{"id":15313,"date":"2014-04-28T08:21:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T08:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=15313"},"modified":"2014-04-28T08:21:44","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T08:21:44","slug":"musicians-honored-at-vgmas-industry-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/musicians-honored-at-vgmas-industry-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Musicians honored at VGMAs industry awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Outstanding contributors to Ghana&#8217;s music industry were honored last Saturday at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards industry night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The 15th edition of the Ghana Music Awards comes off on May 3, at the Accra International Conference Centre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The industry awards precedes the main awards show and basically awards nominees in the more technical and unpopular categories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Winners for the industry awards are adjudged by the academy, board and peers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">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 &#8211; from the World Bank.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15313 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/musicians-honored-at-vgmas-industry-awards\/joyce-blessing\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Joyce-Blessing-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Joyce-Blessing-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Joyce-Blessing-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15315'>\n\t\t\t\tJoyce Blessing: Winner of the Gospel Album of the Year with &#8216;Heavy Price&#8217; \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/musicians-honored-at-vgmas-industry-awards\/kwabena-kwabena-3\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Kwabena-Kwabena-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Kwabena-Kwabena-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Kwabena-Kwabena-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15316'>\n\t\t\t\tKwabena Kwabena: Winner of music for development\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/musicians-honored-at-vgmas-industry-awards\/korkor-armateifio\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Korkor-Armateifio-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Korkor-Armateifio-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Korkor-Armateifio-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15317'>\n\t\t\t\tKorkor Amarteifio &#8211; winner of the MUSIGA Merit Award\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/musicians-honored-at-vgmas-industry-awards\/ebo-taylor-2\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ebo-taylor1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ebo-taylor1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ebo-taylor1-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15319'>\n\t\t\t\tEbo Taylor &#8211; winner of Lifetime Achievement Award\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>List of Winners<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Gospel Album of the Year \u2013 Heavy Price<\/strong> \u2013 Joyce Blessing<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Record of the year<\/strong> \u2013 Wo Sika Enti \u2013 Trigmatic<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Songwriter of the year<\/strong> \u2013 Baba by Bisa KDei<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Producer of the year<\/strong> \u2013 \u2018Killbeatz\u2019 Addison<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Sound Engineer of the year<\/strong> \u2013 Kaywa<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Instrumentalist of the year<\/strong> \u2013 Victor Dey<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Traditional Artiste of the year<\/strong> \u2013 Densi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Music for Development<\/strong> \u2013 Kwabena Kwabena\u2019s Save a Heart campaign. \u2013 Gets 3,000 Cedis \u2013 Founded by the World Bank<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Unsung Artiste<\/strong> \u2013 MzVee (Would perform at main event)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>MUSIGA Merit Award<\/strong> \u2013 Korkor Amarteifio<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Lifetime Achievement Award<\/strong> \u2013 Ebo Taylor<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">By: Kojo Akoto Boateng\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outstanding contributors to Ghana&#8217;s music industry were honored last Saturday at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards industry night. 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