King Paluta Eyes The Coveted 2025 TGMA Artiste of the Year: "I Worked Hard In 2024"
- Musician King Paluta has explained the reasons he was deserving of the coveted 2025 Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) award, the Artist of the Year.
- In an interview with Neat FM, King Paluta noted that he released hit songs and talked about a prophecy
- Many people sided with him, while others claimed other musicians were deserving of the award
- Entertainment pundit Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh spoke to YEN.com.gh about whether King Paluta stood a chance of winning the coveted award for the night, the Artiste of the Year
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King Paluta has weighed in on conversations surrounding Ghanaian musicians who are most deserving of the coveted 2025 Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) award, the Artist of the Year.
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King Paluta speaks about the TGMAs
In an interview on Neat FM, King Paluta noted that he had heard conversations involving his name being added to the list of Ghanaian musicians deserving of the coveted award.
Recently seasoned rapper Okyeame Kwame endorsed him as the most deserving musician to bag the award.
Sharing his views on this, King Paluta noted that he believed he was deserving of the 2025 TGMA Artist of the Year considering the hard work he put in 2024.
"The thing is, last year, 2024, when we entered the year, the first hit song I released was Odogwu the Bad, Grandfather featuring King Paluta. What followed was Aseda"
Explaining further, he noted that after releasing his top charting song Aseda, he went on to win the 2024 TGMA Best New Artist and the 2024 TGMA Best Hiplife song.
"For the Best New Artist award, if you take the Artist of the Year award, what follows next is the Best New Artist. If you consider the award, it meant that I was the only musician who worked very hard in 2023."
The Apicki crooner noted in 2023, there were moments when fans he met at the airport while embarking on a trip who predicted he would win the Best New Artist of the Year and it came to pass.
Therefore, he noted that since other musicians and fans are tipping him off as the 2025 Artist of the Year, he is certain about winning it.
Reactions to Paluta prepping to win TGMA
Below are the opinions of social media users to King Paluta's interview on Neat FM:
iam.d_essy said:
"Chale if ebe hits songs Dea anka Medikal for get like 7 oo😂💔."
m.e.a.l.z said:
"Make nobody come close to King Promise this year we go fit wound person 😂."
iamoheneemmy said:
"He really worked in 2024, but don’t forget Kweku Smoke also worked really hard too with his album topping charts for months. If I’m to vote, it’ll be Smoke. No Disrespect💚."
niimensakevin said:
"Oh he go fit take mmom but Kweku Smoke dey."
hes_donnii said:
"We dey take sisi fiaa take aoty??🤣🤣"
"King Paluta is a big contender for the AOTY" - Boadu-Ayeboafoh
Entertainment pundit Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh spoke to YEN.com.gh about whether King Paluta stood a chance of winning the coveted award for the night, the TGMA Artiste of the Year
Mr Boadu-Ayeboafoh noted that King Paluta was definitely a contender for the TGMA Artiste of the Year.
He explained that King Paluta checks all the boxes for any musician who wants to win the coveted award for the night.
"He is definitely a big contender and hits all the markers to be able to win the Artist of the year."
The seasoned entertainment pundit noted that the Aseda crooner faced other strong contenders.
He added that King Paluta should not claim the title when others equally have a stake to claim.
"But he also faces strong competition and shouldn’t think he deserves it when others equally have a stake to claim."
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Fans erupted with excitement, flooding the comments section with praise and congratulations for the Ghanaian musician.
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Geraldine Amoah (Entertainment editor) Geraldine Amoah is an Entertainment Editor at YEN.com.gh. She pursued Business Administration at Ashesi University and graduated in 2020. She has over 3 years of experience in journalism. Geraldine's professional career in journalism started at Myjoyonline at Multimedia Group Limited, where she worked as a writer. She has completed Google News Initiative News Lab courses in Advanced digital reporting and fighting misinformation.
Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh (Music Executive) Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh is an experienced Music Executive with over a decade of experience in the Music Industry. He is also a media personality with production and on-air experience on Television and Radio. He has worked with 3x Grammy-winning Reggae group Morgan Heritage, Mr Drew, King Paluta, Renner, Kwesi Valley, Ugandan star Azawi, and many others. NYB, as he is referred to in some quarters, is also an event producer and talent manager associated with events such as AfroNation Ghana and Guinness Accravaganza.
