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He beat off stiff competition from rappers Sarkodie King Promise, Kwami Eugene , Black Sherif and the only gospel artist in the group Nacee, to grab the coveted the award.
The award scheme was launched in 1999 by Charterhouse Productions – an event company in Ghana – and since its inception, a bunch of legends and newcomers have made remarkable impacts on the show.
Categories like “Song of the Year”, “Rapper of the Year”, “Best Collaboration of the Year”, “Reggae-Dancehall Artiste of the Year” and “Best New Artiste of the Year” have generated a lot of conversations and controversies, and widely debated over the years.
However, the conversations and controversies surrounding the “Artiste of the Year” – the topmost category – have been overwhelming.
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All the years have winners for the topmost category, however, in 2019, it was annulled due to a brawl that broke between controversial dancehall stars, Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale, to the extent of one of them brandishing a gun on live television.
The decision by the board not to give the award to any artiste nominated that year allowed late dancehall star Ebony Reigns to reign that year. Indirectly, she reigned for two years.
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So far, the most awarded solo musicians in the “Artiste of the Year” category is Sarkodie and Stonebwoy with two accolades respectively.
In 2017, Joe Mettle shocked music lovers when he became the first Ghanaian gospel musician to win the topmost award.
We have compiled a list of all the winners of the “Artiste of the Year” from 1999 to date.
Find the list below;
1999-Akyeame (Quophi Okyeame and Okyeame Kwame)
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Akyeame
2000-Daddy Lumba
2001-Kojo Antwi
2002-Lord Kenya
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Lord Kenya
2003-Kontihene
2004-VVIP
2005-Obour
2006-Ofori Amponsah
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Ofori Amponsah
2007-Samini
2008-Kwaw Kese
2009-Okyeame Kwame
2010-Sarkodie
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Sarkodie
2011-VVIP
2012-Sarkodie
2013-R2Bees
2014-Shatta Wale
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Shatta Wale and Beyoncé in Already music video
2015-Stonebwoy
2016-EL
2017-Joe Mettle
2018-Ebony
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Remembering Ebony Reigns two years on
2019 – Annulled
2020 – Kuami Eugene
2021 - Diana Hamilton
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Diana Hamilton
2022 - KiDi
2023 - Black Sherif
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Black Sheriff
2024 - Stonebwoy
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Stonebwoy- Manuel photography