Veteran Hiplife artist Lord Kenya and veteran Hiplife duo Akyeame inspired the creation of the famous Ghana Music Awards.
This is according to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Charterhouse – organizers of the awards schemes – Theresa Ayoade.
She revealed that the concept of the Ghana Music Awards was birthed from the banter between the two great artists at the time.
Theresa Ayoade recounted that she had resigned from her job at Joy FM and joined her husband at his company, Multiple Concepts.
She revealed her husband was able to create the concept of the music awards by observing musicians Lord Kenya and Akyeame argue over who was the most popular in the country.
“My husband had set up a company called Multiple Concept at that time. By then he was organizing a TV program called Agoro. He was already producing that TV show which was already popular and they were travelling around the country. The platform allowed artistes to perform so most of the time when an artiste released any music, they will always appear on Agoro as part of the promotional tour”
“On one of such programs, he had Lord Kenya and Akyeame; they were the biggest artistes at that time. And he said they were arguing backstage about who was the most popular and that they should watch for who will receive the most fans”
“He was watching all these banter going on so when he came back home, he said ‘I think I have an idea. I saw these guys arguing backstage and I think Ghana is ready for a music awards that will allow the fans to determine who is the most popular’. That’s how the idea for Ghana Music Awards began”.
The Ghana Music Awards is a populist awards scheme that has been running since 1999.
