Dubbed biggest night of music, the event is being held at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC).
In March 2025, the Ghana Music Award Academy Board announced the nominees for the 26th TGMA, featuring categories such as Artiste of the Year, Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist.
Leading the nominations for the coveted "Artiste of the Year" award is King Paluta, Stonebwoy, King Promise, Black Sherif, Joe Mettle, Kweku Smoke, and gospel collective Team Eternity.
thinkofgh presents to you the 2025 full list of winners for the 26th edition of the Telecel Ghana Music Awards.
King Promise was crowned Artiste of the Year at the 26th edition of the Telecel Ghana Music Awards held on Saturday night.
The event, which took place in grand style, celebrated Ghanaian music excellence, spotlighting artistes who made a significant impact in 2024.
King Promise was the night’s biggest winner, bagging Artiste of the Year, Album/EP of the Year with True To Self, and also taking home Best Afropop Song and Afrobeats/Afropop Artiste of the Year. His victory affirms his influence and consistency in Ghana’s music scene.
Rapper Kweku Smoke also made a strong showing, winning Best Rap Performance, Best HipHop Song, and Best Hiplife/HipHop Artiste, all for his track Holy Ghost. He was joined by King Paluta, whose inspirational track Aseda won Telecel Most Popular Song of the Year and Highlife Song of the Year.
Gospel music was well represented, with Joe Mettle winning Best Gospel Artiste and Best Male Vocal Performance. Team Eternity Ghana’s Defe Defe and Empress Gifty’s Watch Me won in the Urban Contemporary and Traditional Gospel categories respectively.
See the full list of winners below:
1.Artiste of the Year
Stonebwoy
Black Sherif
King Promise- Winner
Kweku Smoke
Joe Mettle
King Paluta
Team Eternity
2.Best Gospel Artiste
Piesie Esther
Joe Mettle - Winner
Empress Gifty
Diana Hamilton
Team Eternity Ghana
MOG Music
3.Best New Artiste
Lali x Lola
AratheJay
Rap Fada
Team Eternity
Beeztrap KOTM - Winner
Kwesi Amewuga
4.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 - Winner
5.Best Female Vocal Performance
Naana Asiedu – Defe Defe
Lordina the Soprano – Simply Trusting Everyday
Esther Goodwyll – I Choose to Praise - Winner
Titi Owusu – Nobody
Mima Afrika – On Fire
6.Best Hiplife/HipHop Artiste
Amerado
Beeztrap KOTM
Kweku Smoke - Winner
Black Sherif
King Paluta
Sarkodie
Medikal
7.Best Rap Performance
Eno Barony – No Manual
Kweku Smoke – Holy Ghost - Winner
Okyeame Kwame – No Competition
Sarkodie – Brag
Lyrical Joe – 5TH August 8
Flowking Stone – King Is Back
8.Best HipHop Song
Joey B. – Princess
Kweku Smoke – Holy Ghost - winner
Kwaw Kese ft Kofi Mole – Awoyo Sofo
Black Sherif – Kilos Milos
Sarkodie ft Beeztrap KOTM – Amen
Beeztrap KOTM & Oseikrom Osikani – Fly Girl
9.Best Afrobeat Song
OlivetheBoy – Asylum- Winner
Lasmid – Puul
Kidi ft Black Sherif – Lomo Lomo
Mr Drew – Sneaky
King Promise – Favourite Story
Beeztrap KOTM – Yesu
10.Best Hiplife Song
Eno Barony ft King Paluta – Soja Go Soja Come
Black Sherif – Rebel Music
Tulenkey ft Beeztrap KOTM – Bad Feeling - Winner
Okyeame Kwame ft Kuami Eugene – No Competition
Sarkodie – No Sir
Lyrical Joe ft Kuami Eugene – Enter
11.Best Highlife song
Kuami Eugene – Canopy
King Paluta – Aseda - Winner
Fameye – Very Soon
Amerado – Abronoma
Rap Fada ft King Paluta – Odo Bi Ye BAD
Kofi Kinaata – Effiakuma Broken Heart
12. Best Urban Contemporary Gospel Song
Call, Scott Evans
Give Me Oil, Joe Mettle ft Sandra Boakye Duah
Owanwani, Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta Defe Defe, Team Eternity Ghana - Winner
Cast Your Burden, Kobby Salm ft S.O.N Music
Dry Bones, Ohemaa Mercy ft Kofi Owusu Peprah
13.Best Reggae/Dancehall Song
Amerado ft Samini — Ankonam Remix
Stonebwoy — Psalm 23 - Winner
Ras Kuuku — Road of Evil
Samini — Chemistry
Jupitar — I Keep Winning
Moliy & Silent Addy — Shake It To The Ma
14.Best Music Video
Fallen Angel – Small God Directed by Babs Direction
Auntie Ama – Kofi Kinaata Directed by Awudu Musa
Continental – King Promise Directed by Meekah Jagun
Jejereje – Stonebwoy Directed by Banini - Winner
Peace of Mind – MzVee Directed by Rex
Keep It Sexy – King Promise Directed by Rex
15.Best Traditional Gospel Song
MOG Music — Wo Ye
Empress Gifty — Watch Me - Winner
Piesie — Ateene
Diana Hamilton — The Doing of the Lord
Mavis Asante — Victory
Queendalyn ft Judikay — Omewoya
16.African Song of the Year
Rema – OZEBA
Mr Pilato, Ego Slimflow &Tebogo G Mashego FT SJE KONKA, Focalistic, DJ Maphorisa, Scotts Maphuma & Cowboii – BIRI MARUNG
Titom FT S.N.E, YUPPE, Burna Boy – TSHWALABAM- Winner
Darkoo FT Rema – FAVORITE GIRL RMX
Tems – LOVE ME JEJE
Ayra Star – COMMAS
17.Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste
Jupitar
Samini
Ras Kuuku
Epixode
Stonebwoy - Winner
Rocky Dawuni
18.Collaboration of the Year
Beeztrap KOTM & Oseikrom Osikani – Fly Girl
King Promise ft Sarkodie & OliveTheBoy – Favourite Story
KIDI ft Black Sherif – Lomo Lomo - Winner
Rap Fada ft King Paluta – Obo Bi Ye Bad
Sarkodie ft Beeztrap KOTM – Amen
Joe Mettle ft Sandra Boakye Duah – Give Me Oil
19.International Collaboration of the Year
Joe Mettle ft SunmiSola Agbebi – Oba Awon Oba
Stonebwoy ft Odumodu BLVCK – Ekelebe
King Promise ft Shalipopi – Continental
Stonebwoy ft Spice – Jiggle and Whine
Diana Hamilton ft Mercy Chinwo – The Doing of the Lord - Winner
Gambo ft Edem & Jim Jones – Drip RMX
20.Songwriter of the Year
Can I Live -Ayisi
Saman – Kofi Kinaata- Winner
No Competition – Okyeame Kwame
Asylum – OlivetheBoy
Defe Defe – Team Eternity Ghana
21.Telecel Most Popular Song
OlivetheBoy – Asylum
Kidi ft Black Sherif – Lomo Lomo
Lasmid – Puul
King Paluta – Aseda- Winner
Black Sherif – January 9
King Promise – Paris
Team Eternity – Defe Defe
Stonebwoy – Jejereje
22.Album/EP of the Year
Kweku Smoke – Kweku Jesus
King Paluta – Give Time Some Time
Stonebwoy – Up and Running
Kofi Kinaata – Kofi OO Kofi
King Promise – True To Self- Winner
Team Eternity Ghana – Testimony
23.Best Afrobeats/Afropop Artiste
KIDI
Camidoh
OliveTheBoy
King Promise - Winner
Mr Drew
Lasmid
24.Best Afropop Song
Kwesi Arthur – Fefe Ne Fe
King Promise – Paris - Winner
Stonebwoy – Jejereje
Black Sherif – January 9
SmallGod ft Black Sherif – Fallen Angel
AraTheJay ft Black Sherif – Jesus Christ 2
25.Unsung - Yaw Darling
26.Best Highlife Artiste
Kofi Kinaata
Fameye - Winner
Kuami Eugene
Sista Afia
Kwabena Kwabena
27.Life Achievement Award - Yaw Sarpong
28.Record of the Year - Ayisi - Can I live
29.Audio Engineer of the Year
30.Producer of the Year - King Paluta and Kendybeats
31.Best Video Director
32.Music for Good Award - Episode
33.Group of the year- Team Eternity