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3Music Awards 2022
The 5th 3Music Awards was held on 26 March 2022 at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre, in Accra to recognize the works of artists in the year under review. It was broadcast by TV3, 3MUSIC TV, DGN and HD +. The ceremony's theme was ''''More Than Music'''', and was held in-person with an audience following the previous year's virtual ceremony. The nominees were announced on 15 February 2022 during a ceremony at the Teelande Tea Garden in Accra, Ghana. Kuami Eugene received the most nominations with 16, followed by Sarkodie who had 13 and KiDi who received 10 nominations. On 14 March, Boomplay was announced as an official partner of the awards. The media steaming service sponsored three main categories of the awards; The Artiste of the Year, African Song of the Year and Breakthrough Act of the Year. The artist of the year was won by KiDi for the second consecutive year. Performances Hosts Winners and nominees This is the list of winners fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3Music Awards
The 3 Music Award is Ghanaian people, Ghanaian music awards ceremony held annually since 2018 to celebrate Ghanaian music. It was established by the 3Music Network with TV3 Ghana, Media General TV3 as broadcasters. The Multimedia Group Limited, Multimedia group became the media right holder in the second and subsequent edition. In 2020, the Fan fest which was scheduled to take place at the Accra Polo Grounds was cancelled and a Virtual award ceremony was held from the Fantasy Dome, Ghana Trade Fair Center, Trade Fair La. This was because of the ban on public gathering due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Categories * Artiste of the Year * Song of the Year * Male Act of the Year * Female Act of the Year * Group of the Year * Breakout Act of the Year * Album of the Year * Viral Song of the Year * Music video of the Year * Reggae/Dancehall Act of the Year * Hiplife/Hop-Pop Act of the Year * Hilife Act of the Year * Gospel Act of the Year * Best Collaboration of the Year * Best KwitSt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camidoh
Raphael Camidoh Kofi Attachie (born 21 January 1994) known by his stage name Camidoh is an Afropop, R&B and Afrobeats singer and songwriter from Aflao in the Volta Region of Ghana. Early life and education Camidoh was born in Aflao in the Volta Region of Ghana and raised by a single mother in Ho, the capital of Volta Region, Ghana. From 2008 to 2012 Camidoh obtained his secondary education from Bishop Herman College, in Kpando Kpando Municipal District where he majored in General Arts. He furthered his education at the University of Professional Studies in Accra, Ghana, graduating with Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing. Career In 2018 Camidoh was signed by Grind Don't Stop Records. In that same year, Camidoh released his first single titled ''For My Lover'' which featured '' Darkovibes.'' He subsequently released The Best which featured Kelvyn Boy and Available featuring Eugy. In 2021, he released a single which featured BET award nominee Kwesi Arthur titled Dance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davido
David Adedeji Adeleke (born November 21, 1992), known professionally as Davido, is a Nigerian American, Nigerian-American singer, songwriter and record producer. Davido was born in Atlanta, U.S, and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. He made his music debut as a member of the group KB International. Davido studied business administration at Oakwood University before dropping out to make Beat (music), beats and record vocal references. He rose to fame after releasing "Dami Duro", the second single from his debut studio album ''Omo Baba Olowo'' (2012), from which six additional singles—"Back When", "Ekuro", "Overseas", "All of You", "Gbon Gbon" and "Feel Alright"—were taken. In 2012, Davido won the The Headies Award for Next Rated, Next Rated award at The Headies. Between 2013 and 2015, he released the singles "Gobe (song), Gobe", "One of a Kind", "Skelewu", "Aye (Davido song), Aye", "Tchelete (Goodlife)", "Naughty", "Owo Ni Koko", "The Sound" and "The Money". In January 2016, Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkovibes
Paul Nii Amu Andrew Darko (born 1995) known as Darkovibes, is a Ghanaian born singer songwriter. His music categorizes as experimental music where he blends highlife, hip hop and rap. Darkovibes is known for his 2016 single "Mercy". Early life and career He earned recognition as a nominee in the hip hop song of the year category at the Ghana Music Awards 2017 for his feature on Edem’s hit ‘Egboame’ the Remix. Collaborations and influences Darkovibes has collaborated with artists including Omar Sterling of R2bees, Joey B, Edem, Efya, Magnom, Vacs (Music Producer), Pheelz Mr. Producer from Nigeria, and Kuvie (Music Producer). In 2016, he worked with MTN Ghana by writing and performing the theme song for the MTN Pulse Campaign. As a member of the creative collective, La Meme Gang, he has collaborated with all the other members, namely, Kiddblack, Nxwrth(no longer part),RJZ, $pacely and Kwaku BS(no longer part). La Meme Gang released their first collaborative studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quamina MP
Emmanuel Kwamina Amonoo (born September 11, 1993) also known by the stage name Quamina MP is a Ghanaian musician and record producer. Early life Quamina MP was born on the 11th of September in Takoradi. He lived and was brought up in Mankessim where he had his basic education. He attended St Marys Senior High School for his secondary education. He then proceeded to Ghana Communication Technology University for his tertiary education in which he had to drop out due to his parents' low financial status. Music career Quamina learnt how to create beats around 2014 to support his choice to pursue music fulltime after dropping out of university. In 2017, he met Ground Up Chale, a talent recruiting and music managing platform which gave him his big break in the music industry in Ghana with the song ''Wiase Y3d3''. He lost his dad in November 2020 to a road accident after they were travelling together. Notable performances Quamina MP has performed at Rapperhorlic Concert, Afrochella, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaw Tog
Thorsten Owusu Gyimah (born 8 May 2003), popularly known as Yaw Tog, is a Ghanaian rapper who majors in drill music, known in Ghana as ''Asakaa''. He is best known for his viral song "Sore" which featured O'Kenneth, City Boy, Reggies & Jay Bahd and also Kwesi Arthur and Stormzy on the remix produced by Chris Rich. Education Gyimah was a student of Opoku Ware School, Opoku Ware Senior High School. He wrote his final WASSCE paper on 7 October 2021. Personal life Yaw Tog lived all his life in Santasi, Kumasi, Santasi in Kumasi before he found fame through music. Discography ''EP's'' * ''Time'' Albums • ''Young And Matured'' Singles * Sophia * Sore ''feat. O`Kenneth,City Boy, Reggie & Jay Bahd'' * Sore Remix ''feat. Kwesi Arthur & Stormzy'' * Y33gye * Africa * Empty * Daben *Mood *Time *Fake Ex *Boyz *Gold Friends *Sei Mu *Azul with Bad Boy Timz Concerts He performed at the 17th Ghana Party in the Park United Kingdom, UK Concert with his manager Joe Avneri. Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kofi Jamar
Derrick Osei Kuffour Prempeh popularly called Kofi Jamar is a Ghanaian musician from Kumasi. He is best known for his hit song ''Ekorso'' which evolved from the viral Kumerica/Asaaka trend and features Yaw Tog and YPee. In 2021, he was in nomination in seven categories at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards but won none. Early life and education Jamar is from Bantama in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He attended Bethel Preparatory School together with fellow rapper Amerado Derrick Sarfo Kantanka, (born 14 February 1995), best known as Amerado, is a Ghanaian rapper and singer from Kumasi. He is the curator of Yeete Nsem, Ghana's first news casting rap series. Early life and education Derrick Kantanka was born a .... Concerts * He performed at the 17th Ghana Party in the Park UK Concert. *He performed at the Ghana Music Awards UK in October 2021. References 1995 births Living people {{ghana-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stonebwoy
Livingstone Etse Satekla (Born 5 March 1988), better known by his stage name Stonebwoy, is a Ghanaian people, Ghanaian Afro pop music, Afropop, Afro-dancehall and reggae musician from Ashaiman, Accra. He is the CEO of Burniton Music Group. He won the Best International Act: Africa category at the BET Awards 2015, 2015 BET Awards and Artiste of the Year at the 2015 and 2024 Ghana Music Awards. He is also a recipient of two Billboard (magazine), Billboard plaques. Stonebwoy received the Golden Club plaque from Boomplay after surpassing 100 million streams on the platform. He has been described as the king of reggae and dancehall, dance hall in Africa. Stonebwoy is also an actor, having appeared in the movies ''Happy Death Day'' and ''My name is Ramadan''. He is a global ambassador for sanitation. In September 2019, he was made the brand ambassador for Voltic Natural Mineral Water. He is the brand ambassador of Tecno Mobile, Tecno mobile in Ghana. In 2022, he signed to Universal Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyakie
Jackline Acheampong (born 16 December 1999), known professionally as Gyakie, aka Song Bird is a Ghanaian R&B and afro-fusion singer. In 2019, Gyakie released her first single titled "Love is Pretty", which paved the way for another single, "Never Like This". In August 2020, the "Forever" song from her five-track EP ''Seed'' enjoyed airplay and led the charts in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria. Gyakie's father is Nana Acheampong. Early life and education Gyakie was raised in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. She graduated from T.I. Ahmadiyya Senior High School, Kumasi and completed her undergraduate studies at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) where she majored in International business. Career Gyakie was born into a family of musicians and by age eight, she had started joining her father in the studio. She was also influenced by Asa and Ghanaian musician Omar Sterling of R2Bees. Gyakie endured pressure at the early stage of her music journey. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mr Drew
Andrew Nii Commey Otoo (born 10 June 1996) known by the stage name Mr Drew is a Ghanaian Highlife and Afrobeats musician and dancer. In 2021, he won the Best New Artist award at both Vodafone Ghana Music Awards and 3Music Awards. Early life and education Mr Drew was born in Accra in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. He attended the Achimota Senior High School. Career Mr Drew started off as a dancer when he was in senior high school before later switching to become a musician full time. His career officially started when he joined and became the first runner-up at the MTN Hitmaker Season 6 in 2017. The MTN Hitmaker Mr Drew was signed to Highly Spiritual Music founded by music producer and engineer Kaywa. He however parted ways with the label after working together for five (5) years due to unfavorable terms and conditions in the contract later discovered. For showing gratitude to Kaywa's Highly Spiritual Music, the award winning artist decided to relinquish his royalties to his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D-Black
Desmond Kwesi Blackmore (born January 12, 1987), known by his stage name D-Black, is an anglophone hip-hop and Afrobeat musician and entrepreneur from Ghana. He has been described as "a successful entertainment mogul" Early life D-Black attended Ridge Church School then Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary before the University of Cape Coast to study B.A Economics and University Of Ghana, Legon to study BFA Theatre Arts/Music. Personal life D-Black was born to a Ghanaian mother, Adeline Boateng, and a Ghanaian-English father, John Derek Blackmore. He has three children. D-Black has nine siblings. Career In 2009, D-Black began his career as an independent artist in the group D-Black & Kwaku T, releasing a group album, ''Target Practice''. In 2010 D-Black and his rap partner both went solo. He went on to release three albums (''Music, Love and Life'', ''The Revelation'' and ''Lightwork''), an E.P (''Smoke and Mirrors'') and a mix-tape (''Hunger & Thirst''). He wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celestine Donkor
Celestine Donkor is a Ghanaian gospel musician and songwriter. In March 2021, she was among the Top 30 Most Influential Women in Music by the 3Music Awards Women's Brunch. She founded the Celestial Praise, an annual Gospel music concert. Early life and education Donkor was born to the family of Mr. and Mrs. Akakpo, both from the Volta region of Ghana. She started her primary school education at St Augustine Preparatory school in Abeka Lapaz and continued to Nsaaniya Secondary Business School at Kasoa where she had her secondary school education. She proceeded to the University of Ghana, Legon where she obtained her BA (Hons) Sociology and Information studies. Music career Donkor collaborated with numerous gospel musicians, including Joe Mettle, Joyce Blessing, Ceccy Twum, Mkhululi Bhebhe, Edem, Philipa Baafi, Funny Face ''Funny Face'' is a 1957 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Stanley Donen and written by Leonard Gershe, containing assorted songs by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
