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R2Bees Still Venting Over ‘Ajeeei’ Disqualification From Ghana Music Awards!

04/3/2012 2:13 pm

Before this year’s nominations of the Ghana Music Awards were unveiled, many expected R2Bees’ smash hit ‘Ajeeei’ featuring Sarkodie and Nana Boroo to grab many nominations. Nonetheless, the track which has made waves since its release was axed from the list.

The awards’ Board disqualified the song because after voting, they came to a consensus that the song contains sexually explicit lyrics and violence. According to the same Board which is made up of industry professionals, several songs which contain sexually suggestive lyrics were not axed because they were not explicit.
However, R2Bees as artistes have been nominated in the awards. They were nominated in the ‘Group of the Year’, ‘Hiplife/HipHop Artiste of the Year’ as well as the biggest prize of the night ‘Artiste of the Year’ categories.
Many have said that if their song has been disqualified why then are they in the awards. Charter House, the organisers also argued that, even though the song has been axed from the awards, they [R2Bees] as artistes have been very vibrant in the year under review.

Charter House Justifies Ridiculous Increment In Ghana Music Awards Tickets Price!

04/2/2012 6:26 pm

by GC Staff bG

One major problem of the annual Ghana Music Awards Festival since its inception is overcrowding at its venue. Whenever overcrowding occurs, security becomes porous; this offers unscrupulous chaps the oppportunity to get involved in several vices.
To check overcrowding at the venue come April 14, several measures have been put in place.
According to the Public Relations Manager of Charter House, Juno Abena Dadson, this year they intend to control the crowd at the Dome during the GMA, so that the few who make their way there can enjoy themselves and increase the experience.
This she said to justify the price increment of this year’s event.

Ghana Music Awards Tickets Starts Selling On April 2!

03/29/2012 12:52 pm

by GC Staff bG

Event powerhouse and organizers of the Ghana Music Awards Festival, the nation’s most prestigious awards scheme revealed yesterday details on tickets for the Big Night.
Tickets for this year’s finals of the awards start selling from Monday April 2nd to Tuesday April 10th 2012 only at Koala, Charterhouse and X-Men.
The VGMA 2012 Awards Night is scheduled for the Dome on April 14th 2012 and witness performances from 20 top artistes from Ghana, South Africa, UK, Nigeria and Congo.

Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Nominees To Storm Takoradi!

03/12/2012 1:51 pm

by GC Staff bG

As April 14th 2012 draws near, it is interesting to note how the various nominees have shifted their campaign into top gear to ensure they walk away with hounours at the 13th edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Festival.
Come this weekend, all roads lead to the twin city Sekondi-Takoradi where a select string of nominated artistes for the VGMAs will be rocking music lovers and their teeming fans in. The first stop is the Vienna City Nite Club on Friday 16th March in preparation for the outdoor jam the following day, Saturday 17th March 2012 at the Jubilee Park.
To mount the stage on the night will include Kwaw Kesse, Ruff n Smooth, DCryme, Selina Boateng and Stay Jay. Other artistes to thrill the audience on the night are Gifty Osei, Trigmatic, Raquel among a host of others exceptional performers.

Vodafone Ghana Music Awards 2012: It Is Voting Time

03/7/2012 12:56 pm

by GC Staff bG

The battle to pick awards at the main show in April has already begun with several nominees taking to social media platforms to engage their teeming fans. On the other hand, other nominated artistes are directly canvassing for votes through several means.
After weeks of anxiety and speculation among industry professionals and the general public, organisers of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards 2012, Charterhouse, finally unveiled the nominees list for this year’s award festival last week.

2012 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Loading …

01/9/2012 2:59 pm

by GC Staff bG

The Ghana Music Award Festival is the biggest event on the Ghanaian entertainment calendar which aims among other things to recognize and celebrate the hard work and dedication of the various players in Ghana’s growing music industry through a coveted Awards Scheme.
Preparations for this year’s event began in October 2011 with a series of intensive Technical Review sessions that sought to overhaul the entire awards scheme as parts of efforts to revamp the scheme when the new partnership with Vodafone was announced.
The entire scheme was reviewed by a Technical Review Team consisting of a cross section of seasoned industry practitioners and executives who spent several days deliberating on ways to uplift and revamp the scheme. The full outcome of the review exercise will be presented to the media next week.

D-Black ‘Pulls Out’ But Kwaku ‘T’ Promises To Fight Vodafone Ghana Over Copyright Infringement!

11/9/2011 7:03 pm

by GC Staff bG

Ghana’s Hip-Pop sensation Kwaku T finds himself stack against the odds, in what could potentially be a contemporary rendition of the biblical David and Goliath tale, as he faces a telecommunication giant in a litigation which is by far the biggest test yet for Ghana’s copy right protect laws.

He will not relent in becoming the first musician in Ghana to take on a corporate entity in the law courts and win, for the violation of his intellectual property rights.

False reports yesterday suggested that he and his partner in the suit D-Black had been paid off by Vodafone Ghana to withdraw the case from court but Kwaku T has denied this.

What actually emerged yesterday during their court session is that counsel for D-Black said his client has decided to pull out of the case leaving his buddy, Kwaku T in the cold. It remains unclear, however, where his pull-out was indeed influence by some pay-off.

It’s Official: Ghana Music Awards Is Now ‘Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Festival’

09/7/2011 1:20 am

by GC Staff bG

Charter House, the organisers of the annual Ghana Music Awards said goodbye and farewell to MTN, their long standing headline sponsor for the Ghana Music Awards at Citizen Kofi in Accra yesterday.

MTN has been replaced with Vodafone as the new sponsor of the awards. According to the organisers, Vodafone has showed its readiness and loyalty to the growth of the Ghana Music Industry, hence the reason why, they will be headlining the awards, commencing 2012.

Mrs. Theresah Ayaode, the Executive Director of the awards, thanked MTN, who has sponsored the awards for close to a decade. She conceded that, indeed, the interest and investment made by MTN to the brand over the years added value to the franchise and acknowledged that, that has brought the awards this far.

With the sponsorship baton handed over to Vodafone; the awards will be now known as ‘Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Festival’. The network known for its great and catchy commercials comes in at a time when the whole entire awards process and content is being looked at critically.

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