{"id":212379,"date":"2016-05-08T00:31:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T00:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=212379"},"modified":"2016-05-08T00:31:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T00:31:53","slug":"vgmas2016-el-wins-artiste-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/05\/vgmas2016-el-wins-artiste-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"#VGMAs2016: EL wins Artiste of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rapper EL picked up five awards at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards show including\u00a0the coveted Artiste of the Year award.<\/p>\n
He beat out his all male competition which had Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, Bisa Kdei, SP Kofi Sarpong and VVIP also in contention to win the marquee award.<\/p>\n
EL was rewarded for his exceptional craft and work on hit songs like ‘Mi Naa Bo Po’ and ‘Koko’.<\/p>\n
Other notable winners included Bisa K\u2019Dei who picked up four awards including the Album\u00a0of the Year for ‘Breakthrough’ and Sarkodie who won the Record of the Year for ‘Bra’ along with two other awards.<\/p>\n
Last year’s Artiste of the Year and Bhim Nation leader, Stonebwoy, paid tribute to his late mother as he picked up two awards including the Reggae\/Dancehall Artiste of the Year.<\/p>\n
Veteran musician and Highlife icon, AB Crenstil was also honored at the show with a Lifetime Achievement award and proceeded turn back the clock with a few performances including the iconic \u2018Juliana\u2019.<\/p>\n
The ceremony was hosted by actors Chris Attoh and Naa Ashorkor with DJ Black holding things down on the turntables.<\/p>\n
But the night ultimately belonged to EL, real name Elom Adablah, who cemented his place as one of Ghana\u2019s biggest contemporary artistes.<\/p>\n
Find below the list of nominees and winners.<\/p>\n
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Artiste of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Sarkodie<\/li>\n
Stonebwoy<\/li>\n
Bisa Kdei<\/li>\n
SP Kofi Sarpong<\/li>\n
VVIP<\/li>\n
E.L (Winner)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Vodafone Most Popular Song of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Rapper EL picked up five awards at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards show including\u00a0the coveted Artiste of the Year award. He beat out his all male competition which had Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, Bisa Kdei, SP Kofi Sarpong and VVIP also in contention to win the marquee award. EL was rewarded for his exceptional craft and work […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":212383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[137],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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