Kuami Eugene wins VGMA Artiste of the Year

Kuami Eugene emerged as the Artiste of the Year at the 21^st Vodafone Ghana Music Awards on Saturday night at the Accra International Conference Centre.

He beat contenders such as Sarkodie, Kofi Kinaata, Medikal and Diana Hamilton to win the topmost award given by the Ghana music industry.

Kuami Eugene… Artiste of the Year ampa🙈🙈🙈 #VGMAs21️ pic.twitter.com/3gBKDVmNug

— Sergio ⭐ (@sergio_de_ennin) August 30, 2020

The night also witnessed thrilling performances by acts such as Celestine Donkor, Episode, Kofi Kinaata, Kuami Eugene, Kidi, Medikal, Efya, Adina and Kwesi Arthur.

The climax of the evening was the set by Akosua Agyepong, Amandzeba and Rex Omar, who previously made up the group Nakorex.

Heroes of the night

The organisers held the first part of the event on Friday to honour musicians in selected categories ahead of Saturday’s ceremony.

This year’s edition was also used to confer a special award on the Ghana Health Service – the VGMA COVID-19 Heroes Award – for its immense effort fighting the coronavirus in Ghana.

These are the winners in the other categories:

1. Gospel Song of the Year “Agbebolo” by Celestine Donkor
2. Highlife Song of the Year “Things Fall Apart” by Kofi Kinaata
3. Reggae Dancehall Song of the Year “Poverty” by J Derobie
4. Hip-Hop Song of the Year “Don’t be late” by Kofi Mole
5. Hiplife Song of the Year “Omo ada” by Medikal
6. Afrobeat Song of the Year “Zanku” by DopeNation
7. Gospel Artiste of the Year Diana Hamilton
8. Highlife Artiste of the Year Kuami Eugene
9. Hiplife/Hip-Hop Artiste of the Year Medikal
10. Reggae Dancehall Act of the Year Ras Kuuku
11. Rapper of the Year Kwesi Arthur
12. Best Collaboration of the Year “Oofeetso” by Sarkodie and Prince Bright
13. New Artiste of the Year Fameye
14. Album of the Year “Sugar” by Kidi
15. Most Popular Song of the Year “Things Fall Apart” by Kofi Kinaata

Winners on the first night:

1. Instrumentalist of the Year          Emmanuel Bludo
2. Male Vocalist of the Year MOG Music
3. Female Vocalist of the Year Celestine Donkor
4. Songwriter of the Year Kofi Kinaata
5. Record of the Year Okyeame Kwame
6. Best Music Video of the Year Cina Soul
7. Best Music Group of the Year DopeNation
8. Producer of the Year M.O.G Beatz
9. African Act of the Year Burna Boy
10. Best International Collaboration of the Year          Sarkodie ft Rudeboy (“Lucky”)

Fred Dzakpata

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