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

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.