2025 Telecel Ghana Music Awards: Full List of Nominees Revealed

The buzz is officially on! Organizers of the 2025 Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) have unveiled the final list of nominees after a competitive nomination process.

The main event is set for May 10, 2025, and promises to be one of the biggest nights in Ghanaian music history as usual. Top stars like Stonebwoy, King Promise, Black Sherif, Kweku Smoke, King Paluta, Team Eternity and Joe Mettle will go head-to-head for the highly-coveted Artiste of the Year title.

Rap heavyweights including Okyeame Kwame, Sarkodie, Flowking Stone, Eno Barony, Kweku Smoke, and Lyrical Joe will also be competing for Best Rap Performance.

Here’s the full list of nominees you need to keep an eye on:

Artiste of the Year

• Kweku Smoke
• Team Eternity
• Joe Mettle
• King Paluta
• King Promise
• Stonebwoy
• Black Sherif

Best New Artiste

• LalixLola
• AratheJay
• Rap Fada
• Team Eternity
• Beeztrap KOTM
• Kwesi Amewuga

Best Male Vocal Performance

• Kofi Nuel – Do Not Fear
• Emmanuel Judah – Aseda
• MOG Music – Ahuoden Fofro
• Ayisi – Can I Live
• Joe Mettle – Obo Awon Oba

Best Female Vocal Performance

• Naana Asiedu – Defe Defe
• Lordina the Soprano – Simply Trusting Everyday
• Esther Goodwyll – I Choose to Praise
• Titi Owusu – Nobody
• Mima Afrika – On Fire

Best Hiplife/HipHop Artiste

• Amerado
• Beeztrap KOTM
• Kweku Smoke
• Black Sherif
• King Paluta
• Sarkodie
• Medikal

Best Rap Performance

• Eno Barony
• Kweku Smoke
• Okyeame Kwame
• Sarkodie
• Lyrical Joe
• Flowking Stone

Best Gospel Artiste

• Piesie Esther
• Joe Mettle
• Empress Gifty
• Diana Hamilton
• Team Eternity Ghana
• MOG Music

Best HipHop Song

• Joey B – Princess
• Kweku Smoke – Holy Ghost
• Kwaw Kese ft Kofi Mole – Awoyo Sofo
• Black Sherif – Kilos Milos
• Sarkodie ft Beeztrap KOTM – Amen
• Beeztrap KOTM & Oseikrom Osikani – Fly Girl

Best Afrobeat Song

• OlivetheBoy – Asylum
• Lasmid – Puul
• Kidi ft Black Sherif – Lomo Lomo
• Mr Drew – Sneaky
• King Promise – Favourite Story
• Beeztrap KOTM – Yesu

Best Hiplife Song

• Eno Barony ft King Paluta – Soja Go Soja Come
• Black Sherif – Rebel Music
• Tulenkey ft Beeztrap KOTM – Bad Feeling
• Okyeame Kwame ft Kuami Eugene – No Competition
• Sarkodie – No Sir
• Lyrical Joe ft Kuami Eugene – Enter

Best Highlife Song

• Kuami Eugene – Canopy
• King Paluta – Aseda
• Fameye – Very Soon
• Amerado – Abronoma
• Rap Fada ft King Paluta – Odo Bi Ye Bad
• Kofi Kinaata – Effiakuma Broken Heart

Best Urban Contemporary Gospel Song

• Scoot Evans – Call
• Joe Mettle ft Sandra Duah – Give Me Oil
• Nana Yaw Ofori Atta
• Team Eternity – Defe Defe
• Kobby Salm – Cast Your Burden
• Ohemaa Mercy ft Kofi Owusu – Dry Bones

Best Reggae/Dancehall Song

• Amerado ft Samini – Ankonam Remix
• Stonebwoy – Psalm 23
• Ras Kuuku – Road of Evil
• Samini – Chemistry
• Jupitar – I Keep Winning
• Moliy & Silent Addy – Shake It to the Max

Best Traditional Gospel

• MOG Music – Wo Ye
• Empress Gifty – Watch Me
• Piesie – Ateene
• Diana Hamilton – The Doing of the Lord
• Mavis Asante – Victory
• Queendalyn ft Judikay – Omewoya

Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste

• Jupitar
• Samini
• Ras Kuuku
• Epixode
• Stonebwoy
• Rocky Dawuni

Songwriter of the Year

• Ayisi
• Kofi Kinaata
• Okyeame Kwame
• OlivetheBoy
• Team Eternity Ghana

Telecel Most Popular Song

• OlivetheBoy – Asylum
• Kidi ft Black Sherif – Lomo Lomo
• Lasmid – Puul
• King Paluta – Aseda
• Black Sherif – January 9
• King Promise – Paris
• Team Eternity – Defe Defe
• Stonebwoy – Jejereje