TGMA 2026: Black Sherif Wins Artiste Of The Year + Full List of Winners and Nominess

• The 27th Telecel Ghana Music Awards celebrated top artistes at Accra's Grand Arena on May 9, 2026
• Black Sherif claimed the prestigious awards for the night, Artiste Of The Year and Album Of The Year
• Medikal also had a strong showing, winning the Most Popular Song Of The Year,and three other awards

The 27th Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) took place on Saturday, May 9, 2026, at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC).

Despite the initial uncertainty about the venue and the public anxiety over the event's location, it was a successful event.

The night was dominated by Medikal and Black Sherif, who emerged with the Artiste Of The Year and Album Of The Year awards.

Full list of 2026 TGMA nominations

Below is the full list of nominations for the 2026 Telecel Ghana Music Awards:

Best Hiplife Song

• Shoulder - Medikal ft Shatta Wale & Beeztrap KOTM - WINNER
• Habit - Fameye ft Medikal
• Tontonte - Ko-Jo Cue ft Ofori Amponsah & Arathejay
• Next Door - Kojo Blak ft Sarkodie
• Messiah - Sarkodie ft Kweku Flick
• Badness - Kwesi Amewuga

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Best Highlife Song

• It Is Finished - Kofi Kinaata - WINNER
• Foko - King Paluta
• Aso II - Kwabena Kwabena ft Stonebwoy & Kofi Kinaata
• Obi Adi - Amerado Burner
• Do Better - Kuami Eugene

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 Hiphop Song

• Where Dem Boys - Black Sherif - WINNER
• Balenciaga - O'Kenneth
• Violence - Sarkodie ft Kweku Smoke
• Same Timbs - Gonaboy
• The Matter - Lalid

Best Afrobeats Song

• Excellent - Kojo Blak ft Kelvynboy
• Gymnastic - KiDi, Olivetheboy & Kojo Blak
• Crazy Love - Wendy Shay ft Olivetheboy
• OMG - Mr Drew ft Olivetheboy
• No Issues - Lasmid ft King Promise

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Best Afropop Song

• Sacrifice - Black Sherif - WINNER
• Gidi Gidi - Stonebwoy
• Bend - Olivetheboy ft Sarkodie
• Sankofa - Gyakie
• Olivia - Lasmid
• See What We've Done - King Promise ft Mr Eazi

Best Music Video

• Excellent - Kojo Blak ft Kelvynboy (Director: Henry Akrong)
• Sacrifice - Black Sherif (Director: Meekah Jagun)
• Welcome to Africa - Medikal (Director: Xbillz Ebenezer)
• Shine - Stonebwoy (Director: Yaw Skyface)
• Chaana - Samini ft Soweto Gospel Choir (Director: Yaw Skyface)
• Put Am On God - Arathejay (Director: David Duncan) - WINNER

Best Male Vocal Performance

• Akoma - Asiama - WINNER
• Timeless (Live) - Deon Boakye
• Prayer - Perez Musik
• Catch-22 - Josh Blakk
• Yehoda - Carl Clottey

Best Female Vocal Performance

• Amin - Enam - WINNER
• See Me Through - Grace Charles (Team Eternity Ghana)
• Show Me How To Love - Niella
• Breathe - Cina Soul
• Beni Tookweiloi - Lordina the Soprano

Best Rap Performance

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• Mensei Da - Strongman - WINNER
• Abebrese - Ko-Jo Cue
• 5th August 9 - Lyrical Joe
• 4GG (For God's Glory) - Joe Kay
• Welcome to Africa - Medikal
• Violence - Sarkodie

Collaboration of the Year

• Excellent - Kojo Blak ft Kelvynboy
• Gymnastic - KiDi ft Olivetheboy & Kojo Blak
• Crazy Love - Wendy Shay ft Olivetheboy
• Violence - Sarkodie ft Kweku Smoke
• Shoulder - Medikal ft Shatta Wale & Beeztrap KOTM - WINNER
• Aso II - Kwabena Kwabena ft Stonebwoy & Kofi Kinaata

International Collaboration of the Year

• Shake It to the Max - Moliy ft Shenseea, Skillbeng & Silent Addy - WINNER
• So It Goes - Black Sherif ft Fireboy DML
• Too Late 2.0 - 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 Reggae/Dancehall Song

• Shake It to the Max Remix - Moliy ft Shenseea, Skillibeng & Silent Addy - WINNER
• Torcher - Stonebwoy
• Larger Than Life - Cina Soul ft Stonebwoy
• Summer King - Samini
• Talisman - AratheJay ft Stonebwoy
• Pharaoh - Amerado

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Best Urban/Contemporary Gospel Song

• Ebefa - Ewura Abena
• Big God Afro - Kofi Owusu Preprah - WINNER
• Aha Ye - Diana Hamilton ft Ntokozo Mbambo & Elder Mireku
• Ready - Scott Evans
• Stamina - Kofi Karikari
• Yehoda - Carl Clottey ft Luigi Maclean

Best Afrobeats/Afropop Artist

• Wendy Shay - WINNER
• KiDi
• Kojo Blak
• Olivetheboy
• Gyakie
• Moliy

Best Hiplife/Hiphop Artist

• Black Sherif
• Medikal - WINNER
• Kweku Smoke
• Sarkodie
• Ko-Jo Cue
• O'Kenneth

Best Highlife Artist

• Fameye
• King Paluta
• Kwabena Kwabena
• Kofi Kinaata - WINNER
• Kuami Eugene

Songwriter of the Year

• Black Sherif - Sacrifice - WINNER
• Kofi Kinaata - Have Mercy II
• Cofi Boham - Take Me Home
• Ko-Jo Cue - Abebrese
• Akwaboah - Obi Nnim (Obinim)
• Stonebwoy - Send Them A Prayer

Best Reggae/Dancehall Artist

• Samini
• Ras Kuuku
• Stonebwoy - WINNER

Best Gospel Artiste

• Piesie Esther
• Diana Hamilton - WINNER
• MOG Music
• Kofi Owusu Peprah
• Mabel Okyere
• Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta

Best New Artiste

Kojo Blakk - WINNER

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Album/EP Of The Year

Black Sherif - Iron Boy - WINNER

Medikal - Disturbation

Wendy Shay

Most Popular Song Of The Year

• Gymnastic - KiDi ft OliveTheBoy & Kojo Blak
• Sacrifice - Black Sherif
• Crazy Love - Wendy Shay ft OliveTheBoy
• Excellent - Kojo Black ft Kelvynboy
• Shoulder - Medikal ft Shatta Wale, BeezTrap - WINNER
• Olivia - Lasmid
• Shake It To The Max - MOLIY ft Shenseea, Skillibeng
• Nyame Ye - Piesie Esther
• Foko - King Paluta

Artiste Of The Year

• Black Sherif - WINNER
• Medikal
• Stonebwoy
• Wendy Shay
• Sarkodie
• Diana Hamilton

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Source: YEN.com.gh