Runtown named best African artiste at Ghana Music Awards

Runtown, Nigerian singer and producer, was the toast of the night at the Vodafone Ghana Music awards where he won African artist of the year.

The 18th edition of the ceremony held on Saturday night at the Accra International Conference Centre.

In November 2016, the Enugu-born artiste released ‘Mad Over You’, and the song immediately won over fans and music critics across the continent and beyond.

‘Mad Over You’ charted at number 38 on Billboard Twitter top tracks chart.

In 2015, the 27-year-old singer released his debut album, Ghetto University, and featured artistes like DJ Khaled, Phyno and Wizkid.

Here is the full list of winners at the award ceremony:

Artiste of the Year: Joe Mettle

Vodafone Most Popular Song of the Year: Dobble – Christy

Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year: Stonebwoy

Highlife Artiste of the Year: Kofi Kinaata

Gospel Artiste of the Year: Joe Mettle

Hiplife Song of the Year: Stonebwoy – Go Low

Afro-pop Song of the Year: E.L – Kaabu Ame

Hip-hop Song of the Year: M.anifest – god MC

Best New Act: Fancy Gadam

Record of the year: Adina – Too Late

Best Female Vocalist: Adina

Best Male Vocalist: Joe Mettle

Best Group of the Year: VVIP

Best Music Video of the Year: Okyeame Kwame – Small Small feat. MzVee

Songwriter of the Year: Kofi Kinaata – Confession

Hiplife/Hip pop Artiste of the year: Sarkodie

Best Rapper of the Year: M.anifest

Album of the Year: The Counsellor by Nacee

Unsung Artiste: Kuami Eugene

Highlife Song of the Year: Kofi Kinaata – Confession

Gospel Song of the Year: Nacee – Yewo Nyame A Yewo Adze

Reggae/Dancehall Song of the Year: Stonebwoy – People Dey

Lifetime Achievement Awards: Paapa Yankson

Best Collaboration of the Year: “Alhaji” by VVIP feat. Patoranking

African Artist of the year: Runtown