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The numbers of female artistes in Ghana are growing considerably. Also there are several elements which contribute to the success of any female artiste, one is looks and Eazzy has it abundantly.
She doesn’t need to show her cleavage to be noticed, she gets the attention she wants anytime she is on stage doing her own thing backed with a strong instrumentation from Richie.
Stakeholders of the African movie industry were on tenterhooks last night, March 6, as all attention shifted to Accra, Ghana for the announcement of nominees for the 2010 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). The glitzy nominations party brought together some of the crème in the industry from all over Africa to celebrate the growth of African movies in the past year and to observe which movies, actors and technical players were deemed fit by the Academy for laurels this year.
After secretly wedding a Canada based Ghanaian girl “Awura Abena” at the Roman Catholic Church at Akim Swedru and keeping himself away from the public to enjoy his honeymoon, Castro resurfaced last night at Aprodisiac Night Club.
Ghana’s 53rd independence party at The Troxy in East London was a night of hit and miss. GhanaCelebrities.Com was there to chill out with the crowd and below is our account. The programme did not start until 11pm although it was scheduled to start at 10pm.
This week has been good to the Ghanaian hip life artist Samini (Batman). After being mortified publicly by his engagement to two women, he can now relax and do what he does best, which is entertaining his fans. According to statement signed by Samini’s manager Mr. Anthony Pun, Samini apologised to both women and their families and is trying to resolve the scandal privately. I like that fact that he stood up and accepted his mistake and have taken due course to rectify them.
Event organisers of the annual Ghana Music Awards (GMA), Charter House last Friday released a list of nominees for this year’s awards.
The nominee list has since excited some debate in certain quarters, mainly on the lines of whether some of the nominees deserve any award at all or whether the selection truly reflect industry movers and shakers.
If you’ve been wondering why Dentaa is missing from your TV screens, fear not, she has been away handling what she considers her greatest task of all time, motherhood! Congratulations are in order to the captivating and endearing Ghanaian TV personality Dentaa who just gave birth to her second child, a beautiful baby boy this morning in London.
In the wake of his controversial marriage to two different Ghanaian ladies (Christy and Mercy) based in Canada and UK respectively, Ghanaian Afro Reggae Super Star Samini has managed to grab a nomination as the only artiste from Ghana for an International award in New York.
Ghanaian music legend and pioneer of rap music in Ghana, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley has revealed that he is working on new material for an upcoming album and that a track with UK rap royalty, Sway has already been recorded. Without giving much away, he hinted that the track is a guaranteed hit that would be enjoyed by both the young and old.
Come 10th April, 2010, the Ghanaian music industry will celebrate its most accomplished and successful artists for the year 2009, but reggae star, Blakk Rasta will not partake in the Ghana Music Awards ceremony.
All attention in Africa will certainly be on Ghana come 6th of March. The Independence Day celebration will be climaxed later in the night as attention will shift to the Mensvic Grand Hotel, East Legion for the Africa Movie Academy Awards nomination party in Accra, the biggest event gathering in Africa, the equivalent to the Oscar of Hollywood.
Mzbel simply means Miss Belinda, born Belinda Amoah is going through a couple of faces and she’s still doing pretty well. Aside that, it was just colourful at the Boomerang Night Club as the sexy girl and other artistes on the Paradise Entertainment, Mimi, 4×4, VIP and Quata performed in solidarity to help their label mate launch her latest album ‘Saucy Girl’.
Before the final categories and nominations were announced by the organizers of the prestigious music awards in Ghana at the Golden Tulip Hotel, there was little argument as to who wins what come 10th April 2010. Ayigbe Edem and Sarkodie were two artistes whose names were on the lips of every music lover so far as the ‘Discovery of the Year’ is concerned.
Your favourite rapper’s favourite rapper Okyeame Kwame, better known as ‘Rap Doctor’ or the ‘Best Rapper Alive’ won multiple awards in the Ghana Music Awards 2009 edition due to the popularity of his hit track, Woso; he picked up the Hiplife / Hip Hop Artiste(s) of the Year, ‘Video of the Year’ and ‘Hip Hop Song of the Year’, as well as ‘Artiste of the Year’.
The nominees for the 11th Annual Ghana Music Awards were announced last night at an event that brought together industry players, keen to know who gets nominated for what in the foremost award for music in the country. The well attended event that saw performances from the likes of Kwabena Kwabena, Gyedu Blay Ambolley, Celestine Donkor, Ohemaa Mercy and Wutah ended with the big reveal of nominees.
In this week, it was revealed that Samini (formerly Batman) is engaged to two women, one in the London and the other in Canada. Most traditions in Ghana allow polygamous marriages therefore he has not committed any crime.
Ghana’s Afro dancehall/Reggae musician Samini, who is presently, embroiled in a controversial love web, has rendered an unqualified apology to all his numerous fans across the world and the families of the two ladies he is now married to.
Shirley is a multi-talented writer/producer and director who has single handedly written, produced and directed excellent Ghanaian movies like “Scorned”, “Life and Living It”, Perfect Picture” and “ A Sting In A Tale”.
After days of silence and shock, Mercy Geker who was engaged by Batman Samini few days ago in London has broken the silence. Mercy has a 6 month old baby with the Award-winning Ghanaian Afro-Reggae musician, Batman Samini.
After secretly engaging two Ghanaian women and being busted by GhanaCelebrities.com, we did not expect Samini to speak to us. We are not hurt based on the fact that he did not explain to us why he embarked on having kids with 2 women and secretly engaged both of them. After all, he will term us enemies after bringing his hidden conduct to light.
It is often said that ‘the best comes from the west’, though there is nothing to prove this saying, it has been an accepted adage.
The best resources in Ghana are said to be found in the western part of the country, like gold, diamond and most importantly cocoa, with the greatest achievement being the discovery of oil in commercial quantities.
Jackie Appiah has been known for her fashion scandals. Now the married mother “Jackie” is heading towards a different world of indecent exposure. Don’t you think she is exposing too much as a married African (Ghanaian) woman? The children are watching, Your fans are watching and those who happen to see you as their role model are … Read more
It is getting more exciting as the official launch of the 11th edition of the prestigious Ghana Music Awards (called MTN Ghana Music Awards because of sponsorship) has been slated on Friday February 26th 2010 at the Golden Tulip Hotel.
It seems the sensational Highlife music star, Daddy Lumba (DL) had the biggest surprise in his life on the Val’s day when he appeared on stage only to see empty seats waiting impatiently for his well-rehearsed performance. Like a dreadful curse, our man had no option than to sing for ‘them’.
The issues or controversies that surround the prestigious Ghana Music Awards annually are mostly categorization; nominations and to the larger extent eventual winners. This year’s award could possibly suffer similar fate, according to the ‘experts’.
The Mensvic Grand Hotel in East Legon will be the new venue for the 2010 edition of the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) Nominations Gala. The awards scheme in its 6th year was earlier on scheduled to take place on February 26 at the Banquet Hall also in Accra.
When Ghanacelebrities.com published that Batman Samini has engaged the mother of his six months old baby ”Mercy Geker” in London last weekend, we started receiving several emails and phone calls at an alarming rate. These phone calls and emails stated that, Samini has already married one Christiana Aboakye Mensah, the mother of his 6 year old daughter.
