Monday, April 28, 2014

Musicians Honored At VGMAs Industry Awards 2014

Outstanding contributors to Ghana’s music industry were honored last Saturday, April 26th,2014 at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards industry night which was held at Alisa Hotel.

Ten category awards were presented at an event that was attended by several musicians and industry experts.

Some of the personalities at the event included Dzifa Abla Gomashie, Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Chief Dele Momodu, the publisher of Ovation International Magazine; Bice Osei Kuffour (Obour), Musicians Union of Ghana president; Ben Brako, Efya, D-Black, and Kwabena Kwabena.

The event also witnessed some thrilling performances from Tamale-based Densi, OJ, and M.anifest.
The 15th edition of the Ghana Music Awards comes off on May 3rd, at the Accra International Conference Centre.

The industry awards precedes the main awards show and basically awards nominees in the more technical and unpopular categories.

Winners for the industry awards are adjudged by the academy, board and peers.

Nominees in the music for development category, Gasmilla and Raphius Amigo, were given GHc 1000 each with the winner, Kwabena Kwabena, taking GHc 3000 home – from the World Bank.

Industry Award winners:

Gospel Album of the Year – Heavy Price – Joyce Blessing

Record of the year – Wo Sika Enti – Trigmatic

Songwriter of the year – Baba by Bisa KDei

Producer of the year – ‘Killbeatz’ Addison

Sound Engineer of the year – Kaywa

Instrumentalist of the year – Victor Dey

Traditional Artiste of the year – Densi

Music for Development – Kwabena Kwabena’s Save a Heart campaign. – Gets 3,000 Cedis – Founded by the World Bank

Unsung Artiste – MzVee (Would perform at main event)

MUSIGA Merit Award – Korkor Amarteifio

Lifetime Achievement Award – Ebo Taylor

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