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

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.

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YEN.comgh compiles the full list of winners at the 2026 Telecel Ghana Music Awards held on May 9, 2026, at the Accra International Conference Centre. Image credit: Charterhouse
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The awards are ongoing with some artists securing early wins, while others patiently wait to win the biggest honour of the night.

The Artist of the Year awards, the most prestigious, pit Black Sherif against Medikal, Stonebwoy, Wendy Shay, Sarkodie, and Diana Hamilton against one another.

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

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Badness - Kwesi Amewuga

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

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Crazy Love - Wendy Shay ft Olivetheboy

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

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OMG - Mr Drew Ft OliveTheBoy

Best Reggae/Dancehall song

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

Best Music video

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)

Source: YEN.com.gh

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