{"id":450789,"date":"2017-12-29T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/ebony-wins-artiste-of-the-year-at-bass-awards\/"},"modified":"2017-12-29T11:00:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T11:00:31","slug":"ebony-wins-artiste-of-the-year-at-bass-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/ebony-wins-artiste-of-the-year-at-bass-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebony wins Artiste of the Year at Bass Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Music of Friday, 29 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>showbizpundit.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-29<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/28055615.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ebony 6\" title=\"Ebony 6\" width=\"295\" height=\"292\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ebony was adjudged winner of the Kwame Nkrumah Artiste of the Year Award at the 2017 BASS Awards<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514545231_549_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Afropop songstress, Ebony has been adjudged winner of the coveted Kwame Nkrumah Artiste of the Year Award at the 2017 BASS Awards ceremony held at the National Theatre in Accra on December 28, 2017. <\/p>\n<p>The Awards ran by Bull Haus Entertaiment considered works done in 2016. A year that Ebony had just one hit song \u2013 \u2018kupe\u2019 making it difficult for some pundits extrapolate the performance of the song to her award. <\/p>\n<p>But 2017 is a great year for Ebony. 90s bard Gyal is proving she is worth every single hype with the best of her music videos. Ebony Reigns who is signed to RuffTown Records \/ Midas Touch Inc released \u201cHustle\u201d which features her label mate Brella. The song which talks of the daily struggles in life and how to make ends meet has already hit the 1million view mark on Youtube.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Mickey Johnson and shot on location is JamesTown, the video has much of dance craze and the major focus which is market women  are not excluded as they take turns to show off their dance moves in this video. <\/p>\n<p>Following up with another pressing issue affecting women in the Ghanaian society and the world over is \u201cMaame Hw3\u201d. Women make up 51% of the population and with the men taking bigger positions in the public places their voices are not being heard. With the power of her voice, the young and talented dancehall superstar preaches the need to protect women.<\/p>\n<p>In this song she talks about a lady in an abusive relationship whereby the man keeps inflicting pain on her day in day out. The visual which was produced by Prince Dovlo, re-enact a scene of something which will sink deep down and make the message go further. And yes it is on point as well. Watch it here as well if you have never seen it. <\/p>\n<p>The year has ended nicely and the \u201cBonyFied\u201d album has also been released. <\/p>\n<p>Find the full list of winners below:<\/p>\n<p>BEST DANCEHALL VIDEO OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>People Dey \u2013 Stonebwoy<\/p>\n<p>BEST REGGAE VIDEO OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>Bad System \u2013 Ras Kuuku<\/p>\n<p>DANCEHALL SONG OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>Talk To Me \u2013 Stonebwoy ft Kranium<\/p>\n<p>REGGAE SONG OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>Pain Dem \u2013 Rudebwoy Ranking<\/p>\n<p>DANCEHALL COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>Happy Day \u2013 A.K. Songstress ft Zeal<\/p>\n<p>REGGAE COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>Nobody Else \u2013 MzVee ft Black Prophet<\/p>\n<p>ALTERNATIVE SONG OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>One Love \u2013 Nat Abbey<\/p>\n<p>ALBUM OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>Livingstone \u2013 Stonebwoy<\/p>\n<p>SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>Blakk Rasta<\/p>\n<p>PRODUCER OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>Mix Master Garzy<\/p>\n<p>YAA ASANTEWA AWARD (RECORD OF THE YEAR)<\/p>\n<p>Black Prophet \u2013 In Times Like These<\/p>\n<p>KWAME NKRUMAH AWARD (ARTISTE OF THE YEAR)<\/p>\n<p>Ebony<\/p>\n<p>MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>Knii Lante<\/p>\n<p>FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>Ebony<\/p>\n<p>BEST PERFORMER OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>Stonebwoy<\/p>\n<p>REGGAE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>Ras Kuuku<\/p>\n<p>DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>Xhila Roy<\/p>\n<p>RIDDIM OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>Irie Bus (Kaskis)<\/p>\n<p>BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>Patoranking<\/p>\n<p>LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD<\/p>\n<p>Nana Appiah Mensah, CEO of Zylofon Media<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 65 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music of Friday, 29 December 2017 Source: showbizpundit.com 2017-12-29 Ebony was adjudged winner of the Kwame Nkrumah Artiste of the Year Award at the 2017 BASS Awards Afropop songstress, Ebony has been adjudged winner of the coveted Kwame Nkrumah Artiste of the Year Award at the 2017 BASS Awards ceremony held at the National Theatre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":443837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-450789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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