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Wizkid wins 'Best African Artiste of the Year' at Ghana Music Awards 2022

Ayo '<em>Wizkid</em>' Balogun, a Nigerian superstar, was named Best African Artiste of the Year at the 23rd Vodafone Ghana Music Awards last night.
Wizkid wearing N Palmer shirts, pants from  Kiko Kostadinov and Jacquemus shades [GQ]
Wizkid wearing N Palmer shirts, pants from Kiko Kostadinov and Jacquemus shades [GQ]

The Ghana Music Awards, which was founded in 1999, held their 23rd award ceremony last night at the Accra International Conference Centre. On the first night of the two-day award ceremony, Fameye took home the 'Songwriter of the Year' award for his song 'praise,' while MOGBeatz took home the 'Producer of the Year' award.

Wizkid beat out other Nigerian artists such as Tems, Ckay, Joeboy, and Fireboy Dml to win 'Artiste of the Year.' 

Below are the full list of winners announced last night: 

 Traditional Artiste of the Year (Non-voting Category) – Nii Tettey Tetteh

Instrumentalist of the Year – Joshua Moszi

Male Vocal Performance of the Year – Amazing God by Kwaisey Pee

Female Vocal Performance of the Year – Where You Are by Niella

Songwriter of the Year – Praise by Fameye

Best Video of the Year – Nyinya by Bosom PYung

Producer of the Year – MOGBeatz

African Artist of the Year – WizKid

Lifetime Achievement Award – Agya Koo Nimoh

Unsung Artiste of the Year – Gambo

Music for Good – Greedy Men by Stonebwoy

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