By Seli Baisie
Organizers of the 2025 Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) have announced the final list of nominees ahead of this year’s ceremony. The announcement was made on Saturday, March 15, following the conclusion of the nomination process.
The highly anticipated 26th edition of the awards is scheduled to take place on May 3, 2025, at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC).
In the build-up to the main event, a pre-party will be held on May 2, bringing together nominees, industry figures, and music enthusiasts for networking and celebrations.
Among the major categories, Joe Mettle, Piesie Esther, Diana Hamilton, Empress Gifty, Team Eternity Ghana, and MOG Music will compete for Best Gospel Artiste of the Year.
The Telecel Most Popular Song of the Year category features strong contenders, including: Asylum – Olive The Boy, Paris – King Promise, Lomo Lomo – KiDi ft Black Sherif, Very Soon – Fameye, Jejereje – Stonebwoy, Aseda – King Paluta, Puul – Lasmid, Defe Defe – Team Eternity Ghana, January 9 – Black Sherif.
Full list of nominees:
Artiste of the Year
Kweku Smoke
Team Eternity
Joe Mettle
King Paluta
King Promise
Stonebwoy
Black Sherif
Best New Artiste
LalixLola
AratheJay
Rap Fada
Team Eternity
Beeztrap Kotm
Kwesi Amewuga
Best Male Vocal Performance
Kofi Nuel – Do Not Fear
Emmanueel Juddah – Aseda
MOG Music – Ahuoden Fofro
Ayisi – Can I live
Joe Mettle – Obo Awon Oba
Best Female Vocal Performance
Naana Asiedu -Defe Defe
Best Female Vocal Performance
Naana Asiedu -Defe Defe
Lordina the Soprano – Simply Trusting
Everyday
Esther Goodwyll – I Choose to Praise
Titi Owusu – Noboody
Mima Afrika – On Fire
Best Hiplife/HipHop Artiste
Amerado
Beeztrap KOTM
Kweku Smoke
Black Sherif
King Paluta
Sarkodie
Medikal
Best Rap Performance
Eno Barony
Kweku Smoke
Okyeame Kwame
Sarkodie
Lyrical Joe
Flowking Stone
Best Gospel Artiste
Piesie Esther
Joe Mettle
Empress Gifty
Diana Hamilton
Team Eternity Ghana
MOG Music
Best HipHop Song
Joey B – Princess
Kweku Smoke – Holy Ghost
Kwaw Kese ft Kofi Mole – Awoyo Sofo
Black Sherif – Kilos Milos
Sarkodie ft Beeztrap KOTM – Amen
Beeztrap KOTM & Oseikrom Osikani – Fly Girl
Best Afrobeat Song
OlivetheBoy Asylum
Lasmid – Puul
Kidi ft Black Sherif – Lomo Lomo
Mr Drew – Sneaky
King Promise – Favourite Story
Beeztrap KOTM – Yesu
Best Hiplife Song
Eno Barony ft King Palta – Soja Go Soja Come
Black Sherif – Rebel Music
Tulenkey ft Beeztrap KOTM – Bad Feeling
Okyeame Kwame ft Kuami Eugene – No
Competition
Sarkodie – No Sir
Lyrical Joe ft Kuami Eugene – Enter
Best Highlife Song
Kuami Eugene – Canopy
King Paluta – Aseda
Fameye – Very Soon
Amerado Abronoma
Rap Fada ft King Paluta – Odo Bi Ye BAD
Kofi Kinaata – Effiakuma Broken Heart
Best Urban Contemporary Gospel Song
Scoot Evans – Call
Joe Mettle ft Sandra Duah – Give Me Oil
Nana Yaw Ofori Atta
Team Eternity – Defe Defe
Kobby Salm – Cast Your Burden
Ohemaa Mercy ft Kofi Owusu – Dry Bones
Best Reggae/Dancehall Song
Amerado ft Samini – Ankonam Remix
Stonebwoy – Psalm 23
Ras Kuuku – Road of Evil
Samini – Chemistry
Jupitar – I Keep Winning
Moliy & Silent Addy – Shake It To The Max
Best Traditional Gospel
MOG Music – Wo Ye
Empress Gifty – Watch Me
Piesie Ateene
Diana Hamilton – The Doing of the Lord
Mavis Asante – Victory
Queendalyn ft Judikay – Omewoya
Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste
Jupitar
Samini
Ras Kuuku
Epixode
Stonebwoy
Rocky Dawuni
Songwriter of the Year
Ayisi
Kofi Kinaata
Okyeame Kwame
OlivetheBoy
Team Eternity Ghana
Telecel Most Popular Song
OlivetheBoy – Asylum
Kidi ft Black Sherif – Lomo Lomo
Lasmid – Puul
King Paluta – Aseda
Black Sherif – January 9
King Promise – Paris
Defe Defe – Team Eternity
Stonebwoy Jejereje
