The sixth edition of the Western Music Awards is set for Saturday, August 20, 2022, at the Best Western Plus Atlantic Hotel in Takoradi.
The show is sponsored by 610Music a California-based record label that aims at celebrating artistes and Creative Arts stakeholders with Western Region lineage.
Westline Entertainment, the organisers have intimated that this year’s edition will have a special performance dedicated to the memory of A.B. Crentsil, a lifetime achievement recipient of the awards who passed away on July 31, 2022.
A total of 30 categories will be won by nominees with the ‘Artiste of the year’ as the ultimate category.
A Creative Arts player with over 15 years of relevance in the industry will also be honoured with the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ on the night.
“This year, there are 5 new categories added to the already existing 25 categories of the awards, making it a total of 30. The ‘Western Diaspora Musician,’ ‘Most streamed Artiste,’ ‘Instrumentalist of the year,’ ‘Songwriter of the year’ and ‘Best Blogger/Promoter’ categories are the new additions,” the PRO for 610Music Western Music Awards, Nana Kwesi Coomson said.
According to Mr Coomson, “with the direction of the awards this year, 15 artistes from five genres have been billed to perform this year. Mrs Amy Newman, Shasha Marley, Aka Blay, 2Wise Men, Keche, Fameye, Kweysi Swat, Chichiz, Bobo Dada Bee, Qwesi Flex, KDM, Naana Blu, Afezi Perry, Snow B and Origee are the listed Artistes this year.”
“With the tagline ‘Celebrating our Music,’ the awards will be broadcast on all social media handles – Western Music Awards Ghana on Facebook and on Youtube and that of affiliate media stations, with Empire FM in Takoradi and Kankanta TV transmitting it live on air,” the PRO noted.
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