JUST IN : SHATTA WALE TOPS BASS AWARDS NOMINATIONS + FULL LIST

Over 20 categories put together for the Bass awards 2014, the official launch came off today (May 30th) at the Z-Bar in accra- Ghana. Shatta Wale who was the Artiste of the Year for VGMA had the highest bid with 6 nominations in varied categories. 

After grueling sessions of debates and collating data of the BASS Awards committee finally dropped the full list of nominees as stated below. Main Awards night would be on August 30, 2014. But the Nominees jam comes a week ahead of the main awards night (August 23th, 2014). BASS Awards is a joint Reggae/Dancehall awards scheme powered by Rackus Productions, Solid Multimedia and BullHaus Entertainment.

Bass Awards Nominees List :
• DANCEHALL ARTISTE(S) OF THE YEAR

1) Stonebwoy – Give it to them
2) Shatta Wale – Enter the Net
3) Jupitar – Freaky girl

• REGGAE ARTISTE(S) OF THE YEAR
1) Ras Kuuku – Father
2) Blakk Rasta – Iyawata
3) Iwan – Chant a song

• BEST ALTERNATIVE REGGAE/DANCEHALL SONG (GOSPEL)
1) Akesse Brempong – Crazy love
2) Nii Soul – Count it all joy
3) Jay Shady – Bestest friend
4) Jael Wiafe – Don’t give up the fight

• ARTISTE OF THE YEAR (KWAME NKRUMAH AWARD)
1) Shatta Wale
2) Stonebwoy
3) Jupitar
4) Blakk Rasta
5) Ras Kuuku

• DANCEHALL SONG OF THE YEAR
1) Episode – Turn up
2) Fuse ODG – Badder than bad
3) Shatta Wale- Enter the net
4) Stonebwoy – Give it to them
5) Jupitar – Freaky girl

• REGGAE SONG OF THE YEAR
1) Buk bak – Mama cry no more
2) Blakk Rasta – Iyawata
3) Iwan – Chant a song
4) Jah Wadada – Loving you
5) Konkarah – Rise
6) Ras Kuuku – Father
7) Tinny – Mi love you
8) Tsidifari – Ghana
9) Gyadu-Blay Ambolley – It doesn’t Matter

• BEST COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR (REGGAE)
1) Blakk Rasta/Lami – Iyawata
2) Kiki Jail/Shatta Rako – Me and You
3) Papa Jingo/Jeron Tempo – Yen ye Baako
4) Lingua Kat/Jah Amber – Makooma
5) Ras Kuuku/Norris man – Give thanks

• BEST COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR (DANCEHALL)
1) D2/Shatta Wale – Fever
2) Edem/Stonebwoy – Go harder
3) Episode/Edem – Circumstance
4) Method Ranking/Stonebwoy – Wind up
5) Sarkodie/Banky W – Pon di tin
6) Shatta Wale/D Black – Ina the Party
7) Trade Mark /Natural Face – Mi Girl Nie
8) Wiyaala/Jupitar – Rock my body

• RECORD OF THE YEAR (YAA ASANTEWAA AWARD)
1) Blakk Rasta – Eager to see Mandela
2) Papa Jingo – Yen ye baako
3) Episode – Mandela
4) Na U – Kudos Ghana.
5) Tsidifari – Ghana

• PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
1) Dakay
2) Genius selection
3) Infectious

• MUSIC VIDEO F THE YEAR (REGGAE)
1) Na U – Believe in me
2) Konkarah – Rise
3) Ras Kuuku – Father
4) Jon Germain – Still here
5) Blakk Rasta- Iyawata

• MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR (DANCEHALL)1) Jupitar – Money Box
2) Shatta Wale – Like my thing
3) Sarkodie/Banky W – Pon di tin
4) Wiyaala/Jupitar – Rock my body
5) Mz Vee – Borkor Borkor

• BEST MALE VOCAL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR1) Buk Bak – Mama cry more
2) Jah ambar – Eye Wunkuaa
3) Luther – Judge not
4) Nature – Chameleon love
5) Tsidifari– Ghana

• BEST FEMALE VOCAL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR1) Mz Vee – Bokor Bokor
2) Wiyaala – Rock my body

• LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD1) Samson Quaye (Poncho)
2) Consular Hayes
3) Simple Man Kante

• DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR1) Jah Wyz – My life
2) A K songtress – The Empress
3) Buju Stingo – Badder than them

• RIDDIM OF THE YEAR1) Smirnoff and Guinness riddim
2) Kulcha riddim

• BEST PERFORMER OF THE YEAR1) Shatta Wale
2) Stonebwoy
3) Ras Kuuku
4) Jupitar

• ALBUM OF THE YEAR (REGGAE/DANCEHALL)1) Blakk Rasta – Ancestral Moon Splash

• BEST SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR1) Buk Bak – Mama Cry no more
2) Konkarah – Rise
3) Ras Kuuku – Father
4) Tsidifari – Ghana
5) Ras Bomber – Danqua Circle

• BEST AFRICAN ACT OF THE YEAR
1) Wyre
2) Jesse Jagz
3) Alpha Blondy