Call for entries: Ghana’s Emerging Music Awards 2022

The call is open to artists, record labels, producers, artiste managers and the general public.

Now in its fourth year, the awards platform is the brainchild of Kusstar Entertainment in partnership with Kri8 Concept. Its vision is to celebrate deserving up-and-coming musicians across Ghana’s major genres.

This year’s edition is running under the theme, Give the Music A Chance, and the winners will be determined by a jury, an academy of Ghanaian entertainment gatekeepers and general public votes. At the 2021 edition, hip hop artist Black Sherif won the coveted Emerging Artist of the Year prize.

To be eligible, submitted works must have been released between 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022.

Nominations can be filed here before or on 31 July.

Below are the categories for this year’s edition: 

• Album of the Year
• Music Producer of the Year
• Music Video of the Year
• Songwriter of the Year
• Male Vocal Artist of the Year
• Female Vocal Artist of the Year 
• Rapper of the Year 
• Collaboration of the Year 
• International Artist of the Year
• Young Artist of the Year 
• Most Popular Artist of the Year
• Most Popular Song of the Year
• Traditional Song of the Year
• Afropop Song of the Year
• Afropop Artist of the Year
• Dancehall Artist of the Year
• Dancehall Song of the Year
• Reggae Artist of the Year 
• Reggae Song of the Year
• Gospel Artist of the Year
• Gospel Song of the Year
• Highlife Artist of the Year
• Highlife Song of the Year
• Hiplife Artist of the Year
• Hiplife Song of the Year
• Hip Hop Artist of the Year
• Hip Hop Song of the Year
• Emerging Artist of the Year

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