Who Won TGMA Artist of the Year? Full Winners List at Telecel Ghana Music Awards 2026

The 2026 TGMA awards came off on the night of Saturday, May 9, 2026, at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre, with many Ghanaians seeking to know the Artist of the Year winner.

The awards are ongoing with some artists securing early wins, while others patiently wait to secure victory in the biggest honour of the night.

The Artist of the Year award, the most prestigious, pits Black Sherif against Medikal, Stonebwoy, Wendy Shay, Sarkodie, and Diana Hamilton.

Below is the full list of winners from the awards night, as compiled and updated by YEN.com.gh.

Hiplife song of the year

Shoulder - Medikal ft Shatta Wale & Beeztrap Kotm (Winner)

HABIT - Fameye feat. Medikal

Tontonte - Ko-jo Cue feat. AratheJay & Ofori Amponsah

Next Door - Kojo Blak ft Sarkodie

Messiah - Sarkodie ft Kweku Flick

Badness - Kwesi Amewuga

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Highlife song of the year

Kofi Kinaata - It is finished (Winner)

Foko! - King Paluta

Aso II - Kwabena Kwabena ft Stonebwoy & Kofi Kinaata

Obi Adi -Amerado

Do Better - Kuami Eugene

Best Male Vocal Performance

Akoma - Asiama (Winner)

By Prayer - Perez Musik

Time ‘LiveSession’ - Deon Boakye

Yehoda - Carl Clottey

Catch-22 - Josh Blakk

Best Female Vocal Performance

See Me Through - Grace Charles (by Team Eternity GH)

Beni Tookwɛiloi - Lordina the Soprano

Breathe - Cina Soul

Amin - Enam (Winner)

Show Me How to Love - Niiella

Best HipHop song

WHERE DEM BOYS - Black Sherif (Winner)

Balenciaga - O’Kenneth

Violence - Sarkodie ft Kweku Smoke

Adu The Borga - Kweku Smoke

Same Timbs - Gonaboy

The matter - Lalid

Collaboration of the Year

Excellent - Kojo Blak FT Kelvyn Boy

Gymnastic - KiDi ft olivethe boy & Kojo Blak

Crazy Love - Wendy Shay ft Olivetheboy

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Violence - Sarkodie ft Kweku Smoke

Shoulder - Medikal ft Shatta & Beeztrap (Winner)

Aso II - Kwabena Kwabena ft Stonebwoy & Kinaata

International collaboration of the year

Shake It To The Max rmx - MOLIY, Shenseea, Skillibeng, Silent Addy (Winner)

So It Goes - Black Sherif ft Fireboydml

Too Late Remix - Wendy Shay ft Bedjine, Phina & Guchi

Meet 4 Corner - Lasmid ft. Tml Vibez

See What We’ve Done - King Promise ft Mr Eazi

Body Go - Moliy ft Tyla

Best Afropop Song

Sankofa - Gyakie

Sacrifice - Black Sherif (Winner)

Gidi - Stonebwoy

See What We’ve Done - King Promise feat Mr Eazi

Bend - Olivetheboy ft Sarkodie

Olivia - Lasmid

Best Afrobeats song

Excellent - Kojo Blak ft Kelvyn Boy (Winner)

Crazy Love - Wendy Shay Ft OLIVETHEBOY

Gymnastic - KiDi ft Olivetheboy & Kojo Blak

No Issues - Lasmid ft King Promise

OMG - Mr Drew Ft OliveTheBoy

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Best Reggae/Dancehall song

Shake it to the Max rmx - MOLIY, SHENSEEA, SKILLIBENG, SILENT ADDY (Winner)

Torcher - Stonebwoy

Larger Than Life (LTL) - Cina Soul feat. Stonebwoy

Summer King - Samini

Talisman - Arathejay ft Stonebwoy

Pharaoh - Amerado

Best Music video

Excellent - KOJO BLAK ft Kelvyn Boy Directed by Henry Akrong

Sacrifice - Black Sherif Directed by Meekah Jagun

Welcome to Africa - Medikal Directed by Xbills Ebenezer

Shine - Stonebwoy Directed by YAW SKYFACE

Chaana - Samini ft Soweto Gospel Choir Directed by Yaw Skyface

Put am on God - AratheJay Directed by David Duncan (Winner)

Best Urban/Contemporary gospel song

Ebefa - Ewura Abena

Big God Afro - Kofi Owusu Peprah (Winner)

Aha Ye (The Good Place) - Diana Hamilton ft Ntokozo Mbambo & Elder Mireku

Ready - SCOTT EVANS

Stamina - Kofi Karikari

Yehoda - Carl Clottey ft Luigi Maclean

Best Gospel Artist

Piesie Esther

Diana Hamilton (Winner)

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MOG Music

Kofi Owusu Peprah

Mabel Okyere

Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta

Best Producer of the Year

Shoulder - A’town (Winner)

Best Afrobeats/Afropop Artist

Wendy Shay (Winner)

Kojo Blak

KiDi

Olivetheboy

Gyakie

Moliy

Best Traditional Gospel Song

Correct - Joyce Blessing ft King Paluta

Nyame Ye - Piesie Esther (Winner)

So far so good - Mabel Okyere

M'aseda - Kofi Owusu Preprah ft Diana Hamilton

Akorfala - Celestine Donkor ft Diana Hamilton

BABA GOD (MATTHEW 6:26) - Paul Enana

Best African song

With You - Davido ft Omah Lay (Winner)

Audio Engineer of the Year

Enso Nyame Y3 - Daniel Grüll (Winner)

Song Writer of the Year

Have Mercy II - Kofi Kinaata

Take Me Home - Cofi Boham

Sacrifice - Black Sherif (Winner)

Obi Nnim (Obinim) Akwaboah

Send Them a Prayer - Stonebwoy

Abebrese - Ko-Jo Cue

Best Rap Performance

4GG (For God's Glory) - Joe Kay

Abebrese - Ko-Jo Cue

Violence - Sarkodie

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Mensei Da - Strongman (Winner)

5th August 9 - Lyrical Joe

Welcome to Africa - Medikal

Lifetime Achievement Award

Daddy Lumba (Winner)

Best Reggae/Dancehall Artist

Samini

Ras Kuuku

Stonebwoy (Winner)

Best Hiplife/Hiphop Artist

Black Sherif

Medikal (Winner)

Kweku Smoke

Sarkodie

Ko-Jo Cue

O'kenneth

Best Group

Soul Winners

Lali x Lola

Keche (Winner)

Bethel Revival

Best Highlife Artiste

Fameye

King Paluta

Kwabena Kwabena

Kofi Kinaata (Winner)

Kuami Eugene

Record of the Year

Enso Nyame Y3 - Kwabena Kwabena (Winner)

Best New Artist

Kojo Blak (Winner)

Album/EP of the Year

Iron Boy - Black Sherif (Winner)

Torcher - Stonebwoy

After Midnight - Gyakie

Disturbation II - Medikal

Ready - Wendy Shay

Walk With Me - Kweku Smoke

Source: YEN.com.gh