The nomination for the 27th Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMAs) were unveiled during an announcement event held at the Palm Conventions Centre.
Checkout Below the Full List of Nominees — 2026 Telecel Ghana Music Awards
Best Hiplife Song
Medikal ft Shatta Wale & Beeztrap KOTM — Shoulder is among the TGMA 2026 nominees.
Fameye ft Ofori Amponsah — Notin I Get
Ko-Jo Cue ft Sarkodie — Abebrese
Sarkodie ft Kweku Flick — Messiah
Kweku Smoke — Badness
Best Highlife Song
Kofi Kinaata — It Is Finished
King Paluta — Foko!
Kwabena Kwabena ft Stonebwoy & Kofi Kinaata — Aso II
Amerado — Obiaa Wo Ne Master
Kuami Eugene — Do Better
Best Traditional Gospel Song
Joyce Blessing ft King Paluta — Correct
Piesie Esther — Waye Me Yie
Mabel Okyere — So Far So Good
Kofi Owusu Peprah ft Diana Hamilton — Mesadea
Celestine Donkor ft Diana Hamilton — Akorfa
Paul Naan — Baba God (Matthew 6:26)
Best Hip-Hop Song
Black Sherif — Where Dem Boyz
O’Kenneth — Balenciaga
Sarkodie ft Kweku Smoke — Violence
Kweku Smoke — Aduro Borga
Larruso — Same Time
Ladipoe — Chat
Best Afropop Song
Black Sherif — Sacrifice
Stonebwoy — Gidi Gidi
Olivetheboy ft Sarkodie — Bend
Gyakie — Sankofa
King Promise ft MzVee — See What We’ve Done
Best Music Video
Excellent — Kojo Blak ft Kelvyn Boy (Dir. Babs Direction)
Sanction — Black Sherif (Dir. Awudu Musa)
Welcome to Africa — Medikal (Dir. XBills Ebenezer)
Shire — Stonebwoy (Dir. Yaw Skyface)
Chaman — Samini (Dir. Yaw Skyface)
Put Am On — AratheJay (Dir. David Duncan)
Best Afrobeats Song
Kojo Blak & Kelvyn Boy — Excellent
KiDi ft Olivetheboy & Kojo Blak — Gymnastic
Wendy Shay ft Olivetheboy — Crazy Love
Mr Drew ft Olivetheboy — OMG
Lasmid ft King Promise — No Issues
Best Male Vocal Performance
Akwaboah — Akoma
Deon Boakye — Time Lapsesion
Perez Musik — My Prayer
Josh Blakk — Catch 22
Carl Clottey — Yehowa
Best Female Vocal Performance
Nhana — Amɛn
Grace Charles (Team Eternity GH) — Save Me Through
Niiella — Show Me How to Love
Cina Soul — Dɔ
Lordina The Soprano — Rani (Inokwe)
Best Afrobeats/Afropop Artiste
Wendy Shay
Kuami Eugene
KiDi
Olivetheboy
Molly
Best Highlife Artiste
Fameye
King Paluta
Kwabena Kwabena
Kofi Kinaata
Kuami Eugene
Best Rap Performance
Strongman — Mensei Da
Ko-Jo Cue — Abebrese
Lyrical Joe — 5th August
Joe Kay — 4G
Medikal — Welcome to Africa
Sarkodie — Violence
Best Hiplife/Hip-Hop Artiste
Black Sherif
Medikal
Kweku Smoke
Sarkodie
Ko-Jo Cue
O’Kenneth
Collaboration of the Year
Kojo Blak ft Kelvyn Boy — Excellent
KiDi ft Olivetheboy & Kojo Blak — Gymnastic
Wendy Shay ft Olivetheboy — Crazy Love
Sarkodie ft Kweku Smoke — Violence
Medikal ft Shatta Wale & Beeztrap — Shoulder
Kwabena Kwabena ft Stonebwoy & Kofi Kinaata — Aso II
International Collaboration of the Year
Moliy, Silent Addy & Skillibeng — Shake It to the Max (RMX)
Black Sherif ft Fireboy DML — So It Goes
Wendy Shay ft Mavado — Too Late Remix
King Promise ft Fridayy — Terminator RMX
Lasmid ft Tml Vibez — Meet 4 U
Moliy ft Tyla — Body On Me
Songwriter of the Year
Black Sherif — Sacrifice
Kofi Kinaata — Have Mercy II
Cofiboham — Take Me Home
Ko-Jo Cue — Abebrese
Akablay — Obi Nnyi (Obibini)
Stonebwoy — Send Them a Prayer
Best Urban/Contemporary Gospel Song
Ewura Abena — Efeɛba
Kofi Owusu Peprah — Big God Afro
Team Eternity — Defe Defe
Scott Evans — Ready
Kofi Kinaata — Saman
Carl Clottey ft Luigi Maclean — Yehowa
Best Gospel Artiste
Piesie Esther
Diana Hamilton
MOGmusic
Kofi Owusu Peprah
Mabel Okyere
Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta
Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste
Samini
Ras Kuuku
Stonebwoy
Best Reggae/Dancehall Song
Moliy ft Silent Addy & Skillibeng — Shake It to the Max RMX
Stonebwoy — Torch
Cina Soul ft Stonebwoy — Larger Than Life
Samini — Summer King
AratheJay ft Stonebwoy — Talisman
Amerado — Pharaoh
Artiste of the Year
Black Sherif
Medikal
Stonebwoy
Wendy Shay
Sarkodie
Diana Hamilton
