{"id":90007,"date":"2023-08-08T12:30:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T12:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/08\/ghana-awards-uk-2023-launched\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T12:30:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T12:30:04","slug":"ghana-awards-uk-2023-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/08\/ghana-awards-uk-2023-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana  Awards UK 2023 Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Shatta Wale (right) speaking to the media at the event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The much awaited seventh edition of the Ghana  Awards UK (GMA-UK), which\u00a0 is expected to take place in October in London this year, has officially been launched in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous members of the music industry, including some of the past award winners, were present at the launch ceremony at the Labadi Beach Hotel last Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The awards, organized by Alordia Promotions and West Coast UK, was created to recognise and honour the accomplishments of Ghanaian musicians and to promote Ghanaian music on the global music scene.<\/p>\n<p>The nominees for all 40 categories for this year\u2019s event were revealed during the launch.<\/p>\n<p>Six well-known artistes, including rapper Sarkodie, Afrobeat musician King Promise, Piesie Esther, Black Sherif, Stonebwoy, and Shatta Wale, were nominated in the Artiste of the Year category, according to the nominees list.<\/p>\n<p>Best Male Artiste, Best Female Artiste, Best Highlife Artiste, Best Afrobeat Artiste, Best Song of the Year, Artiste of the Year, and UK-based Best Gospel Song were among the categories in which the candidates were revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Matthew, Perez Musik, Medikal, Eno Barony, Epixode, Akwaboah Jr., Diana Hamilton, KiDi, and DJ Azonto are a few of the well-known nominees.<\/p>\n<p>The night witnessed performances from acts such as Epixode, Keche, Lasmid, FBS, Perez  among others.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the event\u2019s launch, GMA-UK\u2019s Head of Events, Kwesi Ernest, said that the awards was created to give Ghanaian artistes access to a global marketplace where they can collaborate with other international artistes, learn about music trends, sell their music, and gain other advantages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ghana  Awards is an awards programme that seeks to support and advance the growth of the Ghanaian music industry through the establishment of an open market for intense collaborations such as marketing opportunities and numerous benefits to be reaped by Ghanaian musicians in the UK,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Kwesi Ernest continued, \u201cThe awards programme is also to recognise the industrious artistes in the yearunder review who have produced notable music videos and trending songs that sparked public interest and whole-class entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Prince FiifiYorke\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shatta Wale (right) speaking to the media at the event \u00a0 The much awaited seventh edition of the Ghana Awards UK (GMA-UK), which\u00a0 is expected to take place in October in London this year, has officially been launched in Accra. 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