Celebrating Ghana's Music Stars: Highlights from the 27th Telecel Ghana Music Awards

The Telecel Ghana Music Awards 2026 came to a thrilling close at the Grand Arena on Saturday night with some of Ghana’s biggest music stars walking away with major honours after a year of impressive releases and performances.

Leading the night was Black Sherif, who was crowned Artiste of the Year for the second time in his career after first winning the top prize at the 24th TGMA in 2023. The “Iron Boy” hitmaker dominated the ceremony with five awards, including Album/EP of the Year for Iron Boy, Best HipHop Song for “Where Dem Boys”, Best Afropop Song for “Sacrifice” and Songwriter of the Year.

Medikal also enjoyed a strong night, picking up four awards including Best Hiplife/HipHop Artiste, Best Hiplife Song and Most Popular Song of the Year with “Shoulder” featuring Shatta Wale and Beeztrap KOTM. The song also won Collaboration of the Year, further cementing its status as one of the biggest records of the year.
Kofi Kinaata added to his impressive TGMA record after winning Best Highlife Song for “It Is Finished” and Best Highlife Artiste. Stonebwoy was named Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste, while Wendy Shay took home the Best Afrobeats/Afropop Artiste award.

One of the talking point on the night came from Moliy, whose international success with “Shake It To The Max Remix” earned wins for Best Reggae/Dancehall Song and International Collaboration of the Year alongside Shenseea and Skillibeng. Rising star Kojo Blak also continued his breakthrough year after winning Best New Artiste and Best Afrobeats Song for “Excellent” featuring Kelvyn Boy.

See Full List of Winners

Artiste of the Year — Black Sherif
Album/EP of the Year — Iron Boy — Black Sherif
Record of the Year — “Enso Nyame Y3” — Kwabena Kwabena
Best Female Vocal Performance — Enam — “Amin”
Best Male Vocal Performance — Asiama — “Akoma”
Songwriter of the Year — Black Sherif — “Sacrifice”
Best Rap Performance — Strongman — “Mensei Da”
Best Music Video — AratheJay — “Put Am On God”
Most Popular Song of the Year — Medikal ft Shatta Wale & Beeztrap KOTM — “Shoulder”
Best Afrobeats Song — Kojo Blak ft Kelvyn Boy — “Excellent”
Best Afropop Song — Black Sherif — “Sacrifice”
Best Hiplife Song — Medikal ft Shatta Wale & Beeztrap KOTM — “Shoulder”
Best HipHop Song — Black Sherif — “Where Dem Boys”
Best Highlife Song — Kofi Kinaata — “It Is Finished”
Best Reggae/Dancehall Song — Moliy, Shenseea, Skillibeng & Silent Addy — “Shake It To The Max Remix”
Best Traditional Gospel Song — Piesie Esther — “Nyame Ye”
Best Urban/Contemporary Gospel Song — Kofi Owusu Peprah — “Big God Afro”
Collaboration of the Year — Medikal ft Shatta Wale & Beeztrap KOTM — “Shoulder”
International Collaboration of the Year — Moliy, Shenseea, Skillibeng & Silent Addy — “Shake It To The Max Remix”
Best New Artiste — Kojo Blak
Best Gospel Artiste — Diana Hamilton
Best Hiplife/HipHop Artiste — Medikal
Best Afrobeats/Afropop Artiste — Wendy Shay
Best Highlife Artiste — Kofi Kinaata
Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste — Stonebwoy
Audio Engineer of the Year — Daniel Grüll — “Enso Nyame Y3”
Best African Song — Davido ft Omah Lay — “With You”
Best Group — Keche
Music for Good — Lali x Lola — “Crox It Out (Breast Cancer)”
Lifetime Achievement Award — Daddy Lumba