Nominees are currently being announced for this year’s edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards which comes off April 8th at the Accra International Conference Centre. Contestants will face off in various categories including the coveted Artist of the Year Award. Rapper EL (born Elom Adabla) is current holder of that laurel.

Nominees for VGMA Gospel Song of the Year 2017 include a competitive representation including Nacee of No Tribe, UK-based Sonnie Badu, Mary Agyeman, Live FM’s Jeshrun Okyere, Mabel Okyere, and Piesie Esther.

New categories as Political Song of the Year, Mixtape of the Year, and DJ of the Year have all been added this year, and as is characteristic of recent years, some categories have either been added, renamed, or rested.