4 reasons why Sarkodie deserves to win 2020 VGMA Artiste Of The Year
The best thing to happen to Ghana music in recent times is the name Sarkodie.
The Tema based musician has been tagged as Africa's most decorated rapper with over 80 awards to his credit.
Sarkodie
is still relevant in the music game since he released his debut album,
'Makye' in 2009. The former Samsung ambassador is regarded by many as
Ghana's most influential music export for the many international awards
and performances he has been associated with.
Sarkodie till date is the only solo artiste to have won Ghana Music Awards - Artiste of the Year twice, in 2010 and 2012. Fans of Sarkodie
are hoping their artiste makes history at this year's Vodafone Ghana
Music Awards (VGMA) after Charter House, the organisers, announced in
February that he has been nominated alongside Kuami Eugene, Medikal,
Kofi Kinaata and Diana Hamilton.
With 10 nominations at this year's event, Sarkodie will rewrite history as the best Ghanaian rapper ever if he is crowned with the ultimate award for the 3rd time.
Charter House has clearly defined the Artiste of the Year category as
the artiste adjudged by the Academy, Board and the General Public as the
artiste with the highest Audience Appeal and Popularity, and must have
released a hit Single/Album during the year under review.
By breaking the category definition down, here are my 4 simple simple reasons why Sarkodie should be honored with the grand award.
1. Highest Audience Appeal
Currently Sarkodie is rated as one of the best stage performers in Ghana. Even though he raps, Sarkodie's
live performances over the years has attracted a lot of music fans,
young and old, here in Ghana and abroad. King Sark on August 2015 had a
historic sold out concert at the Apollo Theater in New York. Again, in
2016 Sarkodie successfully headlined his first ever UK concert at Indigo at the 02.
In 2019 alone, which is the year under review, Sarkodie
had amazing performances at many high budget shows including Afrochella
2019, MMCLIVE 2019, 2019 VGMAs, 2019 TINA Festival and his own star
studded show Rapperholic 2019.
2. Popularity
Sarkodie is still rated among the 3 top artistes currently in Ghana alongside Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy. Sarkodie's
popularity in 2019 increased when he was awarded the Best International
Flow at the BET Hip Hop Awards in October. He climaxed his legendary
status in 2019 when BET released visuals of his incredibly amazing
vintage flow on BET Cypher with French rapper Kalash to the delight of
many hip hop fans around the world.
3. Hit Single
2019 will be seen as one of the best years in Ghana music and for Sarkodie in particular. This is because the 2014 MTV MAMAs winner released one of the biggest songs in the year titled, Oofeetso.
4. Hit Album
The 'Black Love' album, which has been reviewed by many music critics as one of the best studio albums by Sarkodie
so far was released in 2019.The album after its release peaked at No. 1
on Top Albums iTunes - Ghana and No. 16 on Top Rap/Hip Hop Albums on
iTunes - Worldwide.
