R2Bees Top Ghana Music Awards 2013 Nomination + Full Nomination List

A Peacefmonline Report

The 14th edition of Ghana Music Awards was officially launched on Saturday February 23, at the La Palm Hotel. 

The event saw most industry players including musicians, music lovers, movies stars, critics, and the media was there as well.

Notable faces present included: Sarkodie, R2bees, E.L, M.anifest, Eazzy, Raquel, and Cwesi Oteng, Gifty Osei, Mrs. Diana Hopeson, Raquel, Amandziba, Dr. Henry Lartey, Obour, DJ Andy Dosty, Sup. Kofi Sarpong, Iwan, Ben Brako, Kwame Fakye, Khareema Aguier, Amanda Jissih, Pascaline Edwards, Vicky Zugah, Yaa Pono among others.

The nominations have been released officially and nominees now know what they are gunning for; tongues are beginning to wag over ‘who will take home what.

Competing for the biggest award – Artist of the Year are R2bees, D-Black, VIP, Kwaw Kese, Cwesi Oteng and 4×4.

R2Bees had the highest nominations with eight (8) nominations overall. This year promises to be interesting as it is the year of the ‘Next Level’.

Check out the nomination list below:

Artiste of the Year
R2Bees
D-Black
VIP
Kwaw Kese
Cwesi Oteng
4X4

Vodafone Song Of The Year
Bye-Bye – Asem Ft. Kwabena Kwabena
Life (Walahi) – R2Bees
Vera – D-Black
Ole Seke – Dr. Slim & Dobble
Aluguntugui – Keche
Azonto Fiesta – Appietus, Sarkodie & Kesse
Zaphanat Panea – Nicholas Omane Acheampong
Antenna – Fuse ODG

Best Collaboration Of The Year
Bye-Bye – Asem & Kwabena Kwabena
Ka No Seyaa – Herty Bongreat & Trigmatic
Ole Seke – Dr Slim & Dobble
Azonto Fiesta – Appietus, Sarkodie & Kesse
Sika – Okyeame Kwame & Kesse
No Away – Becca & MI

Hip Hop Song Of The Year
Falling – D-Black Ft. Mo’Chedda
Heyba – Edem
Pizza & Burger – Sarkodie & Jayso
Makaa Maka – M.Anifest
Bayla – R2Bees

Hip Life Song Of The Year
Kaalu – E.L.
Life (Walahi) – R2Bees
Ole Seke – Dr Slim & Dobble
Aluguntugui- Keche
Vera – D-Black Ft Joey B
Azonto Fiesta – Appietus, Sarkodie & Kesse
Mokoni – 4X4
Bye-Bye – Asem Ft Kwabena Kwabena
Azonto Ghost – Bisa
Pampanaa – VIP

Gospel Artiste Of The Year
Herty Bongreat
Nicholas Omane Acheampong
Cwesi Oteng
Cynthia Mccauley
Obaapa Christy

Afro Pop Song Of The Year
Antenna – Fuse ODG
No Away – Becca & MI
So High – Fatural Face
Best In Me – Efya
Papa – Jay Ghartey
Stone Bwoy Ft Irene Logan – Ghetto Love

Hip Life/Hip Hop Artiste Of The Year
R2Bees
D-Black
Keche
4X4
VIP
E.L.

Gospel Song Of The Year
Ka No Seyaa – Herty Bongreat Ft Trigmatic
Nkomhye – Cynthia Mccauley
Zaphanat Panea – Nicholas Omane Acheampong
Se Me Wo Nkwa Daa – Joe Dee Owusu Ft Amy Newman
God Dey Bless Me – Cwesi Oteng

African Artiste Of The Year
Iyanya
P-Square
Davido
Flavour
D-Banj
Wizkid

Best Group Of The Year
R2Bees
Keche
VIP
4X4

Highlife Song Of The Year
Odo – R2Bees
Love Of My Life – Afriyie Wutah
Lovi Dovi – Raquel
Paradise – D-Flex
Treat Her Royal – Kesse Ft Sarkodie

Highlife Artiste Of The Year
Afriyie
D-Flex
Kesse

New Artiste Of The Year
Lousika
Cynthia Mccauley
Natural Face
Kaakie

Reggae Dance Hall Song Of The Year
Shatta City – Bandana
Our Africa – Blakk Rasta Ft Jay Anber
Go Go Wild – Eazzy Ft Jupiter
House Of Pain – Knii Lante
Toffee Pon Tongue – Kaakie
Time Bomb – Samini Ft Wizkid
50% Board Vote Weighting & 50% Academy Voting Weighing

Album Of The Year
Something Else – E.L.
Mercy Project – Cwesi Oteng
Mr. Versatile – Okyeame Kwame
The Revelation – D-Black
Solid Ground – Asem

Gospel Album Of The Year
Back To The Sender – Obaa Christy
Wait – Cynthia Maccauley
Zaphanat Panea – Nicholas Omane Acheampong
Mercy Project – Cwesi Oteng
Christian Life – Joe Dee Owusu

Best Male Vocal Performance
Muggez (R2Bees) – Odo
Chase – Lonely
Kwabena Kwabena – Bye-Bye
Knii Lante – House Of Pain
Afriyie – Love Of My Life

Best Female Vocal Performance
Becca – No Away
Raquel – Lovi Dovi
Efya – Best In Me
Yaa Yaa – Kae
Celestine Donkor – Me Nim Nguase
Adina – Let Me Go

Song Writer Of The Year
Mugeez Abdul Rashid – Odo
Nana Wiafe Asante-Mensah & George Kwabena Adu – Bye-Bye
Kwame Nsiah Apau – Sika
Akwaboah – Best In Me
Frank Osei Afriyie – Love Of My Life
Kwame Tsikata –Makaa Maka
Nana Yaw Oduro – Not Alone

Record Of The Year
Bye-Bye – Asem
Lonely – Chase
Best In Me – Efya
No Away – Becca
Sika – Okyeame Kwame
House Of Pain – Knii Lante
Not Alone – Trigmatic

Best Rapper
Sarkodie – Azonto Fiesta
E.L. – Kaalu
Asem – Bye-Bye
M.Anifest – Makaa Maka
Edem – Heyba
Okyeame Kwame – Mr. Versatile

Producer Of The Year
Kaywa
Killbeatz
Nshorna Music
Eyoh
E.L.
Appietus
Nicholas Omane Acheampong

Vlisco Women’s Month Celebrations: A tribute and award to Ghana’s inspirational and successful businesswomen.

The 8th of March 2013 is International Women’s Day. Worldwide women are honored and shown respect for their immense achievements. Vlisco feels women should remain in the spotlight for longer than just one day and in 2013 we celebrate inspiring women, throughout West and Central Africa, for one whole month. 

This year our theme is BE YOUR DREAM, to celebrate successful women who have made their dreams come true. Vlisco has selected several inspiring women as nominees to win the unique Vlisco Women’s Month BE YOUR DREAM award. The public will vote for the woman who inspires them the most and stand a chance to be winners themselves, with prizes such as VIP tickets to the BE YOUR DREAM award night and tailor-made Vlisco dresses. The celebrations do not end there. Vlisco aims to support ambitious designers and tailors who have bigger dreams of success but need some support. By sending in a business plan of their dream, they have an opportunity to win funding to make their dream come true.  

The Vlisco Women’s Month BE YOUR DREAM award for Ghana’s most inspirational woman

One woman’s achievement often inspires another women’s dream. Many women find great inspiration by witnessing others overcome their challenges and live their dreams. Therefore Ghana’s most inspirational woman will be awarded the Vlisco Women’s Month BE YOUR DREAM award. The winner will be elected by the Ghanaian public, and will be revealed during a festive award night & fashion show on the 6th of April. The whole month of March, everybody is invited to vote for the candidate that inspired them most at any Vlisco shop, or online at beyourdream.vlisco.com.Voting starts on February 18th. Voters can win tickets to the award night & fashion show and a tailor made dress of their choice, made in the latest Super-wax fabric.

FASHION DREAM FUND contest & award for talented female fashion designers and tailors

Apart form encouraging women to dream, we also want to empower them to unleash their potential. Imaginative female creative fashion professionals (tailors, designers, stylists) can send in their business plan for the VLISCO FASHION DREAM FUND, and win the funding to realize it. Candidates can get more information on beyourdream.vlisco.com. A Vlisco jury will select the winners. Three winners throughout West and Central Africa will respectively win 10,000, 7,000 or 5,000 US Dollars and Vlisco will support them with business advice to help them out.

The selected nominees of Ghana for the BE YOUR DREAM award

ELLEN MAAMA HAGAN

Ellen Maama Hagan is the multi award winning CEO of L'Aine Service Ltd and an inspiration to women all around Africa, with her determination to live up her dream by opening what is now Ghana's leading human resource organization and taking up the role of an employer of about 3.000 members of staff. 

CONSTANCE ELIZABETH SWANIKER

Constance Swaniker is the CEO of Accents & Arts who has managed, through sheer grit and hard work, to carve a niche for herself in a male dominated environment.  She believes she has broken through the invisible yet clichéd ‘glass ceiling’ and won both the acknowledgement and respect of her male counterparts, collaborators and competitors alike.

SHIRLEY FRIMPONG-MANSO

Shirley Frimpong-Manso is the CEO of Sparrow Productions and is by far one of the most talented and highly ambitious young women in Ghana today, Shirley seeks to raise the standard of film production in Ghana and Africa by telling progressive African stories as seen through the eyes of Africans.

MAWUENA TREBARH

Mawuena Trebarh is the Founding Director & Chief Business Strategist of Inspire Africa Consult Ltd, a business strategy and business re-engineering consulting firm. Very recently, she was appointed as Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre. She has over a decade and a half of work experience in corporate environments acting as interface for investments in excess of two billion USD and has also been recognized nationally and internationally for excellence in reputation management.

ABENA AMOAH

Abena Amoah is an Investment Banker and the  Founder & CEO of Baobab Advisors. She sets out to follow a profession that she fell in love with and has risen to the top through sheer hard work. She has chalked a lot of first positions, through her academic and professional life making her one of the most successful women in corporate Ghana today.