Greater Accra Music Awards (GAMA), an annual awards scheme that seeks to recognize and award musical talents in the Greater Accra Region will on Friday, November 15, 2019 hold its premiere awards night at the Accra Digital Centre, 7pm.
According to the organizers, the night will recognise and celebrate the hard working artistes under the year in review and it will be hosted by Rosemond Brown (Akuapim Poloo).
The night will see Sista Afia, Rudeboy Ranking, Xdoe, Dr Ray, Wind Afrique, Dahlin Gage, others perform.
In an interview with the organizers, they explained that, "The winners within each category are determined by a twofold voting system. The first is a percentage of the final score allocated to the award academy who individually vote for their preferred artist/group.
The second is a larger percentage allocated to the general public who vote via SMS for their favorite artist after having access to various music samples on the official website. All the votes go to an independent auditing firm who determine the final winner."
They added that, “the categories along with definitions are sent out to industry practitioners in the region by the GAMA Board; radio station DJs, night club DJs as well as MUSIGA Greater Regional office, major distributors of music etc, for nominations in the various categories."
Below are the categories:
Traditional Song of the Year
Highlife Song of the Year
Gospel Song of the Year
Hip life Song of the Year
Hip Hop Song of the Year
Reggae Song of the Year
Dancehall Song of the Year
Best Group of the Year
Best Rapper of the Year
Best Collaboration of the Year
Emerging Artiste of the Year
Album of the Year
Viral Song of the Year
Best Male Vocalist of the Year
Best Female Vocalist of the Year
Song Writer of the Year
Producer of the Year
Video director Year
Hip hop Artiste of the Year
Traditional Artiste of the Year
Highlife Artiste of the Year
Gospel Artiste of the Year
None Gama Artiste of the Year
Gama International Artiste of the Year
Fan base of the Year
Best DJ of the Year
Best Promoter/ Blogger of the Year
Hip life Artiste of the Year
Reggae Artiste of the Year
Dancehall Artiste of the Year
Artiste of the Year