Winners for the 2025 Telecel Ghana Music Awards have been announced.
The winners were announced during a live ceremony held at the Grand Arena, Accra.
Below, we share a full list of nominees for the 2025 Telecel Ghana Music Awards.
Naa Ashorkor hosted the event with support from AJ Akuoku Sarpong and comedian Foster Romanus.
Performers for the night included King Promise, King Paluta, Kweku Smoke, Stonebwoy, Daughters of Glorious Jesus, Empress Gifty, TiTi Owusu, Fameye, Beetztrap KOTM, KiDi, Moliy and Ayisi.
Yaw Darling, who won the Unsung Artist category, also performed at the awards event.
Record of The Year
Can I live?—Ayisi
Audio Engineer of the Year
Peweezle
Album/EP of The Year
Truth to Self—King Promise * WINNER
Producer of The Year
Kendi Beatz & King Paluta
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
Yaw Sarpong
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
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
Best Female Vocal Performance
Naana Asiedu—Defe Defe
Lordina the Soprano – Simply Trusting Everyday
Esther Godwyll – I Choose to Praise * WINNER
Titi Owusu – Nobody
Mima Afrika – On Fire
Best Hip-Hop 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
Collaboration of The Year
Fly Girl – Beeztrap KOTM & Oseikrom Sikani
Favourite Story—King Promise ft Sarkodie & Olivetheboy
Lomo Lomo – KiDi ft Black Sherif * WINNER
Odo Bi Ye Bad – Rap Fada ft King Paluta
Amen – Sarkodie ft Beeztrap KOTM
Give Me Oil – Joe Mettle ft Sandra Boakye Duah
International Collaboration of The Year
Oba Awon Oba – Joe Mettle ft Sunmisola Agbebi
Ekelebe – Stonebwoy ft Odumodublvck
The Doing of the Lord – Diana Hamilton ft Mercy Chinwo * WINNER
Continental – King Promise ft Shallipopi
Drip Rmx – Gambo ft Edem & Jim Jones
Jiggle & Wine – Stonebwoy ft Spice
Best AfroPop Song
Fefe Ne Fe – Kwesi Arthur
Paris – King Promise * WINNER
Fallen Angel – Smallgod ft Black Sherif
Jejereje – Stonebwoy
Jesus Christ 2 – AratheJay ft Black Sherif
January 9th – Black Sherif
Best Traditional Gospel
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
Best Afrobeat Song
OlivetheBoy – Asylum * WINNER
Lasmid – Puul
Kidi ft. Black Sherif – Lomo Lomo
Mr. Drew—Sneaky
King Promise—Favourite Story
Beeztrap KOTM – Yesu
Best Afrobeats/AfroPop Artiste
King Promise * WINNER
Best Music Video
Jejereje – Stonebwoy
Best Gospel Artiste
Piesie Esther
Joe Mettle * WINNER
Empress Gifty
Diana Hamilton
Team Eternity Ghana
MOG Music
Best African Song
Ozeba – Rema
Biri Marung – Mr Pilato, Ego Slimflow, Mr Pilato, and Tebogo G Mashego ft Focalistic, Scotts Maphuma, Sje Konka, DJ Maphorisa, & CowBoii
Tshwala Bam – TitoM, Yuppe, Burna Boy * WINNER
Favourite Girl Remix – Darkoo ft Rema
Love Me Jeje – Tems
Commas – Ayrar Starr
Artiste of the Year
Kweku Smoke
Team Eternity
Joe Mettle
King Paluta
King Promise * WINNER
Stonebwoy
Black Sherif
Best New Artiste
Lali x Lola
AratheJay
Rap Fada
Team Eternity
Beeztrap KOTM * WINNER
Kwesi Amewuga
Best Hiplife/HipHop Artiste
Amerado
Beeztrap KOTM
Kweku Smoke * WINNER
Black Sherif
King Paluta
Sarkodie
Medikal
Best Rap Performance
Eno Barony
Holy Ghost – Kweku Smoke * WINNER
Okyeame Kwame
Sarkodie Lyrical Joe
Flowking Stone
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
Best Highlife Artist
Fameye* WINNER
Best Urban Contemporary Gospel Song
Gospel Song Scoot Evans — Call
Joe Mettle ft Sandra Duah — Give Me Oil
Nana Yaw Ofori Atta
Team Eternity — Defe Defe * WINNER
Kobby Salm — Cast Your Burden
Ohemaa Mercy ft Kofi Owusu — Dry Bones
Songwriter of the Year
Ayisi
Kofi Kinaata – Saman * WINNER
Okyeame Kwame
OlivetheBoy
Team Eternity Ghana
Best Group
Lali x Lola
Keche
Team Eternity Ghana * WINNER
Bethel Revival Choir
Kwan Pa
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 Max
Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste
Jupitar
Samini
Ras Kuuku
Epixode
Stonebwoy * WINNER
Rocky Dawuni
Music For Good
Epixode
Telecel’s Most Popular Song
OlivetheBoy – Asylum ft Kid
Black Sherif – Lomo Lomo ft Kidi
Lasmid – Puul
King Paluta – Aseda *WINNER
Black Sherif – January 9
King Promise – Paris
Team Eternity – Defe Defe
Stonebwoy – Jejereje