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\nWow, where do I even start from? 2010 was another eventful year for Ghanaian entertainment and although rapper Asem may have given most of the highlights of the year in his latest single, \u20182010 Fylla\u2019, I will attempt to fill in what he might have missed out.
\nGhana started oil production in commercial quantities and we are expected to see more of that in 2011 but that wasn\u2019t my biggest highlight for the year. Without a shred of doubt, the exploits of the Ghana Black Stars at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, takes the biscuit as the most exciting period in Ghana, one that had us all united and glued to our TV sets.
\nAsamoah Gyan broke many Ghanaian and African hearts across the globe when he missed out on the golden opportunity to put Ghana through to the semi-finals but that was just the beginning of a new journey for the footballer. He has since been signed to EPL side, Sunderland where he is already doing great exploits. In addition, he was involved in England\u2019s bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup and he was adjudged the Best African Footballer of the year by the BBC.
\nBut who can forget his involvement outside the football pitch in what was arguably the biggest hit song of 2010? For some time now, Asamoah Gyan had troubled our ears about a possible career in music and I am sure no one took him seriously but after scoring a hit with hiplife artist, Castro on \u2018African Girls\u2019, perhaps now we will give him a listen. But he shouldn\u2019t give up his day job yet! Mentioning the names of women in a song is hardly a talent!
\nSpeaking of hits in 2010, we certainly had several and I wonder how the Ghana Music Awards will pan out next year. We began the year with Nana Borro\u2019s troubled hit single, \u2018Aha Yede\u2019 which became the national anthem during the Easter celebrations and World Cup period. But as the year continued, people started asking questions like: is Nana Borro a one-hit wonder? Would \u2018Aha Yede\u2019 be such a major hit without the inclusion of S.K Blinks? Does Nana Boro have any talent at all? \u2013 among many others. If his second single, \u2018Bebia Susu\u2019 didn\u2019t answer these questions clearly, then I guess we have to look to 2011 for more answers.
\nAfter \u2018Aha Yede\u2019, Samini\u2019s \u2018Sweet Mistake\u2019 took over in a way and then out of the blue Castro and Asamoah Gyan stormed the airwaves, parties, events and perhaps even the churches from mid-year through to the end of the year. Come on: \u2018African Girls\u2019 was even reviewed on Sky Sports and I\u2019m sure those analysts are still trying to figure out the line \u2018\u2026sexy like cheese\u2026\u2019 Getting to the end of the year 5five made a glorious return with a hit song that I still don\u2019t know even the title or lyrics but still manage to dance whenever nobody is looking. Judging by the response to Castro and 5five\u2019s song during the Christmas season, I think the two songs remain the biggest hits going into 2011.
\nAlthough the above mentioned individuals\/groups had a good year none of them stood out enough because they had single hits and apart from Nana Boro, weren\u2019t too visible until at the latter part of the year. The artists that stood out the most for me were VIP. They had a string of hits in the past year, and I think that withdrawing from the 2010 Ghana Music Awards puts them in a good position for the 2011 Ghana Music Awards. The only other artist that really stood out for me was gospel singer, Cecelia Marfo.
\nTalking about standout acts of 2010, there were some amazing breakthroughs in the year. Cecelia Marfo had a wonderful comeback after a long hiatus but I would like to focus on artistes that had their first major breakthrough in 2010.
\nLynx Entertainment\u2019s Eazzy had a very good year proving that you don\u2019t have to be a gospel singer or Mzbel to make it in the industry as a female artist. With catchy pop infusion and sampling coupled with infectious thumping beats and in-your-face lyrics, Eazzy remained relevant throughout the year. Nana Boro had a good year as well but his demons as I spelt out earlier still haunts him.
\nIWAN was another solid discovery in the year and he proved that beyond Samini, another reggae\/dancehall artist from Ghana can remain contemporary without alienating non-Rastafarian music lovers.
\nTrigmatic\u2019s success in the year represents hope for the new breed of Ghanaian hiphop artist but I hope they would learn from him and incorporate some of the elements that contributed to his success. For so many years, he was underground, fronting to be the next \u2018Jay z\u2019 and churning out American raps that the majority of Ghanaians couldn\u2019t relate with. His song, \u2018My Life\u2019 was one of my favourites for the year because I could relate with it in terms of the style and the chorus and hooks in Ga and Twi kept it very Ghanaian for me.
\nLastly, one of my other favourite breakthrough acts of 2010 had to be Jay Ghartey. He is one of the few Ghanaians living abroad that have managed in recent times to score a hit back home in Ghana. What is even more amazing is the fact that his music is so different from the mainstream music that Ghanaians are used to. Mixing elements of pop, funk and techno, Jay was able to connect with Ghanaians not only on \u2018My Lady\u2019 but also on \u2018So Wild\u2019. What baffles my mind is why his music is so Eurocentric although he lives in the US.
\nOk, let me switch to do a bit of movies and I am sure everyone knows that my favourite movie of 2010 was \u2018Sinking Sands\u2019 not just because I worked on it as a publicist. It was simply a good production, a good story, something that we need more of. \u20186 Hours to Christmas\u2019 was another creative and different work, and \u2018Good Old Days: Love of AA\u2019 was simply bold and didactic something that we need to see more of in our movie industry in terms of addressing problems in our societies.
\nSadly the terrible works existed side by side by with the good ones.
\nSocrates Safo made more sleazy movies and sparked lots of controversies with his sex infested trailers on YouTube but I hope by next year he would have seen the light to make good movies with substance, both in terms of acting and storyline. I\u2019m so glad that he didn\u2019t win any award at the maiden edition of the Ghana Movie Awards, but I\u2019m still wondering why Frank Rajah won a special award for his contributions to the movie industry. Anyway my movie, \u2018Sinking Sands\u2019 won four of the awards so I must watch what I say about the awards.
\nThere were lots of feuds in the showbiz industry in 2010. From the very public split between Akorfa E. Asiedu and Leila Djansi, to Socrate Safo and his associates \u2018banning\u2019 actors left, right and centre in a bid to streamline the movie industry, there were a lot to talk about. Not forgetting the seeming feud between Socrates and Leila about which films deserved to be nominated at the Ghana Movie Awards. How about the love gone bad between Yvonne Nelson and Jon Germain; or the \u2018beef\u2019 between Jon Germain and Kwaw Kesse; or even Kwaw Kesse and Asem? There was also the love gone bad warfare between Confidence Haugen and Ayigbe Edem, and a short-lived \u2018rivalry\u2019 between former Akyeame group members, Okyeame Kwame and Okyeame Kofi.
\nHow can we forget the silent impasse between Jackie Appiah, Lydia Forson and Naa Ashorkor concerning the media attention on only Jackie when all three girls collectively won the Best Actress nod at the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA)? But AMAA too, why? How can three people from one movie share a performance award? Sadly, the Ghana Movie Awards also copied blindly and repeated the same blunder giving an award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (English) to Jackie, Juliet Ibrahim, Yvonne Okoro and Rosaline Ngassah.
\nTo make things worse, they even have to share a car on top of it! Rrraaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!! Let the cats out!
\nStill on awards, Sarkodie topped all at the Ghana Music awards, won a Soundcity Music Award in Nigeria, lost out on the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) and shared the stage with hiphop royalty, Chuck D of Public Enemy fame. Well I was there live at the MAMAs and I saw it all go down \u2013 I\u2019m sure I don\u2019t need to remind you! Ghana had improved nominations in pan African award schemes like Channel O Music Video Awards, while Shirley Frimpong-Manso won a few for her movie exploits.
\nHurray!! 4syte Music Awards made a return this year and 4\u00d74 topped the list of winners. Speaking of 4\u00d74, people are still asking whether they sang at all on the ONE8 hit song, \u2018Hands Across the world\u2019 featuring R&B legend, R Kelly. I\u2019m tired of answering that question already!!!
\nBig Brother Africa returned with the All Stars edition and Sammy B represented Ghana again but this time, the oversized radio presenter and musician opted to come back home after some health complications. But this year\u2019s big brother was all about me because I was there \u2018some\u2019, slept in the big brother house and enjoyed the life of a true star out and about in Johannesburg.
\n2010 also saw a lot of good deeds and projects from our celeb folks. Okyeame Kwame took his campaign on hepatitis B to the people; Yvonne Nelson launched her foundation for glaucoma; Khareema Aguiar spent her birthday with the aged at HelpAge Ghana; and Jackie Appiah spent hers with the kids at Korle Bu Children\u2019s Ward and the Dzorwulu Special School.
\nThe year was a bad one for beauty pageants. Face of Legon was deeply troubled but like I keep telling my friends, it\u2019s not a national event but only a campus pageant so people shouldn\u2019t be too hard on them. Miss Malaika finalists showed little brain muscle on their make or break question while Miss Ghana chose a lady that most agree is intelligent but not pretty. So what went wrong? Is the combination of looks and brains diminishing or what?
\nGhana continues to see more performances from international acts and 2010 saw the likes of Kenny G, Cece Winans and more recently Rick Ross perform in Accra. I hope our Ghanaian artists will get more chances to perform to such crowds out there instead of doing purely Ghanaian gigs abroad. I heard Dbanj filled the O2 stadium. Hmm!
\nAnyway I believe 2011 would be an even bigger and better year for Ghanaian showbiz and there is one place to find out all the updates on the industry, I don\u2019t even have to mention it! I leave you with my end of year awards and who says you have to agree with it? Laugh Out Loud and see you next year!!!!
\n2010 Jaded Renegade Awards
\nArtist of the Year: VIP
\nSong of the Year: \u2018African Girls\u2019 By Castro and Baby Jet
\nBest Music Video: Borga Borga
\nMost disappointing Music Video: \u2018Wengenze\u2019 by Eazzy
\nBreakthrough Act of the year: Jay Ghartey
\nBest Live performer: Efyah
\nBest performer by Effort: Mimi
\nBest female artist: Eazzy
\nBest Event: Decibels by Canoe Entertainment
\nDiscovery of the year: IWAN
\nBest Listen Album: \u2018Home & Away\u2019 by Morris D\u2019Voice
\nBest Film of the year: Sinking Sands
\nWorst Movie of the year: Anything from Socrates Safo
\nWorst film of the year: Summary
\nBiggest star of 2010: Asamoah Gyan
\nBest comeback of 2010: Cecilia Marfo
\nBest New TV show: The One Show
\nBest Entertainment Show (TV): Allo Tigo
\nBest overall breakthrough: Funny Face<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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