Nominees For 2025 Telecel Ghana Music Awards Announced

Organizers of the 2025 Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) have unveiled the final list of nominees on Saturday, March 15.

 

The announcement follows the closure of the nomination filing process. The main awards ceremony is slated for May 3, 2025.

 

However, before the 26th edition, a pre-party will occur on May 2. Nominees, industry stakeholders, and music enthusiasts are expected to attend the event for networking, discussions, and celebrations.

 

Once again, Stonebwoy, King Promise, and Black Sherif earned a spot in the Artist of the Year category. Kweku Smoke, King Paluta, Team Eternity, Joe Mettle also earned spots in the covetous category.

 

Okyeame Kwame, Sarkodie, Flowking Stone, Eno Barony, Kweku Smoke, and Lyrical Joe also battle it out for the Best Rap Performance.

 

Full list of nominees:

Artiste of the Year

Kweku Smoke

Team Eternity

Joe Mettle

King Paluta

King Promise

Stonebwoy

Black Sherif

 

Best New Artiste

LalixLola

AratheJay

Rap Fada

Team Eternity

Beeztrap Kotm

Kwesi Amewuga

 

Best Male Vocal Performance

Kofi Nuel – Do Not Fear

Emmanueel Juddah – Aseda

MOG Music – Ahuoden Fofro

Ayisi – Can I live

Joe Mettle – Obo Awon Oba

 

Best Female Vocal Performance

Naana Asiedu -Defe Defe

Lordina the Soprano – Simply Trusting Everyday

Esther Goodwyll – I Choose to Praise

Titi Owusu – Nobody

Mima Afrika – On Fire

 

Best Hiplife/HipHop Artiste

Amerado

Beeztrap KOTM

Kweku Smoke

Black Sherif

King Paluta

Sarkodie

Medikal

 

Best Rap Performance

Eno Barony

Kweku Smoke

Okyeame Kwame

Sarkodie Lyrical Joe

Flowking Stone

 

Best Gospel Artiste

Piesie Esther

Joe Mettle

Empress Gifty

Diana Hamilton

Team Eternity Ghana

MOG Music

 

Best HipHop Song

Joey B. – Princess

Kweku Smoke – Holy Ghost

Kwaw Kese ft Kofi Mole – Awoyo Sofo

Black Sherif – Kilos Milos

Sarkodie ft Beeztrap KOTM – Amen

Beeztrap KOTM & Oseikrom Osikani – Fly Girl

 

Best Afrobeat Song

OlivetheBoy – Asylum

Lasmid – Puul

Kidi ft Black Sherif – Lomo Lomo

Mr Drew – Sneaky

King Promise – Favourite Story

Beeztrap KOTM – Yesu

 

Best Hiplife Song

Eno Barony ft King Paluta – Soja Go Soja Come

Black Sherif – Rebel Music

Tulenkey ft Beeztrap KOTM – Bad Feeling

Okyeame Kwame ft Kuami Eugene – No Competition

Sarkodie – No Sir

Lyrical Joe ft Kuami Eugene – Enter

 

Best Highlife Song

Kuami Eugene – Canopy

King Paluta – Aseda

Fameye – Very Soon

Amerado – Abronoma

Rap Fada ft King Paluta – Odo Bi Ye BAD

Kofi Kinaata – Effiakuma Broken Heart

 

Best Urban Contemporary

Gospel Song Scoot Evans — Call

Joe Mettle ft Sandra Duah — Give Me Oil

Nana Yaw Ofori Atta

Team Eternity — Defe Defe

Kobby Salm — Cast Your Burden

Ohemaa Mercy ft Kofi Owusu — Dry Bones

 

Best Reggae/Dancehall Song

Amerado ft Samini — Ankonam Remix

Stonebwoy — Psalm 23

Ras Kuuku — Road of Evil

Samini — Chemistry

Jupitar — I Keep Winning

Moliy & Silent Addy — Shake It To The Max

Best Traditional Gospel

MOG Music — Wo Ye

Empress Gifty — Watch Me

Piesie — Ateene

Diana Hamilton — The Doing of the Lord

Mavis Asante — Victory

Queendalyn ft Judikay — Omewoya

 

Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste

Jupitar

Samini

Ras Kuuku

Epixode

Stonebwoy

Rocky Dawuni