#TGMA26: King Promise crowned Artiste of The Year

Afrobeat musician King Promise has won Artiste of the Year. He received this honor at the Telecel Ghana Music Awards.

King Promise faced tough competition from several artists. These included Stonebwoy, Black Sheriff, and Joe Mettle. This is his first time winning this prestigious award.

The event was hosted by Naa Ashorkor Mensah Doku. AJ Akuoko and Forster Romanus also supported the hosting duties.

Other winners included:

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:
"Soja Go Soja Come" – Eno Barony ft King Paluta
"Rebel Music" – Black Sherif
"Bad Feeling" – Tulenkey ft Beeztrap KOTM *WINNER*

Best Male Vocal Performance:
"Odo Awon Oba" – Joe Mettle *WINNER*

Best Female Vocal Performance:
"I Choose to Praise" – Esther Godwyll *WINNER*

Best Hip-Hop Song:
"Holy Ghost" – Kweku Smoke *WINNER*

Collaboration of The Year:
"Lomo Lomo" – KiDi ft Black Sherif *WINNER*

International Collaboration of The Year:
"The Doing of the Lord" – Diana Hamilton ft Mercy Chinwo *WINNER*

Best AfroPop Song:
"Paris" – King Promise *WINNER*

Best Traditional Gospel:
"Watch Me” - Empress Gifty *WINNER*

Best Afrobeat Song:
"Asylum” - OlivetheBoy *WINNER*

King Promise also won Best Afrobeats/AfroPop Artiste.

In addition, he was nominated for Artiste of the Year, alongside other notable artists.

Beeztrap KOTM won Best New Artiste.

Kweku Smoke took home Best Hiplife/HipHop Artiste.

The award for Best Rap Performance went to "Holy Ghost” by Kweku Smoke.

For Best Highlife Song, "Aseda” by King Paluta was recognized as a winner.

Fameye won Best Highlife Artist.

In the category for Songwriter of the Year, Kofi Kinaata's "Saman” won.

Team Eternity Ghana was awarded Best Group.

Stonebwoy received recognition as Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste.

Finally, "Aseda” by King Paluta was named Telecel’s Most Popular Song.