Ayo ‘Wizkid‘ Balogun, a Nigerian superstar, was named Best African Artiste of the Year at the 23rd Vodafone Ghana Music Awards last night.
The Ghana Music Awards, which was founded in 1999, held their 23rd award ceremony last night at the Accra International Conference Centre. On the first night of the two-day award ceremony, Fameye took home the ‘Songwriter of the Year’ award for his song ‘praise,’ while MOGBeatz took home the ‘Producer of the Year’ award.
Wizkid beat out other Nigerian artists such as Tems, Ckay, Joeboy, and Fireboy Dml to win ‘Artiste of the Year.’
Below are the full list of winners announced last night:
Traditional Artiste of the Year (Non-voting Category) – Nii Tettey Tetteh
Instrumentalist of the Year – Joshua Moszi
Male Vocal Performance of the Year – Amazing God by Kwaisey Pee
Female Vocal Performance of the Year – Where You Are by Niella
Songwriter of the Year – Praise by Fameye
Best Video of the Year – Nyinya by Bosom PYung
Producer of the Year – MOGBeatz
African Artist of the Year – WizKid
Lifetime Achievement Award – Agya Koo Nimoh
Unsung Artiste of the Year – Gambo
Music for Good – Greedy Men by Stonebwoy
