TGMA24: Daddy Lumba, Sarkodie, Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy, Black Sherif And Artiste Of The Year Winners
- The 2024 edition of the Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) is scheduled to come off on Saturday, June 1
- The night will see Kuami Eugene, Nacee, Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, King Promise, and Black Sherif battle it out for the topmost award
- YEN.com.gh brings the list of previous winners of the Artiste Of The Year category alongside entertainment journalist Owusu Worae's thoughts
The 2024 Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) will come off at the Accra International Conference Centre on Saturday, June 1.
The 2024 VGMAs, which happens to be the 25th edition of the scheme, pitches Kuami Eugene, Nacee, Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, King Promise, and Black Sherif against each other for the topmost award, Artiste Of The Year.
YEN.com.gh has compiled the list of previous winners, showing Sarkodie and Stonebwoy as the only artists to have ever won it.
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See the list of previous winners below:
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2000 - Daddy Lumba
Highlife superstar Daddy Lumba a.k.a. Charles Kwadwo Fosu, won the award and capped it off with a splendid performance.
2001 - Kojo Antwi
Kojo Antwi, a.k.a. Mr Music Man, won four awards, including the Artiste Of The Year.
2002 - Lord Kenya
Lord Kenya won the Artiste Of The Year in 2002, becoming the first rapper to ever do that.
2003 - Kojo Antwi
2004 - VVIP
2005 - Obour
2006 - Ofori Amponsah
2007 - Samini
2008 - Kwaw Kese
2009 - Okyeame Kwame
2010 - Sarkodie
2011 - VVIP
2012 - Sarkodie
2013 - R2Bees
2014-Shatta Wale
2015 - Stonebwoy
2016 - EL
2017 - Joe Mettle
2018- Ebony
2019 – Annulled
2020 - Kuami Eugene
2021- Diana Hamilton
2022 - KiDi
2023 - Black Sherif
2024 - ???
Overview of VGMA Artiste Of The Year winners
Head of entertainment news at TV3, Owusu Worae, shared his thoughts about the previous winners and his expectations of the current edition.
In a chat with YEN.com.gh, Owusu Worae named his top five Artiste Of The Year picks in the past. For him, Daddy Lumba's win in 2000, Lord Kenya's triumph in 2002, Joe Mettle's win in 2017, and Ebony's win in 2018, the annulment in 2019 are the most iconic.
"The Artiste Of The Year was not the main trophy from the awards' inception. In the early years, the Song Of The Year award winners were made to represent Ghana at the KORA Awards.
"But it is a big deal now. Daddy Lumba's win in 2000, the first ever given out, was iconic. Lord Kenya's win, two years later, was memorable as it established rappers and the Hiplife movement in the awards. Joe Mettle's win in 2017 was the first time a gospel singer had won the ultimate. Ebony's 2018 triumph was historic for two reasons: the first time a female had won the award and the first time it was handed out posthumously. The last standout moment was when the category was annulled in 2019 because of Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale's fracas," he said.
Owusu Worae indicated he was expecting another keen contest between Stonebwoy and King Promise at this year's awards, adding that Kuami Eugene could spring up a surprise.
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Source: YEN.com.gh
Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah (HOD Entertainment) Jeffrey is the Head of the Entertainment Desk and a graduate of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) with over 10 years of experience in journalism. He started as a reporter with Ghana News Agency (GNA). He joined Primnewsghana.com in 2016 as an editor. He moved to YEN.com.gh in 2017 as an editor and has risen to his current position. You can contact him via e-mail: j.owusu-mensah@yen.com.gh
Owusu Worae (Entertainment journalist) Worae is an entertainment journalist with over 13 years of experience and now serves as the head of entertainment news at TV3. He has acquired vast knowledge of Ghana's entertainment industry through his work. He led a campaign to bring the spotlight to the plights of old and ailing Ghanaian entertainers like Super OD, Jewel Ackah, William Addo through his series of interviews. He has also been the leader of TV3 News' coverage of major entertainment shows like the VGMAs, GMB for the better part of the last decade
