The Telecel Ghana Music Awards released the full list of the 2025 nominees. The event was on Sunday, March 15, at the Grand Arena.
Artist of the Year is a highly anticipated prize that most Ghanaians eagerly await the winner of. King Paluta, Stonebwoy, King Promise, Black Sherif, and other musicians are competing for this category.
Sarkodie, Flowking Stone, Eno Barony, Lyrical Joe, Kofi Kinaata, Okyeame Kwame, Empress Gifty, Diana Hamilton, and others were also awarded positions in a number of categories.
On May 3, 2025, there will be the major awards ceremony.
Full list of 2025 Telecel Ghana Music Awards nominees
Telecel Ghana Music Awards Artist of the Year
Kweku Smoke, Team Eternity, Joe Mettle, King Paluta, King Promise, Stonebwoy, Black Sherif
TGMA Best New Artist
Lali x Lola, AratheJay, Rap Fada, Team Eternity, Beeztrap Kotm, Kwesi Amewuga
Telecel Ghana Music Awards Best Male Vocal Performance
Kofi Nuel – Do Not Fear, Emmanueel Juddah – Aseda, MOG Music – Ahuoden Fofro, Ayisi – Can I live, Joe Mettle – Obo Awon Oba.
Telecel Ghana Music Awards 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
Telecel Ghana Music Awards Best Hiplife/HipHop Artiste
Amerado, Beeztrap KOTM, Kweku Smoke, Black Sherif, King Paluta, Sarkodie, Medikal
Telecel Ghana Music Awards Best Rap Performance
Eno Barony, Kweku Smoke, Okyeame Kwame, Sarkodie, Lyrical Joe, Flowking Stone
Telecel Ghana Music Awards Best Gospel Artiste
Piesie Esther, Joe Mettle, Empress Gifty, Diana Hamilton, Team Eternity Ghana, MOG Music
Telecel Ghana Music Awards 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
Telecel Ghana Music Awards Best Afrobeat Song
OlivetheBoy – Asylum, Lasmid – Puul, Kidi ft Black Sherif – Lomo Lomo, Mr Drew – Sneaky, King Promise – Favourite Story, Beeztrap KOTM – Yesu
Telecel Ghana Music Awards 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
Telecel Ghana Music Awards 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
Telecel Ghana Music Awards 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