Joe Mettle (in white) receiving his award
Ghanaian gospel musician, Joe Mettle, a former member of the popular ‘Soul Winners’ band has won the ‘Overall Best Artiste of the Year’ at the 18th edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards festival held over the weekend.
Joe Mettle goes on record as the first musician from the gospel fraternity to have won the ‘Overall Best Artiste of the Year’ award. He also won two other awards: ‘Male Vocalist of the Year’ and ‘Gospel Artiste of the Year.’
Organizers, Charterhouse Productions, define the category of ‘Artiste of the Year’ as the artiste with the highest audience appeal and popularity. The person ought to have released a hit single or album during the year under consideration.
Joe Mettle, officially known as Joseph Oscar Mettle, competed in the ‘Overall Best Artiste of the Year’ category with other music heavyweights including Sarkodie, E.L, Stonebwoy, MzVee and Medikal.
The ceremony was very well organized and patrons had a good thrill.
Below is a full list of winners.
See the full list of winners below:
Artiste of the year – Joe Mettle
Gospel song of the year – Yewo Nyame a yewo adze (Nacee Ft. Ernest Opoku)
Highlife song of the year – Sweetie Pie (Kofi Kinaata)
Reggae/Dancehall song – People Dey (Stonebwoy)
Highlife song of the year – Kofi Kinaata
Hiplife song of the year – Go Low (Flowking Stone)
Afro-pop song of the year – Kaabuame (EL)
Hip-hop song of the year – God MC (Manifest)
Gospel artiste of the year – Joe Mettle
Reggae/Dancehall artiste of the year – Stonebwoy
Hiplife/hip hop artiste of the year – Sarkodie
Songwriter of the year – Kofi Kinaata
Best collaboration of the year – Alhaji (VVIP)
Female vocalist of the year – Adina (Too Late)
Male vocalist of the year – Joe Mettle
Best group of the year – VVIP
Best music video of the year – Okyeame Kwame
Best rapper of the year – Manifest
African artiste of the year – Runtown
Best new artiste of the year – Fancy Gaddam
Record of the year – Adina
Most popular song of the year – Christie (Dobble)
Album of the year – Nacee
Traditional artiste – Sammy Ahmed
Best instrumentalist – Philip Acquah
Lifetime achievement award – Paapa Yankson
Vodafone Unsung category – Kwame Eugene