#TGMA26: King Promise crowned Artiste of The Year

11 May 2025 by Ayeh Offei-Akoto · MyNewsGh.com

Afrobeat musician King Promise has been crowned Artiste of the Year at this year’s Telecel Ghana Music Awards.

King Promise beat stiff opposition from Stonebwoy, King Paluta, Black Sheriff, Kwaku Smoke, Joe Mettle, and Team Eternity to win the coveted award.

This will be the first time King Promise has been crowned with the coveted awards since joining the music industry.

This year’s event was hosted by Naa Ashorkor Mensah Doku with support from AJ Akuoko and Forster Romanus.

Other winners on the night Include:

Record of The Year

Can I live – Ayisi

Audio Engineer of the Year

Peweezle

Album/EP of The Year

Truth to Self—King Promise * WINNER

Producer of The Year

Kendi Beatz & King Paluta

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Yaw Sarpong

Best Hiplife Song

Eno Barony ft King Paluta – Soja Go Soja Come

Black Sherif—Rebel Music

Tulenkey ft Beeztrap KOTM – Bad Feeling * WINNER

Okyeame Kwame ft Kuami Eugene – No Competition

Sarkodie – No Sir

Lyrical Joe ft Kuami Eugene – Enter

Best Male Vocal Performance

Kofi Nuel – Do Not Fear

Emmanueel Juddah – Aseda

MOG Music – Ahuoden Fofro

Ayisi – Can I live

Joe Mettle – Obo Awon Oba * WINNER

Best Female Vocal Performance

Naana Asiedu -Defe Defe

Lordina the Soprano – Simply Trusting Everyday

Esther Godwyll – I Choose to Praise * WINNER

Titi Owusu – Nobody

Mima Afrika – On Fire

Best Hip-Hop Song

Joey B – Princess

Kweku Smoke – Holy Ghost * WINNER

Kwaw Kese ft Kofi Mole – Awoyo Sofo

Black Sherif – Kilos Milos

Sarkodie ft Beeztrap KOTM – Amen

Beeztrap KOTM & Oseikrom Osikani – Fly Girl

Collaboration of The Year

Fly Girl – Beeztrap KOTM & Oseikrom Sikani

Favorite Story—King Promise ft Sarkodie & Olivetheboy

Lomo Lomo – KiDi ft Black Sherif * WINNER

Odo Bi Ye Bad – Rap Fada ft King Paluta

Amen – Sarkodie ft Beeztrap KOTM

Give Me Oil – Joe Mettle ft Sandra Boakye Duah

International Collaboration of The Year

Oba Awon Oba – Joe Mettle ft Sunmisola Agbebi

Ekelebe – Stonebwoy ft Odumodublvck

The Doing of the Lord – Diana Hamilton ft Mercy Chinwo * WINNER

Continental – King Promise ft Shallipopi

Drip Rmx – Gambo ft Edem & Jim Jones

Jiggle & Wine – Stonebwoy ft Spice

Best AfroPop Song

Fefe Ne Fe – Kwesi Arthur

Paris – King Promise * WINNER

Fallen Angel – Smallgod ft Black Sherif

Jejereje – Stonebwoy

Jesus Christ 2 – AratheJay ft Black Sherif

January 9th – Black Sherif

Best Traditional Gospel

MOG Music — Wo Ye

Empress Gifty — Watch Me * WINNER

Piesie — Ateene

Diana Hamilton — The Doing of the Lord

Mavis Asante — Victory

Queendalyn ft Judikay — Omewoya

Best Afrobeat Song

OlivetheBoy – Asylum * WINNER

Lasmid – Puul

Kidi ft. Black Sherif – Lomo Lomo

Mr. Drew—Sneaky

King Promise—Favourite Story

Beeztrap KOTM – Yesu

Best Afrobeats/AfroPop Artiste

King Promise * WINNER

Best Music Video

Jejereje – Stonebwoy

Best Gospel Artiste

Piesie Esther

Joe Mettle * WINNER

Empress Gifty

Diana Hamilton

Team Eternity Ghana

MOG Music

Best African Song

Ozeba – Rema

Biri Marung – Mr Pilato, Ego Slimflow, Mr Pilato, and Tebogo G Mashego ft Focalistic, Scotts Maphuma, Sje Konka, DJ Maphorisa, & CowBoii

Tshwala Bam – TitoM, Yuppe, Burna Boy * WINNER

Favourite Girl Remix – Darkoo ft Rema

Love Me Jeje – Tems

Commas – Ayrar Starr

Artiste of the Year

Kweku Smoke

Team Eternity

Joe Mettle

King Paluta

King Promise * WINNER

Stonebwoy

Black Sherif

Best New Artiste

Lali x Lola

AratheJay

Rap Fada

Team Eternity

Beeztrap KOTM * WINNER

Kwesi Amewuga

Best Hiplife/HipHop Artiste

Amerado

Beeztrap KOTM

Kweku Smoke * WINNER

Black Sherif

King Paluta

Sarkodie

Medikal

Best Rap Performance

Eno Barony

Holy Ghost – Kweku Smoke * WINNER

Okyeame Kwame

Sarkodie Lyrical Joe

Flowking Stone

Best Highlife Song

Kuami Eugene – Canopy

King Paluta – Aseda * WINNER

Fameye – Very Soon

Amerado – Abronoma

Rap Fada ft King Paluta – Odo Bi Ye BAD

Kofi Kinaata – Effiakuma Broken Heart

Best Highlife Artist

Fameye* WINNER

Best Urban Contemporary Gospel Song

Gospel Song Scoot Evans — Call

Joe Mettle ft Sandra Duah — Give Me Oil

Nana Yaw Ofori Atta

Team Eternity — Defe Defe * WINNER

Kobby Salm — Cast Your Burden

Ohemaa Mercy ft Kofi Owusu — Dry Bones

Songwriter of the Year

Ayisi

Kofi Kinaata – Saman * WINNER

Okyeame Kwame

OlivetheBoy

Team Eternity Ghana

Best Group

Lali x Lola

Keche

Team Eternity Ghana * WINNER

Bethel Revival Choir

Kwan Pa

Best Reggae/Dancehall Song

Amerado ft Samini — Ankonam Remix

Stonebwoy — Psalm 23 * WINNER

Ras Kuuku — Road of Evil

Samini — Chemistry

Jupitar — I Keep Winning

Moliy & Silent Addy — Shake It To The Max

Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste

Jupitar

Samini

Ras Kuuku

Epixode

Stonebwoy * WINNER

Rocky Dawuni

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