The 2025 Ghana Music Awards : Nominees Announced

The 2025 Telecel Ghana Music Awards nominees have been announced, and the competition is fierce. Here are the nominees in various categories:
The list of nominees for the 2025 Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) was unveiled on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at the Grand Arena.
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Artistes like King Paluta, Team Eternity, Stonebwoy, King Promise, Black Sherif, Kweku Smoke, Joe Mettle, got nominated in the Artiste of the Year category.
Kofi Kinaata, Okyeame Kwame, Empress Gifty, Diana Hamilton, Sarkodie, Flowking Stone, Eno Barony, Lyrical Joe and others also earned spots in various categories.
The main awards ceremony will be held on May 3, 2025.
Major Categories
– Artiste of the Year: Kweku Smoke, Team Eternity, Joe Mettle, King Paluta, King Promise, Stonebwoy, Black Sherif ¹
– New Artiste of the Year: Lali x Lola, Arathejay, Rap Fada, Team Eternity, Beeztrap Kotm, Kwesi Amewuga ¹
– Album of the Year: Nominees yet to be announced
– Record of the Year: Nominees yet to be announced
– Telecel Most Popular Song of the Year: Asylum – Olive The Boy, Paris – King Promise, Lomo Lomo – KiDi Ft. Black Sherif, Very Soon – Fameye, Puul – Lasmid, Defe Defe – Team Eternity Ghana, Aseda – King Paluta, Jejereje – Stonebwoy, January 9 – Black Sherif ¹
Other Notable Categories
– Best Gospel Music Artiste: Piesie Esther, Joe Mettle, Empress Gifty, Diana Hamilton, Team Eternity Ghana, MOG Music ¹
– Best Male Vocal Performance: Kofi Nuel – Do Not Fear, Emmanuel Juddah – Aseda, MOG Music – Ahuoden Fofro, Ayisi – Can I Live, Joe Mettle – Obo Awon Oba ¹
– Best Female Vocal Performance: Naana Asiedu (Team Eternity Ghana) – Defe Defe, Lordina the Soprano – Simply Trusting Everyday, Esther Goodwyll – I Choose to Praise, Titi Owusu – Noboody, Mima Afrika – On Fire ¹
– Best Hiplife/HipHop Artiste: Amerado, Beeztrap Kotm, Kweku Smoke, Black Sherif, King Paluta, Sarkodie, Medikal ¹
Venue For The TGMA: Accra Conference Center
– Best Rap Performance: Eno Barony – “No Manual”, Kweku Smoke – “Holy Ghost”, Okyeame Kwame – “No Competition”, Sarkodie – “Brag”, Lyrical Joe – “5th August”, Flowking Stone – “King Is Back”