List of awards and nominations received by Kofi Kinaata

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Kofi Kinaata awards and nominations

Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Africa Entertainment Legends Awards 0 1 All Africa Music Awards 0 1 Ghana Music Awards 11 5 Central Music Awards 1 1 Ghana Music Awards UK 1 1 Ghana Music Honors 1 1 Ghana Entertainment Awards 1 1 Western Music Awards 1 1 Ghana Event Awards 0 2 3 Music Awards 5 2 Ghana Tertiary Awards 1 1 Muse Africa 1 1 MTN 4Syte TV Music Video Awards 0 3 National Gospel Music Awards 1 1 Ghana Actors and Entertainers Awards 1 1 Ghana Music Awards UK 3 0 Ghana Music Awards USA 5 0 EMY Africa Awards 1 0 Youth Excellence Awards 1 0
Totals [a]
Wins	33
Nominations	15
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

This is a list of music awards and nominations received by Ghanaian musician Kofi Kinaata.

Kofi Kinaata is the only Ghanaian musician who has won the VGMA Songwriter of the Year award four times. In 2021, he won the "Vodafone Green Award", an award-giving to musicians for using their craft to drive environmental awareness and sustainability on the planet. ^[1]

Awards and nominations

Africa Entertainment Legend Awards

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2016	Kofi Kinaata	Fast Rising Artist	Nominated	[2]

All Africa Music Awards

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2016	Kofi Kinaata	New Comer Award	Nominated	[3]

Millenium Excellence Awards

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2025	Kofi Kinaata	Youth in Entertainment	Won

Ghana Music Awards

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2016	Susuka	Writer of the year	Won
	Kofi Kinaata	Best New Artiste of the Year	Won
2017	Confession	Highlife Song of the Year	Won	Nyabor, Jonas (9 April 2017). "All award winners at 2017 VGMAs". Ghana News. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
		Highlife Artiste of the Year	Won
		Songwriter of the Year	Won
2018	Last Show	Songwriter of the Year	Nominated
2020	Kofi Kinaata	Highlife artiste of the Year	Nominated	"3Music Awards Ghana 2020: All the nominees". Music in Africa. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
		Songwriter of the Year	Won
		Artiste of the Year	Nominated
	Things Fall Apart	Most popular song of the Year	Won
		Highlife song of the Year	Won
2021	Behind the scenes	Songwriter of the Year	Won
	Illegal Fishing	Vodafone Green Song Of the Year	Won	"See winners & nominees of 2021 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
2022	Thy Grace Pt.1	Best Highlife song	Won	"VGMA23: Check out the full list of winners - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
		Songwriter of the year	Nominated
	Kofi Kinaata	Best Highlife artiste	Nominated
2023	Kofi Kinaata	Best Highlife Artist of the Year	Won
2024	Kofi Kinaata	Best Highlife Artist	Nominated	[4]
2024	Kofi Kinaata	Best Reggae Dancehall Song of the Year	Won
2025	Saman	Songwriter of the Year	Won

Central Music Awards

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2016	Susuka	Most popular song in Ghana	Won	[5]

Ghana Music Awards UK

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2016	Kofi Kinaata	Best New Act	Won	[6]
2017	Kofi Kinaata	HIghlife Artiste of the Year
2017	Never Again	Highlife Song of the Year	Nominated

Ghana Music Honors

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2017	Kofi Kinaata	Best Hiplife Act	Won	[7]

Ghana Entertainment Awards

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2017	Kofi Kinaata	Best Highlife Act	Won	[8]

Western Music Awards

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2017	Kofi Kinaata	Artiste of the Year	Won	[5]

Ghana Event Awards

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2017	Made in Taadi Concert	Regional Events of the Year	Nominated	[5]
2019			Nominated	[9]

3 Music Awards

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2017	Team Move	Fan Army of the Year	Won	[10]
2020	Kofi Kinaata	Hiplife/Hip Hop Act of the Year	Nominated	[11]
	Things Fall Apart	Song of the Year	Won
		Highlife Song of the Year	Won
2022	Thy Grace (Part 1)	Highlife Song of the Year	Won	[12]
	Kofi Kinaata	Highlife Act of the Year	Won
	Thy Grace (Pt.1)	Hiplife Song of the year	Nominated

Ghana Tertiary Awards

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2018	Kofi Kinaata	Music Excellence	Won

Muse Africa

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2019	Kofi Kinaata	Highlife Act of the Quarter	Won

MTN 4Syte TV Music Video Awards

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2019	Adam and Eve	Best Highlife	Nominated	[13]
		Best Storyline	Nominated
2021	Behind The Scenes	Best Highlife Video	Nominated	[14]

National Gospel Music Awards

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2019	Things Fall Apart	Hybrid Song of the Year	Won	[15]

Ghana Actors and Entertainers Awards

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2019	Kofi Kinaata	Hiplife Artiste of the Year	Won	[16]

Western Showbiz Awards

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2018	Kofi Kinaata	Western Best Male Artiste	Won	[17]
		Indigenous Music Artiste	Won

Ghana Music Awards USA

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2020	Things Fall Apart	Most Popular Song of The Year	Won
2020		HighLife Song of The Year	Won
2020	Kofi Kinaata	HighLife Artiste of The Year	Won
2021	Behind the scenes	Highlife song of the year	Won
2022	Kofi Kinaata	Artiste of The Year	Won

EMY Africa

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2022	Kofi Kinaata	Man of The Year	Won

Youth Excellence Awards

Year	Recipient / Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref
2020	Kofi Kinaata	Music Act of the Year	Won

References

1. "Green Award: Vodafone honours Kofi Kinaata for promoting environmental sustainability". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
2. Ike, Yemoh. "AELA Awards Nominations 2016: See The Full List Of Nominees". ModernGhana.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
3. "Kofi Kinaata nominated for 2016 AFRIMMA New Comer Award". Oilcitytoday. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
4. "Check out the nominees' list for the 2024 Telecel Ghana Music Awards - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 2024-04-02. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
5. "Full list of Winners at Western Music Awards: Kofi Kinaata is Artiste of the year". 233times.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
6. "Ghana Music Awards UK 2016 Full Nomination List Released – GhanaPoliticsOnline". ghanapoliticsonline.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
7. Ghana, Y. F. M. "Full List of Winners at Ghana Music Honours 2017". YFM Ghana. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
8. "E.L, Kofi Kinaata, Stonebwoy, Efya and more win Ghana Entertainment Awards USA". AmeyawDebrah.Com. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
9. "Ghana Event Awards 2019: Full List of Winners". NYDJ Live. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
10. "Full list of award winners at the maiden 3Music Awards". ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
11. "#3MusicAwards20: Here Is The Full List of Nominees of 3Music Awards, 2020; Check It Out". GhGossip. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
12. Lamptey, Odartey. "3 Music Awards 22: Full list of winners". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
13. "List of winners – MTN 4Syte TV Music Video Awards 2019 | Ghana Music | Top Stories". Ghana Music. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
14. "MTN 4syte TV Music Video Awards Ghana: All the nominees". Music In Africa. 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
15. "Kofi Kinaata Makes History at Ghana National Gospel Music Awards 19". NYDJ Live. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
16. "Nominees For 2019 Ghana Actors, Entertainers Awards Unveiled". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
17. "Western Showbiz Awards festival full nominees list released". GhanaWeb. 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2021-07-16.