Stonebwoy wins Artiste of the Year at 2015 VGMAs

Reggae and dancehall artiste Stonebwoy, Livingstone Etse Satekla has been crowned Artiste of the Year at the 16th edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs).

The artiste beat off stiff competition from Daddy Lumba, Guru, Edem, MzVee, Sarkodie, and Samini to win the award.

Apart from the Artiste of the Year award, Stonebwoy also walked away with two other awards – Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year and the Reggae/Dancehall Song of the Year for his song Baafira.

For the Artiste of the Year award, the 27-year-old musician will received GHc10,000 cash and a Samsung Galaxy S6 device.

Rappers Sarkodie and Edem won three awards each on the night.

Sarkodie won Hiplife/Hip Hop Artiste of the Year, Best Collaboration and Vodafone Song of the Year while Edem won Afropop Song of the Year, Best Music Video and Album of the Year.

The awards, which came off at the Accra International Conference Centre Saturday night, witnessed exciting performances from Stonebwoy, Patoranking, Yemi Alade, Samini, Tinny, Tic Tac, No Tribe, Wiyaala and a host of others.

Full list of winners below:

Gospel Artiste Of The Year

No Tribe

Hiplife/Hip Hop Artiste Of The Year

Sarkodie

Reggae/Dancehall Artiste Of The Year

Stonebwoy

Highlife Artiste Of The Year

Daddy Lumba

Best Female Vocal Performance

Wiyaala

Reggae/Dancehall Song Of The Year

Stonebwoy – Baafira (feat. Sarkodie)

Hiplife Song Of The Year

Castro – Seihor

Afropop Song Of The Year

Edem – Koene

Hip Hop Song Of The Year

Pappy Kojo – Realer No

Best Male Vocal Performance

Joe Mettle

African Artiste Of The Year

Patoranking

Best Rapper

EL

Best Collaboration

Sarkodie – Adonai

Best Group

VVIP

Best Music Video

Edem – The One (feat. Sway) – GYO Gyimah

Album Of The Year

Edem – Books & Rymes

Popular Song Of The Year

Sarkodie – Adonai (Remix) (feat. Castro)

New Artiste Of The Year

MzVee

Artiste Of The Year

Stonebwoy

source:

myjoyonline.com