{"id":330697,"date":"2026-03-15T10:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T10:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/330697\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T10:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T10:57:17","slug":"black-sherif-shatta-wale-bag-nominations-as-2026-tgma-nominee-lists-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/330697\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Sherif, Shatta Wale bag nominations as 2026 TGMA nominee lists drop"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The <\/a>The nominees will be released hourly<\/p>\n

The most anticipated night in Ghanaian music is officially around the corner, as the Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) begins unveiling nominees for its 2026 edition on Saturday, March 14, 2026. <\/p>\n

In a carefully staged rollout that has already set social media buzzing, nominees will be released in batches starting at 11AM, with announcements dropping on the hour, every hour, until 4PM.<\/p>\n

But the excitement does not end there. Industry stakeholders, artistes and insiders are expected to gather at The Palms Convention Centre inside the La Palm Beach Hotel at 7PM for an after-party that will also serve as the venue for the remainder of the nominations reveal.<\/p>\n

The staggered format is a departure from the traditional single-event unveiling, building anticipation throughout the day and giving fans and pundits hours of debate before the full picture emerges.<\/p>\n

Stay with GhanaWeb as the nominees are announced throughout the day. <\/p>\n

This story will be updated as nominations are released<\/p>\n

BEST HIPLIFE SONG<\/p>\n

Medikal ft Shatta Wale & Beeztrap KOTM \u2014 Shoulder

\nFameye feat. Medikal \u2014 Habit

\nKo-Jo Cue feat. AratheJay & Ofori Amponsah \u2014 Tontonte

\nKojo Blak ft Sarkodie \u2014 Next Door

\nSarkodie ft Kweku Flick \u2014 Messiah

\nKwesi Amewuga \u2014 Badness<\/p>\n

BEST HIGHLIFE SONG OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n

Kofi Kinaata \u2014 It Is Finished

\nKing Paluta \u2014 Foko!

\nKwabena Kwabena ft Stonebwoy & Kofi Kinaata \u2014 Aso II

\nAmerado \u2014 Obi Adi

\nKuami Eugene \u2014 Do Better<\/p>\n

BEST TRADITIONAL GOSPEL SONG<\/p>\n

Joyce Blessing ft King Paluta \u2014 Correct

\nPiesie Esther \u2014 Nyame Ye

\nMabel Okyere \u2014 So Far So Good

\nKofi Owusu Peprah ft Diana Hamilton \u2014 M’aseda

\nCelestine Donkor ft Diana Hamilton \u2014 Akorfala

\nPaul Enana \u2014 Baba God (Matthew 6:26)<\/p>\n

BEST HIPHOP SONG<\/p>\n

Black Sherif \u2014 Where Dem Boys

\nO’Kenneth \u2014 Balenciaga

\nSarkodie ft Kweku Smoke \u2014 Violence

\nKweku Smoke \u2014 Adu The Borga

\nGonaboy \u2014 Same Timbs

\nLalid \u2014 The Matter<\/p>\n

BEST AFROPOP SONG<\/p>\n

Black Sherif \u2014 Sacrifice

\nStonebwoy \u2014 Gidi Gidi

\nOlivetheboy ft Sarkodie \u2014 Bend

\nGyakie \u2014 Sankofa

\nLasmid \u2014 Olivia

\nKing Promise feat Mr Eazi \u2014 See What We’ve Done<\/p>\n

BEST MUSIC VIDEO<\/p>\n

Excellent \u2014 Kojo Blak ft Kelvyn Boy, Directed by Henry Akrong

\nSacrifice \u2014 Black Sherif, Directed by Meekah Jagun

\nWelcome to Africa \u2014 Medikal, Directed by Xbills Ebenezer

\nShine \u2014 Stonebwoy, Directed by Yaw Skyface

\nChaana \u2014 Samini ft Soweto Gospel Choir, Directed by Yaw Skyface

\nPut Am on God \u2014 AratheJay, Directed by David Duncan<\/p>\n

BEST AFROBEATS SONG<\/p>\n

Kojo Blak ft Kelvyn Boy \u2014 Excellent

\nKiDi ft Olivetheboy & Kojo Blak \u2014 Gymnastic

\nWendy Shay ft Olivetheboy \u2014 Crazy Love

\nMr Drew ft Olive The Boy \u2014 OMG

\nLasmid ft King Promise \u2014 No Issues<\/p>\n

BEST MALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE<\/p>\n

Asiama \u2014 Akoma

\nDeon Boakye \u2014 Time ‘Livesession’

\nPerez Musik \u2014 By Prayer

\nJosh Blakk \u2014 Catch-22

\nCarl Clottey \u2014 Yehoda<\/p>\n

BEST FEMALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE<\/p>\n

Enam \u2014 Amin

\nGrace Charles (Team Eternity GH) \u2014 See Me Through

\nNiiella \u2014 Show Me How to Love

\nCina Soul \u2014 Breathe

\nLordina The Soprano \u2014 Beni Tookw\u03b5il)i<\/p>\n

BEST AFROBEATS \/ AFROPOP ARTISTE<\/p>\n

Wendy Shay

\nKojo Blak

\nKiDi

\nOlivetheboy

\nGyakie

\nMoliy<\/p>\n

BEST HIGHLIFE ARTISTE<\/p>\n

Fameye

\nKing Paluta

\nKwabena Kwabena

\nKofi Kinaata

\nKuami Eugene<\/p>\n

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE<\/p>\n

Strongman \u2014 Mensei Da

\nKo-Jo Cue \u2014 Abeberese

\nLyrical Joe \u2014 5th August 9

\nJoe Kay \u2014 4GG (For God’s Glory)

\nMedikal \u2014 Welcome to Africa

\nSarkodie \u2014 Violence<\/p>\n

BEST HIPLIFE \/ HIPHOP ARTISTE<\/p>\n

Black Sherif

\nMedikal

\nKweku Smoke

\nSarkodie

\nKo-Jo Cue

\nO’Kenneth<\/p>\n

Refresh for more categories<\/p>\n

ID\/AE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The nominees will be released hourly The most anticipated night in Ghanaian music is officially around the corner,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-330697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}