{"id":65069,"date":"2023-05-08T21:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T21:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/08\/i-wasnt-disappointed-for-not-winning-the-artist-of-the-year-at-vgma-piesie-esther\/"},"modified":"2023-05-08T21:56:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T21:56:02","slug":"i-wasnt-disappointed-for-not-winning-the-artist-of-the-year-at-vgma-piesie-esther","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/08\/i-wasnt-disappointed-for-not-winning-the-artist-of-the-year-at-vgma-piesie-esther\/","title":{"rendered":"I wasn\u2019t disappointed for not winning the Artist of the Year at VGMA \u2013 Piesie Esther"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"433\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Piesie-Esther-1-696x433-1.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Piesie-Esther-1-696x433\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Piesie Esther<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Gospel musician\u00a0Piesie Esther\u00a0has expressed contentment after failing to win the coveted Artist of the Year award at the recently held 24th\u00a0Vodafone Ghana  Awards\u00a0(VGMA)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to\u00a0Andy Dosty\u00a0on Hitz Day Break if she was disappointed with the outcome of the results on Saturday night,\u00a0the \u201cWay\u03b5 Me Yie\u201d hitmaker revealed that she had no regrets about not winning the award, as she was still happy to be recognized in other categories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was not disappointed at all for not winning the Artist of the Year,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Piesie Esther who eventually won the Gospel Song of the Year and the\u00a0Gospel Artiste of the Year\u00a0categories at this year\u2019s VGMA was also a top contender for the ultimate award and gave the other competitors a run for their money.<\/p>\n<p>Although she did not win the ultimate, she stated that in the run-up to the event, she felt she had what it takes to be crowned the winner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, I was thinking I could also win but if I didn\u2019t win and Blacko won that\u2019s also fine because he has also worked for it. It was in my mind that if I win fine but if another person won it\u2019s fine,\u201d she added<\/p>\n<p>Piesie Esther further revealed that she was content and grateful because this was her first time winning an award on the VGMA platform.<\/p>\n<p>Her positive outlook on the situation was also a reminder that success is not solely defined by awards but by the impact one makes through their work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my first time winning awards at the VGMA, I have been nominated in the past but I did not win so I was happy for winning this time,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The VGMA Artist of the Year award was won by Black Sherif, who beat off competition from other top musicians in Ghana including Sarkodie, Piesie Esther, Camidoh, Stonebwoy, King Promise, Kidi and Joe Mettle.<\/p>\n<p>However, Piesie Esther as the only female in the category and spirited campaign as well as the staunch support from other gospel musicians and Christians made it a keenly contested one.<\/p>\n<p><!-- relpost-thumb-wrapper --><!-- close relpost-thumb-wrapper --><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded\" id=\"like-post-wrapper-186753398-5506-64596366accaa\" data-src=\"https:\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/#blog_id=186753398&amp;post_id=5506&amp;origin=www.onemuzikgh.com&amp;obj_id=186753398-5506-64596366accaa\" data-name=\"like-post-frame-186753398-5506-64596366accaa\" data-title=\"Like or Reblog\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Like this:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"button\"><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sd-text-color\"\/><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"banner\">\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1683582962_220_onemuzikgh_whatsapp.jpg\" alt=\"Banner Image\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1683582962_273_onemuzikgh_whatsapp.jpg\"  class=\" jetpack-lazy-image\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-fallback=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1683582962_220_onemuzikgh_whatsapp.jpg\" alt=\"Banner Image\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 --><\/p>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piesie Esther Gospel musician\u00a0Piesie Esther\u00a0has expressed contentment after failing to win the coveted Artist of the Year award at the recently held 24th\u00a0Vodafone Ghana Awards\u00a0(VGMA). Responding to\u00a0Andy Dosty\u00a0on Hitz Day Break if she was disappointed with the outcome of the results on Saturday night,\u00a0the \u201cWay\u03b5 Me Yie\u201d hitmaker revealed that she had no regrets about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I wasn\u2019t disappointed for not winning the Artist of the Year at VGMA \u2013 Piesie Esther - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/08\/i-wasnt-disappointed-for-not-winning-the-artist-of-the-year-at-vgma-piesie-esther\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I wasn\u2019t disappointed for not winning the Artist of the Year at VGMA \u2013 Piesie Esther - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Piesie Esther Gospel musician\u00a0Piesie Esther\u00a0has expressed contentment after failing to win the coveted Artist of the Year award at the recently held 24th\u00a0Vodafone Ghana Awards\u00a0(VGMA). 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