It’s the dawning of a new era for Gospel’s latest queen, Piesie Esther after successfully bagging 7 nominations, including the highly coveted overall Artiste of the Year, at the 24th Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
It came as not much of a surprise and met expectations as her monster hit single ‘Waye Me Yie’ swept the length and breadth of the country all through the year in review since its release on the 16th of June 2022.
Piesie garnered enviable nominations at the nominees’ announcement ceremony organized by Charterhouse Ghana – conveners of the nation’s most prestigious awards scheme, VGMA.
Her nominated categories include Best Gospel Song, Best Gospel Artiste, Best Female Vocalist, Best Songwriter, Best Music Video, Vodafone Most Popular Song of the Year and Artist of the Year.
In reaction to the overwhelming news, Piesie Esther stated:
“I’m truly thankful to God, Charterhouse Ghana, the VGMA board, and all key industry players who found me worthy of these nominations. I’m eternally grateful also to my family, friends, management team, fans, loved ones, the Church of Pentecost and everyone who has supported the Piesie Esther ministries and brand from day one. I simply couldn’t have made it this far without you all.
“I would urge us to now focus on voting till we win in all nominated categories. There’s more coming and winning this would just be a foretaste of our eternal reward on that final day when we stand before the righteous Judge”.
Piesie Esther
The 24th edition of the VGMA comes off on the 13th of May 2023 inside the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre but will be preceded by a nominees’ jam event in selected regions in Ghana.
Winning VGMA Artiste of the year is a done deal
Gospel musician Piesie Esther says winning the topmost Artiste of the Year award at this year’s Ghana Music Awards is a done deal for her since she has worked harder than her contenders in the year under review.
Speaking at the Nominee announcement party held at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC), the ‘W’aye Me Yie’ artiste said her works in the last few months are a testament that she deserves the VGMA Artiste of the Year crown.
Piesie Esther confidently said:
“Ghanaians know the work I put in last year. I was one of the busiest gospel artists who played all the major gospel shows in Ghana including private gigs and in the churches. I had two successful shows in Accra and Kumasi and from the records, ‘W’aye Me Yie’ stands very tall among other songs by the other artists.
“W’aye Me Yie is a nationwide hit and very popular in every corner of the year. Cheers to you for making this possible”.
Piesie Esther
Piesie Esther comes up against the likes of Sarkodie, Black Sherif, Camidoh, Stonebwoy, King Promise, Joe Mettle and KiDi, who is the reigning Artiste of the Year.
27 awards are expected to be presented at this year’s VGMA which will take place at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) on Saturday, May 13.
The likes of Kofi Kinaata, Wendy Shay, Gyakie, Lasmid, KelvynBoy, Camidoh, Perez Musiq, Celestine Donkor, and Evans Scott were nominated in various categories.
Categories for VGMA24 include Artiste of the Year, Most Popular Song of the Year, Gospel Song of the Year, Gospel Artiste of the Year, Album of the Year, Afrobeats Song of the Year, Highlife Song of the Year, Hiplife Song of the Year, Rapper of the Year and Songwriter of the Year.
