The maiden edition of the Ghana Music Awards South Africa was held on Saturday, 3rd November 2018 at the Ebony Lounge in Pretoria.
The scheme, which has been introduced to celebrate the hard work of Ghanaian artistes in Ghana and in South Africa saw musicians including Stonebwoy ,Shatta Wale, Article Wan and Patapaa sweep awards on the night.
The night also saw spectacular performances from artistes such as Article Wan, Praye Honeho, Quata Budukusu, Late Ebony’s father, Maccasio, among others.
Below is the full list of winners at the maiden GMA SA:
1* LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT
ELDER MIREKU
2* YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECTS
CHOIR MASTER
3* BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT EAST AFRICA
VANESSA EMDEE (TANZANIA)
4* BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT WEST AFRICA
MEDOSKY
5* BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT SOUTHERN AFRICA
BABES WODUMO (SOUTH AFRICA)
6 * BEST MUSIC JOURNALIST / BLOGGER OF THE YEAR
NII ATTAKORAH MENSAH
7 * BEST DJ OF THE YEAR
DJ SWITCH
8 * GOSPEL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
JOYCE BLESSING
9 * PROMISING ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
MACCASIO
10 * NEW ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
WENDY SHAY
11 * BEST GROUP OF THE YEAR
REGGIE AND BOLLIE
12 * HIP-LIFE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
QUATA BUDUKUSU
13 * BEST RAPPER OF THE YEAR
STRONGMAN BURNER
14 * MOST POPULAR SONG OF THE YEAR
ONE CORNER (PATAPAA)
15 * HIGH LIFE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
KUAMI EUGENE
16 * BEST MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
KING PROMISE
17 * DANCE HALL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
SHATTA WALE
18 * REGGAE / DANCE HALL SONG OF THE YEAR
EBONY (SPONSOR)
19 * BEST COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
ARTICLE WAN X PATAPAA (THAT THING)
20 * BEST PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
MASTER GARZY
21 * BEST MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
CITIZEN WELKINS
22 * ARTIST OF THE YEAR
STONE BWOY
From Ghana CEO Of Zylofon media Nana Appiah Mensah was awarded for his role in the Ghanaian Music Industry and Attractive Mustapha NII OKAI Inusah for his contribution towards promoting the event.
1* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
AKU MERCY
2* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED BEST HI-LIFE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
POLAMO
3* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED BEST MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
9PM AFRICA
4* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR
DRUMPIPO
5* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED MOST POPULAR SONG OF THE YEAR
FINAL SOLUTION DO LIKE I DO)
6* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED HIP-LIFE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
FINAL SOLUTION
7* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED BEST CLUB DJ OF THE YEAR
DJ SHADOW
8* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED BEST COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
POLAMO X DJ MAPHORISA X DJ BUCKS (SOMTHING ABT U)
9* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED BEST CULTURAL AND LIVE BAND GROUP OF THE YEAR
SANKOFA BAND
10* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED BEST GOSPEL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
DRUMPIPO
10* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED BEST PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
C-TEA
11* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED ARTIST OF THE YEAR
POLAMO
12* SOUTH AFRICAN BASED PROMISING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
CASANDRA
Credit: Attractive Mustapha
