The nominees for the 2026 Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) have officially been unveiled, celebrating the most outstanding artistes and songs in Ghana’s music industry over the past year. The annual awards scheme recognizes excellence across several genres including Afrobeats, Hiplife, Highlife, Hip-Hop, Gospel, and Reggae/Dancehall.
Top categories such as Artiste of the Year, Best New Artiste, Best HipHop Song, and Telecel Most Popular Song feature some of the biggest names and rising talents in Ghanaian music. Fans and industry watchers are already anticipating which artistes will emerge as winners at the prestigious event. Fans have already started reacting to the TGMA 2026 nominations on social media
Below is the complete list of nominees for the 2026 Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA)
Artiste of the Year
Nominees
Black Sherif
Medikal
Stonebwoy
Wendy Shay
Sarkodie
Diana Hamilton
Best New Artiste of the Year
Nominees
Kojo Blak
Gonaboy
Lalid
Adom Kiki
Best Hiplife/HipHop Artiste of the Year
Nominees
Black Sherif
Medikal
Kweku Smoke
Sarkodie
Kojo Cue
O’Kenneth
Best Highlife Artiste of the Year
Nominees
Fameye
King Paluta
Kwabena Kwabena
Kofi Kinaata
Kuami Eugene
Best Rap Performance of the Year
Nominees
Strongman – Mensei Da
Kojo Cue – Abebrese
Lyrical Joe – 5th August 9
Joe Kay – 4GG
Medikal – Welcome to America
Sarkodie – Violence
Best Male Vocal Performance
Nominees
Asiama – Akoma
Deon Boakye – Time Live Sessions
Perez Musik – By Prayer
Josh Blakk – Catch-22
Carl Clottey – Yehowa
Best Female Vocal Performance
Nominees
Enam – Amin
Grace Charles – See Me Through
Niiella – Show Me How to Love
Cina Soul – Breath
Lordina The Soprano – Beni Tookw3loji
Best Gospel Artiste of the Year
Nominees
Piesie Esther
Diana Hamilton
MOG Music
Kofi Owusu Peprah
Mabel Okyere
Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta
Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year
Nominees
Samini
Stonebwoy
Ras Kuuku
Best Music Video of the Year
Nominees
Kojo Blak ft Kelvyn Boy – Excellent (Directed by Henry Akrong)
Black Sherif – Sacrifice (Directed by Meekah Jagun)
Medikal – Welcome to Africa (Directed by XBills Ebenezer)
Stonebwoy – Shine (Directed by Yaw Skyface)
Samini ft Soweto Gospel Choir – Chaana (Directed by Yaw Skyface)
AraTheJay – Put Am On God (Directed by David Duncan)
Collaboration of the Year
Nominees
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
International Collaboration of the Year
Nominees
Moliy ft Shenseea, Skillibeng & Silent Addy – Shake It To The Max
Black Sherif ft Fireboy DML – So It Goes
Wendy Shay ft Bedjine, Phina & Guchi – Too Late Remix
Lasmid ft TML Vibez – Meet 4 Corner
King Promise ft Mr Eazi – See What We’ve Done
Moliy ft Tyla – Body Go
Songwriter of the Year
Nominees
Black Sherif – Sacrifice
Kofi Kinaata – Have Mercy II
Cofi Boham – Take Me Home
Kojo Cue – Abebrese
Akwaboah – Obi Nnim
Stonebwoy – Send Them A Prayer
Record of the Year
Nominees
Samini ft Soweto Gospel Choir – Chaana
Asiama – Akoma
Enam – Afa
Soul Winners ft Joe Mettle – For My Good
Rama Blak – Kwame Macho
Kwabena Kwabena – Enso Nyame Y3
Audio Engineer of the Year
Nominees
Francis Kweku Osei – Chaana
Kwame Yeboah – Akoma
Samuel Laryea Otoo – For My Good
KC Beatz – Afa
Robo DaBeat Scientist – Kwame Macho
Daniel Grüll – Enso Nyame Y3
Album/EP of the Year
Nominees
Black Sherif – Iron Boy
Stonebwoy – Torcher
Gyakie – After Midnight
Medikal – Disturbation 2
Wendy Shay – Ready
Kweku Smoke – Walk With Me
Most Popular Song of the Year
Nominees
KiDi ft OlivetheBoy & Kojo Blak – Gymnastic
Black Sherif – Sacrifice
Kojo Blak ft Kelvyn Boy – Excellent
Medikal ft Shatta Wale & Beeztrap – Shoulder
Lasmid – Olivia
Moliy ft Shenseea, Skillibeng & Silent Addy – Shake It To The Max
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