Ghanaian singer-songwriter and producer Gladstorm Kwabena Akwaboah Jnr., known popularly as Akwaboah has questioned the board of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
It seems the highlife artist is still unhappy about the criteria used to select artists for the category of “Artist of the year”. He has questioned the VGMA board on how an artist can be nominated for the biggest category.
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The sensational artist expressing his disappointment at being left out of the Artist of the year category told the host on Castle FM that he wants to know what criteria is being used for the selection of the category. He disclosed that he has been nominated in six different categories but lost out on the artist o the year category.
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He added that the lack of representation of highlife artists in the Artist of the Year category undermines the hard work the genre’s artists put in showcasing Ghanaian music.
“What does one need to do to get nominated for artist of the year? In my case, I was nominated for Album of the year, and two songs off that album earned me nominations as Songwriter of the Year, Male Vocalist of the year, Best Highlife Artiste, Best Highlife Song, and Record of the year, yet somehow these works were not good enough to be nominated as Artist of the year. It simply does not make sense”.
He however added that he is not perturbed about it.
Source: www.ghgossip.com
