Who Wins What At Ghana Music Awards?

BY MAY 1, the whole world will ascertain who will emerge winners at this year?s Ghana Music Awards. A number of the artistes have gotten the highest number of nominations, which stand at five.

Those topping the nominations list with five are TicTac, Obour, Mad Fish, Batman, Kweku Gyasi and Lady Prempeh.

The Nomination Committee of the Ghana Music Awards released the list of the various categories.

Following its tradition to discourage the use of indecent lyrics in music, it disqualified two songs nominated for particular award categories. Writes Van-Noah Soul Addey, NjoyOnline.com

The songs are ?Awoso me? by Mzbel, and ?Linda? by Batman, but the third song ?Konkontibaa? by Obour, was given a clean slate when he was invited to explain his message in Konkontibaa to the Nomination Committee.

Charter House, organisers of the Ghana Music Awards released the nominations for the sixth edition of the awards in the beginning of April. The scheduled date is 30th April, and the curtain is expected to be raised at 8:00pm.

Charter House had promised the show would experience lots of improvement, as compared with the previous years, and one which will open doors for Ghanaian musicians, as representatives of world-renowned musicians are expected to attend.

MOST POPULAR SONG OF THE YEAR CATEGORY: - Dada Dida by Rex Omar, Konkontibaa by Obour, Me huri so by Seth Frimpong, Scenti no by Sydney, Ashikele by George Jahrah, Odom u anigye bi by Dada K.D., Ayeyi by Kweku Gyasi, Fefe na efe by Tic Tac & Nipa by Esther Smith.

ARTISTE OF THE YEAR: Tic Tac, Kweku Gyasi, Batman, Seth Frimpong, Rex Omar, Obuor, Slim Busterr & Reggie Rockstone.

HIPLIFE SONG OF THE YEAR: - Fefe na efe by Tic Tac, Gonja Barracks by Buk Bak, Konkontibaa by Obour, He ko ejorko by Tinny, Wone me baby by Mad Fish, Obaa no by Okomfo Kwadee, Scenti no by Sydney, Old man bugey by FBS & Enye m?enia by Okyeame Kojo Kum.

HIPLIFE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR: Batman, Reggie Rockstone, Buk Bak, Tic Tac, Obour, Okomfo Kwadee, Mad Fish & FBS

NEW HIPLIFE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR: Mad Fish, Dr. Poh, Bandana, Batman, Kwaw Kese, Mzbel, FBS, & Bole.

BEST MALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE (SOLO/GROUP):K.K. Fosu, Ofori Amponsah, Daasebre Gyamenah, Moses O.K., Lucky Mensah, Kweku Gyasi, Bright (Buk Bak), Adane Best & Dada K.D.

BEST FEMALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE (SOLO/GROUP):Lady Prempeh, Christiana Love, Agnes Opoku Agyeman, Cindy Thompson, Esther Smith, Sandra Oduro, Ama Boahemaa, Grace Ashy & Philippa Baafi.

CONTEMPORARY HIGHLIFE SONG OF THE YEAR: Sardine by Ofori Amponsah, Dada Dida by Rex Omar, Odom u enigyee bi by Dada K.D, Obaa by Dasebre Gyamena, Anadwo ye de by K.K. Fosu & Ashikele by George Jahrah.

CONTEMPORARY HIGHLIFE ARTISTE: Ofori Amponsah, Rex Omar, George Jahrah, Dada K.D, Dasebre Gyamena & K.K. Fosu.

GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR: Nipa by Esther Smith, Me huri so by Seth Frimpong, Ayeyi by Kweku Gyasi, Onyame ka na waka by Lady Prempeh, Wo nuntso yesu by Grace Ashy, Me nnsan mekyi by Agnes Opoku Agyeman, Awurade wobeko by Ama Boahema, Awurade aye by Micheal Osei-Bonsu & Yesu ye me last stop by Philipa Baafi.

GOSPEL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR: Grace Ashy, seth Frimpong, Josh Laryea, Kweku Gyasi, Lady Prempeh & Agnes Opoku Agyeman.

NEW GOSPEL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR: Lady Prempeh, Moses O.K, Micheal Oware Sakyi (O.J) & Margaret Mensah.

NEW ARTISTE OF THE YEAR: Lady Prempeh, Mad Fish, Batman, Dr. Poh, Bandana, Mzbel & FBS.

BEST COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR: Fefe na efe by Tic Tac & Tony Tetuila, Shine your eye by Obour, Papa Shanty & Tic Tac, Wone me baby by Mad Fish & Batman, Ah by Reggie Rockstone & K. K. Fosu, Maranatha by Sam Cooper & Elder Mireku, Mate ahwe ne do mu by Okyeame Kwame & Daasebre and Aso by George Jahrah & Okyeame Kwame.

HIGHLIFE SONG OF THE YEAR: Aduu sumo akwadu, by Lucky Mensah and Ayeeko by Adane Best at the 2005 Ghana Music Awards.