Maiden edition of Ghana Music Awards South Africa-Full list of winners

The first edition of Ghana Music Awards South Africa came off successfully yesterday, Saturday 3rd November 2018 the Ebony Lounge at Pretoria in South Africa.

The awards scheme seeks to recognize and award Ghanaian artist doing marvelous work through their music to project Ghana both home and in South Africa.

The event was put together by Media Africa Studio and Black Eagle Productions. The event saw spectacular performances from Quata Budukusu, Praye, Babes Wodumo, Article Wan and others.

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The night saw Stonebwoy being crowned the Artist of the year at the Ghana Music Awards South Africa.

Shatta Wale, DJ Switch, Quata Budukusu, Praye, and many other popular Ghanaian artists walked away with an award. Many South African based Ghanaian artists were also honored

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1* LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
ELDER MIREKU

2* YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECTS
CHOIRMASTER

3* BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT EAST AFRICA
VANESSA EMDEE (TANZANIA)

4* BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT WEST AFRICA
MEDOSKY

5* BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT SOUTHERN AFRICA
BABES WODUMO (SOUTH AFRICA)

6 * BEST MUSIC JOURNALIST / BLOGGER OF THE YEAR
NII ATTAKORAH MENSAH

7 * BEST DJ OF THE YEAR
DJ SWITCH

8 GOSPEL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
JOYCE BLESSING

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9 PROMISING ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
MACCASIO

10 * NEW ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
WENDY SHAY

11 * BEST GROUP OF THE YEAR
REGGIE AND BOLLIE

12 * HIP-LIFE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
QUATA BUDUKUSU

13 * BEST RAPPER OF THE YEAR
STRONGMAN BURNER

14 * MOST POPULAR SONG OF THE YEAR
ONE CORNER (PATAPAA)

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15 * HIGH LIFE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
KUAMI EUGENE

16 * BEST MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
KING PROMISE

17 * DANCEHALL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
SHATTA WALE

18 * REGGAE / DANCEHALL SONG OF THE YEAR
EBONY (SPONSOR)

19 * BEST COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR –
ARTICLE WAN X PATAPAA (THAT THING) –

20 * BEST PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
MASTER GARZY

21 * BEST MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR –
CITIZEN WELKINS

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22 * ARTIST OF THE YEAR
STONEBWOY

SOUTH AFRICA BASED ARTISTS WHO WON ARE:

1* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
AKU MERCY

2* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED BEST HI-LIFE ARTIST OF THE YEAR –
POLAMO

3* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED BEST MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
9PM AFRICA

4* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR –
DRUMPIPO

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5* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED MOST POPULAR SONG OF THE YEAR
FINAL SOLUTION ?DO LIKE I DO)

6* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED HIP-LIFE ARTIST OF THE YEAR –
FINAL SOLUTION

7* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED BEST CLUB DJ OF THE YEAR
DJ SHADOW

8* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED BEST COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR –
POLAMO X DJ MAPHORISA X DJ BUCKS (SOMETHING ABT U)

9* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED BEST CULTURAL AND LIVE BAND GROUP OF THE YEAR –
SANKOFA BAND

10* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED BEST GOSPEL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
DRUMPIPO

11* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED BEST PRODUCER OF THE YEAR -TEA

12* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED ARTIST OF THE YEAR –
POLAMO

13* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED PROMISING ARTIST OF THE YEAR –
CASANDRA

Nana Appiah Mensah, the CEO of Zylofon Media was honored for his special contribution to the development of Ghana music.

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