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R2Bees wins Artiste of Year at 2013 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards
Tema-based music duo, R2Bees were at the wee hours of Sunday crowned Artiste of the Year at the 2013 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
The event which came off at the Accra International Conference Centre saw the group beat off competition from D-Black, VIP, Kwaw Kese, Cwesi Oteng and 4X4 to win the coveted award which for the first time came with a prize of a brand new MG 550 saloon car.
R2Bees also walked home with five other awards including Hi-life Song of the Year, Hiplife Song of the Year, Group of the Year, and the Vodafone Most Popular Song of the Year.
Other winners on the night include Kaakie who won Reggae Dancehall Song of the Year and New Artiste of the Year while rapper M.Anifest won Hiphop Song of the Year and Rapper of the Year.
E.L. walked away with the Album of the Year award while Wizkid won African Artiste of the Year.
This year’s awards, with its impressive stage design kicked off with splendid performances from Efya and UK-based Afropop sensation Fuse ODG. Interesting both acts were award winners on the night; Efya won Female Vocal Performance while Fuse ODG bagged the Afro Pop Song of the Year award.
Full list of winners:
R2Bees are the first to receive a car for winning Artiste of the Year |
Artiste of the Year
R2Bees
Vodafone Song Of The Year
Life (Walahi) – R2Bees
Best Collaboration Of The Year
Ka No Seyaa – Herty Bongreat & Trigmatic
Hip Hop Song Of The Year
Makaa Maka – M.Anifest
Hip Life Song Of The Year
Life (Walahi) – R2Bees
Gospel Artiste Of The Year
Herty Bongreat
Afro Pop Song Of The Year
Antenna – Fuse ODG
Hip Life/Hip Hop Artiste Of The Year
R2Bees
Gospel Song Of The Year
Zaphanat Panea – Nicholas Omane Acheampong
African Artiste Of The Year
Wizkid
Best Group Of The Year
R2Bees
Highlife Song Of The Year
Odo – R2Bees
Highlife Artiste Of The Year
Afriyie
New Artiste Of The Year
Kaakie
Reggae Dance Hall Song Of The Year
Toffee Pon Tongue – Kaakie
50% Board Vote Weighting & 50% Academy Voting Weighing
Album Of The Year
Something Else – E.L.
Gospel Album Of The Year
Mercy Project – Cwesi Oteng
Best Male Vocal Performance
Knii Lante – House Of Pain
Best Female Vocal Performance
Efya – Best In Me
Song Writer Of The Year
Kwame Nsiah Apau – Sika
Record Of The Year
Best In Me – Efya
Best Rapper
M.Anifest – Makaa Maka
Producer Of The Year
Killbeatz