Kidi Wins VGMA 2022 'Artiste Of The Year'

The "Golden Boy" Kidi, real name Dennis Nana Dwamena, has been crowned the 2022 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards’ Artiste of the Year.

The 23rd edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) held at the Accra International Conference Center on Saturday, May 7, 2022 saw electrifying performances from various artistes like Mr. Drew, Joe Mettle ft Neilla, Ohemaa Mercy and MOG, Camidoh, Black Sheriff and the multi-talented undisputed champion of this year's awards, Kidi, among others.

Kidi also won the Vodafone Most Popular Song of the Year.

Credentials

KiDi's released his "The Golden Boy" album that has made massive waves all over the world and social media platforms like TikTok.

By close of the year 2021, the "Touch It" hit maker's masterpiece had amassed over 30 million streams on Spotify making it the most-streamed album by a Ghanaian of all-time on Spotify.

Kidi treated his fans and all music lovers to great tracks like his hit singles "Touch It', "Send Me Nudes", "Mon Bebe", "Spiritual" and "So Fine", "Like A Rockstar" with all the songs making great strides on music charts in Ghana and on the globe. 

The artiste's songs transcended the borders and charted in 51 countries on Spotify and 49 countries on Apple Music.

Five months after the release of Touch It, the tune became the most streamed Ghanaian song ever on Spotify! 14 million views were reached on YouTube within that 5 months.

In December 2021, TikTok related videos of Kidi's song were close to 300 million.

Indeed hard work pays and it has really paid well for Kidi in this year's VGMA!

Congratulations to the "Golden Boy"!!!