{"id":275666,"date":"2011-02-07T21:59:59","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T21:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=51354"},"modified":"2011-02-07T21:59:59","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T21:59:59","slug":"gh%c2%a2300000-spent-on-ghana-music-awards-artistes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/07\/gh%c2%a2300000-spent-on-ghana-music-awards-artistes\/","title":{"rendered":"GH\u00a2300,000 Spent On Ghana Music Awards Artistes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_51355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51355\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-51355\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/07\/gh%c2%a2300000-spent-on-ghana-music-awards-artistes\/iyiola-ayoade\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51355\" title=\"Iyiola Ayoade\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Iyiola-Ayoade.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iyiola Ayoade - CEO of Charter House<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nAccording to Charter House,  organizers of the annual Ghana Music Awards (GMA), it spends over  GH\u00a2300,000 on artists alone each year for the awards festival.<br \/>\nIyiola  Ayoade, CEO of Charter House, revealed in an interview that in 2010,  his outfit spent close to that figure on artiste performance fees for  the main awards ceremony, and other activation events leading to it. The  sum also includes the cash prizes for winners of the GMAs.<br \/>\nHe  was reacting to some concerns raised that the GMA scheme does not reward  Ghanaian musicians enough; beyond the recognition they receive on the  night of the awards ceremony.<br \/>\nHe said that Charter House remains  committed to supporting Ghanaian music and musicians, and he believes  that under the prevailing circumstances, Charter House and sponsors are  doing the best they can for the industry.<br \/>\nMr Ayoade said he does  not agree with the school of thought that, the winner if the Artiste of  the Year nod should also be given a car prize in addition.<br \/>\nAccording  it him, that is not done even in the much bigger international music  awards scheme. However, he believes that it wouldn\u2019t be a bad idea to  give a car prize to the Discovery of the Year winner as a good jumpstart  for his\/her\/their career.<br \/>\nHe also debunked allegations that he  spends huge sums of money to bring in Nigerian artists to Ghana Music  Awards each year. He explained that very often, with the right  negotiations and affiliations, he is able to bring these artistes into  Ghana on a budget for their flights and accommodation only.<br \/>\nHe  also added that he doesn\u2019t plot to have artists from Nigeria \u2013 his home  country \u2013 win the Ghana Music Award for African Artist of the Year, as  has been the case in recent times.<br \/>\nHe explained that it was a  reflection of the music industry and that Nigerian musicians are usually  the most visible or popular in Ghana for that award category.<br \/>\nAccording  to Mr Ayoade, Charter House in committed to giving the public a good  show each year, and the 2011 edition of the awards would even be better.<br \/>\nHe  said his company is doing everything necessary to improve the content  for this year as well as improve security at the venue, which was a  major challenge last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Charter House, organizers of the annual Ghana Music Awards (GMA), it spends over GH\u00a2300,000 on artists alone each year for the awards festival. 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