The nominations for the 26th edition of the Telecel Ghana Music Awards(TGMA) have finally been published. Charterhouse, the organizer, in collaboration with its main media partner, TV3 Ghana released the nominations for each category at regular intervals last Saturday on the TV channel and social media simultaneously.
Later that day, the final batch of some category nominations was announced at an event held for that purpose. Dubbed the Nominees Announcement Show, it saw some musical performances and attendance from numerous celebrated personalities.
The 2025 TGMA nominations list was no short of the usual shake-up of the Ghanaian music scene with divergent opinions and controversies. One such is the buzz about Sarkodie losing out on an Artiste of the Year nod for the very first time in many years of being nominated consecutively.

However, rising above these conversations surrounding the event, let us take a look at the TGMA 2025 list of nominations. The 26th TGMA main awards night is slated for May 3, 2025. Prior to this, there will be a pre-party on May 2, where the nominees, industry stakeholders, and music fanatics will get to meet up to network, interact, and celebrate Ghanaian music.
Complete list of TGMA 2025 nominations
Artiste of the Year
Kweku Smoke
Team Eternity
Joe Mettle
King Paluta
King Promise
Stonebwoy
Black Sherif
Telecel Most Popular Song
OlivetheBoy – Asylum Kidi ft
Black Sherif – Lomo Lomo
Lasmid – Puul
King Paluta – Aseda
Black Sherif – January 9
King Promise – Paris
Team Eternity – Defe Defe
Stonebwoy – Jejereje
Best New Artiste
LalixLola
AratheJay
Rap Fada
Team Eternity
Beeztrap Kotm
Kwesi Amewuga
Best Male Vocal Performance
Kofi Nuel – Do Not Fear
Emmanueel Juddah – Aseda
MOG Music – Ahuoden Fofro
Ayisi – Can I live
Joe Mettle – Obo Awon Oba
Best Female Vocal Performance
Naana Asiedu -Defe Defe
Lordina the Soprano – Simply Trusting Everyday
Esther Goodwyll – I Choose to Praise
Titi Owusu – Nobody
Mima Afrika – On Fire
Best Hiplife/HipHop Artiste
Amerado
Beeztrap KOTM
Kweku Smoke
Black Sherif
King Paluta
Sarkodie
Medikal
Best Rap Performance
Eno Barony
Kweku Smoke
Okyeame Kwame
Sarkodie Lyrical Joe
Flowking Stone
Best Gospel Artiste
Piesie Esther
Joe Mettle
Empress Gifty
Diana Hamilton
Team Eternity Ghana
MOG Music
Best HipHop Song
Joey B. – Princess
Kweku Smoke – Holy Ghost
Kwaw Kese ft Kofi Mole – Awoyo Sofo
Black Sherif – Kilos Milos
Sarkodie ft Beeztrap KOTM – Amen
Beeztrap KOTM & Oseikrom Osikani – Fly Girl
Best Afrobeat Song
OlivetheBoy – Asylum
Lasmid – Puul
Kidi ft Black Sherif – Lomo Lomo
Mr Drew – Sneaky
King Promise – Favourite Story
Beeztrap KOTM – Yesu
Best Hiplife Song
Eno Barony ft King Paluta – Soja Go Soja Come
Black Sherif – Rebel Music
Tulenkey ft Beeztrap KOTM – Bad Feeling
Okyeame Kwame ft Kuami Eugene – No Competition
Sarkodie – No Sir
Lyrical Joe ft Kuami Eugene – Enter
Best Highlife Song
Kuami Eugene – Canopy
King Paluta – Aseda
Fameye – Very Soon
Amerado – Abronoma
Rap Fada ft King Paluta – Odo Bi Ye BAD
Kofi Kinaata – Effiakuma Broken Heart
Best Urban Contemporary
Gospel Song Scoot Evans — Call
Joe Mettle ft Sandra Duah — Give Me Oil
Nana Yaw Ofori Atta
Team Eternity — Defe Defe
Kobby Salm — Cast Your Burden
Ohemaa Mercy ft Kofi Owusu — Dry Bones
Best Reggae/Dancehall Song
Amerado ft Samini — Ankonam Remix
Stonebwoy — Psalm 23
Ras Kuuku — Road of Evil
Samini — Chemistry
Jupitar — I Keep Winning
Moliy & Silent Addy — Shake It To The Max
Best Traditional Gospel
MOG Music — Wo Ye
Empress Gifty — Watch Me
Piesie — Ateene
Diana Hamilton — The Doing of the Lord
Mavis Asante — Victory
Queendalyn ft Judikay — Omewoya
Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste
Jupitar
Samini
Ras Kuuku
Epixode
Stonebwoy
Rocky Dawuni
Songwriter of the Year
Ayisi Kofi
Kinaata
Okyeame Kwame
OlivetheBoy
Team Eternity Ghana
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