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As the year has ended, which would also mean the shutting down of the calendar year for the 2016 music releases for the Vodafone Ghana Music awards 2017; music lovers, experts and aficionados of the industry have been opining on which artiste has/had the most reflective year.
Most Ghanaian artistes have really worked industriously this year; from all the genres: dancehall, hip life, afro pop, hip hop, high life to gospel, have really put in so much effort to put their music and personalities out there.
ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
Sarkodie
Guru
Nacee
Shatta Wale
EL
Okyeame Kwame
Stonebwoy
M.anifest
HIGH LIFE SONG OF THE YEAR Jw3- Bisa K Dei
Christy- Dobble
Fefeefe- Dunsin
Here to stay- Afriyie
Sweetie Pie- Kofi Kinaata
Adiza- KobbySymple
PaaKwasi- Nipa Dasani
Nacee- Menewoa
KojoAntwi – Nyoo
Trigmatic- Motromodwo
DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR
Nii Funny
Article Wan
Medikal
Ebony
Eugy
Sorakiss
Rudebwoy Ranking
KobbySymple
GOSPEL ARTISTE OJ
Nacee
Great Ampong
Mabel Okyere
HIGH LIFE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
Afriyie
PaaKwasi
Bisa K. Dei
BEST RAPPER OF THE YEAR M.anifest- god Mc
Sarkodie-Bossy
EL-Lalafalama
Medical –Confirm
Okyeame Kwame- Halleluyah
Jay So –Little Monsters
REGGAE / DANCEHALL ARTISTE
Stonebwoy
Shatta Wale
Samini
Kaakie
MzVee
Article Wan
Ogya Mensa
HIP HOP SONG OF THE YEAR
godMc- M.anifest
Bossy/kanta- Sarkodie
Lalafalama- EL
Confirm- Medikal
Nyame bra-Pappy Kojo
Little Monsters- Jay So feat. Sarkodie
Tension-Okyeame Kwame feat.Cabum, Medikal, Debby
BEST REGGAE / DANCEHALL SONG
People dey- Stonebwoy
Get serious- OgyaMensah
Pain dem- Rudebwoy Ranking
Arostor- Kaakie
Obordobidi- Shatta Wale
Yonnah- Samini
AFRO POP SONG OF THE YEAR Gbedu- Trigmatic feat.Stonebwoy
Kaabuame- EL
Dance for me-Eugy feat. MrEazi
Solo- Article Wan
Body Body- Epixode feat. Mr. Eazi
Kpordawoe – Edem
U x Me- Joey B
YaaPono- BribiNti
AFRICAN ARTISTE
Patoranking
Mr. Eazi
Reekado Banks
Tekno
Phyno
Timaya
Cynthia Morgan
BEST GROUP
VVIP
4X4
R2Bees
Dunsin
Gallaxy
GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR YewoNyame a Yewo adze- Nacee
Change Over- Mary Agyemang
Mewo Jesus- Mabel Okyere
Nipahia Moa- OJ
YehowaKae Me- Great Ampong
WommaYesu so- Elder Ofori
HIP LIFE/ HIP HOP ARTISTE
Sarkodie
Guru
EL
Edem
Okyeame Kwame
Flowking Stone
Medikal
Joey B
Kofi Kinaata
M.anifest
Pappy Kojo
BEST MUSIC VIDEO Sorakiss- My honey
Guru- Samba
Shatta Wale – Kakai
FeliNuna-I Like am
Okyeame Kwame- Halleluyah
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Adina- Too Late
Nana Yaa- Handkerchief
Becca – Beshiwo
Kaakie- Arostor
MzVee- Nobody Else
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Ogya Mensa- Get serious
Afriyie- Here to stay
Akwaboah- Too Late
Blakk Prophet- Nobody Else
Nacee- YewoNyame a Yewoadze
KojoAntwi- Nyoo
HIP LIFE SONG OF THE YEAR Samba – Guru feat. Singlet
Club -Donzy feat. Piesie&Sarkodie
My property- C2C
I dey like am – OB feat. Don Itchy
Go Low- Flowking Stone
Halleluyah- Okyeame Kwame
RNS- Sarkodie
Nii Funny- Vuvuzela
Wisa Greid- Mintsebo
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Nacee- Councilor 1
Guru- Gold
EL- Elorm
M.anifest- Nowhere cool
Flowking Stone- Gifted
Shatta Wale- After the storm
Epixode- Spar Junkiez
BEST COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Nacee feat. Ernest Opoku- YewoNyame a yewo adze
Guru featuring Singlet- Samba
OkyeameKwame feat. Abochi- Halleluyah
Donzy feat.Piesie&Sarkodie- Club
Medikal feat.Sarkodie – Confirm remix
Trigmatic featuring AI – Motromodwo
SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR Ogya Mensa- Get serious
OJ- Nipahia moa
Trigmatic-Motromodwo
PaaKwasi- Nipa Dasani
Kumi Guitar-Obra
Dada Hafco- Friends
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Menewoa- Nacee
Motromodwo/ GyeNyame- Trigmatics
Hello- Akwaboah feat. Sarkodie
Get Serious- Ogya Mensa
KojoAntwi – Nyoo
UNSUNG
eShun
Deon Boakye
Worlasi
Positive Vybz
Kamelyon
AJ Lyrics
Famous
Eeii Nation
Baffour
Don Itchy
Fancy Gadam
Macassio
Amerado
Yaw Frilla
Boggy Wenezday
Akan
