The “Touch it” hitmaker Kidi, real name Dennis Nana Dwamena, has won the 2022 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Artiste of the Year.
The musician, who failed to claim the ultimate spot in 2021 after his famous ‘I’ll be back’ phrase, returned to win his first-ever Artiste of the Year Award.
He beat stiff competition from Black Sherif, King Promise, Kuami Eugene, Sarkodie and Joe Mettle to emerge the winner.
KiDi also won some of the biggest awards on the night especially with his hit song ‘Touch It’.
He won the Reggae/Dancehall Song of the Year (Touch It), Vodafone Most Popular Song (Touch It), Album of the Year (The Golden Boy) and the Afrobeats Artiste of the Year.
Although Black Sherif did not grab the ultimate award on the night, he took home the Best New Artiste award and the Hip-hop Song of the Year award as well.
Joe Mettle also took home the Gospel Artiste of the Year award. Meanwhile, Kofi Kinaata won the Highlife Song of the Year award with Thy Grace.
The 23rd edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) held at the Accra International Conference Center on Saturday, May 7, 2022, saw electrifying performances from various artists like Mr Drew, Joe Mettle ft Neilla, Ohemaa Mercy and MOG, Camidoh, Black Sheriff and the multi-talented undisputed champion of this year’s awards, Kidi, among others.
See the full list of winners below:
Artiste of the Year – KiDi
Vodafone Most Popular Song of the Year – Touch It (KiDi)
Album/EP of the Year – (Golden Boy) KiDi
Best New Artiste – Black Sherif
Record of the Year – Sad Gurlz Luv Money (Amaarae)
Audio Engineer of the Year – Chris V. Rootselaar and Jaap Wiewel
Best Rap Performance of the Year – Lyrical Joe
Reggae Dancehall Artiste – Stonebwoy
Afropop/Afrobeat Artiste – KiDi
Afrobeats Song of the Year – Sefa
Collaboration of the Year – Enjoyment Minister (D Black)
Reggae/Dancehall Song of the Year – Touch It (KiDi)
Afropop Song of the Year – Praise (Fameye)
Best Highlife Artiste of the Year – Akwaboah
Highlife Song of the Year – Thy Grace Part 1 (Kofi Kinaata)
Gospel Artiste of the Year – Joe Mettle
International Collaboration of the Year – Forever Remix (Gyakie)
Hip hop Song of the Year – Second Sermon (Black Sherif)
Hiplife Song of the Year – Yeeko (Okyeame Kwame)
Hip hop/Hiplife Artiste of the Year – Sarkodie
Gospel Song of the Year – Ote Me Mu (Ohemaa Mercy)
African Artiste of the Year – Wizkid
Producer of the Year – MOGBeatz
Music for Good – Greedy Men (Stonebwoy)
Instrumentalist of the Year – Joshua Moszi
Music Video of the Year – Bosom PYung – Nyinya
Songwriter of the Year – Fameye (Praise)
Male Vocal Performance – Kwaisey Pee (Amazing God)
Female Vocal Performance – Niella (Where You Are)
Traditional Artiste – Nii Tettey Tetteh
Vodafone Green Award – Stonebwoy
