List of Nominees For Vodafone Ghana Music Awards 2016

The biggest annual event in Ghana which is the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards is back again. This award scheme seeks to nominate music and industry players who have excelled in the field of Ghanaian entertainment for the previous year under consideration.
There was a change in the mode of making known of the nominees which was done online and on radio stations affiliated to the EIB Network. Check the full list of nominations here.

BEST NEW ARTIST

Nero X

Wisa

Donzy

Atom

Kofi Kinaata

AFRO-POP SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Fuse ODG – Only
2. R2bees – Gboza feat. Davido
3. Edem – Nyedzilo feat. Reekado Banks
4. MzVee – Abofra feat. Efya
5. Adina – Coastal Vibes feat. Trigmatic
6. E.L – Mi Naa Bo Po

BEST COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

1. VVIP – Skolom feat. Sena Dagadu
2. Sarkodie – Mewu feat. Akwaboah
3. Pappy Kojo – Aye Late feat. Sarkodie
4. Wisa – Ekikime feat. Luther
5. Donzy – The Crusade feat. Kofi Kinaata
6. Obrafour – Pimpinaa feat. Bisa Kdei

RECORD OF THE YEAR

1. Adina – Coastal Vibes feat. Trigmatic
2. MzVee – Abofra feat. Efya
3. R2bees – Concert Party
4. Sarkodie – Bra feat. Pat Thomas
5. Yaa Yaa – Dumb Drum
6. Rocky Dawuni – Shine Light
7. M.anifest – Forget Dem

HIP-LIFE SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Donzy – The Crusade feat. Kofi Kinaata
2. Atom – Ye Wo Krom
3. E.L – Koko
4. Wisa – Ekiki Me feat. Luther
5. VVIP – Skolom feat. Sena Dagadu
6. Guru – Pooley Swag

HIGHLIFE SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Aka Blay – Take Away feat. Cabum
2. Becca – Hwe
3. Bisa Kdei – Mansa
4. Obrafour – Pimpinaa feat. Bisa Kdei
5. R2bees – Makoma
6. Kofi Kinaata – Susuka
7. Ofori Amponsah – Alewa feat. Sarkodie

REGGAE/DANCEHALL SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Blakk Rasta – Serwaa Akoto
2. De Voice – It’s So Crazy
3. MzVee – Hold Me Now
4. Stonebwoy – Go Higher
5. AK Songstress – Holiday
6. Jupitar – Fire feat. Stonebwoy

BEST MALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE

1. Afriyie – Go Gaga
2. De Voice – It’s Crazy
3. Knii Lante – Thinking Out Loud
4. Pat Thomas – Bra (by Sarkodie)
5. Mugeez – Concert Party (With Omar Sterling)
6. Akwaboah Jnr. – Mewu (by Sarkodie)

BEST FEMALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE

1. Adina – Boom Boom Beat
2. Irene Logan – Me Do Wo
3. MzVee – Hold Me Now
4. Nana Yaa – E Go Be
5. Efya – SarkCess Story
6. Yaa Yaa – Dumb Drum

HIP-HOP SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Teephlow – The Warning feat. Sarkodie
2. E.L – All Black feat. Joey B & Pappy Kojo
3. Flowking Stone – Fire Bon Them
4. Kwaw Kese – Yakubu
5. Omar Sterling – Ninety Ninety
6. Pappy Kojo – Ay3 Late feat. Sarkodie

BEST RAPPER OF THE YEAR

1. E.L – King Without A Crown
2. FLowking Stone – Fire Bon Dem
3. Omar Sterling – Nineteen Ninety
4. Pappy Kojo – Ay3 Late
5. Sarkodie – Hand To Mouth
6. Teephlow – The Warning

BEST GROUP OF THE YEAR

1. VVIP
2. R2bees
3. Keche
4. Galaxy
5. Preachers

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

1. Mo Beat || Skolom
2. Bisa Kdei/Kaywa || Mansa
3. Akwaboah Jnr. || Aporsor
4. Beatz Dakay || Go Higher
5. Chapter Beatz || Ekikime
6. E.L || Mi Naa Bo Po
7. Dr. Ray || Ye Wo Krom
8. Kin Dee || Susuka

GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR

1. SP Kofi Sarpong – Hour By Hour feat. Joyce Blessing
2. Kofi Gyan – Yoboyo
3. Mary Owusu – W’ow Nkwa Wo Wor Ade
4. Obaapa Christy – Hyebre Sesafo
5. Patience Nyarko – Wafom Kwan
6. Nicholas Omane Acheapong

GOSPEL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

1. Obaapa Christy
2. Nicholas Omane Achemapong
3. Joe Mettle
4. SP Kofi Sarpong
5. Patience Nyarko
6. Preachers

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

1. Rex Omar – Paapa
2. Knii Lante – Beautiful Virgo
3. Kofi Kinaata – Susuka
4. MzVee, Richie & Efya – Abofra
5. Obrafour – Nkontompo
6. Stonebwoy – Go Higher