The Artiste of the Year category has been the much-anticipated category of the Ghana Music Awards since its inception in 1999.
For 26 years now, conversations and debates surrounding this category has been overwhelming as it is the topmost category of the award scheme – the bragging right alone that it comes with is non-limited.
It is the award of every Ghanaian musician dream. Debate about who wins the Artiste of the Year this time has not been left out as fans are already wrangling on social media over who wins the award this year.
The nominees; Stonebwoy, King Promise, Black Sherif, King Paluta, Team Eternity, Kweku Smoke and Joe Mettle are fervently looking forward to the awards night with each of them hoping to clinch the covetous award.
In 2017, Joe Mettle shocked music lovers when he became the first Ghanaian gospel musician to win the topmost award.
Black Sherif’s winning of the award was an expected achievement as the talented musician was a reckoning force in the music industry last year releasing hits and achieving global recognition.
We have compiled a list of all the winners of the “Artiste of the Year” from 1999 to date.
Find the list below;
1999-Akyeame (Quophi Okyeame and Okyeame Kwame)
2000-Daddy Lumba
2001-Kojo Antwi
2002-Lord Kenya
2003-Kontihene
2004-VVIP
2005-Obour
2006-Ofori Amponsah
2007-Samini
2008-Kwaw Kese
2009-Okyeame Kwame
2010- Sarkodie
2011-VVIP
2012-Sarkodie
2013-R2Bees
2014-Shatta Wale
2015-Stonebwoy
2016-EL
2017-Joe Mettle
2018-Ebony
2019 – Annulled
2020 – Kuami Eugene
2021 – Diana Hamilton
2022 – KiDi
2023 – Black Sherif
2024 – Stonebwoy
