Batman expected to pickup an award

The race for who wins what at the maiden edition of the Ghana Hip-life Music Italy reaches it very peak as three very capable musicians Obour, Batman and K. K. Fosu lead the pack.

Obour’s Obour.Com album (and Konkontiba song) and Batman’s Dankwansere (and Linda song) have earned both artistes 7 envious nominations apiece. Both Obour and Batman are hot favourites for the topmost Artist and Song of the Year categories. K. K Fosu on the other hand has pulled 5 nominations and is likely to run home with two of them.

Ghana Hip-life Music Awards Italy (GHMA), organized by Tropical General Merchants Ltd, is scheduled for the Theatre Astra in Vicenza, Italy on Saturday March 19, 2005.

Below is the final list of categories and nominees.

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Mzbel
Batman
Mad Fish
Bandana
Okyeame Kwame (Solo)

HIP-LIFE ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Wope - Tic Tac
Anadwo Eye De - K. K. Fosu
Obour.Com - Obour
Okomfo Se Koo - Okomfour Kwadee

MOST POPULAR SONG IN ITALY:
Linda - Batman
Kokontiba - Obour
Wone Me Lady - Mad Fish
Senti No - Sidney


BEST HIP-LIFE SONG OF THE YEAR:
Linda - Batman
Konkontiba - Obour
Wone Me Lady  -Mad Fish
Fefe Ne Efe - Tic Tac
Konkontiba - Obour

HIP-LIFE ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Obour
Batman
Tic Tac
Kwadee
Buk Bak

BEST HIP-LIFE VIDEO OF THE YEAR:
Ah! - Reggie / K. K. Fosu (Produced by OM Studios and directed by Abraham Ohene-Gyan)
Yeko Pe Mmaa - Okomfour Kwadee (Produced by Phamous People and directed by Gerald O. Gyimah)
Menwu Bio - Obour (Produced by Phamous People and directed by Gerald O. Gyimah)

BEST FEMALE ARTIST:
Triple M
MzBel
Abrewanana

BEST COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR:
Tictac / Tony Tetuila - Fefe Ne Efe
Obour / Batman - Konkontiba
Mad Fish / Batman - Max Wone Me Bady
Obour / Tic Tac - Shine Your Eye

BEST MALE VOCALIST:
K.K. Fosu
Buk Bak
Castro

MOST FEATURED ARTIST WITH HITS:
K.K. Fosu
Batman
Tinny

MOST RECENTLY RELEASED HIT:
Anadwo Eye De - K. K. Fosu
Toffee - Castro
Obaa No No - Kwadee
Na Who - Dr. Poh
Esi - Kontihene
Rakia - Kofi Nti

BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR:
Buk Bak
Batman
Obour
V.I.P.
Tinny

BEST SONG WRITER:
Okyeame Kwame
Kwadee
Batman
K. K. Fosu

BEST ENGINEER OF THE YEAR:
Jay Q (Q-Lex Entertainment)
Hammer (The Last 2)
Marx
Moris
Appietus

Major sponsors of the event are TV Vicenza, Italy, OBE Televison, U.K, Planet FM, Reggio FM, Ghana Music.Com and HTT Productions. 50% proceeds from gate will be presented to the Osu Children’s Home, an orphanage based in Accra, Ghana. Musicbiz Magazine and Ghana Music.Com, two very influential mouthpieces of Ghana Music based in Accra are proud to be associated with Ghana Hip-life Music Awards, Italy.

For more details contact, in Italy, Rodney Aboagye (quamede@yahoo.com) and, in Ghana, Verus Nartey (veruspress@hotmail.com).