The 2025 Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) came off the night of Saturday, May 10, 2025, with King Promise winning the most prestigious Artist of the Year award.
Rapper Kweku Smoke made a big splash by being crowned hiplife/hiphop artist of the year ahead of heavyweights Sarkodie, Black Sheriff, and King Paluta. Paluta’s Aseda won the most popular song of the year.
The programme saw numerous top performances from artists, including King Promise, King Paluta, KiDi, and more. Stonebwoy won the Reggae-dancehall artist of the Year award for the 8th time in his career.
Below is the full list of winners for the TGMA 26′ awards.
Artist of the Year
King Promise – Winner
Telecel Most Popular Song of the Year
Aseda (King Paluta) – Winner
Best Hiplife/HipHop Artiste of the Year
Kweku Smoke – Winner
New Artiste of the Year
Beeztrap KOTM -Winner
Best Hiplife Song
Bad Feeling (Tulenkey) – Winner
Best Highlife Artist
Fameye – Winner
Best Gospel Artiste
Joe Mettle – Winner
Best Afrobeats/Afropop Artiste
King Promise – Winner
Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste
Stonebwoy – Winner
Unsung Artiste of the Year
Yaw Darling – Winner
Album/EP of the Year
True to Self (King Promise) – Winner
Best Highlife Song
Aseda (King Paluta) – Winner
Best Hiphop Song
Holy Ghost (Kweku Smoke) – Winner
Best Afrobeats Song
Asylum (OliveTheBoy) – Winner
Best Music Video
Jejereje (Stonebwoy directed by Banini) – Winner
Best Afropop Song
Paris (King Promise) – Winner
Best Traditional Gospel Song
Watch Me (Empress Gifty) – Winner
International Collaboration of the Year
The Doing of the Lord (Diana Hamilton) – Winner
Best African Song
Tshwalabam – Winner
Best Reggae / Dancehall Song
Psalm 23 (Stonebwoy) – Winner
Best Collaboration of the Year
Lomo Lomo (KiDi feat. Black Sherif) – Winner
Best Female Vocal Performance
Esther Godwyll (I Choose To Praise) – Winner
Best Male Vocal Performance
Joe Mettle (Obo Awan Oba) – Winner
Best Rap Performance
Eno Barony – No Manual – Winner
Best Songwriter of the Year
Kofi Kinaata (Saman) – Winner
Record of the Year
Ayisi (Can I Live)
Music For Good
Epixode (Tsooboi)
Producer of the Year
Khendi Beats (Aseda by King Paluta)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Yaw Sarpong – Winner
