The 2017 edition of the annual Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) ended on a high-note with gospel artiste, Joe Mettle setting a record of being the first non-secular artiste to win the most coveted “Artiste of the Year” award.<\/p>\n
He beat competition from five (5) other contenders in that category including the reigning Artiste of the Year, EL to win the award.<\/p>\n
Joe Mettle won two other awards; Male Vocalist of the year and Gospel artiste of the year.<\/p>\n
Kofi Kinaata also took home three (3) different awards. Music producer and singer, Nacee also won two awards.<\/p>\n
Manifest, Stonebwoy and VVIP also took home two awards each in various categories.<\/p>\n
Hiplife sensation, Medikal, who earned the most nomination in this year’s award, failed to win any award at the event.<\/p>\n
See the full list of winners below:<\/strong><\/p>\n Artiste of the year \u2013 <\/strong>Joe Mettle<\/p>\n Gospel song of the year<\/strong> \u2013 Yewo Nyame a yewo adze (Nacee\u00a0Ft. Ernest Opoku)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Highlife song of the year \u2013 <\/strong>Sweetie Pie (Kofi Kinaata)<\/p>\n Reggae\/Dancehall song \u2013 <\/strong>People Dey (Stonebwoy)<\/p>\n Highlife song of the\u00a0year \u2013 <\/strong>Kofi Kinaata<\/p>\n Hiplife song of the year \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Go Low (Flowking Stone)<\/p>\n Afro-pop song of the year \u2013 <\/strong>Kaabuame\u00a0(EL)<\/p>\n Hip-hop song of the year \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>God MC (Manifest)<\/p>\n Gospel artiste of the year \u2013 <\/strong>Joe Mettle<\/p>\n Reggae\/Dancehall artiste of the year \u2013 <\/strong>Stonebwoy<\/p>\n Hiplife\/hip hop artiste of the year \u2013 <\/strong>Sarkodie<\/p>\n Songwriter of the year \u2013 <\/strong>Kofi Kinaata<\/p>\n Best collaboration of the year \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Alhaji (VVIP)<\/p>\n Female vocalist of the year \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Adina (Too Late)<\/p>\n Male vocalist of the year \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Joe Mettle<\/p>\n Best group of the year \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>VVIP<\/p>\n Best music video of the year \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Okyeame Kwame<\/p>\n Best rapper<\/strong>\u00a0of the year<\/strong> \u2013 Manifest<\/p>\n African artiste of the year \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Runtown<\/p>\n Best new artiste of the year \u2013 <\/strong>Fancy Gaddam<\/p>\n Record of the year \u2013 <\/strong>Adina Most popular song of the year \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Christie (Dobble)<\/p>\n Album of the year \u2013<\/strong> Nacee<\/p>\n Traditional artiste<\/strong> \u2013 Sammy Ahmed<\/p>\n Best instrumentalist<\/strong> \u2013 Philip Acquah<\/p>\n Lifetime achievement award<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Paapa\u00a0Yankson<\/p>\n Vodafone Unsung category<\/strong> \u2013 Kwame Eugene<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2017 edition of the annual Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) ended on a high-note with gospel artiste, Joe Mettle setting a record of being the first non-secular artiste to win the most coveted “Artiste of the Year” award. He beat competition from five (5) other contenders in that category including the reigning Artiste of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":309224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[137,11],"tags":[6014,3,3644,6015,4431],"yoast_head":"\n
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