Organizers of the 2011 edition of the Ghana Music Awards scheme have closed nominations for this year’s edition of the awards. According a press release by the organizers, many of the entries received from the nationwide data collection exercise satisfy GMA requirements of commercial release and date of release which falls December 1, 2010 – November 30, 2011. The statement further indicated that organizers are currently working towards the grand launch of the awards as the Planning Committee completes its work on the nomination and categorization process. At the end of that process, the scheme will reveal the top five or six nominations per category which will subsequently be published for the general public to vote their best. The Committee, according to the release, last met on Sunday February 6, 2011 to work on the categories. It is hoped that a substantial portion of the work would have been completed by the end of the week so organizers can work at releasing the nominations for this year. The current list of categories in the GMA 2011 scheme are: Public Category Artiste(s) of the Year Hiplife/Hip Hop Artiste(s) of the Year Highlife Artiste(s) of the Year Gospel Artiste(s) of the Year Discovery of the Year Best Collaboration of the year African Artiste(s) of the Year Hiplife Song of the Year, Highlife song of the Year Most Popular Song of the Year Afro-Pop Song of the Year Hip Hop Song of the Year Gospel Song of the year Reggae Song of the Year Best Rapper of the year The Industry categories are: Album of the Year Best Male vocal performance (Solo/Group) Female vocal performance (Solo/Group) Best Music Video of the Year Songwriter of the Year Record Label of the Year Producer of the Year Traditional Artiste(s) of the Year Record of the Year Instrumentalist of the Year MUSIGA Merit of the Year Story by Ernest Dela Aglanu/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana