Dancehall artiste Stonebwoy Burniton has been crowned the #VGMA2015 Artiste of the year. He beat the likes of Daddy Lumba, Sarkodie, Edem, Samini and MzVee to win the coveted award.
In a speech after being announced winner, the #Baafira hit-maker said the award “is well deserved.”
“I believe that the other artistes are happy I won…Behold how tall we have grown…This is well deserved,” he said.
#BHIM Nation. Congratulations @stonebwoyb Overall Artiste of the Year! #VGMA2015 #VGMA #IgnitedbyPassion pic.twitter.com/yDmkqsI4Rw
— Ghana Music Awards (@GHMusicAwards) April 12, 2015
Stonebwoy, Sarkodie and Edem were the biggest winners on the night after winning three (3) awards each.
Check out citifmonline’s live updates of the #VGMA2015 below:
Ghana’s Artiste of the Year >>>> @stonebwoyb #VGMA2015 pic.twitter.com/YOGiRGTBuX
— 97.3 Citi FM (@Citi973) April 12, 2015
3:25am The Artiste of the year award goes to STONEBWOY!!! BHIM BHIM BHIM!!!
3:23am Ignited by passion…Who wins Artiste of the year? The nominees are:
Daddy Lumba
Stonebwoy
Guru
Edem
MzVee
Sarkodie
Samini
New Artiste of the Year >>>> @mzveegh #VGMA2015 pic.twitter.com/DYLxk1Z4AN — 97.3 Citi FM (@Citi973) April 12, 2015
3:10am: Samini performing now. The self-acclaimed African Dancahall King is in his elements. He’s done a song with Kofi Kinaata. Doing his thing now.
Most Popular Song of the Year >>>> ‘Adonai’ by @sarkodie ft. @CastroDestroyer #VGMA2015 pic.twitter.com/rhIvZZmhBz — 97.3 Citi FM (@Citi973) April 12, 2015
3:07am: The Best New Artiste of the year award goes to MzVee!
3:06am: Sarkodie’s Adonai (remix) featuring Castro wins Song of the year.
3:00am: The Album of the year award goes to Edem’s ‘Books & Rhymes’.
2:43am: Patoranking takes over from Stonebwoy Burniton. He’s performing now.
2:39am: Patoranking joins Stonebwoy to perform #PullUp. Electrifying!
2:37am: Stonebwoy has everybody in the auditorium on their feet. Dedicates Baafira to ‘anybody who minds his own business’. Super performance. Reminds us of his #D2R2014 performance.
2:26am: Stonebwoy mounts the stage now. He has two awards so far, same as Sarkodie, Daddy Lumba and Edem.
2:17am: The Best Music Video goes to Edem for the video of The One, directed by Gyo Gyimah.
2:14am: The Best Group of the year award goes to VVIP. Happy birthday Reggie Rockstone!
2:11am: The nominees for Best Group of the year are: VVIP 4×4 R2bees No Tribe
2:06am: The award for Best Collaboration goes to Adonai (remix) by Sarkodie ft. Castro. Sarkodie’s second award of the night. Flashback: E.L. receives his award.
@Elreph’s acceptance speech after winning Best Rapper of the Year at the VGMAs #VGMA pic.twitter.com/HDPji5jqrn — VGMA (@VodafoneMusicGH) April 12, 2015
1:52am The Composers seem to know their music and our music very well. A super mashup of Hiplife, Highlife, Dancehall and Afropop.
1:45am The Composers mount the stage to perform. They begin with a rendition of the Ghana National Anthem. Twitter shows Wiyaala some love.
May God never let this young lady forget her humble beginnings. Very honest heartfelt appreciation from @Wiyaala #VGMA2015 — TONYI SENAYAH (@TonyiSenayah) April 12, 2015
1:34am The Best Rapper of the Year goes to E.L. He has consistently produced songs since he made his breakthrough in the industry. His hooks are among the best and his punchlines resonate among music fans.
1:32am Comedians DKB and Afia Schwarznegger to present the award Best Rapper Of The Year. The nominees are:
Sarkodie – Shots On Shots
E.L – American Passport
Guru – Keep Walking Edem – The One (Remix)
1:30am The Best Male Vocal Performance goes to Joe Mettle! He beat Afriyie, KODA and Daddy Lumba to win the award. Flashback:
#NoTribe receiving award for GOSPEL Artiste of the Year! #VGMA2015 pic.twitter.com/mFjdotjX1k — 97.3 Citi FM (@Citi973) April 12, 2015
1:24am: The Best Female Vocal Performance goes to Wiyaala!
1:23am The nominees for the Best Female Vocal Performance are:
Efya – One Of Your Own
Becca – Tell Me
Wiyaala Tinambaynyi
Raquel – I Won’t Cry
Jael Wiafe – Keep On Believing
MzVee – My everything
1:20pm “I came from nothing to something. It’s not been easy. Thank you Ghana for this. Shout out to Stonebwoy.” – Patoranking
1:19am The African Artiste of the year goes to Patoranking (Nigeria).
1:18am The nominees for African Artiste of the year are:
Tiwa Savage (Nigeria) AKA (South Africa)
Don Jazzy & The Mavin Group
Patoranking (Nigeria)
Yemi Alade (Nigeria)
Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)
1:15am “Highlife represents our pride, our heritage and our culture. Highlife will never die”. – Daddy Lumba, after receiving his two awards personally.
12:55am: Funny Face introduces the legendary Daddy Lumba. Daddy Lumba has over 26 albums to his credit. He won the first ever Ghana Music Award – Song of the Year with Aben wo aha, the first song he’s performing.
12:49am: Tinny takes over from Tic Tac. The audience is going crazy.
12:41am: It’s throwback time. Tic Tac is on stage. He’s performing Philomena and acknowledging the Hiplife artistes whose contributions have made the genre what it is.
12:36am: The Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the year goes to Stonebwoy #BHIM! This is his second award tonight. He joins Daddy Lumba with two awards each.
Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year >>>> @stonebwoyb #VGMA2015 pic.twitter.com/j9tGQl224p — 97.3 Citi FM (@Citi973) April 12, 2015
HighLife Artiste of the Year >>>> Daddy Lumba #VGMA2015 pic.twitter.com/BhlteBT6oO — 97.3 Citi FM (@Citi973) April 12, 2015
12:35am: Okyeame Kwame to present the Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the year.
12:32am: The Hiplife/Hiphop Artiste of the year goes to Sarkodie! Sarkodie had issues with Charterhouse days before the event. Read more here >>> Charter House apologizes to Sarkodie: ‘It was an error’
12:30am: Daddy Lumba wins Highlife Artiste of the Year. He beats Bisa KDei and Afriyie to win that album.
12:27am: Gospel Artiste of the year goes to No Tribe. They win a brand new Kantanka car. Read more here: >>> VGMA: MUSIGA to give Kantanka car to gospel artiste of the year
12:24am: President of the Musicians Union of Ghana, Bice Osei Kuffour popularly known as Obour, to present the award for the Gospel Artiste of the year. He announces his intention to seek a second term as MUSIGA president. No Tribe Koda Selina Boateng Gifty Osei Joe Mettle Anita Afriyie Evang. Diana Asamoah
12:10am: Yemi Alade performs two of her biggests hits. She gives the audience a bit of her powerful voice. 12:07am: Could Castro be alive? Social media has been buzzing after his brother’s statement.
Castro’s brother has just added more flesh to the speculation that Castro may be hiding somewhere and will just pop up…
Posted by Kwame Gyan on Saturday, April 11, 2015
12:03am: #DarkSuburb performs now. They won the Unsung Artistes award a couple of days ago. Their biggest hit is I Dey Feel You Die.
11:58pm: D-Black wins a big award. Do you remember his beef with DJ Black? Read here >>> D-Black’s open letter to DJ Black
HipLife Song of the Year >>>> Sɛhɔ by @DBLACKGH ft. Castro #VGMA2015 pic.twitter.com/v14u6cmt4S
— 97.3 Citi FM (@Citi973) April 11, 2015
11:52pm: Castro wins a posthumous award. Seihor wins Hiplife Song of the year. His younger brother Kwame says “I know we are going to see him soon.” D-Black dedicates the award to Castro.
11:48pm: Becca and Nat Brew to present the Hiplife song of the year award. The nominees are: Pooley – Guru
Seihor – Castro Feat. D-Black
Selfie – VVIP
Personal Person – D-Black Feat. Castro
Iskoki – Samini Adonai (Remix) – Sarkodie Feat. Castro
11:46pm: Pappy Kojo’s Realer No wins Hiphop Song of the year. The song features Joey B and was produced by Slimbo. Okyeame Kwame takes the album on his behalf.
11:44pm: Lexis Bill and Zynel Zuh to present the Hiphop Song of the year award. The nominees are: Realer No –Pappy Kojo Feat. Joey B
Shots On Shots – Sarkodie & Ice Prince
American Passport – E.L Feat. Joey B
Wave – Joey B Feat. Pappy Kojo
The One (Remix) – Edem Feat. Sway
Finish Line (Remix) – Dee Moneey Feat. Ice Price, J Town, M.anifest, Paedae & Reminisce
11:43: Edem wins the Afropop Song of the year award with Koene. Koene features Lil Shaker and Ice Queen. The meaning of Koene is ‘to give’.
11:42pm: Kafui Dey and Kafui Danku to present the Afropop Song of the year award. The nominees are:
One Of Your Own – Efya Feat. Bisa K’dei
Koene – Edem Feat. Lil Shaker & Ice Queen
Spanner – Itz Tiffany Feat. Fuse Odg
Killing Me Softly – R2bees Feat. Wizkid
Tinambaynyi – Wiyaala
Dangerous Love –Fuse ODG Feat. Sean Paul
11:40pm: Minister of Petroleum Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah and the Minister for Tourism Creative Arts and her deputy acknowledged. 11:38: Flashback: When Selina Boateng won her award.
Selina Boateng receiving award for Gospel Song of the Year! #VGMA2015 pic.twitter.com/pClKML1scW — 97.3 Citi FM (@Citi973) April 11, 2015
11:33: Edem and Gemini performing Wey Tin from his Mass Production album. The rap duet was produced by EL. One of the best so far. Performing Koene with Lil Shaker now.
11:30pm: Edem is the fifth performer of the night. Performing songs of his latest Books and Rhymes album. Would he perform any of his old hits?
11:21pm: Pappy Kojo and Joey B performing now. Hiphop made in #Ghana. 11:20pm: Some photos from the #VGMA2015.
#VGMA2015 pic.twitter.com/E8Wku7Guz5 — 97.3 Citi FM (@Citi973) April 11, 2015
11:16pm: “This is love. This is not about votes. This is not about the noise. Even if I hadn’t won, I’d have still felt the love.” – Stonebwoy
11:13pm: Stonebwoy’s Baafira wins Reggae/Dancehall song of the year.
11:12pm: Nii Ayi Tagoe and Belinda step up to present the Reggae/Dancehall song of the year. The nominees are:
Show Them Love – Ras Kuuku
Ronaldo – Kaakie
Love Rocks – Sarkodie Feat. Samini
Mampi – Vybrant Faya
Natural Girl – MzVee Feat. Stonebwoy
Baafira – Stonebwoy
11:09pm: The winner of the Highlife Song goes to Ne3 Woho B3to Wo – Daddy Lumba.
11:07pm: Mark Okraku Mantey and Akosu Agyapong to present the Highlife Song of the Year, The nominees are:
Ne3 Woho B3to Wo – Daddy Lumba
Saa – Bisa K’dei
Lobi – R2bees
I Do – Afriyie
Baby Dance – 4×4 Feat. Davido
11:05pm: The winner of the Gospel Song of the year goes to Alpha & Omega – Selina Boateng Feat. Uncle Ato.
11:04pm: Lydia Forson and Uncle Fred to present the Gospel Song of the year. The nominees are:
Kyere Me Kwan – Emelian Arthur Feat. OJ & Esther Smith
Yento Nkyia – Gifty Osei
Osabarima – No tribe
Alpha & Omega – Selina Boateng Feat. Uncle Ato
Nkwa Abodoo – Koda
Adehye Mogya – Anita Afriyie
Hymn (Pentecost Soree Nwom) – Evang. Diana Asamoah
11:00pm: No Tribe gets a standing ovation after their performance.
10:47: The anointed gospel band, No Tribe, performs now. The third performance for the night. Wiyaala opened the show, Patch Bay did a brief mashup and No Tribe has the audience dancing to their popular hits.
10:43: The Patch Bay band performing a mashup of popular Ghanaian songs – Ose, Baafira and Megye wo girl.
—Sarkodie has been busy. He’s been performing and keeping tabs on the #VGMA2015 as well.
2:50am: Sarkodie has been busy too. He’s performed at Jamestown and sort of following the #VGMA2015.
10:42: Comedian Funny Face comes on. Praises Nana Ampadu, Amakye Dede and Kojo Antwi and introduces the Patch Bay Band, the band of the event.
10:35pm: Industry award winners announced again. Read more here: Nana Ampadu honored at VGMA industry awards night
10:33pm: Horseman Shoes tweets:
Last year we catered for the feet of mc KOD. This year MC for the night Nat Attoh rocking #HorsemanShoes #VGMA2015 #BigEvents #BigBrands
— Horseman Shoes (@Horsemanshoes) April 11, 2015
10:26pm: Vodafone Icons winner, Chris, and Sonnie Badu performing now. – KPMG presents results and award winners to MCs. – MCs Nathaniel Attoh and Joselyn Dumas make first appearance. Official DJ gets the audience up on their feet with a quick mashup of some popular songs. – CEO of Charterhouse, Theresa Ayoade, welcomes musicians, fans and the general public to the #VGMA2015. – Vodafone Ghana officially welcomes Ghana to the big night.
Show kicks off with a message from @VodafoneGhana by Agnes Essah, Marketing Director, Vodafone Ghana #VGMA — VGMA (@VodafoneMusicGH) April 11, 2015
10:05pm: Wiyaala opens the show with an electrifying performance of one Tinambayi, off her Wiyaala album.
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