Full List of Nominees — 2026 Telecel Ghana Music Awards
Best Hiplife Song
- Medikal ft Shatta Wale & Beeztrap KOTM — Shoulder is among the TGMA 2026 nominees.
- Fameye ft Ofori Amponsah — Notin I Get
- Ko-Jo Cue ft Sarkodie — Abebrese
- Sarkodie ft Kweku Flick — Messiah
- Kweku Smoke — Badness
Best Highlife Song
- Kofi Kinaata — It Is Finished
- King Paluta — Foko!
- Kwabena Kwabena ft Stonebwoy & Kofi Kinaata — Aso II
- Amerado — Obiaa Wo Ne Master
- Kuami Eugene — Do Better
Best Traditional Gospel Song
- Joyce Blessing ft King Paluta — Correct
- Piesie Esther — Waye Me Yie
- Mabel Okyere — So Far So Good
- Kofi Owusu Peprah ft Diana Hamilton — Mesadea
- Celestine Donkor ft Diana Hamilton — Akorfa
- Paul Naan — Baba God (Matthew 6:26)
Best Hip-Hop Song
- Black Sherif — Where Dem Boyz
- O’Kenneth — Balenciaga
- Sarkodie ft Kweku Smoke — Violence
- Kweku Smoke — Aduro Borga
- Larruso — Same Time
- Ladipoe — Chat
Best Afropop Song
- Black Sherif — Sacrifice
- Stonebwoy — Gidi Gidi
- Olivetheboy ft Sarkodie — Bend
- Gyakie — Sankofa
- King Promise ft MzVee — See What We’ve Done
Best Music Video
- Excellent — Kojo Blak ft Kelvyn Boy (Dir. Babs Direction)
- Sanction — Black Sherif (Dir. Awudu Musa)
- Welcome to Africa — Medikal (Dir. XBills Ebenezer)
- Shire — Stonebwoy (Dir. Yaw Skyface)
- Chaman — Samini (Dir. Yaw Skyface)
- Put Am On — AratheJay (Dir. David Duncan)
Best Afrobeats Song
- Kojo Blak & Kelvyn Boy — Excellent
- KiDi ft Olivetheboy & Kojo Blak — Gymnastic
- Wendy Shay ft Olivetheboy — Crazy Love
- Mr Drew ft Olivetheboy — OMG
- Lasmid ft King Promise — No Issues
Best Male Vocal Performance
- Akwaboah — Akoma
- Deon Boakye — Time Lapsesion
- Perez Musik — My Prayer
- Josh Blakk — Catch 22
- Carl Clottey — Yehowa
Best Female Vocal Performance
- Nhana — Amɛn
- Grace Charles (Team Eternity GH) — Save Me Through
- Niiella — Show Me How to Love
- Cina Soul — Dɔ
- Lordina The Soprano — Rani (Inokwe)
Best Afrobeats/Afropop Artiste
- Wendy Shay
- Kuami Eugene
- KiDi
- Olivetheboy
- Molly
Best Highlife Artiste
- Fameye
- King Paluta
- Kwabena Kwabena
- Kofi Kinaata
- Kuami Eugene
Best Rap Performance
- Strongman — Mensei Da
- Ko-Jo Cue — Abebrese
- Lyrical Joe — 5th August
- Joe Kay — 4G
- Medikal — Welcome to Africa
- Sarkodie — Violence
Best Hiplife/Hip-Hop Artiste
- Black Sherif
- Medikal
- Kweku Smoke
- Sarkodie
- Ko-Jo Cue
- O’Kenneth
Collaboration of the Year
- Kojo Blak ft Kelvyn Boy — Excellent
- KiDi ft Olivetheboy & Kojo Blak — Gymnastic
- Wendy Shay ft Olivetheboy — Crazy Love
- Sarkodie ft Kweku Smoke — Violence
- Medikal ft Shatta Wale & Beeztrap — Shoulder
- Kwabena Kwabena ft Stonebwoy & Kofi Kinaata — Aso II
International Collaboration of the Year
- Moliy, Silent Addy & Skillibeng — Shake It to the Max (RMX)
- Black Sherif ft Fireboy DML — So It Goes
- Wendy Shay ft Mavado — Too Late Remix
- King Promise ft Fridayy — Terminator RMX
- Lasmid ft Tml Vibez — Meet 4 U
- Moliy ft Tyla — Body On Me
Songwriter of the Year
- Black Sherif — Sacrifice
- Kofi Kinaata — Have Mercy II
- Cofiboham — Take Me Home
- Ko-Jo Cue — Abebrese
- Akablay — Obi Nnyi (Obibini)
- Stonebwoy — Send Them a Prayer
Best Urban/Contemporary Gospel Song
- Ewura Abena — Efeɛba
- Kofi Owusu Peprah — Big God Afro
- Team Eternity — Defe Defe
- Scott Evans — Ready
- Kofi Kinaata — Saman
- Carl Clottey ft Luigi Maclean — Yehowa
Best Gospel Artiste
- Piesie Esther
- Diana Hamilton
- MOGmusic
- Kofi Owusu Peprah
- Mabel Okyere
- Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta
Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste
- Samini
- Ras Kuuku
- Stonebwoy
Best Reggae/Dancehall Song
- Moliy ft Silent Addy & Skillibeng — Shake It to the Max RMX
- Stonebwoy — Torch
- Cina Soul ft Stonebwoy — Larger Than Life
- Samini — Summer King
- AratheJay ft Stonebwoy — Talisman
- Amerado — Pharaoh
Artiste of the Year
- Black Sherif
- Medikal
- Stonebwoy
- Wendy Shay
- Sarkodie
- Diana Hamilton
