VGMA 2012: GhC 10,000 for Artiste of The Year

The winner for the ‘Artiste of The Year’ at this year’s Ghana Music Awards would walk away with GHC 10,000 and every other winner in any other category gets GHC 2,000, double what the price in the past years.

This new package was announced at the launch of the 2012 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards also known as the VGMA’s at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Accra.

This year’s festival is under the theme “Recharged for the love of music” and would be packed with activities behind the scenes as well as music events throughout the regions before the main event which has been scheduled for April 14, 2012.

The Annual Festival, organised by Charterhouse Ghana in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture and sponsored by Vodafone will see Nominee Jams in Takoradi and Kumasi. There would also be VGMA Club parties in all the regions ahead of the main event.

Executive Director of Charterhouse, Theresa Ayoade speaking at the launch indicated that “this year, we’re taking the VGMA’s to the people. With the theme ‘Recharged, for the love of music’, we aim to deliver a well-rounded music experience from the launch to the main event itself. ”


Also unveiled at the launch were the details of the VGMA Foundation, a new addition to the Festival that Vodafone has brought on board with the new sponsorship which is aimed at boosting the industry by giving local artistes the support needed to build their music career and profiles both locally and internationally.

Per the timetable available to the Globe Entertainment, Nominees would be announced on February 27 and voting would begin on March 1.

There would be a Nominee Concert in Takoradi on March 10 and the same would be replicated in Kumasi on March 24.

On March 27, there would be an Industry Forum where a number of Industry Practitioners would be hosted in association with the World Bank.

The Final Nominee Party has been scheduled for the 31st of March in Accra where all the nominees would be in attendance.

There would be an Industry Awards Nite on April 10 for 300 guests to present industry voting category awards at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel and this would be a prelude to the grand awards which would be held on the 14th of April where 15 top awards would be presented to deserving artistes.


By: Martin Asiedu-Dartey/Citifmonline. com