The Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, touted to be one of the biggest Awards Events in Africa is definitely a not to be missed affair which once a year catapults our beloved Musicians into the limelight amidst pomp and splendour, oohs and aahs, cheers, jeers and applause…such is the Drama of the Festival! Call it the Grammy’s of West Africa and you most probably could be right! So don’t be surprised when on Sunday 4th March 2018 you wake up to tweets, posts, rants, cheers and all manner of sentiments! Why? Because by close of day on Saturday 3rd March 2018, we will all get to know which of your favourite artistes have made it to that enviable shortlist and earned a nomination in the 19th edition of Ghana’s most respected awards scheme, the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
This year’s event which is themed, “Music Beyond Borders” is designed to inspire Ghanaian Musicians and music industry players to aspire toward making strong influences globally with their music and artistry.
As structured and done over the years, organizers Charterhouse, in partnership with the recently announced media partners Media General, will release the various nominees for the various categories hourly on Media General platforms including TV3, 3FM, Akoma FM, Connect FM, Onua FM and on Charterhouse, Ghana Music Awards and Vodafone social media handles, walls and pages.
All categories will be unveiled from 10am through to 3pm except for Song of the Year, Album of the Year and the overall Artiste of the Year which will be unveiled at the Nominees Announcement Party later in the evening.
Below is the comprehensive order of how the nominees shall be unveiled
2018
NOMINEES UNVEIL ORDER
10 AM
Gospel song of the year
Highlife song of the year
Hiplife song of the year
11 AM
Hiphop song of the year
Reggae/dancehall song of the year
Afro pop song of the year
MIDDAY
Gospel Artiste of the year
Highlife Artiste of the year
Reggae/dancehall artiste of the year
1 PM
Song writer the year
Record of the year
Best Music Video of the year
2 PM
Hiplife/hiphop artiste of the year
Best Male vocal performance
Best female vocal performance
Best Group of the year
3 PM
Best Rapper of the year
Best collaboration of the year
African artiste of the year
Best New artiste of the year
AT NOMINEES PARTY
Album of the Year
Song of the Year
Artiste of the Year
The Vodafone Ghana Music Awards is a Charterhouse Ghana event, supported by Media General, Movenpick and proudly sponsored by Vodafone.