VGMA22: Diana Hamilton beat Sarkodie, Medikal and others to win Artiste of the Year

Gospel singer, Diana Hamilton has been crowned the overall Artiste of the Year at the 2021 edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.

She won the top award by beating Sarkodie, KiDi, Adina, Medikal amd Kuami Eugene.

The popular gospel singer also took home the award for Vodafone Most Popular Song of the Year, Gospel song of the Year and Gospel Artiste of the Year.

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Diana Hamilton becomes the first female gospel artiste to win such award since the scheme started 22 years ago.

Also winning on the night was Adina who grabbed three top awards namely, Album of The Year, Record of The Year and Reggae/Dancehall Song of the Year.

‘Enjoyment’ hitmaker KiDi also won 4 awards including, EP of The Year, Afrobeats/Afropop Artiste of the Year, Afrobeats/Afropop Song of the Year and Highlife Song of the Year.

See the full list winners below:

Record of the Year

Daddy’s Little Girl – Adina

Sound Engineer of the year
Richie Mensah

Instrumentalist of the Year

Nana Yaw Sarfo

Traditional Artiste of the Year

Manhyia Tete Nwomkro

Songwriter of the Year

Kofi Kinaata – Behind the Scenes

Music for Good

Yaayaa

Male Vocalist of the Year

MOGmusic – Oguamma

Female Vocalist of the Year
Abiana – Adun Lei

Best Group of the Year

Keche

Producer of the Year

Richie Mensah

Best African Artiste

Master KG

Best Video of the Year

Baddest Boss – MzVee

Lifetime Achievement Award
Bob Pinodo

Artiste of the Year

Diana Hamilton

Album of the Year
Araba – Adina

Hip-Hop Song of the Year
Sore – Yaw Tog ft O’kenneth, City Boy, Reggie, Jay Bahd

Highlife Song of the Year

Enjoyment – KiDi

Gospel Song of the Year

Adom – Diana Hamilton

Hiplife Song of the Year

No Dulling – Keche ft. Kuami Eugene

Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year

Epixode

Afrobeats/Afropop Song of the Year

Say Cheese – KiDi

EP of the Year

Blue EP – KiDi

Best Collaboration of the Year

Happy Day – Sarkodie ft Kuami Eugene

International Collaboration of the Year

Baajo – Kwesi Arthur ft. JoeyBoy

Best Rap Performance

Eno Barony – God Is A Woman

Best New Artiste of the Year

Mr Drew

Vodafone Most Popular Song of the Year

Adom – Diana Hamilton

Hiplife/Hip-Hop Artiste of the Year

Medikal

Highlife Artiste of the Year

Kuami Eugene

Afrobeat/Afropop Artiste of the Year

KiDi

Gospel Artiste of the Year

Diana Hamilton