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0 The Board of the Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) has explained why King Paluta’s ‘Makoma’ was not nominated for either Highlife song and Most Popular Song for this year’s awards.
A press release dated April 3, 2025 and signed by Robert Klah, the Head of Communications and Public Events at Charterhouse ruled out claims of supposed profanity in the song for which it was not nominated.
According to the organisers, “each artiste can have only one song per category, except for Best Collaboration, Best International Collaboration and Best Music Video.”
The Board explained that, “this rule prevents vote-splitting and ensures that artists have the most substantial chance of winning.”
“Using King Paluta’s “Aseda” and “Makoma” as an example, we applied this rule to select the most popular song. Based on our research, including streaming numbers and airplay from 175 radio stations, “Aseda” was adjudged the more popular choice in both Highlife and Most Popular Song of the Year categories,” the statement indicated.
Organisers say that although the Board relaxed this rule in some notable years of the scheme, its current stance is to allow only one nomination per artiste per category.
This is not the first time the award scheme is introducing the ‘one-artiste-one-song-in-a-category’ rule. In 2016, the same principle was applied to Bisa Kdei when he had two hit songs: Mansa and Bother Brother but only Mansa got nominated.
The TGMA Board reaffirmed its commitment to fairness for artistes. “We also reiterate our dedication to educating stakeholders, leveraging the error and omission window as a valuable learning tool,” the statement added.
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