The Telecel Ghana Music Awards, formerly Vodafone Ghana Music Awards remains the biggest music awards event in Ghana.
The 26th TGMA was recently held at the Accra International Conference Center, where numerous deserving musicians were acknowledged and rewarded.
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The category that many Ghanaians anticipated to see the winner was the “Artiste of the Year”, where “Paris” hitmaker, King Promise stood tall among his competitors:
Meanwhile, this article focuses on the full list of TGMA “Artiste of the Year” winners since 1999.
- 1999- Akyeame
- 2000- Daddy Lumba
- 2001- Kojo Antwi
- 2002- Lord Kenya
- 2003- Kontihene
- 2004- VIP
- 2005- Obour
- 2006- Ofori Amponsah
- 2007- Samini
- 2008- Kwaw Kese
- 2009- Okyeame Kwame
- 2010- Sarkodie
- 2011- VIP
- 2012- Sarkodie
- 2013- R2Bees
- 2014- Shatta Wale
- 2015- Stonebwoy
- 2016- EL
- 2017- Joe Mettle
- 2018- Ebony Reigns
- 2019- No winner announced
- 2020- Kuami Eugene
- 2021- Diana Hamilton
- 2022- Kidi
- 2023- Black Sherif
- 2024- Stonebwoy
- 2025- King Promise
Listed beneath are also, the full winners of the TGMA26;
- Unsung Artiste of the Year: Yaw Darling
- Best Hiplife Song of the Year: Bad Feelins by Tulenkey
- Best Male Vocalist of the Year: Joe Mettle
- Best Female Vocal Performance: Esther Godwyll
- Best Highlife Song of the Year: King Paluta: Makoma
- Best Hiphop Song of the Year: Kweku Smoke (Holy Ghost)
- Best Collaboration of the Year: KiDi ft Black Sherif(Lomolomo)
- Best International Collaboration of the Year: Diana Hamilton ft Mercy Chinwo (This is the Doing of the Lord)
- Best Afropop Song of the Year: King Promise (Paris)
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Yaw Sarpong and the Asomafo band.
- Best Traditional Song of the Year: Empress Gifty(Watch Me)
- Best Afrobeats Song of the Year: OliveTheBoy(Asylum)
- Best Video of the Year: Stonebwoy(Jerejere)
- Best Gospel Artiste: Joe Mettle
- Producer of the Year: Khendi Beatz (Aseda)
- Best Afropop/Afrobeats Artiste of the Year: King Promise
- Best Urban /Contemporary Gospel: Team Eternity Ghana
- Best African Song of the Year: Tshwala Bam by Burna Boy, TitoM and Yuppe
- Best Highlife Artiste of the Year: Fameye
- Songwriter of the Year: Kofi Kinaata(Saman)
- Rap Performance of the Year: Kweku Smoke
- Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste: Stonebwoy
- Group of the Year: Team Eternity Ghana
- Best Hiplife/Hiphop Artiste of the Year: Kweku Smoke
- Best Reggae/ Dancehall Song of the Year: Stonebwoy
- Best Album/EP of the Year: King Promise
- Record/Best Sound of the Year: Ayisi(Can I live)
- Best New Artiste of the Year: Beeztrap
- Music for Development: Epixode
- Most Popular Song of the Year: Aseda(King Paluta)
- Artiste of the Year: King Promise