The Telecel Ghana Music Awards is one of the most anticipated events on Ghana’s musical calender as it always seeks to honour musicians and other key stakeholders for their contributions to industry.
As it is one of the most anticipated night in Ghanaian music, the unveiling of nominees for its 2026 edition was held on Saturday, March 14, 2026.
The nominees are being released in batches and started at 11AM, with announcements dropping on the hour, every hour, until 4PM.
Also, industry stakeholders, artistes and insiders are expected to gather at The Palms Convention Centre inside the La Palm Beach Hotel at 7PM for an after-party that will also serve as the venue for the remainder of the nominations reveal.
This new format is a departure from the traditional single-event unveiling, building anticipation throughout the day and giving fans and pundits hours of debate before the full picture emerges.
Check out the nominees so far with Shatta Wale making a big come back after years of abscene…
BEST HIPLIFE SONG
Medikal ft Shatta Wale & Beeztrap KOTM — Shoulder
Fameye feat. Medikal — Habit
Ko-Jo Cue feat. AratheJay & Ofori Amponsah — Tontonte
Kojo Blak ft Sarkodie — Next Door
Sarkodie ft Kweku Flick — Messiah
Kwesi Amewuga — Badness
BEST HIGHLIFE SONG OF THE YEAR
Kofi Kinaata — It Is Finished
King Paluta — Foko!
Kwabena Kwabena ft Stonebwoy & Kofi Kinaata — Aso II
Amerado — Obi Adi
Kuami Eugene — Do Better
BEST TRADITIONAL GOSPEL SONG
Joyce Blessing ft King Paluta — Correct
Piesie Esther — Nyame Ye
Mabel Okyere — So Far So Good
Kofi Owusu Peprah ft Diana Hamilton — M’aseda
Celestine Donkor ft Diana Hamilton — Akorfala
Paul Enana — Baba God (Matthew 6:26)
BEST HIPHOP SONG
Black Sherif — Where Dem Boys
O’Kenneth — Balenciaga
Sarkodie ft Kweku Smoke — Violence
Kweku Smoke — Adu The Borga
Gonaboy — Same Timbs
Lalid — The Matter
BEST AFROPOP SONG
Black Sherif — Sacrifice
Stonebwoy — Gidi Gidi
Olivetheboy ft Sarkodie — Bend
Gyakie — Sankofa
Lasmid — Olivia
King Promise feat Mr Eazi — See What We’ve Done
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Excellent — Kojo Blak ft Kelvyn Boy, Directed by Henry Akrong
Sacrifice — Black Sherif, Directed by Meekah Jagun
Welcome to Africa — Medikal, Directed by Xbills Ebenezer
Shine — Stonebwoy, Directed by Yaw Skyface
Chaana — Samini ft Soweto Gospel Choir, Directed by Yaw Skyface
Put Am on God — AratheJay, Directed by David Duncan
BEST AFROBEATS SONG
Kojo Blak ft Kelvyn Boy — Excellent
KiDi ft Olivetheboy & Kojo Blak — Gymnastic
Wendy Shay ft Olivetheboy — Crazy Love
Mr Drew ft Olive The Boy — OMG
Lasmid ft King Promise — No Issues
BEST MALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Asiama — Akoma
Deon Boakye — Time ‘Livesession’
Perez Musik — By Prayer
Josh Blakk — Catch-22
Carl Clottey — Yehoda
BEST FEMALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Enam — Amin
Grace Charles (Team Eternity GH) — See Me Through
Niiella — Show Me How to Love
Cina Soul — Breathe
Lordina The Soprano — Beni Tookwεil)i
BEST AFROBEATS / AFROPOP ARTISTE
Wendy Shay
Kojo Blak
KiDi
Olivetheboy
Gyakie
Moliy
BEST HIGHLIFE ARTISTE
Fameye
King Paluta
Kwabena Kwabena
Kofi Kinaata
Kuami Eugene
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
Strongman — Mensei Da
Ko-Jo Cue — Abeberese
Lyrical Joe — 5th August 9
Joe Kay — 4GG (For God’s Glory)
Medikal — Welcome to Africa
Sarkodie — Violence
BEST HIPLIFE / HIPHOP ARTISTE
Black Sherif
Medikal
Kweku Smoke
Sarkodie
Ko-Jo Cue
O’Kenneth
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