After a successful virtual awards show garnering over 5 million views on national TV and Emerging Music Awards social media handles in 2020, Kusstar Entertainment has announced the nominees for the 3rd annual Emerging Music Awards at Accra City Hotel.
This year nominees’ announcement was done alongside with music seminar.
The main awards night for the scheme is slotted on 25th SEPTEMBER 2021, at Accra City Hotel. Red carpet 6pm sharp.
It will be live on CTV and Emerging Music Awards social media handles.
Below is the nominees list for Emerging Music Awards 2021.
GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR
1 YOUR FEATHERS – ADOM GYIMAH
2 GOD WITH US – ADUHEMAA
3 ARAHAMAGARA – AMEN CHOIR
4 MMREPA BEBA – ATTA PATRICK
5 WO KA ME HO – E-ROCK
6 YOUR LOVE – ELLIOT LAMPTEY
7 THIS IS LOVE – JACQUELYN OFORIWAA AMANFO
8 FA ME SIE – JOSHUA AHENKORAH
9 MEYI W’AYE – PS. BENNYWOOD
10 HOSANNA – SIR SOLOMON
HI LIFE SONG OF THE YEAR
1 YEN DI ASA – AGYENGO DE RED LION
2 ESE WOARA – ARA BELLA
3 NORMAL – C CLARK
4 WO A SISA – FLEXCLUSIVE
5 FUNNY LOVE – FRANK NARO
6 MINE – KEKELI MUSIQ
7 YEBOLI – KOO KYEI
8 MENSESA – LUCIYA
9 ODO PA – NAF KASSI
10 NYA ASEM HW3 – RIGHTEOUS VANDYKE
11 KOSO – PONCHO
DANCEHALL SONG OF THE YEAR
1 BLACK SKIN GIRL – ARAMME
2 FEELINGS INSIDE – BETTER DAYS
3 CANT TELL – EUNI MELO
4 SAY KING – GOZILA
5 WORMBA – KING ZUMM FT. JUPITA
6 BEDROOM DINNER – KLARAH KAY
7 WIND IT – RAMZ NIC
8 STEP UP – RENNER
9 LEAVE IT UP – TWICE AFRICANA
10 BOB MARLEY – WAKAYNA
REGGAE SONG OF THE YEAR
1 ELEVATION – BLAQ SYRUP
2 ONE DAY – C CLARK GH
3 PROTECT I JAH – JAH LIGHTNING
5 WARRIOR – LINGUAKAT
4 BLOW MY MIND – M.O.V.
6 YOUR GRACE – GYALDEM TISH
HIP LIFE SONG OF THE YEAR
1 BLESSINGS REMIX – ALAMPAN
2 AFROBEAT CORNER – DANCEGOD LLOYD
3 D) ME – KING JAY x GODSON
4 BENIN – LOKAL
5 FATWI – MR BANKZ FT YAA PONO
6 NO PRESSURE – PHRIMPONG
7 I WILL DO – QING CEDAR FT EVANCE
8 CHANCHICO – C BURN
9 FREAKY FRIDAY – ORIGEE
10 MAWIE – PAEKIDD FT. KURL SONGX
11 NA TODAY – OKESE 1
12 JUNGLE – BOGO BLAY
HIP POP SONG OF THE YEAR
1 SIKA – 2YUNG XCLUSIVE
2 YEBEGYE WO GIRL – ARTA KWAME & MORF
3 YAAYAAYA – BLAQ SYRUP
4 THEM NOT REACH – FR3ME KWAME
5 ABI – JJGONAMI X MAWULI YOUNGGOG X KEENY ICE
6 BIBIAABI – JSPICE
7 GREATNESS – MANTSE A.Y
8 FREE MY SOUL – MAWULI YOUNGGOD
9 MONEY DEY – PHAIZE
10 GANG UP – STRYKA
11 WHAT – WAN-O FT OBIBINI
URBAN GOSPEL OF THE YEAR
1 ANOINTING – 2KINGS GH
2 I WIN – QUAME GYEDU
3 JESUS – QUEENDALYN YURBLEE
4 YOU ARE HOLY – RANDY AMPONSAH
5 AFFECTION – RICHBANCS
AFRO POP SONG OF THE YEAR
1 “YELE HW3 WAA – COJO POKU
2 PAMI – KD BAKES
3 YONKO – KIMMY
4 MINIBI – KING ZUMM
5 END IN TEARS – KUDJOE DAZE
6 CRIMINAL – SHADE O
7 CONFUSION – NANKY
8 SHAKARA – SHUGALORD
9 KILODE – SKANNAH
10 VORVORLI – TOKZ
11 TOMORROW – XUPA
12 FA MA ME – OBAA L
13 MONEY MAN – MALCOLM NUNA
14 GODDESS – TIISHA
15 THAT THING – CHARLORSON
GOSPEL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1 ADOM GYIMAH
2 ADUHEMAA
3 ATTA PATRICK
4 BEN ANSAH
5 E – ROCK
6 ELLIOT LAMPTEY
7 DOREEN OKYERE
8 EWURAMA POLICE
9 PS. BENNYWOOD
10 MAMA BOAT
11 QUEENDALYN YURGLEE
INTERNATIONAL ACT OF THE YEAR
1 BRA CHIEF
2 GHCALI
3 HELLEN LIGHT
4 JAGONZY
5 NEW KING
6 JAMILIA
7 MINISTER IKE
8 JO-Z
9 KOBBINICk
10 FLEXCLUSIVE
11 NII ODAI NMAI
12 C BURN
13 ROSY
HI LIFE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1 ARA BELLA
2 C CLARK
3 FLEXCLUSIVE
4 FRANK NARO
5 KEKELI MUSIQ
6 KOO KYEI
7 NAF KASSI
8 CHARLORSON
9 QOBBY HUMBLE
10 QWESI FLEX
HIP LIFE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1 KWAME YOGOT
8 BLACK SHERRIF
5 KING JAY
2 LOKAL
6 MR BANK
4 MANI MANDELA
3 PHRIMPONG
7 QING CEDAR
9 PONCHO
10 BOGO BLAY
HIP POP ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1 OSEIKROM SIKANII
2 EDOH YAT
3 ERNY
4 FR3ME KWAME
5 MANTSE A.Y
6 RUBY DELART
7 SUPA SHANK BEAT
8 TEE RHYME
9 LYRICAL JOE (LJ)
10 MUNUMKUM EMBEE
11 KARKIDY
REGGAE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1 BLAQ SYRUP
2 JAH LIGHTNING
3 LINGUAKAT
4 ABBAN
5 ZINALU
DANCEHALL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1 ARAMME
2 EUNI MELO
3 KING ZUMM
4 GOZILA
5 RENNER
6 TWICE AFRICANA
7 WAKAYNA
8 KOPHI MYSTRO
9 AKIYANA
10 KIAANI
AFRO POP ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1 ADDY TAN
2 COJO POKU
3 KD BAKES
4 KIMMY
5 KUDJOE DAZE
6 NANKY
7 SHUGALORD
8 TOKZ
9 XUPA
10 JAY ZION
11 RAMZ NIC
12 ABBI IMA
13 ROY X TAYLOR
14 SHADE O
15 JOEVIN MERDERS
16 MALCOUM NUNA
MALE VOCAL OF THE YEAR
1 YOUR FEATHERS – ADOM GYIMAH
2 WO KA ME HO – E – ROCK
3 YOUR LOVE US – ELLIOT LAMPTEY
4 FA ME SIE – JOSHUA AHENKORAH
5 PAMI – KD BAKES
6 MINE – KEKELI MUSIQ
7 END IN TEARS – KUDJOE DAZE
8 MEYI WAYE – PS. BENNYWOOD
9 SHIDAA SA BO – OSBORN SELASSIE
10 SHAKARA – SHUGALORD
FEMALE VOCAL OF THE YEAR
1 ADUHEMAA GOD WITH US
2 HELEN LIGHT GOD ALONE
3 KIMMY YONKO
4 LOIS PAPANKO TASTE AND SEE
5 LUCIYA MENSESA
6 NAF KASSI FAMAME
7 JACQUELYN OFORIWAA AMANFO THIS IS LOVE
8 LIZMONN GIDIGIDI
9 AKUA VAL GYAE ME
10 PRISCILLA OTUMFUO WAVE
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
1 ALAMPAN FT.MR DREW – BLESSINGS REMIX
2 EDOH YATT FT. GURU X MEDIKAL – WIND REMIX
3 KWEKU DARLINGTON FT. YAW TOG & KWEKU FLICK – SIKA ABA FIE
4 GHCALI FT.KOBY SIMPLE – OUUU AAAH
5 JSPICE FT. STRONGMAN – MONEY
6 KD BAKES FT. PONOBIOM – PAMI
7 KIKI MARLEY FT. MEDIKAL – GYM
8 KWAME YOGOT FT KUAMI EUGENE – BIIBI BESI
9 KING ZUMM FT. JUPITAR. – WORMBA
10 KWABENA DONKOR FT. JOYCE BLESSING – ONLY U JAH
11 LINGUAKAT FT. RAS KUUKU – WARRIOR
12 LOKAL FT FAMEYE – BENIN
13 LUCIYA FT. NANA FYNN – MEN
14 ABBI IMA FT. FANCY GADAM – GIVE ME LOVE
15 PAEKIDD FT KULSONGX – WAWIE
RAPPER OF THE YEAR
1 BEST GALLY
2 BRA ALEX
3 BRA JAY
4 FR3ME KWAME
5 JJ GONAMI
6 KWESI MIGHTY
7 MUNUMKUM EMBEE
8 NENE TEK
9 ORIGEE
10 PHAIZE
11 WAN-O
SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR
1 BUZU WANI PHD
2 “MAWULI YOUNGGOD FREE MY SOUL
3 PUNCHO KOSO
4 WAKAYNA BOB MARLEY
5 XUPA TOMORROW
6 RIGHTEOUS VANDYK NYA ASEM HW3
7 PRISCILLA OTUMFUO WAVE
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
1 BIGSAM BEATZ – I DEPEND ON YOU by LATY
2 B2 – KOSO by PONCHO
3 WAKAYNA – BOB MARLEY by WAKAYNA
4 GOMEZ BEATZX – TOMORROW by XUPA
5 ABOCHI -!ALL EYES ON ME by KIMMY
6 KING ONE BEATZ – THAT THING by CHARLORSON
ALBUM / EP OF THE YEAR
1 EVERGREEN – ABSTEINER
2 PHD – BUZU WANI
3 MELODIES TO MELO – EUNI MELO
4 NEW CHAPTER J – AGONZY
5 MAKE OR BREAK – KWIN BINA
6 DEMMA SUPA GIRL – LIPSSY J
7 REMEDY – NANKY
8 JOURNEY THROUGH RHYTHMS – RAS LIPO
9 TAYLORMADE – ROY X TAYLOR
10 MADE IN ABELEMPKE – WAN-O
MUSIC VIDEO/DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
1 PRYMO PRYME – MONEY by PHAIZE
2 MICKEY JOHNSON – GODDESS by TIISHA
3 DIGITAL CREATIVE MEDIA – ESE WOARA by ARA BELLA
4 REXGHANA – BADDER THAN by MONA4 REAL
5 BRA SHIZZLE – WHERE DEM THEY by SHADE O
6. JENERAL JAY – MONEY by MALCOLM NUNA FEAT. HOTKID
7 EARNEST ADEHYEE – ME MA WODIN SO by AKUBLESS
8 ONAB – JOY by D JAY FT BLACK SHERIFF
9 KWAME NYARKO – FIOR by MAWULI YOUNGGOD
10 SALIFU ABDUL HAFIZ – I DO by NAKHAE
YOUNG ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1 VICTOR
2 FOTO COPY
3 KWIN BINA
4 SHATA BERRY
5 RAP KRACHIE
MANAGEMENT TEAM OF THE YEAR
1 GHETTO RECORDZ – KOOKYEI
2 BBF – RENNER
3 KRI8 MUSIC – SHUGALORD
4 ZYLOFON MUSIC – TIISHA, AKIYANA
5 ALTMOST ENTERTAINMENT – SHADE O
6 RUFFTOWN RECORDS – KIKI MARLEY
7 PPP RECORDS – EUNI MELO
8 REMEDI ENTERTAINMENT – MAMA BOAT/ MEL BLAKK
GROUP OF THE YEAR
1 AMEN CHOIR
2 2YUNG XCLUSIVE
3 2KINGS GH
4 TOO CLOSE
5 REBIRTH
VIDEO VIXEN OF THE YEAR
1 HADASSAH SARE
2 JOSEPHINE SACKER
3 TILLY HIPSY
4 AKU RUBY
5 LARKGH
6 PANACEA
7 AMMA PAMPHLET
8 EVA_DHE MODEL
MOST POPULAR SONG OF THEN YEAR
1 SIKA ABA FIE – KWEKU DARLINTON
2 FIRST SERMON – BLACK SHERIFF
3 MONEY MAN – MALCOLM NUNA
4 GODDESS – TIISHA
5 FUNNY LOVE – FRANK NARO
6 MINIBI – KING ZUMM
7 MEDICINE – BOGO BLAY
ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
1 BLACK SHERRIF
2 KEKELI MUSIQ
3 KIKI MARLEY
4 KING ZUMM
5 KOO KYEI
6 KWAME YOGOT
7 KWEKU DARLINGTON
8 MALCOLM NUNA
9 NANKY
10 OKESE 1
11 ORIGEE
12 RENNER
13 XUPA
14 QUEENDALYN YURGLEE
