2016 Ghana Music Awards

2016 Ghana Music Awards
Date	July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)
Location	Accra International Conference Center Accra, Ghana
Country	Ghana
Hosted by	Chris Attoh
Act(s)	Wizkid Sarkodie Stonebwoy E.L R2Bees
Most awards	E.L
Television/radio coverage
Network	GHOne TV
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The 2016 Ghana Music Awards was the 17th edition of the Ghana Music Awards which was held on May 7, 2016, at the Accra International Conference Center in Accra, Ghana and was hosted by Chris Attoh, DJ Black and Naa Ashorkor. E.L was the biggest winner at the event, taking home a total of five awards including the coveted 'Artiste of the Year' ^[1] with Sarkodie and Bisa Kdei won four awards each. These musicians, alongside Stonebwoy, Efya, R2Bees, Wizkid, Joe Mettle and Adomaa, performed at the event. ^{[2] [3]}

Performers

The following artistes performed at the 2016 Ghana Music Awards:

• Sarkodie
• Wizkid ^[4]
• Stonebwoy ^[5]
• Efya ^[6]
• Joe Mettle ^[7]
• Adomaa
• Bisa Kdei ^[8]
• Kofi Kinaata
• E.L ^[8]

Nominees and winners

Below is the list of winners for the popular music categories. ^[1]

• Artiste of the Year – E.L
• Afropop Song of the Year – "Minaa Bo Po" by E.L
• Hiplife/Hip Hop Artiste of the Year – E.L
• Producer of the Year – E. L
• Music video of the Year – Shelele by E.L
• Hip Hop Song of the Year – Hand to Mouth by Sarkodie
• Rapper of the Year – Sarkodie
• Record of the Year – Sarkodie ft. Pat Thomas – Bra
• Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year – Stonebwoy
• Reggae/Dancehall Song of the Year – Go Higher by Stonebwoy
• Highlife Artiste of the Year – Bisa Kdei
• Highlife Song of the Year – Mansa by Bisa Kdei
• Most Popular Song of the Year – Mansa by Bisa Kdei
• Album of the Year – Bisa Kdei
• Best Group of the Year – VVIP
• Collaboration of the Year – VVIP ft Sena Dagadu
• SongWriter of the Year – Kofi Kinaata
• Best New Artiste of the Year – Kofi Kinaata
• Gospel Song of the Year – Nicholas Omane Acheampong (Aposor)
• Hiplife Song of the Year – "Yewo Krom" by Atom
• Gospel Artiste of the Year – SP Kofi Sarpong
• Best Female Vocalist of the Year – MzVee
• Best Male Vocalist of the Year – Pat Thomas
• African Artiste of the Year – Wizkid
• Peace Song Winner – New Generation Gospel Ministers
• Traditional Artiste of the Year – Tesa Music Group
• Lifetime Achievement Award – AB Crentsil
• Sound Engineer of the Year – Kaywa
• Music for Development Award – Gasmilla
• Instrumentalist of the Year – Justice Williams (Shikome)

References

1. "E.L. is VGMA Artiste of the Year 2016". GhanaWeb . 8 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
2. "Full list of nominees for 2016 Ghana Music Awards". MyJoyOnline.com. 27 February 2016. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
3. "Sarkodie wins best rapper of the year at Ghana Music Awards UK". GhanaWeb . 6 November 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-11-07. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
4. "Wizkid Thrills Fans with Performance at Ghana Music Awards 2016". Guardian Life Nigeria. 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-01-23. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
5. "Watch Stonebwoy's Performance at the 2016 VGMA's (Video)". Peace FM . 8 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
6. "Efya Performance at 2016 Ghana Music Awards". GhanaWeb . 8 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-05-11. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
7. "Joe Mettle reveals secret behind excellent VGMA performance". GhanaWeb . 17 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-05-18. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
8. "Sarkodie, Bisa Kdei, Efya, Stonebwoy, EL, others to Perform @ 2016 VGMA". Kasapa 102.5 FM. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.