Ghanaian music duo Lali x Lola, has called on the organisers of the Telecel Ghana Music Awards to bring back the Group of the Year category.

In a statement released on February 3, 2025, the duo expressed concern over the absence of the Best Group category from the award scheme.

They indicated that "over the past few years, there has been a significant resurgence of talented and impactful music groups in Ghana. These groups are making tremendous contributions to the growth of the industry, with chart-topping hits, compelling live performances, and a renewed sense of collaboration. Notable groups such as Dope Nation, Keche, Team Eternity, Bhad Mayors, and ourselves—La x Lola— are just a few examples of the vibrant collective energy driving the industry forward."

According to the duo who are also twins, they believe that "reinstating the Best Performing Group category would serve as a powerful recognition of this creative momentum and further encourage unity, collaboration, and innovation among artistes."

They, therefore, urge the Telecel Ghana Music Awards Board to consider bringing back this category for the 2025 edition and beyond.

The Telecel Ghana Music Awards took out the Group of the Year from the list of categories in 2022.

The Head of Public Events and Communications for Charterhouse and a member of the board of the Telecel Ghana Music Awards scheme, Robert Klah, explained that the group of the year category was scrapped due to lack of competitiveness.

“Group of the Year for this particular year, we've seen it to be not competitive. We do not have enough groups this year.

So for this particular year we are resting it and in subsequent years if we have enough coming we will bring it back,” he said in an interview on Hitz FM in 2022.

In the meantime, a lot of industry stakeholers, apart from Lali x Lola, have also called for the re-instatement of the category especially on the back of sterling performances by groups such as DopeNation and Team Eternity Ghana.