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The final list of winners for 2019 Ghana Music Awards
The 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards will go down in history not only as the 20th anniversary edition, but as the most eventful one yet!
With unprecedented events like the scuffle between Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale on stage, which led to fear and panic, the VGMA board decided to hold back the announcement of the Artiste of the Year and Most Popular Song of the Year.
There were a lot of speculations and predictions as to which of the two embattled musicians would win which of the two awards, but the VGMA Board revealed at their anticipated press conference on Thursday that those awards had been nullified for the year, and in addition, the ones won by both artistes on Saturday were cancelled.
This means the list of winners is now as follows:
Artiste of the Year
Null
Vodafone Most Popular Song
Null
Traditional Artist of the Year
Kwanpa Band
Sarkodie
Sound Engineer of the Year
Francis Osei
Instrumentalist of the Year
Mizter Okyere
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Dr. Rev. Mrs. Mary Ghansah, J. A. Adofo, Professor Kofi Abraham
Gospel Song of the Year
Diana Hamilton – Mo Ne Yo
Highlife Song of the Year
Null
Reggae/Dancehall Song of the Year
Null
Hip-hop Song of the Year
Kwesi Arthur – Anthem
Hiplife Song of the Year
Yaa Pono – Obiaa Wone Master feat Stonebwoy
Afropop Song of the Year
Guilty Beatz – Akwaaba feat Mr Eazi, Pappy Kojo & King Promise
Gospel Artiste of the Year
Diana Hamilton
Highlife Artiste of the Year
Kuami Eugene
Hiplife/Hiphop Artiste of the Year
Medikal
Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year
Null
Best Video of the Year
MzVee – Come and See My Moda feat Yemi Alade (Dir Xbills Ebenezer)
Songwriter of the Year
King Promise – CCTV
Record of the Year
Akwaboah – Hye Me Bo
Best Collaboration of the Year
Null
Producer of the Year
Kuami Eugene
Male Vocalist of the Year
KiDi – Thunder
Female Vocalist of the Year
Efya
African Artiste of the Year
Burna Boy
Rapper of the Year
Medikal
Best African Collaboration
Akwaaba – Guilty Beatz Ft Mr Eazi, Pappy Kojo & Patapaa
Group of the Year
Bethel Revival Choir
Best New Artiste of the Year
Wendy Shay
Album of the Year
Rockstar – Kuami Eugene
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