2018 VGMA categories: Who gets nominated for what?

Nominations for the 2018 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards are scheduled to be released tomorrow, March 3, 2018.

The announcement will be done on all Media General social media platforms with the main nominee party live on TV3.

There are close to 30 categories for this year’s Awards with the likes of late songstress Ebony, new kids on the scene, Kidi, King Promise and Kuami Eugene heavily tipped to top the list of nominees.

These artistes have had an amazing year churning out hits after hits under the calendar year.

Ahead of the release, let’s take a look at the categories outlined for the 2018 VGMA as we anticipate who makes the nomination list, and for which category exactly.

VGMA 2018 CATEGORY LIST

Gospel song of the year

Highlife song of the year

Hiplife song of the year

Hiphop song of the year

Afro pop song of the year

Reggae/dancehall song of the year

Gospel Artiste of the year

Highlife artiste of the year

Reggae/dancehall artiste of the year

Hiplife/hiphop artiste of the year

Best Rapper of the year

Best Group of the year

Best collaboration of the year

Song of the Year

Artiste of the Year

Best new artiste of the year

Best Music video of the year

Song writer the year

Record of the year

Best Male vocal performance

Best Female vocal performance

Album of the Year

Instrumentalist of the Year

Sound Engineer of the Year

Producer of the Year

Traditional Artiste of the Year

Life Time Achievement Award

African artiste of the year