Black Sherif emerged as the biggest winner at the 27th edition of the Telecel Ghana Music Awards 2026, clinching the coveted Artiste of the Year award at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre on Saturday night [May 9, 2026].
Born Mohammed Ismail Sherif, professionally known as Black Sherif capped off an impressive night with multiple wins across major categories, cementing his place among Ghana’s top music acts.
In addition to the ultimate prize, Black Sherif won Album of the Year for Iron Boy, Songwriter of the Year, Afropop Song of the Year for Sacrifice, and Hip-Hop Song of the Year for Where Dem Boys.
The victory marks his second Artiste of the Year triumph after previously winning the award in 2023.
Other notable winners on the night included Medikal, who took home Hiplife Song of the Year for Shoulder, Best Collaboration of the Year, and Hip-Hop Artiste of the Year.
Kofi Kinaata also enjoyed a successful evening, winning Highlife Song of the Year with It Is Finished and Highlife Artiste of the Year.
In the reggae and dancehall category, Stonebwoy retained his Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year title, while Diana Hamilton was named Gospel Artiste of the Year.
The ceremony also honoured late highlife legend Daddy Lumba with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Full list of winners at TGMA 2026
- Artiste of the Year – Black Sherif
- Album of the Year – Iron Boy – Black Sherif
- Songwriter of the Year – Black Sherif
- Hiplife Song of the Year – Shoulder – Medikal
- Highlife Song of the Year – It Is Finished – Kofi Kinaata
- Hip-Hop Song of the Year – Where Dem Boys – Black Sherif
- Best Collaboration of the Year – Shoulder – Medikal and Shatta Wale
- Best International Collaboration – Shake It to the Max – MOLIY
- Afropop Song of the Year – Sacrifice – Black Sherif
- Best Afrobeats Song – Excellent – Kojo Blak featuring Kelvyn Boy
- Best Reggae/Dancehall Song – Shake It to the Max – MOLIY, Shenseea and Skillibeng
- Best Urban/Contemporary Gospel Song – Big God – Kofi Owusu Peprah
- Best Music Video – Put Am On God – AratheJay
- Gospel Artiste of the Year – Diana Hamilton
- Best AfroBeats/Afropop Artiste of the Year – Wendy Shay
- Producer of the Year – A-Town for Shoulder
- Traditional Gospel Song of the Year – Nyame Ye – Piesie Esther
- Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year – Stonebwoy
- Best Hip-Hop Artiste of the Year – Medikal
- Best African Song – With You – Davido featuring Omah Lay
- Audio Engineer of the Year – Daniel Grüll for Enso Nyame Y3
- Best Rap Performance – Mensei Da – Strongman
- Group of the Year – Keche
- Highlife Artiste of the Year – Kofi Kinaata
- Best New Artiste – Kojo Blak
- Lifetime Achievement Award – Daddy Lumba
