VGMA 2020 nominees to be announced Saturday

FINALLY it's all about to go down; the road to the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) 2020 will begin on Saturday, February 29 with the announcement of nominees.

The call for submission of entries for the 21st edition of the VGMA started on January 2 and ended on January 31.

According to Charterhouse, the organisers of the VGMA, by the January 31 deadline, they had received 632 entries.

And after about four weeks of looking through the numerous entries, Charterhouse are now ready to unveil the nominees.

As has been done in previous years, nominees in some categories will be unveiled on selected radio and TV stations and online via a number of social media handles, websites and blog portals before the Announcement Party, which will come off at the Labadi Beach Hotel at 7 p.m.

The reveal will be done hourly from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the order of the unveil is below:

11 a.m.

Gospel Song of the Year

Highlife Song of the Year

Hiplife Song of the Year

12 p.m.

Hiplife Song of the Year

Reggae Song of the Year

Afrobeats Song of the Year

1 p.m.

Gospel Artiste of the Year

Hiplife Artiste of the Year

Reggae Artiste of the Year

2 p.m.

Song Writer of the Year

Record of the Year

Best Music Video of the Year

Producer of the Year

3 p.m

Hiplife Artiste of the Year

Male Vocalist of the Year

Female Vocalist of the Year

Group of the Year

4 p.m.

Rapper of the Year

Collaboration of the Year

African Act of the Year

Best New Artiste of the Year

The Nominees Announcement Party, which is strictly by invitation will see performances from some of Ghana’s finest musicians with the evening’s highlight being the grand reveal of the following categories; Vodafone Most Popular Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Best International Act, Artiste of the Year and Unsung Artiste of the Year.

VGMA 2020 is a Charterhouse event and sponsored by Vodafone Ghana.