Dancehall singer Charles Nii Armah Mensah a.k.a Shatta Wale has announced that he won't be part of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards again.
In a social media post he said;
"Upon sober reflections of events in recent times and having made broader consultations, I wish to announce that I will not be part of the Ghana Music Awards scheme going forward. God bless!".
Shatta Wale was banned from the VGMAs after he attacked the CEO in 2014.
He joined the scheme again in 2018 and this year created a scene on the awards night which according to him was misinterpreted by critics.
Going forward he has decided not to he part of the scheme again.
See screenshot of his post below;
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxzY8pylCu2/?igshid=10g3boo3adfoi
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Thursday, May 23, 2019
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
BET Congratulates Sarkodie For Winning Artiste Of The Decade
BET has congratulated Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie for winning Vodafone Ghana Music Awards 2019 artiste of the decade.
BET took to its Facebook page to congratulate the former BET Awards best international African act winner.
“Our #MCM has been crowned the ‘Artiste of the Decade’ at the 20th edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards! Congrats @sarkodie #MusicMonday”, they posted.
BET took to its Facebook page to congratulate the former BET Awards best international African act winner.
“Our #MCM has been crowned the ‘Artiste of the Decade’ at the 20th edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards! Congrats @sarkodie #MusicMonday”, they posted.

Saturday, May 18, 2019
VGMA: List Of All ‘Artist Of The Year’ Winners From 1999-2018
Ghana music awards festival established in 1999 is an annual music awards scheme organized by Charterhouse to reward and honor hardworking Ghanaian artists of all genres and Vodafone telecommunication network has been the headline sponsor for the past decade.
Aside all the awards given to respective winners of various categories,the artist of the year is the ultimate award every artist looks up to.The winner of this prestigious award is the musician adjudged by the Academy,Board and public as having the highest audience appeal and popularity.
The artist of the year must have also released a hit song/album and organized his/her own show during the year under review.
The twentieth edition of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards(VGMA) comes of today,18th May 2019 with usual Accra International Conference Centre as venue.
Rhymezgh.com has a compilation of all musicians who have won artist of the year from 1999 to 2018.
Let’s go through below;
1999-Akyeame(Quophi Okyeame and Okyeame Kwame)
2000-Daddy Lumba
2001-Kojo Antwi
2002-Lord Kenya
2003-Kontihene
2004-VVIP
2005-Obour
2006-Ofori Amponsah
2007-Samini
2008-Kwaw Kesse
2009-Okyeame Kwame
2010-Sarkodie
2011-VVIP
2012-Sarkodie
2013-R2Bees
2014-Shatta Wale
2015-Stonebwoy
2016-EL
2017-Joe Mettle
2018-Ebony
Within this twenty consecutive years of the biggest awards ceremony on the land,Ebony Reigns of blessed memory is the only female musician to win artist of the year award.
source:Rhymezgh.com
Aside all the awards given to respective winners of various categories,the artist of the year is the ultimate award every artist looks up to.The winner of this prestigious award is the musician adjudged by the Academy,Board and public as having the highest audience appeal and popularity.
The artist of the year must have also released a hit song/album and organized his/her own show during the year under review.
The twentieth edition of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards(VGMA) comes of today,18th May 2019 with usual Accra International Conference Centre as venue.
Rhymezgh.com has a compilation of all musicians who have won artist of the year from 1999 to 2018.
Let’s go through below;
1999-Akyeame(Quophi Okyeame and Okyeame Kwame)
2000-Daddy Lumba
2001-Kojo Antwi
2002-Lord Kenya
2003-Kontihene
2004-VVIP
2005-Obour
2006-Ofori Amponsah
2007-Samini
2008-Kwaw Kesse
2009-Okyeame Kwame
2010-Sarkodie
2011-VVIP
2012-Sarkodie
2013-R2Bees
2014-Shatta Wale
2015-Stonebwoy
2016-EL
2017-Joe Mettle
2018-Ebony
Within this twenty consecutive years of the biggest awards ceremony on the land,Ebony Reigns of blessed memory is the only female musician to win artist of the year award.
source:Rhymezgh.com
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VGMA 2019: Stonebwoy Explains Why He Is Certain Of Taking "Artiste Of The Year" Tonight
Ghanaian dancehall artiste Stonebwoy has declared he will surely win the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) topmost price at the 20th edition tonight.
The SHUGA hitmaker who got Ghanaians talking by spending GH¢50,000 on recharge cards to vote for himself to win the utmost prize at the upcoming VGMA grand event slated for Saturday, May 18, 2019.
Somewhere last week, the 2015 Ghana Music Awards ‘Artiste of the Year’, Stonebwoy and his team spent ¢50,000 worth of airtime at a voting party to secure a win for the coveted ‘Artiste of the Year’ award again.
Speaking to a rep at
ghanacrusader.com, the Reggae-Dancehall artiste expressed delight in the way and manner his fans have supported him over the years.
He said he has done everything possible to be crowned the artiste of the year. Sounding very confident, the Burniton Music Group CEO said;
“I worked harder and more than enough in the year under review, therefore trust I will surely win on Saturday”.
“I will surely win the artiste of the year again this year because my work speaks for itself, not only the work. I have also invested hugely in voting and I believe the board and academy will also be fair enough to reward my hard work and tireless effort in 2018 till now with hits songs, performance and raising the flag of Ghana on international stages and making headlines in pages”.
The SHUGA hitmaker who got Ghanaians talking by spending GH¢50,000 on recharge cards to vote for himself to win the utmost prize at the upcoming VGMA grand event slated for Saturday, May 18, 2019.
Somewhere last week, the 2015 Ghana Music Awards ‘Artiste of the Year’, Stonebwoy and his team spent ¢50,000 worth of airtime at a voting party to secure a win for the coveted ‘Artiste of the Year’ award again.
Speaking to a rep at
ghanacrusader.com, the Reggae-Dancehall artiste expressed delight in the way and manner his fans have supported him over the years.
He said he has done everything possible to be crowned the artiste of the year. Sounding very confident, the Burniton Music Group CEO said;
“I worked harder and more than enough in the year under review, therefore trust I will surely win on Saturday”.
“I will surely win the artiste of the year again this year because my work speaks for itself, not only the work. I have also invested hugely in voting and I believe the board and academy will also be fair enough to reward my hard work and tireless effort in 2018 till now with hits songs, performance and raising the flag of Ghana on international stages and making headlines in pages”.
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