Outstanding contributors to Ghana’s music industry were honored last Saturday at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards industry night.
The 15th edition of the Ghana Music Awards comes off on May 3, at the Accra International Conference Centre.
The industry awards precedes the main awards show and basically awards nominees in the more technical and unpopular categories.
Winners for the industry awards are adjudged by the academy, board and peers.
Nominees in the music for development category, Gasmilla and Raphius Amigo, were given GHc 1000 each with the winner, Kwabena Kwabena, taking GHc 3000 home – from the World Bank.
List of Winners
Gospel Album of the Year – Heavy Price – Joyce Blessing
Record of the year – Wo Sika Enti – Trigmatic
Songwriter of the year – Baba by Bisa KDei
Producer of the year – ‘Killbeatz’ Addison
Sound Engineer of the year – Kaywa
Instrumentalist of the year – Victor Dey
Traditional Artiste of the year – Densi
Music for Development – Kwabena Kwabena’s Save a Heart campaign. – Gets 3,000 Cedis – Founded by the World Bank
Unsung Artiste – MzVee (Would perform at main event)
MUSIGA Merit Award – Korkor Amarteifio
Lifetime Achievement Award – Ebo Taylor
By: Kojo Akoto Boateng/citifmonline.com/Ghana