27th Telecel Ghana Music Awards, full list of nominees and winners

Below is the full list of nominees and award winners of all categories in the 27th TGMAS (2026). Award winners are in red, italics, bold and underlined

Medikal Ft. Shatta Wale & BezzTrap KOTM – Shoulder 

Fameye ft. Medkikal – Habit

Kojo Cue Ft. Ara Thejay & Ofori Amponsah – Tontonte

Kojo Blak Ft Sarkodie – Next Door

Kwesi Amewuga – Badness

Best Hiplife/Hip-hop Artiste of the Year

Black Sherif 

Medikal 

Kweku Smoke

O’Kenneth

Best Highlife Artiste of the Year

Fameye

King Paluta

Kwabena Kwabena

Kofi Kinaata 

Enam – Amin 

Grace Charles (Team Eternity Ghana) – See Me Through

Niiella – Show me how to Love

Cina Soul – Breath

Lordina The Saprano – Beni Tookw3loji

Best Highlife Song of the Year

Kwabena Kwabena Ft Stonebwoy & Kofi Kinaata – Asor Remix

Amerado – Obi Adi

Kuame Eugene – Do Better

Best Traditional Gospel Song

Joyce Blessing Ft. King Paluta – Correct

Piesie Esther – Nyame Ye 

Mabel Okyere – So far So Good

Kofi Owusu Peprah Ft Dian Hamilton – Maseda

Celestine Donkor Ft Diana Hamilton – Akorfala

Paul Enana – Baba God

Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year

Black Sherif – Where Dem Boys 

O’Kenneth – Balacianga

Sarkodie Ft Kweku Smoke – Violence

Kweku Smoke – Adu The Borga

Gona Boy – Same Timbs

Lalid – Matter

Best Afrobeats Song of the Year

Kojo Blakk Ft Kelvin Boy – Excellent 

Kidi Ft Olive The Boy & Kojo Blakk – Gyamnastic

Wendy Shay Ft Olive The Boy – Crazy Love

Mr Drew Ft OliveTheBoy – OMG

Lasmid Ft King Promise – Issues

Best Afropop Song of the Year

Black Sherif – Sacrifice 

StoneBwoy – Gidi Gidi

OliveTheBoy Ft Sarkodie – Bend

Gyakie – Sankofa

Lasmid – Olivia

King Promise Ft Mr Eazi – See What We’ve Done

Best Music Video of the Year

Kojo Blak Ft Kelvin Boy – Excellent

Directed By – Henry Akrong

Black Sherif Sacrifice

Directed By – Meekah Jagun

Medikal – Welcome to Africa

Directed By – Xbills Ebenezer

StoneBwoy – Shine

Directed By – Yaw Skyface

Samini Ft Soweto mass choir – Chaana

Directed By – Yaw Skyface

AraTheJay – Put am on God 

Directed By – David Duncan

Best Male Vocal Performance of the Year

Asiama – Akoma 

Deon Boakye – “Time LiveSessions”

Perez Musik – By Prayer

Josh Blakk – Catch-22

Carl Clottey – Yehowa

Best Afrobeats/AfroPop Artiste of the Year

Wendy Shay 

KiDi

Kojo Blak

OliveTheBoy

Gyakie

Moliy

Best Rap Performance of the Year

Strongman – Mensei Da 

Kojo Cue – Abebrese

Lyrical Joe – 5th August 9

Joe Kay – 4GG (For Gods Glory)

Medikal – Welcome to America

Sarkodie – Violence

Best Highlife Artiste of the Year

Fameye

King Paluta

Kwabena Kwabena

Kofi  Kinaata 

Kuami Eugene

Songwriter of the Year

Black Sherif – Sacrifice 

Kofi Kinaata – Have Mercy II

Cofi Boham – Take me Home

Kojo Cue – Abebrese

Akwaboah – Obi Nim (Obinim)

Stonebwoy – Send Them a Prayer

Collaboration of the Year

Kojo Blak Ft Kelvin Boy – Excellent

Kidi Ft OliveTheBoy & Kojo Blak – Gymnastic

Wendy Shay Ft OliveTheBoy – Crazy Love

Sarkodie Ft Kweku Smoke – Violence

Medikal Ft Shatta Wale & Beeztrap – Shoulder 

Kwabena Kwabena Ft Stonebwoy & Kofi Kinaata – Asor Remix

International Collaboration of the Year

Moliy Ft Shenseea, Skillbeng & Silent Addy – Shake it to the Max 

Black Sherif Ft Fireboy DML – So it Goes

Wendy Shay Ft Bedjine, Phina and Guchi – Too Late Remix

Lasmid Ft TML Vibes – Meet 4 Corner

King Promise Ft Mr Eazi – See What We’ve Done

Moliy Ft Tyla – Body Go

Best Urban/Contemporary Gospel Song of the Year

Ewura Abena – Ebefa

Kofi Owusu Peprah – Big God Afro 

Diana Hamilton Ft Ntokoza Mbambo & Elder Mireku Aha Y3 (The Good Place)

Scott Evans – Ready

Kofi KariKari – Stamina

Carl Clottey Ft Luigi Maclean

Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year

Samini

Stonebwoy 

Ras Kuuku

Best Gospel Artiste of the Year Nominees

Piesie Esther

Diana Hamilton 

MOG Music

Kofi Owusu Peprah

Mabel Okyere

Nana Yaw Ofori-Attah

Album/EP of the Year

Iron Boy – Black Sherif 

Stonebwoy – Torcher

Gyakie – AfterMidnight

Medikal – Disturbation 2

Wendy Shay – Ready

Kweku Smoke – Walk with Me

Best New Artiste of the Year

Kojo Blak 

Gona Boy

Lalid

Adom Kiki

 Music  for Good

Samini Ft Soweto mass choir – Chaana

Akoma – Asiama

Enam – Afa

Soul Winners Ft Joe Mettle – For my Good

Rama Blak – Kwame Macho

Kwane Kwabena – Enso Nyame Y3 

26. Audio Engineer of the Year Nominees 

Francis Kweku Osei – Chaana

Akoma – Kwame Yeboah

Samuel Laryea Otoo – For my Good

KC Beatz – Afa

Robo Dabeat Scientist – Kwame Macho

Daniel Grull – Enso Nyame Y3 

Audio Engineer of the Year 

Francis Kweku Osei – Chaana

Akoma – Kwame Yeboah

Samuel Laryea Otoo – For my Good

KC Beatz – Afa

Robo Dabeat Scientist – Kwame Macho

Daniel Grull – Enso Nyame Y3

Artist of the Year

Black Sherif 

Medikal

Stonebwoy

Wendy Shay

Sarkodie

Diana Hamilton