Organisers of the 2018 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) Charterhouse have scheduled Saturday, March 3 as date on which the list of nominees will be released.
The 19th edition of the Awards is scheduled to be held on Saturday, April 14 at the Accra International Conference Center with the release of the nominees kick-starting the jamboree.
Initially slated for Friday, the release of the nominees’ list is scheduled to begin from 11:00am to 4:00pm on Saturday.
Exclusive rights owners Media General will release the list online (3news.com) and on TV (TV3) and radio (3FM, Onua FM, Akoma FM and Connect FM) and spread across all its social media platforms.
Charterhouse, Ghana Music Awards and Vodafone Ghana will also simultaneously release the list on social media.
The hourly release of the categories will exclude Song of the Year, Album of the Year and the topmost Artiste of the Year, which will be unveiled at the Nominees Announcement Party slated for Saturday night at Movenpick Ambassador Hotel.
The order of release of the categories are as follows:
11:00am
Gospel Song of the Year
Highlife Song of the Year
Hiplife Song of the Year
Midday
Hip-hop Song of the Year
Reggae/dancehall Song of the Year
Afro-pop Song of the Year
1:00pm
Gospel Artiste of the Year
Highlife Artiste of the Year
Reggae/dancehall Artiste of the Year
2:00pm
Songwriter the Year
Record of the Year
Best Music Video of the Year
3:00pm
Best Male Vocal Performance
Hiplife/hip-hop Artiste of the Year
Best Female Vocal Performance
Best Group of the Year
4:00pm
Best Rapper of the Year
Best Collaboration of the Year
African Artiste of the Year
Best New Artiste of the Year
Source: 3news.com|Ghana