{"id":265762,"date":"2016-11-07T05:36:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T05:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=265762"},"modified":"2016-11-07T05:36:52","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T05:36:52","slug":"sarkodie-shatta-wale-mr-eazi-others-win-big-at-gmauk-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/sarkodie-shatta-wale-mr-eazi-others-win-big-at-gmauk-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarkodie, Shatta Wale, Mr Eazi, others win big at GMAUK 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Music Awards UK 2016 took place over the weekend at the Gaumont Palace in London and Shatta Wale took home the biggest award of the night \u2013 Artiste of the year.<\/p>\n<p>GMA UK was put together by Alordia Promotions and West Coast UK Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Shatta Wale was competing against Nero X, Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, Bisa Kdei, SP Kofi Sarpong, EL and Mr Eazi.<\/p>\n<p>Music Producer of the year (UK Based) went to Juls, with Sarkodie getting the Best Rapper of the year award.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the full list of award winners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UK Based Gospel Song of the Year \u2013 Amazing God (Sonnie Badu)<\/li>\n<li>Gospel Song of the Year \u2013 Hour by Hour (SP Kofi Sarpong ft Joyce Blessing)<\/li>\n<li>UK Based music video of the Year \u2013 New Girl (Reggie N Bollie)<\/li>\n<li>Best Music Video of the Year \u2013 Mr Eazi ft Sarkodie (Anointing)<\/li>\n<li>New Artiste of the Year (UK) \u2013 Eugy<\/li>\n<li>New Artiste of the Year \u2013 Kofi Kinaata<\/li>\n<li>DJ of the Year \u2013 DJ Fiifi<\/li>\n<li>UK Based Gospel Artiste of the Year \u2013 Sonnie Badu<\/li>\n<li>Gospel Artiste of the Year \u2013 SP Kofi Sarpong<\/li>\n<li>Best Collaboration of the Year \u2013 Jupitar ft Sarkodie (Enemies)<\/li>\n<li>Lifetime Achievement Award UK \u2013 Freddie Annan<\/li>\n<li>Lifetime Achievement Award Ghana \u2013 Gyedu-Blay Ambolley<\/li>\n<li>Best UK Based Group \u2013 Kwamz &amp; Flava<\/li>\n<li>UK Based Ghanaian International Artiste \u2013 Fuse ODG<\/li>\n<li>Best UK Based Afrobeats Artiste \u2013 Jaij Hollands<\/li>\n<li>Reggae\/Dancehall Song of the Year \u2013 Go higher (Stonebwoy)<\/li>\n<li>Highlife Song of the Year \u2013 Mansa (Bisa Kdei)<\/li>\n<li>Afrobeat artiste of the Year \u2013 Mr Eazi<\/li>\n<li>Highlife artiste of the Year \u2013 Bisa Kdei<\/li>\n<li>Album of the Year \u2013 Necessary evil (Stonebwoy)<\/li>\n<li>Most Popular Song of the Year \u2013 Kakai (Shatta Wale)<\/li>\n<li>Music Producer of the Year \u2013 Da Maker (Chop Kiss)<\/li>\n<li>Best Rapper of the Year \u2013 Sarkodie<\/li>\n<li>Music Producer of the Year (UK based) \u2013 Juls<\/li>\n<li>Artiste of the Year \u2013 Shatta Wale<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>By: Jeffrey Owuraku Sarpong\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Music Awards UK 2016 took place over the weekend at the Gaumont Palace in London and Shatta Wale took home the biggest award of the night \u2013 Artiste of the year. 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