The organizers of the annual Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA), Charter house has announced the release date to unveil nominees for its 19th edition
By the close of Saturday 3rd March 2018, list of all artistes who made it to the shortlisted forms of the scheme would be out. Ghanaians will get to know which of their favorite artistes have made it to that enviable shortlist and earned a nomination in the 19th edition of Ghana’s most respected awards scheme, the VGMAs.
Meanwhile, each category will be released based on a scheduled time.
All categories will be unveiled from 10 am through to 3 pm except for Song of the Year, Album of the Year and the overall Artiste of the Year. These categories will be unveiled at the Nominees Announcement Party later in the evening.
As structured and done over the years, organizers Charterhouse, in partnership with the recently announced media partners Media General, will release the various nominees for the various categories hourly. This will be on the various Media General platforms including; TV3, 3FM, Akoma FM, Connect FM, Onua FM.
However, they will also be available on Charterhouse, Ghana Music Awards and Vodafone social media handles, walls and pages.
Below is the comprehensive order of how the nominees shall be unveiled;
2018 VGMAs NOMINEES UNVEIL ORDER
10 AM
Gospel song of the year
Highlife song of the year
Hiplife song of the year
11 AM
Hip-hop song of the year
Reggae/dancehall song of the year
Afro-pop song of the year
MIDDAY
Gospel Artiste of the year
Highlife Artiste of the year
Reggae/dancehall artiste of the year
1 PM
Song writer the year
Record of the year
Best Music Video of the year
2 PM
Best Male vocal performance
Hiplife/hip-hop artiste of the year
Best female vocal performance
Best Group of the year
3PM
Best Rapper of the year
Best collaboration of the year
African artiste of the year
Best New artiste of the year
AT NOMINEES PARTY
Album of the Year
Song of the Year
Artiste of the Year
The Ghana Music Awards is an Awards scheme designed to recognize, celebrate the hard work and dedication of various stakeholders and players in the Entertainment Industry.
Since its inception in 2000 the scheme has grown to become the biggest events on the Ghanaian Entertainment Calendar.
The VGMA is a Charterhouse Ghana event. This year’s is supported by Media General, Movenpick and proudly sponsored by Vodafone.