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11 Apr

24th VGMA Xperience Concert Makes A Stop In Ho

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Ho was brought to a standstill in 2016 when the nominees of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards made a grand stop in the city. Sensational and chart-topping artistes thrilled fans as they performed back-to-back hits. After 7 years, the 24th VGMA party train makes a grand return to Ho with a galaxy of stars, for yet another unforgettable experience at the Ho sports stadium, on Saturday 15th April. The capital city is set to once again come alive with performances from stage stoppers and VGMA-nominated artistes such as Chief One, Medikal, Piesie Esther, Celestine Donkor, Wendy Shay, Camidoh, Stonebwoy, 6…

05 Apr

Jay Bahd Struck Out Of Vgmas ‘Best New Artiste’ Category

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Organizers of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) have heeded the petition of Ghanaians over the inclusion of popular Asakaa group member, Jay Bahd, in the Best New Artiste category of this year’s edition. Jay Bahd was among seven budding artistes namely; Malcom Nuna, Djay, Lasmid, DJ Azonto, Chief One, and Ewura Abena who were nominated for that category. Following the earlier announcement of nominees, a large section of netizens took to social media to protest that the ‘Anadwo’ hitmaker outweighs that particular category. However, after thorough deliberation, the VGMAs board has considered the request of fans. To that effect,…

03 Apr

“Such Nonsense!” – KOD Reacts To Ambolley’s Claim That VGMA Is A Curse To Highlife

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Ghanaian broadcaster, Kofi Okyere Darko (KOD) has expressed his disappointment with a recent statement made by veteran musician Gyedu-Blay Ambolley about the current state of highlife. Ambolley in an interview with Graphic Showbiz said that the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) has vitiated the highlife music genre. He said giving the topmost awards to artistes in other music genres in the VGMA has affected the fortunes of highlife. He also raised concerns the quality of artistes nominated in the Best Highlife Artiste of the Year category of the awards. “It is unfortunate that people think when you sing in Twi…

21 Mar

Piesie Esther Deserves To Win Artiste Of The Year And All Other Categories She Is On – Celestine Donkor

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Celestine Donkor, a Ghanaian gospel musician, has launched a campaign to help Piesie Esther win Artiste of the Year at this year's Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. Celestine Donkor stated on Facebook that, despite being a nominee in the upcoming awards ceremony, she expects the gospel musician to win four awards, including the overall. Piesie Esther, in her opinion, has done exceptionally well, and her song 'Waye Miyie' has blessed the body of Christ. She believes Piesie deserves all of the nominations she has received, including Artiste of the Year. Read her full post below #DearChurchPeople, #Tsooooooboi Even though I am…

21 Mar

Eno Barony Reacts To 24th VGMA Snub

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Charterhouse, organizers of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards snubbed Eno Barony, in this year's award, a situation the rapper has described as unfortunate. Eno called out the award schemes for their failure to nominate her despite the hard work and production of good music under the year in review. According to the rapper, she deserved a nomination under four categories: Best HipHop Songs, Best Rap Performance, Best Collaboration and Hiplife/Hiphop Artiste of the Year. "I know you are also wondering why this song did not get any nominations. Hmmm #OnlyJah," she captioned a snippet of the music video for 'Don't Judge…

20 Mar

Why Shatta Wale Was Not Nominated For The 24th VGMA

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Charterhouse, organisers of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) have unveiled nominees for the 24th edition with Shatta Wale once again missing out. Music lovers have called for the inclusion of Shatta Wale in VGMA following years of absence in the award schemes. It would be recalled that Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy were banned by VGMAs board as a result of their scuffle on stage back in 2019. The ban was however lifted in 2022. Stonebwoy showed interest and was welcomed back, however, Shatta Wale announced in a Facebook post his decision to exclude himself from the awards scheme with his then-manager, Bullgod, citing the constant disrespect from organizers as the…

14 Mar

24th VGMA Unsung Nominees Date Out! Who Makes The 10th Anniversary List?

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The last 10 years have seen the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards give relatively unknown artistes the rare opportunity to share the same stage with the biggest names in the music scene and afford them the avenue to showcase their art and craft to the world. The opportunity has become a springboard for many artistes to step into stardom, whether winning the ultimate prize or not. MzVee, Kuami Eugene, Kelvynboy, Adomaa, Eno Barony, Epixode, Strongman, Gyakie, Kofi Jamar, Mr Drew, Dope Nation, Cina Soul and many more; these names have become synonymous with music in Ghana, speaking to the level of…

02 Mar

24th VGMA Date Released!

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Charterhouse, organizers of the Annual Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, have announced the date of the 24th Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA). Referred to as Ghana’s biggest music night, the 24th VGMA is announced to come off on Saturday, 13th May, 2023, at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre. The event will air live across Ghana on TV3, and across Africa and the world via affiliate media platforms. Follow Ghana Music Awards on social media – Facebook, Twitter and Instagram - for updates on every information on VGMA, as we build up to the climax of music’s biggest…

01 Feb

Stonebwoy Revisits VGMA Brawl With Shatta Wale On The Breakfast Club

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Reggae/Dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy has revisited his brawl with Shatta Wale at the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards brawl. Speaking on The Breakfast Club on New York-based radio station Power FM he said that he has always been defensive especially when he is attacked. Hence, when Shatta Wale attempted to climb the VGMA stage with a crew while Stonebwoy accepted his award, the ‘Everlasting’ hitmaker said that he was not going to stand by idle. “Naturally, I am quickly defensive and we have been having this beef for years. I don’t even know where it is stemming from but that is…

18 Jan

Charterhouse Calls For Nominations Ahead Of 2023 VGMA

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Charterhouse, organisers of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA), is calling on all eligible musicians to submit their works for nomination to contest in the 24th edition of Ghana’s biggest music awards show. In an announcement, Charterhouse stated that they have opened entries for participation, noting that only works published in the year 2022 will be accepted. “Thus, all works from January 1st to December 31st, 2022 should be submitted via our online portal at www.entry.ghanamusicawards.com. There shall be no manual submissions,” parts of their statement read. The deadline for submissions is Sunday, February 12, 2023. Meanwhile, Charterhouse has provided…