The
long-standing and most talked about awards scheme on the Ghanaian
entertainment calendar, Vodafone Ghana Music Awards came off on 7th May
at the Accra International Conference Center with jaw dropping
surprises.
The
2016 edition of the VGMAs had somewhat shocking occurrences as to who
won what in the various categories in which these deserving Ghanaian and
non Ghanaian artistes were nominated.
The
VGMAs had several categories and in each section of the nominations,
some musicians stood a greater chance of winning but lost whereas in
other categories some musicians were least expected to win took home
awards.
At
the just ended Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Atom’s “Ye wo krom” took
everyone by surprise as it was awarded Hiplife song of the year. He beat
out strong competition from Donzy (Crusade ft Kofi Kinaata), E.L
(Koko), Wisa ( Ekiki me ft Luther) and VVIP (Skolom ft Sena Dagadu).
Mzvee’s
award Best Female Vocalist award amazed a lot of the audience as they
all expected Efya to win since she’s been winning the category for some
years now.
In
the Best Male Vocalist category one may have thought Afriyie, De Voice,
Mugeez or Akwaboah Jnr could have won in the category but the legendary
Pat Thomas proved his longevity in the industry to these young male
vocalists.
Bisa
Kdei on the night also won several awards but what came as a shocker
was his Best Album of the year award. Although the Verified album
(Mzvee), Mary (Sarkodie), Elorm (E.L) and SP Kofi Sarpong’s “I Believe”
album were in the same category Bisa Kdei managed to take home the award
with his “Breakthrough” album.
Though
everyone rooted for SP Kofi Sarpong’s “Hour by hour” to win in the
Gospel song of the year category, Nicholas Omane Acheampong didn’t make
that dream a reality.
Kofi
Kinaata proved his talent in this highly competitive category, Song
writer of the year. The category had music giants like Rex Omar, Knii
LAnte, Obrafour, Stonebwoy and Mzvee but Kofi defied all the odds with
his “Susuka” hit.
Being the 17th edition
the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards it took off in a grand style and some
errors in the past years were rectified. Speaking about the red carpets
both nominees and patrons looked their very best. The most interesting
part of this year’s edition is that, the event stated on time and closed
just on time.
Source: Nii Ayi Mensah Lartey
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