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VGMA 2018: Most Popular Songs Awards Shouldn’t Be Determined By Votes – M.anifest

Posted on by Peace Agyare

Awards-winning Hip-hop artiste, M.anifest says it is unfair to use votes in determining “Most Popular Song” at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA).

M.anifest stated that he understands the motive behind the votes. However, he added that “it creates possibilities of rigging since those with money can buy votes”.

He therefore called on Charter House, organizers of the awards to change the metrics and basis upon which they determine the  winners in this category and reconsider the use of votes.

M.anifest was speaking on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM.

“I get the idea behind the votes but I think it’s flawed. I would change it if I were in control. It becomes an election so the one with money wins…”, he said.

M.anifest, born Kwame Ametepee Tsikata, is however not the first person to call on the redress of this issue. Many industry players have called on the awards scheme to check the criteria used in selecting winners of that award.

This follows Patapaa Amisty’s huge lost in the Most Popular Song of the Year awards at the recently ended VGMAs.

Patapaa, who was highly tipped to win the award with his ‘One Corner’ song lost to his Northern partner, Fancy Gadam’s Total Cheat.

PRO of Charterhouse, in an interview on Hitz FM, indicated that the votes collated by the organizers suggested that Fancy’s fans voted massively for his victory in the category.

Notwithstanding, most fans of Patapaa and some other industry players felt he was cheated. This is because for them, Patapaa’s “One Corner” song went international compared to Fancy Gadam’s “Total Cheat”.

M.anifest further urged all industry players to pay less attention to awards. This according to him is because he believes it has the tendency to lower their efforts in the industry.

 

 

 

 

 

Lydia Forson Advocates For Dancing Space For VGMA Audience

Posted on by Peace Agyare

We all know how heartbreaking it is when one does something and is not appreciated in return.

Imagine you being an artiste who’s performing to a large crowd, yet no one is cheering at you.

Very disappointing right? You may begin to wonder if you’re even doing the right thing.

Well, outspoken actress, Lydia Forson has putting herself in the shoes of artistes and is advocating for some space for fans to ‘boogy’.

The ‘sidechic Gang’ actress has expressed her disgust at the fact that people go for an event like VGMA and sit unconcerned when they could dance or cheer when someone is performing.

Over the years, patrons of VGMA especially people in the VIP section fail to cheer or dance while artistes perform on stage.

Of course, this is bound to frustrate artistes who may think they’re not able to move the crowd.

But Miss Forson is not in support of that. She cannot understand how people will attend a musical show and yet remain seated or idle when an artiste is performing.

She however believes that the space allocated for audience is not big enough for one to even stand and dance to cheer his/her artiste.

“I really don’t get why people go to shows like this and sit down when an artist is performing”. She tweeted.

She advocated that “They need to include a corner by the stage for fans to jam it out like they do at other international shows”.

Read her tweet below;

VGMA2018: Sarkodie Tops With 8 Nominations, Joe Mettle, Shatta Wale Follow

Posted on by Peace Agyare

The battle lines have been drawn for the 2018 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.

It is surely going to be one heck of a competition looking at the nominations and the work put in by the various artistes nominated.

The suspense among Ghanaian was at its peak over the weekend as Chatterhouse, organizers of the awards dropped the nominees according to scheduled time.

By the close of Saturday March 3, all nominees for the various categories were out.

However, the list has been highly saturated with the two-time VGMA Artiste of the Year, Sarkodie.

Updates;

Sarkodie topped the list of nominees with nominations in 8 categories including the ultimate, Artiste of the Year.

Following him closely is the reigning Artiste of the Year, Joe Mettle, with 7 nominations which also includes the Artiste of the Year.

Shatta Wale, who has absent from the VGMA for a while made a strong comeback. He swept 6 nominations, including Artiste of the Year.
His colleague Zylofon Media signed artiste, Stonebwoy is also in the league with 6 nominations including Album of the Year. He couldn’t make it to the ultimate though.

The late Ebony Reigns of blessed memory, Kidi and Mzvee are on the same level with 6 nominations each. However, Ebony is in the race for the ultimate.

Following them are King Promise and Kuami Eugene with 5 nominations each while Kumi Guitar and Samini grabbed 4 nominations each.

The main event slated for 14th of April 2018 at the Accra International Conference Center (AICC).

Preceding this is a Nominee Jam in Cape Coast on March 24. There will also be an after-event celebration jam at Tema, on Saturday, April 28.

Meanwhile, organisers of the awards, Charter House has announced a modification to the voting system for the awards.

The Award Scheme has become the barometer by which Ghanaian musicians measure their success each year.

This year’s is proudly sponsored by Vodafone and supported by Media General and Movenpick.