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TGMA 2025 Award Winners – King Promise, Kweku Smoke Notch Massive Wins

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Godwin Nii Armah Okine

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

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