Wizkid, Burna Boy, Davido and others are Nominees for the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards
Nigerian superstars have again received international recognition for their various creative efforts put together to influence the African continent.
With the nomination list of the 22nd Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA 2021) released, our own musical icon Davido, Grammy award winners Burna Boy and Wizkid alongside Omah Lay and FireBoy DML were nominated for the Best African Artiste of the Year category.
South Africa’s Jerusalema singer, Master KG also bagged nomination on the Best African Artiste category.
The VGMA 2021 award celebrates the hard work and dedication of various players in the African music industry. This year’s edition marks more than two decades of recognizing amazing creatives in Ghana and the African continent at large.
Before this nomination, our very own musicians have astounded us with their various wins across both national and international platforms.
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Burna Boy, Davido and Wizkid were recently recognized on Forbes Africa 100 Innovation, Inventions and Icon’s list, in recognition of their outstanding role in defining the African music industry.
Additionally, Burna Boy and Wizkid brought the distinguished Grammy awards home for Best Global Music Album and Best Music Video categories respectively, while Davido was included on the 2021 TIME100 Next List, shortly after the gold certification of his afrobeat solo single “If” in the United States.
Also, at the 14th Headies awards, Frireboy DML led with five wins including Best Pop Album (Apollo), and Best R&B single (Tattoo) while Omah Lay, Nigeria’s fast-rising singer was named winner of the Next Rated award ahead of other rising stars in the industry.
As theses favourites continue to shine the spotlight on the Nigerian music industry, we are proud to celebrate them.
View the full list of nominees on ghanamusicawards.com