Open call: Ghana Music Awards 2024

Put together by Charterhouse Productions Limited, this event honours remarkable musical accomplishments within the country and across the continent, recognising excellence in diverse genres such as highlife, Afropop, hiplife and traditional music.

The event is traditionally sponsored by telecoms giant Vodafone and held at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre.

The call applies to Ghanaian musicians who have released songs between 1 January and 31 December 2023. All submissions must be made online.

To participate, artists or their representatives can complete entry forms here.

Entries will close on 29 February.

At last year’s awards, hip hop act Black Sherif, the night’s biggest winner, converted five of his nominations into victories, sweeping the gongs for Best Hip Hop Song, Collaboration of the Year, Best Music Video, Most Popular Song of the Year and Artist of the Year.

For more information, visit the award scheme’s official website.

GMAs categories

• Best Gospel Song of the Year
• Best Male Vocal Performance
• Best Female Vocal Performance
• Best Hiplife Song
• Unsung Artist of the Year
• Best Hip Hop Song 
• Collaboration of the Year 
• International Collaboration of the Year
• Best Afropop Song
• Producer of the Year
• Best Afrobeats Song
• Best Reggae/Dancehall Song
• Best Music Video
• Best African Artist
• Best Highlife Song
• Best Afrobeats/Afropop Artist
• Songwriter of the Year 
• Best Highlife Artist
• Best Gospel Artist
• Best Hiplife/Hip Hop Artist
• Best Reggae/Dancehall Artist
• Best Rap Performance 
• Record of the Year
• Audio Engineer of the Year
• Best New Artist
• Album of the Year
• Most Popular Song of the Year
• Artist of the Year
• Vodafone Green Award
• Lifetime Achievement Award