THE 13th edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Festival has recorded an impressive turnout of entries for consideration into the 29 coveted award categories of the Scheme.
More than 350 individual songs and nearly 200 artistes have been submitted since the information on the call for entries was made public in early January. Many more entries are expected in as the process is yet to officially end.
The VGMA Board during their second sitting on Thursday January 26, 2012 began the arduous task of cataloging the over 350 song entries into their respective categories.
The dedicated Board team has their work cut out for them during this stage of the scheme. It is their responsibility to painstakingly place all the entries into categories for short listing – a task made more grueling by the fact that Members have to literally listen and debate on the appropriate category for each song presented.
The impressive turnout this year is a good sign that the music industry did not do too badly in the year under review (December 1, 2010 – December 31st 2011).
The VGMA aims above all, to recognise the hard work and dedication of the music industry practitioners. It must be said at this point that the industry deserve a pat on the back for work done in keeping Ghana and the world dancing with their releases in all genres of music.
A cursory look at the work done so far in the categorization process reveals that there will be an interesting race for the Hiplife Song of the Year category. The category has received a tremendous boost with the advent of the “Azonto movement” with its accompanying dance rhythm. The competition here will certainly be worth one’s while.
Month: January 2012
Audio: Praye Tiatia Reacts To War With Winner Of ‘Miss Goldenwood’ 2011 Story. He Says ‘90% Of The Story Is True But ..’!
In a story published last week captioned ‘Praye Tiatia At War With Selorm Galley, Winner Of ‘Miss Goldenwood’ 2011 & Talent Hunt!’, we revealed that Selorm Galley, winner of the maiden edition of ‘Miss Goldenwood & Talent Hunt’, a pageant organised to scout for young ladies with interest in acting is warming the bed of … Read more
Fred Nuamah Says He Was Never Thrown Out Of ‘His Home'
According to a recent report by Daily Guide, CEO and Founder Of Ghana Movie Awards-Mr. Fred Nuamah “has been thrown out of his residence at Community 19, Lashibi, by his land lady whom he has been playing hide and seek with for some time now”. The story states that “Fred was ejected on Friday at … Read more
GC GiveAway: The Winner Of The Cute Leather Bag Worth $150 Is…
It is sad that most people cannot follow instructions…The competition requested 3 things to be done for entry and several people did 1 or 2, and could not be bothered with the 3rd part… Anyway, among the few who took their time to go through the 3 stages of the competition, Gemzy_angel has been randomly … Read more
2011 Best Male Vocal Performer KNii Lante Sings For The Black Stars!
Ghana Music Awards 2011 Best Male Vocal Performer KNii Lante has composed a song for the Black Stars who are currently participating in the African Cup of Nations hosted by Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
Enjoy it here or click here to download your copy.
Miss Ghana 1997 Benita Golomeke On Her Way To Ghana’s Parliament!
Former Miss Ghana Benita Sena Golomeke who won the crown in 1997 last Saturday defeated the Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports to pick the ticket to represent the ruling National Democratic Congress [NDC] at the Parliamentary Elections in the 2012 General Elections for Ledzokuku Constituency in the Greater Accra Region.
People in the showbiz industry are considered as not too serious. When professionals in the entertainment industry try to veer off to politics, they are mocked because politics is believe to be for ‘serious’ people.
It is good to know that at least some Ghanaian voters are wise and of age when it comes to voting for people to represent them in Ghana’s parliament.
Now known as Benita Okity-Duah, she also defeated Nii Sowah Boye Sekan, the junior brother of the late Nii Adjei Boye-Sekan, the first MP in the Fourth Republic in the Ledzokuku Constituency.
The Ledzokuku Constituency has been one of the swing constituencies in the Greater Accra Region. The NDC won and maintain the seat with the Late Nii Adjei Boye-Sekan in 1992 and 1996. The NPP also won the seat in the 2000 Parliamentary Elections with Mr. Edward Akita and managed to keep it in 2004 with Dr. Gladys Norley Ashitey. The current MP, Nii Nortey Dua regained the seat for the NDC in 2008.
Motivational Message Of The Week: Nothing Great Was Ever Achieved Without Enthusiasm
How far someone can go with any project determines how much he/she can achieve. If how far you can go depends on ‘enthusiasm’, then how much or what you can achieve is also dependent on ‘enthusiasm’.
The above may sound complicated or silly, but it is a fact. Nothing great in this world has been achieved without enthusiasm. In order to achieve something great, you must go far with your efforts, run over disappointments and failure. The only way you can do this is to have ‘enthusiasm’ in what you doing.
You can only achieve anything substantial in what you are doing if you have the needed ‘enthusiasm’ to out run the various obstacles that will come your way. Without ‘enthusiasm’, you will never be able to achieve any greatness in what you are doing.
Greatness is when you find the limits of possibility by going beyond them into the impossibility. Getting to the door of the impossibility is therefore a long rough journey through ‘possibility’; this journey can only be fully taken with enthusiasm. And it is at the end of this journey that ‘Greatness’ dwells.
Attention:Upload An Avatar To Show On Your Comments, It Distinguishes You!
GhanaCelebrities.com (GC) cherishes your comments. Some are funny, wow and harsh, but they all make GC an interesting place. Why don’t you spice up your comments with a unique avatar? (Not talking about James Cameron’s movie, lol). The small picture attached to your name when you comment. Some regular commentators who have avatars are BB, … Read more
Who Has The REAL Musical Talent: Becca Vrs Efya…
Becca’s commercial success cannot be undermined, same way Efya’s fast rising triumph from the roughness of the underground world into mainstream cannot be ignored. Despite the fact that both ladies have equally amazing voices, musical talent does not only come from the voice. Delivery, choice of words, stage craft, appearance and other factors come together … Read more
Breaking News: The Department Of Homeland Security (USCIS) Approves Visas For The ‘The Spirited Actor’ – The Search For Africa’s Next Hollywood Star Contestants!
Information available to GhanaCelebrities.Com has it that, the Department of Homeland Security has approved for VISAs for the 12 contestants of the ‘The Spirited Actor’ – The Search For Africa’s Next Hollywood Star Reality Show which is scheduled to take place in New York.
‘The Spirited Actor’ – The Search For Africa’s Next Hollywood Star is a reality show to recruit acting talents in Africa [Ghana and Nigeria] for the fame and glitz in Hollywood. The winner gets the opportunity to co-star in an America movie with Morris Chestnut as well as “A” list actors and actresses from Hollywood. The winner is going to get his/her own personal Hollywood agent. The person gets training from Celebrity Acting Coach, Tracey Moore.
‘The Spirited Actor’ – The Search For Africa’s Next Hollywood Star is a Tracey Moore, Paradise Entertainment & Davis Media Group initiative. It’s sponsored by Ghana Commercial Bank [GCB] and VIasat1.
A press conference would be arranged to convey the good news to the media shortly.
GC GiveAway: Win A Cute Leather Hand Bag Worth $150 !
By Courtesy of GhanaCelebrities.Com’s long friendship with Serwaa Bags, a leading bag outlet in Ghana and Europe, I have secured a cute pure leather bag worth $150 dollars to give away to a lucky reader… To enter this competition and win the hand bag, you got to do 3 simple things… 1. Comment below stating … Read more
Praye Tiatia At War With Selorm Galley, Winner Of ‘Miss Goldenwood’ 2011 & Talent Hunt!
Praye Tiatia, the shortest member of the Praye group also known as Steven Fiawoo a.k.a. BIG J has turned a new leaf and changed overnight to spend enough quality time with his girlfriend for the fear of losing her to a rich man.
What triggered such a decision?
Many musicians don’t share the idea of revealing who they are dating to the general public. Though the public is aware who some of them are dating, many believe due to the womanizing attitude of some male musicians, it would be unreasonable for any of them to publicly name who he’s dating.
Jeremie Is A Liar, She Is Not A Virgin…Says An Ex BF
After my post which looked at some of the loose claims of YFM presenter Jeremie, I got a phone call from a gentleman in Ghana… Jeremie’s silly claim that her acquired foreign accent of no origin is REAL is not worth talking about. My little cousin even knows it is FAKE and we all know … Read more
For Those Asking Who Ashawobrity Angela Tabiri Is…This Is How She Became 'Famous'
People have been asking me who the heck is this Angela Tabiri flaunting her boobs all around…Before I proceed, you guys got to note that her name is TABIRI not FEBIRI. Gosh, leave my goddam family name out of this…LOL Anyway, I have been digging through our archives and have found some snap shots of her from … Read more
War On Piracy Hits Ghanaian Video Rental Shops!
Film Distributors Association of Ghana, in collaboration with Film Regulatory Board of Ghana, has issued a directive to start clamping down on operators of video rental shops in Ghana.
This is part of the association’s ongoing anti-piracy war to reduce the rate at which some unscrupulous persons are taking the law into their hands to pirate local movies.
At a press conference last week Thursday Maxlot Hotel in Accra, under the theme ‘War On Piracy’, the association said its members had not granted any video rental shop the right to rent their movies. As a result, any video rental shop that rented local movies was in contravention of Copyright Law, Act 6: 90.