dhat Gyal<br />
OBK<br />
Real MC<br />
Christian<br />
Album of the Year<br />
Epistles of Mama - Stonebwoy<br />
Highest - Sarkodie<br />
Daavi - Mzvee<br />
Bonyfied - Ebony<br />
Song of the Year<br />
Joe Mettle - Bo No Nii<br />
Shatta Wale - Ayoo<br />
King Promise - Oh yeah<br />
Sarkodie ft Runtown -<br />
Painkiller<br />
Patapaa - One Corner<br />
Ebony - Sponsor<br />
Kuami Eugene - Angela<br />
Kidi - Odo<br />
Shatta Wale ft The Militants -<br />
Taking Over<br />
Fancy Gandam ft Sarkodie -<br />
Total Cheat<br />
Magnom - My Baby<br />
Captain Planet ft Kofi Kinaata<br />
- Obi Agi Obi Girl<br />
Wutah - Bronya<br />
Artiste of the Year<br />
Joe Mettle<br />
Ebony<br />
Shatta Wale<br />
Sarkodie<br />
Stonebwoy