Officially, the Ghana Movie Awards which is held annually will be four years on December 30. As usual, winners for this year’s edition would be announced, rewarded and celebrated at the Accra International Conference Centre, the venue for the awards.

As actors, producers, directors, Ghanaians and other stakeholders gear up for this year’s edition, a lot of questions have been asked and are still being asked with regards especially on preparation for this year’s event which many on the quiet side have described as not being good.

A lot is also being asked about how serious the awards should be taken. Questions are being asked about the credibility of the awards and whether it is living up to its expectations.

All these questions are being asked because of the happenings that took place few days to the grand announcement of this year’s nominations.

As has been the case over the past three years of the awards, a special ceremony is held for the announcement of the final list of the nominees for the awards.

This year was no different. A well planned soiree had been put together for announcement to be made to the Ghanaian media. Media personnel were in anticipation of who the nominees to be unveiled were but the nominations were shamefully leaked by someone among the organisers.

The leakage consequently defeated the purpose for the well-organised-soiree for the media.

Since its inception the Ghana Movie Awards has been bedeviled with one problem or the other. The problems, over the years have however not been solved. Yet problems continue to pour in. In fact, some of the mistakes shouldn’t have come up in the first place. They were avoidable.

But the anomalies keep showing their ugly head year after year. If organisers of the awards will leak information before their scheduled release, it shows the direction the awards is pointing and why people are doubting its credibility.

Surely, for several years to come the Ghana Movie Awards would want to be mentioned and seen as one of the most credible award schemes for movie personalities in Ghana.

Yet there are several errors that keep occurring and which have not been dealt with. It is amazing how new sets of problems are deliberately added to the already existing ones.

Existing problems

In the first edition, there were four actresses who were adjudged by the awards’ jury panel as befitting of the Best Actress award because of the role each of them played in Alhaji Salam Mumuni’s movie 4Play Reloaded.

The four actresses, namely, Jackie Appiah, Yvonne Okoro, Juliet Ibrahim and Roselyn Ngissah were presented with one of the biggest awards on the night. They won Best Actress in a Lead Role and were consequently given one SUV car to share among themselves, aside the statuettes that were presented to them on the night.

To give a car to someone for becoming Best Actress is not a bad idea, but it turned out wrongly because four people were given the nod and therefore had to share one car. This created tension, pressure, hatred and enmity among the actresses involved.

Awards are supposed to unify and bring people in a particular field together. However, words on the streets indicate that the Ghana Movie Awards is doing otherwise.

Up until now, Ghanaians do not know the whereabouts of the said car. We do not know whether it has been sold and the money shared or if it is packed in the garage of one of the actresses or being used by someone else. Shouldn’t answers be given before new sets of problems are introduced?

Was The Leakage Necessary?

Another thing that when continued will kill the awards concerns the leakage of information before it officially comes out. Was the leakage of the nominees for awards before they were unveiled necessary at all?

What purpose does it serve? Copying other awards schemes to help you grow yours is normal practice but must it be done with disdain?

A week before the nominations for Oscars, the Oscar website leaked vital information which had to do with the nomination of Quentin Tarantino’s epic adventure film Django Unchained.

I stand to be corrected, but before that leakage, I had not heard or read about leakage concerning nominations before they were made officially public. That is why I believe the idea of leaking information from the Ghana Movie Awards before its grand release was ‘stolen’ from the Oscars.

And why must it be so?

Even before the leakage of that information, many still found it difficult to see the awards as being credible. Now after the leakage, we can all predict what will be happening in coming years.

Awards events are organised by human beings. What this means is that people are always privy to some information, but it does not mean such information which sometimes are vital should be leaked? Charter House has organised the annual Ghana Music Awards for 14 years and there has not been any leakage of information particularly concerning nominations before they are officially released?

How can counterparts in foreign movie awards schemes which have been held close to a decade or more, respect and see the awards as serious and credible? Must we joke with everything because we are in charge?

Preparation for this year’s awards has been poor and it has not been perfect in the previous years either. CEO of the awards scheme, Phred Nuamah must know that the Ghana Movie Awards like any awards event needs a serious and dedicated team to make the awards triumph.

A team to organise the event must be put in place long before any scheduled ceremony. In fact, there should be a team that is supposed to function all round the year.

It is important that awards ceremonies are taken as serious events, and as such standards ought to be upheld. Faltering every year as well as delays with the process are not helping the scheme. The movie industry is a vibrant and serious one that needs serious minds to organise and implement to the satisfaction of the industry players.

I bet Phred is not waiting for the time when players in the industry will boycott the awards because things have not been done correctly. Merry Christmas to you all!

By:  Ebenezer Anangfio / Graphic Showbiz  

Akyesaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!! Bui! The were lots of fun in the air last Sunday, December 22 as the Linda hitmaker Samini celebrated his 32nd birthday party.

Emmanuel Andrews Samini , known in show business as Samini (formerly Batman Samini), is a musical artist and a close friend of Shatta Wale (Bandana)

Samini hails from the town of Wa in the northern part of Ghana. His genre of music is a melodious mixture of highlife, dancehall, reggae and hip-hop. He terms his brand of music as the “African dancehall”.

He started singing in a church choir at the age of 14 and became a professional musician after a musical collaboration with another musician in 1999. His debut album, Dankwasere released in 2004, topped the local music charts for weeks and won two awards at the Ghana Music Awards.The track Linda from the album was a popular hit. He has shared the stage alongside Sean Paul, Akon, Kevin Little, Shaggy, Wayne Wonder, Damien Marley, Bennie Man, Jay-Z, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Culture (of Blessed Memory) and Steel Pulse. He collaborated with Steel Pulse and Etana from Jamaica. He has received international recognition and toured the UK,[ Germany], Italy, Fool smaniCanada, and the Netherlands.

He received international recognition when he was nominated and won the best African musical act at the MOBO Awards in the United Kingdom in September 2006.His second album was Samini for which he won three awards at the 2007 Ghana Music Awards, and in February 2008, won the Best African Artist Award at the Hip Hop World Awards in Nigeria. His third album, Dagaati, was released in 2008.

Happy belated birthday from Zionfelix.com to the dancehall artiste

Check out some shots from the party below:

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Organisers of Kumawood and Akoben Movie Awards have named Nana Benyin Anamel of Luv FM and Dayan Aduhene Gyamfi Kwarteng of Otec FM as the hosts of this year’s awards ceremony slated for Friday December 17 at the True Vine Hotel, Ahodwo, Kumasi. The announcement comes after several Ghanaians questioned who the hosts of this year’s event would be.

Christened Pita Joseph Nana Benyin Anumel, the Luv FM presenter entered radio at age 21.

In July 1996, Nanabenyin was given the chance after school to do an internship with the Business Department of Radio Gold 90.5FM at Lartebiokorshie in Accra as a Business Development Assistant. Whilst performing this function, the then programmes Director – Kweku Boafo Agyemang a.k.a ‘Pacherco’ identified his naturally acquired radio skills and encouraged him to exhibit it on air. That marked the humble beginning point for “Da Nabman” on radio.

Together with Kwame Sefa Kayi, B.B Menson (The Virus) the late Benji Kumasah, Fiifi Banson, Yvonne Andoh and the entire “Power Station” crew, they held the nation’s capital totally locked on at the Link Road Junction. With both presentation and Deejaying skills at his fingertips, he did everything from production to sit-ins for “Swingers, Kule’s.

In the year 2000, Nanabenyin kept the entire Garden City awake with the “Kapital Journry” on Kapital 97.1FM.  He also produced, co-presented “New Waves” with Nana Otu Jandour – now with Radio Paragon in Takoradi and did a lot of sit-ins on the “Bumper to Bumper” show as well. All these he did alongside his full time job as a Brand Executive for Fan Milk Ghana Limited. In 2002 he left radio and concentrated on Groove Incorporated and other academic pursuits only to bounce back as a “Nocturnal” on Luv 99.5FM in 2006 having resigned from Fan Milk Limited.

The ‘Dancehhall King’ Shatta Wale this festive season has also visited an orphanage home in Kumasi.  Looking at what Ghanaians have done for him during this year, Shatta also thought of giving back to the society hence, his visit to offer these goods to the kids. He was in the house with reps from Bull House entertainment and Rich Game Entertainment.

See photos from his visit below:

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The official Christmas party, Decemba 2 Rememba was heated up as patrons were up on their feet dancing the night away into Christmas day. #D2R2013, powered by 97.3 Citi FM and Airtel Ghana, according to patrons, has been the most well organized event so far,  with enough thrills and more to make this December one to really remember.

M.anifest opened the show with the audience dancing and singing along to his thought provoking rap. The other artistes billed for the night took turns to treat the fully packed auditorium to awesome performances. Guru of boys abre fame treated the audience to his 2013 hit songs. With a traditional umbrella and a chief’s stool, Guru was supported by his subjects as he performed all the hits. The international fisherman, Gasmilla surely did not disappoint. A formation dance with his crew surely thrilled his fans.

Rib cracking comedy is what Bash from Nigeria delivered. He got the audience laughing their hearts out un-end with every single joke he told. Keche was amazing as well as they performed back to back some of their hit songs like Pressure, Gogo gaga gogo and Aluguntugui. Tiffany with her dancers displayed jaw dropping dances including the ever popular azonto dance. M.anifest’s appearance on the stage got the audience super excited. He He delivered hit song after hit song and later performed together with Citi FM’s Nathan Quao.

Castro the Destroyer was the billed last to perform and he really did deliver. The whole auditorium erupted into screams and shouts when he came on stage. Castro later in his performance took the audience on a spiritual journey by leading the auditorium to sing some good old gospel tunes. The concert was interspersed with funny videos which got the patrons laughing. There was never a dull moment at the concert

The 2013 Citi FM’s Decemba 2 Rememba was served hot and patrons left the concert happy and satisfied. Citi FM promised, the artistes delivered and in all, 2013 Christmas was ushered in on a high note with Decemba 2 Rememba.

Paintsil’s exclusive Infiniti SUV is gone

By Ameenu Shardow, follow on Twitter @alooameenu

Ghana defender John Paintsil woke up on Christmas morning to realise his exclusive Infiniti SUV was missing from his fleet of cars at his Trasaco Valley residence in Accra.

The right-back has returned to the country to spend the Christmas and New Year festivities with his family after getting his club career back on track in South Africa with Santos.

The ex Fulham defender stood in shock as the space being occupied by his Infiniti JX35 2013 model valued at $45,000 laid empty on Christmas day.

The Ghana international has since made an official report to the Police to begin investigations towards the retrieval of the vehicle.

Paintsil had started playing again after putting a difficult summer behind him.

The experienced right-back becomes the second Ghanaian player this year to report a case of theft at the plush Trasaco Valley residence.

John Mensah has also filed a report of a car break as he was in France on club duty.

Via: GhanaSoccerNet

As Nydj concluded his review on the ’24th Nite’ concert’ by saying “A feeling is better expressed than narrated by a second party and as a result, I wouldn’t want to talk about press accreditation and the challenges some of my colleagues had to go through as I know most of them would write about it themselves.”, I know he was calling on me to write my experience so I come to give me detailed accounts of my sad encounter with Homeproud after wasting my time to help promote their show.

I don’t even know how to start this sad encounter I had with Mr Kelvin and his Homeproud crew because there are lots to be written but let me try and summarize things. I run away from school on Monday to Kumasi just to attend 24^th Night with Kwabena Kwabena, Sarkodie, Fuse ODG and 2face (who was absent) and get some pics for readers of my blog and OMG!Ghana but unfortunately, I didn’t get an accreditation when I got to Kumasi after calling Mr Kelvin on Sunday to inform him of my coming to Kumasi and my accreditation. Now let’s go to how they all started.

Weeks after Kwbana Kwabena hosted his charity concert at the State Banquette Hall in Accra, Mr Kelvin, CEO of Homeproud contacted me asking of Ghanaian and Nigerian artistes who can fill the Kumasi Sports Stadium this Christmas. Talks started from then till he later told me that 2face and Kwbane Kwabena have been sealed for the ‘24^th Nite’ concert in Kumasi. I started with my usual story writing to promote the concert since it’s a Kumasi ‘thing’. Mr Kelvin could wake me up around 5 am and even call me during lecture hours to give me info to write about the concert all in the name of helping to promote their show.

Not only do I know Mr Kelvin because of Homeproud, he is also part of Kwbana Kwabena’s management so you can now tell why I post most of Kwabena Kkwabena’s news.

Weeks before the main concert, Mr. Kelvin called to ask if I will make it to the event but I told him i won’t be able to because my revision and exams timetable were not out as at the time he called to ask. After I saw my timetable and realized my revision starts from Saturday December 28 around 4:30 pm, I thought I could go to Kumasi for the 24^th Night concert and the Kumawood awards happening on Friday December 27 and return early Saturday morning to start  my revision. I called Kelvin on Sunday December 22 and informed him about my traveling to Kumasi for the show and asked if I will get accreditation because I can’t travel to Kumasi without getting a ‘pass’ to the show. Mr Kelvin assured me of accreditation and told me to come because there was no way I could be denied one for all my help towards the event.

I arrived in Kumasi around 9:30 pm on Monday so I hurriedly went to bed without calling anyone to know of my arrival in the city. I called Mr Kelvin early Tuesday morning but he didn’t pick any of my calls. I sent him a text informing him of my arrival and my accreditation. He later called to tell me he didn’t have MTN number but my Airtel that is why he didn’t pick my call. I was a little bit surprised because he whatsapped me the concert’s poster on the MTN line so why this story? Probably he had changed his phone or any other reason. He gave me one guy who is also part of the Homeproud crew to contact for my accreditation so I did exactly that. I wanted two for my camera man and myself but the guy said Kelvin has to give him that order so I should call Kelvin to tell him that but several calls placed to Kelvin were not answered so I accepted the one accreditation and asked of the time and where I will get it. The guy told me to be at Royal Lamerta Hotel, venue for the show around 1pm because he will be available there at that time.

Several calls placed to the guy around 1:30 pm were not answered so I decided to go to Lamerta because Kelvin would be around and that will even be easier for me. Fortunately for me, Kelvin was the first person I saw on my arrival at the hotel. I told him the guy has not been picking my calls but he asked me to come for the accreditation around 1pm. Kelvin asked me to wait for him whilst he searches for the guy. After several minutes of waiting, he told me that the guy is also not picking his calls. He later told me that a guy in white who just passed by me is the one giving out the accreditation and asked if I didn’t see him. How will I know someone who is giving an accreditation when I’ve not met the person before and again why didn’t he collect it from the guy for me? I saw him walking with the same guy approaching me but surprisingly, the guy never reached where I was standing. Kelvin came without the guy. For all those while, I was busily snapping pictures of Fuse ODG and the preparation of the venue posting them on facebook and instagram for people to know how far things had gone.

After waiting for over an hour and half, I told Kelvin I was leaving and he said ‘ok we shall meet in the evening’. How do we meet in the evening when you gave me nothing? I bought my ticket at the gate to enter the show because I had already gone for a camera and there was no way I can miss the show since I travelled all the way from Accra to Kumasi for that purpose. Luckily for me, the guy whom I called in the morning approached me and asked of how I entered and I told him I bought a ticket to enter. The guy who even approached me that night is totally different from the one Kelvin said was in white when I went there in the afternoon. I approached Kelvin and told him how he disappointed me but before he could say jack, someone else was also complain of another thing.

After the concert, I approached one guy called Kobia who is also a member of the Homeproud team to lodge a complain but he said I should give him a minute he will attend to me but never did he see me t listen to what I had to tell him. He passed by me twice but never attended to me as he said. I complained to this same Kobia guy in the afternoon on facebook about not getting an accreditation but the only thing he could ask was ‘where are you” and after replying him, he said nothing again. Kobia who has been following my updates thanked me days before the concert on facebook for my immense support for their show so why this treatment from them.

So now you see how SOME Kumasi event organizers can behave? Instead of learning for my revision and exams or better still stay in Accra and attend the December to Remember or Kojo Antwi’s concert, I left all my radio shows to Kumasi for a show which the CEO of the production house has always been complaining of Kumasi people not supporting their own.

The aging grudge between Ghana’s top dancehall artistes, Bandana aka Shatta Wale and Samini was again felt at the Loud In GH concert organized by Yfm at the Accra Sports Stadium.The Concert which headlined top dancehall artistes in the country had Samini and Shatta Wale on the bill, but to the surprise of many, Shatta Wale refused to stop performing after he had performed close to 30 songs knowing Samini was next to perform.Several times he was signaled to end his performance but he chose to caution the organizers to allow him do his job which is to entertain his fans while the crowd kept on chanting his name. He was allowed to perform and he never stopped.

His attitude compelled the organizers to pull the plug on the PA system which Shatta Wale regardless kept on performing to the chant of his fans for some minutes before he gave up the stage.

The audience started leaving after Shatta Wale left the stage at around 0345 GMT thinking the show was over. As soon as Samini was introduced, many of the people who had left started returning to the stadium wondering what had just happened.

About half the audience had left and Samini ignited a huge cheer from those present when he insisted on performing to those who are ready to be entertained even if it would last till sunrise.

He delivered a great performance to the satisfaction of his fans despite the unnecessary delay he had to encounter.The concert had performances from eight underground dancehall artistes with Kaakie, Natural Face, Jupiter, Stonebwoy, Shatta Wale and Samini entertaining the crowd that had filled a quarter of the stadium stands.

Source: Ismail Akwei-GhanaWeb

Joseph Baena, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 16-year-old son was gifted a brand new Jeep by his dad for Christmas.

The car, 2014 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon purchased at Bakersfield on Monday was delivered to the privileged son for Christmas even though Joseph does not have his driver’s licence yet.

Check the photo of the car below:

Juliet Ibrahim might not have starred in many movies in 2013, but fortunately for her, the latest movie titled ‘Rain’ in which she featured in early this year,  will make her fans either love her more or hate her more.

The movie, which featured movie stars like Dan Tei Mensah, Eddie Nartey, Niki Samonas, George Dickman and others, is said to be a very educative movie but, with lots of hardcore and graphic scenes; Juliet Ibrahim lustfully playing a lesbian role as she kisses Niki Samonas, whilst Eddie Nartey played a gay role with his partner being George Dickman.

We are still trying to get you the video soon. for the meantime let us know if you would play as a lustful gay or lesbian in any movie you will be featured in?

R2Bees and Star Beer presents #BeWhoYouAre inside Vienna Beach on the 29th of December. Check flyer for more details

Gospel singer Nicholas Omane Acheampong of ‘Maher-shalal-Hash-baz’ fame says he has nothing against his colleague musician, Sonnie Badu.

“I don’t know where this is coming from but I want to put it on record that I have nothing against Sonnie Badu. I don’t hate him. I don’t have any grudge [against] him. All I did was to advice his handlers to find a way of ending this back and forth over a tape bearing his voice and his denial. This harmless advice has been taken by some people to mean something else,” Omani Acheampong told NEWS-ONE.

Nicholas was recently asked his opinion on comments from Sonnie Badu that most of the songs from Ghanaian gospel musicians neither made sense nor glorified God.

Though Sonnie held a press conference to deny ever making such statements, an audio recording of his voice making the exact statement has gone viral and raised questions about his truthfulness.

Nicholas, in his comments, said the back and forth between Sonnie and the media was not helping the image of the musician and that of the gospel music fraternity in general and therefore his management should find a way of putting a stop to it.

He also disagreed with Sonnie that gospel songs from Nigeria generally had better lyrics and rhythm.

“I have vowed not to have a problem with any man of God or any gospel musician because of my pastor, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi, head pastor of Glorious Wave Church.”

“I am focusing on my music career and moving from one congregation to another, ministering to God’s people through my music. That is my focus, but not to get involved in a debate over Sonnie Badu. I was asked my opinion on what he said and I answered. I did not condemn or attack anyone,” Nicholas explained.

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Why are there so many Brazilian supermodels? Because they have the genes for it. Brazilians are probably the most ethnically mixed people in the world, so combining different shades and shapes creates the most perfect of bodies. And they work on them too, since they live at the beach in Rio or flaunt themselves at the trendiest bars in fashion-obsessed São Paulo. Go to any fashion show around the world or open a Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, and you’re guaranteed to find a Brazilian girl.

Juliet Ibrahim might not have starred in many movies in 2013, but fortunately for her, the latest movie titled ‘Final Rain’ in which she featured in early this year,  will make her fans either love her more or hate her more.

The movie, which featured movie stars like Dan Tei Mensah, Eddie Nartey, Niki Samonas, George Dickman and others, is said to be a very educative movie but, with lots of hardcore and graphic scenes; Juliet Ibrahim lustfully playing a lesbian role as she kisses Niki Samonas, whilst Eddie Nartey played a gay role with his partner being George Dickman.

Checkout the video below

The annual movie awards aimed at awarding local movies, actors and its industry players, Kumaawood and Akoben Movie Awards comes off today, December 27 at the True Vine Hotel at Ahodwo in Kumasi.

The event which will be hosted by Nana Benyin Anamel of Luv 99.5 FM and Dayan Aduhene also of Otec FM will see countless movie stars from the industry at the event.

Celebrities expected to be at tonight’s event include Agya Koo, Kwadwo Nkansah Liwin, Mercy Asideu, Vivian Jill, Kwaku Manu, Apostle Prah, Rose Mensah (Kyeiwaa), Nana Ama Mcbrown, Bill Asamoah, Maame Serwaa and many others.

Who wins what at tonight’s award ceremony?

If you guys think I`m bad, then wait until our new writer settles in. The fun is just beginning. Please read and enjoy his new article below. I had fun reading it and I hope you will too. EC

2013 was a very eventful year for us here. We saw the worst of the worst all in the name of “celebrity”! We saw popular people with no talent become more popular, we saw people with no style at all torture our eyes on every red carpet. This list names 8 people who tormented us in 2013, and whom we really wish they could ” make it stop”. So these people are what I would like to call, the train wrecks of the year:

The movie One Night in Vegas was premiered at the Silver Birds cinema in Accra on December 25th and these are photos from the event.

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The Headies 2013 which held last night in Lagos saw Nigerian rapper Olamide turn out the biggest winner walking away with the highest number of awards.

The Yoruba-lingo rapper picked up three awards: His ‘Durosoke‘ single won ‘Best Street-Hop Artiste‘ award while his second album ‘YBNL‘ won not only the ‘Best Rap Album‘ (beating the likes of Illbliss, Vector and Reminisce) but also won the ‘Best Album of the Year‘ award.

‘Finally! I’m very grateful‘, Olamide said as he picked up his first Headie.

Other big winners of the night were Pop singer Davido who bagged two awards – ‘Best RnB/Pop Album‘ for his debut ‘O.B.O: The Genesis‘ and ‘Hip-Hop World Revelation’, Phyno who won ‘Best Rap Single‘ for his ‘Man of the year‘ song and ‘Best Collaboration‘ for his rap duet ‘Ghost mode‘ with Olamide.

Jaywon shocked all as he beat stiff competition from Waje, Brymo and Sound Sultan to win the ‘Recording of the Year‘ with his ‘Odun yi‘ single. ‘Thank God for making this a success. Thanks to my record label‘, the KENNIS Music act who fought to hold back tears said as he picked up his award.

Modenine returned to claim his ‘Lyricist on the Roll‘ award for seventh time. He however wasn’t present to pick up his award.

Two other winners who were absent were KCEE (whose single ‘Limpopo‘ won ‘Song of the year‘) and label mate Harrysong (whose song was adjudged the most downloaded song on the MTN platform). The awards were picked up by producer Del B.

Despite not picking up any other award, Pop singer Iyanya won the biggest title of the night, walking away with the ‘Artiste of Year‘ award. It was a big year for the MMMG act; releasing arguably the most successful album this year ‘Iyanya VS Desire‘ which produced five massive singles and going on tour in the US.

Budding act Sean Tizzle and his producer DeeTunes both walked away with awards; Sean bagged the ‘Next Rated‘ award, walking away with a brand Hyundai automobile while DeeTunes won the ‘Producer of the Year‘.

Fuji great KWAM 1 was inducted into The Headies ‘Hall of Fame‘. Organizers had however announced Onyeka Onwenu as the recipient of the award.

There was a total of 11 performances – from Yemi Alade, Praiz, Seyi Shay, Iyanya, Sean Tizzle, Zania, Niyola, Phyno, Olamide, Davido and KWAM 1.

The awards was hosted by Mavin Records acts Dr SID and Tiwa Savage. It was held at the Grand Ball Room of Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos.

Check out the full list of winners below…

BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR Presented by Mai Atafo and Stephanie Coker
I WISH – WAJE
GOOD MORNING – BRYMO – WINNER
NATURAL SOMETHING – SOUND SULTAN
THIS YEAR – JAYWON

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR – Presented by Seyi Law and Jumoke Alawode-James
PHEELZ – DUROSOKE
DTUNES – SHO LEE – WINNER
DEL B – LIMPOPO
LERIQ – LIKE TO PARTY
LEGENDURY BEATS – EMI NI BALLER

BEST MUSIC VIDEO – Presented by Funmi Iyanda and Kelechi Amadi-Obi
ALINGO – JUDE OKOYE/CLARENCE PETERS – WINNER
OLIVER TWIST – SESAN
GAGA CRAZY – AJE FILM WORKS
AZONTO– MOE MUSA
YES/NO – CLARENCE PETERS

BEST RnB/POP ALBUM – Presented by HIPTV’s Femi Daniels
IYANYA VS. DESIRE – IYANYA
O.B.O. – DAVIDO – WINNER
RnBW – BANKYW
BLESSED – FLAVOUR
AWAY n BEYOND – 2FACE

BEST RnB SINGLE Presented by Beat FM’s Koch
DON’T LET GO – CAPITAL FEMI
GOOD GOOD LOVING – BANKYW – WINNER
LIKE TO PARTY – BURNA BOY
RICH n FAMOUS – PRAIZ
OMOTE – ESE PETERS

BEST POP SINGLE Presented by Osas Ighodaro and Lynxxx
IHE NE ME – 2FACE – WINNER
The KICK – WANDE COAL FT DON JAZZY
GOBE – DAVIDO
CATCHING COLD – TUNDE EDNUT
UR WAIST – IYANYA
GOODY BAG – D’PRINCE

BEST REGGAE/DANCEHALL SINGLE Presented by Toolz
I WISH – WAJE – WINNER
RIHANNA – OREZI
GIVE IT TO ME – GENERAL PYPE
GO DOWN – BABA DEE

BEST RAP ALBUM Presented by Basketmouth
OGA BOSS – ILL BLISS
THE SECOND COMING – VECTOR
YBNL – OLAMIDE – WINNER
BOOK OF RAP STORIES – REMINISCE

BEST COLLABO Presented by Chin and Kemi Adetiba
GHOST MODE – PHYNO FT. OLAMIDE – WINNER
TONY MONTANA (REMIX) – NAETO C FT. D’BANJ
BADDEST BOY – EME FT. WIZKID, SKALES n BANKYW
EZIOKU – LYNXXX FT. IKECHUWKU, ILL BLISS n PHYNO
EMI NI BALLER – CHIDINMA FT. SUSPECT n ILL BLISS
BABY MI DA (REMIX) – DR. VICTOR OLAIYA FT. 2FACE

BEST RAP SINGLE Presented by Illbliss and Yvonne ‘Vixen’ Ekwere
MAN OF THE YEAR – PHYNO – WINNER
ANAM ACHI KWANU – ILL BLISS FT. PHYNO
DUROSOKE – OLAMIDE
2 MUSSHH – REMINISCE
GHOST MODE – PHYNO FT OLAMIDE

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (MALE) Presented by Deji Awokoya
RICH AND FAMOUS – PRAIZ – WINNER
OMOTE – ESE PETERS
DON’T LET GO – CAPITAL FEMI
YES/NO – BANKY W

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE) Tewa Onasanya
I WISH – WAJE
TOH BAD – NIYOLA
IRAWO – SEYI SHAY
TOTALLY YOURS – ZAINA
ONLY YOU – NIKKI LAOYE – WINNER

NEXT RATED Presented by Hyundai
SEAN TIZZLE – WINNER
DAMMY KRANE
BURNA BOY
SEYI SHAY
PHYNO

HIP HOP WORLD REVELATION Presented by Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi and Ayo Animashaun
W.A.J.E – WAJE
OMO BABA OLOWO – DAVIDO – WINNER
FRENZY – D’PRINCE
THE YEAR OF R’N’B – CAPITAL F.E.M.I

LYRICIST ON THE ROLL Presented by Efe Omoregbe
OLAMIDE – VOICE OF THE STREETS
BOOGEY – SANCTUM
MODE 9 – LET IT GO – WINNER
PHYNO – MAN OF THE YEAR

BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE Presented by Darey Art Alade
TERRY G – RUN MAD
DUROSOKE – OLAMIDE – WINNER
MY DEAR – DAMMY KRANE
SKIBO – SOLID STAR
ALAYE – LKT

BEST ‘ALTERNATIVE’ SONG Presented by Cool FM’s Mercy and Freeze
REPETE – BLACKMAGIC – WINNER
OMO PASTOR – AJEBUTTER FT. BOJ
FEEL ALRIGHT – SHOW DEM CAMP FT. BOJ n POE
THIS YEAR – JAYWON

ALBUM OF THE YEAR Presented by Ali Baba and wife
IYANYA VS. DESIRE– IYANYA
O.B.O. – DAVIDO
RnBW – BANKYW
BLESSED – FLAVOUR
YBNL – OLAMIDE – WINNER

ARTISTE OF THE YEAR Presented by COOL WORLD
IYANYA – WINNER
DAVIDO
WIZKID
FLAVOUR
OLAMIDE
ICE PRINCE

SONG OF THE YEAR Presented by Uche Onwudiwe
DUROSOKE – OLAMIDE
UR WAIST – IYANYA
ALINGO – P-SQUARE
SHO LEE – SEAN TIZZLE
LIMPOPO – KCEE – WINNER

BEST AFRICAN ARTISTE (WINNER NOT ANNOUNCED)
R2BEES
MAFIKIZOLO
LIQUID DEEP
SARKODIE
MICASA

HALL OF FAME Presented by Chris Ihidero
KWAM 1

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