The countdown to the 2025 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) has begun, promising one other thrilling celebration of African expertise. The Worldwide Committee of AFRIMA, in collaboration with the African Union Fee (AUC), has formally unveiled the nominees listing, setting the stage for a battle between a few of Africa’s largest superstars and a vibrant wave of rising acts.
For Ghana, three main feminine voices; Amaarae, Moliy and Wendy Shay, have been nominated within the Greatest Feminine Artiste (Western Africa) class, and the main males, Sarkodie, Black Sherif and Stonebwoy additionally go their shar of nominations
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This 12 months’s awards attracted a record-breaking 10,717 submissions , the best because the occasion’s inception 12 years in the past. From this, a 13-member jury shortlisted 343 nominees throughout 40 classes, masking Africa’s 5 areas and the diaspora.
Nigeria’s Burna Boy and Davido, South Africa’s DJ Maphorisa, and Morocco’s El Grande Toto lead the chart with 5 nominations every. They’re joined by Senegal’s Mia Guissé and Ghana’s very personal Moliy, who additionally acquired 5 nods
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Moliy, one in all Ghana’s breakout stars, earned 5 nominations, together with Greatest Feminine Artiste in Western Africa and Music of the Yr for her hit Shake it to the max. Different a number of nominees embody Egypt’s Amr Diab, Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz, South Africa’s Tyla, and eSwatini’s Uncle Waffles, every securing 4 spots – highlighting the dominance of Afropop, amapiano, and Afro-house sounds throughout the continent.
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Commenting on the nominations, AFRIMA jury member Delani Makhalima stated:
Twelve years in, we’re now right here. That is world. That is AFRIMA, the most important music entity on the face of the continent
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The awards ceremony will likely be hosted in Lagos from twenty fifth to thirtieth November 2025 and can characteristic the AFRIMA Music Village, the Africa Music Enterprise Summit, and the primary awards night time, to be broadcast in additional than 80 international locations.
Ghanaian Nominees
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Greatest Feminine Artiste (Western Africa)
Amaarae – S.M.O
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Moliy – Shake It to the Max (with Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea)
Greatest Artiste, Duo or Group in African Up to date
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Wendy Shay – Too Late
Songwriter of the Yr
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Mohammed Ismail Sharrif (Black Sherif) – Insurgent Music
Greatest African Video of the Yr
Babs Route (Awudu Musa) – Insurgent (Black Sherif)
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Music of the Yr
Moliy, Shenseea, Skillibeng & Silent Addy – Shake It to the Max
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Greatest African Act – Reggae, Ragga & Dancehall
Moliy, Shenseea, Skillibeng & Silent Addy – Shake It to the Max (Remix)
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Black Sherif – Insurgent Music
Greatest Artiste, Duo or Group in African Conventional
Stonebwoy – Jejereje (with Ginton)
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Greatest African Collaboration
Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea – Shake It to the Max (Fly Remix)
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Breakout Artiste of the Yr
Moliy – Shake It to the Max (with Shenseea, Skillibeng & Silent Addy)
Greatest African Lyricist (Rapper)
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Sarkodie – Violence (ft. Kweku Smoke)
Greatest African Artiste, Duo or Group in African Hip Hop
Sarkodie – Messiah (ft. Kweku Flick)
