{"id":450963,"date":"2017-12-30T04:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T04:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/30\/ebony-is-artist-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2017-12-30T04:00:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T04:00:25","slug":"ebony-is-artist-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/30\/ebony-is-artist-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebony is artist of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Saturday, 30 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanacrusader.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-30<\/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\/49814032.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ebony Screen Due\" title=\"Ebony Screen Due\" width=\"295\" height=\"180\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ebony Reigns<\/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\/1514606425_773_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Dancehall artist, Ebony grabbed the artist of the year award at the recent 2017 Bass Awards ceremony held at the National Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>The Bass Awards, organised by the Bullhaus entertainment is designed to recognise works of various musicians in the industry for the year in review.<\/p>\n<p>The sensational music star grabbing the topmost award did not come as a surprise to many as 2017 has been a year of great works by the young talented musician.<\/p>\n<p>As part of her recent releases is \u2018\u2019Maame Hwe\u2019\u2019 which is enjoying so much airplay due to its message which voices out the plight of a woman in a masculine dominated society.<\/p>\n<p>The emotional song portrays a young lady in an abusive relationship as she cries out to her mother for assistance.<\/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: 35 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>Entertainment of Saturday, 30 December 2017 Source: ghanacrusader.com 2017-12-30 Ebony Reigns Dancehall artist, Ebony grabbed the artist of the year award at the recent 2017 Bass Awards ceremony held at the National Theatre. 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