The wait is finally over.

Charterhouse has unveiled the full list nominees for the 27th Telecel Ghana Music Awards, and the list is packed with familiar heavyweights, rising stars and a few surprises that are already sparking debates across social media.

Leading the charge are Medikal, Stonebwoy and Sarkodie, who put in impressive showings, with nominations spread across multiple categories, including Artiste of the Year.

Black Sherif continues his upward trajectory, picking up nods in the Artiste of the Year, Best Hiphop Song, Best Afropop Song, Best Music Video and Songwriter of the Year categories, also making him one of the most-nominated acts of the edition and a strong contender for the night's biggest prize.

On the gospel front, Diana Hamilton features prominently, earning an Artiste of the Year nomination alongside a spot in the Best Urban/Contemporary Gospel category.

The Artiste of the Year category itself is as competitive as it has ever been, with Black Sherif, Medikal, Stonebwoy, Wendy Shay, Sarkodie and Diana Hamilton all in contention.

Below is the full list of nominees for the 2026 Telecel Ghana Music Awards.

BEST HIPLIFE SONG

Medikal ft Shatta Wale & Beeztrap KOTM — Shoulder
Fameye feat. Medikal — Habit
Ko-Jo Cue feat. AratheJay & Ofori Amponsah — Tontonte
Kojo Blak ft Sarkodie — Next Door
Sarkodie ft Kweku Flick — Messiah
Kwesi Amewuga — Badness

BEST HIGHLIFE SONG OF THE YEAR

Kofi Kinaata — It Is Finished
King Paluta — Foko!
Kwabena Kwabena ft Stonebwoy & Kofi Kinaata — Aso II
Amerado — Obi Adi
Kuami Eugene — Do Better

BEST TRADITIONAL GOSPEL SONG

Joyce Blessing ft King Paluta — Correct
Piesie Esther — Nyame Ye
Mabel Okyere — So Far So Good
Kofi Owusu Peprah ft Diana Hamilton — M'aseda
Celestine Donkor ft Diana Hamilton — Akorfala
Paul Enana — Baba God (Matthew 6:26)

BEST HIPHOP SONG

Black Sherif — Where Dem Boys
O'Kenneth — Balenciaga
Sarkodie ft Kweku Smoke — Violence
Kweku Smoke — Adu The Borga
Gonaboy — Same Timbs
Lalid — The Matter

BEST AFROPOP SONG
Black Sherif — Sacrifice
Stonebwoy — Gidi Gidi
Olivetheboy ft Sarkodie — Bend
Gyakie — Sankofa
Lasmid — Olivia
King Promise feat Mr Eazi — See What We've Done

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Excellent — Kojo Blak ft Kelvyn Boy, Directed by Henry Akrong
Sacrifice — Black Sherif, Directed by Meekah Jagun
Welcome to Africa — Medikal, Directed by Xbills Ebenezer
Shine — Stonebwoy, Directed by Yaw Skyface
Chaana — Samini ft Soweto Gospel Choir, Directed by Yaw Skyface
Put Am on God — AratheJay, Directed by David Duncan

BEST AFROBEATS SONG

Kojo Blak ft Kelvyn Boy — Excellent
KiDi ft Olivetheboy & Kojo Blak — Gymnastic
Wendy Shay ft Olivetheboy — Crazy Love
Mr Drew ft Olive The Boy — OMG
Lasmid ft King Promise — No Issues

BEST MALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE

Asiama — Akoma
Deon Boakye — Time 'Livesession'
Perez Musik — By Prayer
Josh Blakk — Catch-22
Carl Clottey — Yehoda

BEST FEMALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE

Enam — Amin
Grace Charles (Team Eternity GH) — See Me Through
Niiella — Show Me How to Love
Cina Soul — Breathe
Lordina The Soprano — Beni Tookwεil)i

BEST AFROBEATS / AFROPOP ARTISTE

Wendy Shay
Kojo Blak
KiDi
Olivetheboy
Gyakie
Moliy

BEST HIGHLIFE ARTISTE

Fameye
King Paluta
Kwabena Kwabena
Kofi Kinaata
Kuami Eugene

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE

Strongman — Mensei Da
Ko-Jo Cue — Abeberese
Lyrical Joe — 5th August 9
Joe Kay — 4GG (For God's Glory)
Medikal — Welcome to Africa
Sarkodie — Violence

BEST HIPLIFE / HIPHOP ARTISTE

Black Sherif
Medikal
Kweku Smoke
Sarkodie
Ko-Jo Cue
O'Kenneth

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

Kojo Blak ft. Kelvyn Boy — Excellent
KiDi ft. Olivethe Boy & Kojo Blak — Gymnastic
Wendy Shay ft. Olivetheboy — Crazy Love
Sarkodie ft. Kweku Smoke — Violence
Medikal ft. Shatta & Beeztrap — Shoulder
Kwabena Kwabena ft. Stonebwoy & Kinaata — Aso II


INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

Moliy, Shenseea, Skillibeng, Silent Addy — Shake It to the Max RMX
Black Sherif ft. FireboyDML — So It Goes
Wendy Shay ft. Bedjine, Phina & Guchi — Too Late Remix (2.0)
Lasmid feat. TML Vibez — Meet 4 Corner
King Promise ft Mr Eazi — See What We've Done
Moliy ft Tyla — Body Go


SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Black Sherif — Sacrifice
Kofi Kinaata — Have Mercy II
Cofi Boham — Take Me Home
Ko-Jo Cue — Abeberese
Akwaboah — Obi Nnim (Obinim)
Stonebwoy — Send Them a Prayer

BEST URBAN/CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL SONG

Ewura Abena — Ebefa
Kofi Owusu Peprah — Big God Afro
Diana Hamilton ft Ntokozo Mbambo & Elder Mireku — Aha Ye (The Good Place)
Scott Evans — Ready
Kofi Karikari — Stamina
Carl Clottey ft Luigi Maclean — Yehoda


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, Shenseea, Skillibeng & Silent Addy — Shake It to the Max RMX
Stonebwoy — Torcher
Cina Soul feat. Stonebwoy — Larger Than Life (LTL)
Samini — Summer King
AratheJay ft Stonebwoy — Talisman
Amerado — Pharaoh

ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

Black Sherif
Medikal
Stonebwoy
Wendy Shay
Sarkodie
Diana Hamilton

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