THE List for public voting in the MTN Ghana Music Awards Festival are out and the general public has been given yet another chance to assist in deciding who wins what come April 10, 2010 at the National Theatre Dome.

The Public Categories consisting of the Artistes, Most Popular Song, Discovery, Hiphop/Hiplife, Hiplife/Hiphop Artistes, Gospel Song, Gospel Artiste, Highlife Song, Highlife Artistes, Afro-Pop Song, Reggae Song, Best Collaboration, Best Rapper and African Artistes of the Year have been released for the general public to vote their favourite.

Voting short code for all these categories is 1763 on MTN and all networks while the voting for Artistes of the Year has been set aside for special consideration as it is the highest award category at the MTN GMA. The voting document can be accessed in the press and on the website www.ghanamusicawards.com as well as other websites.
The short code creates specially for the Artistes of the Year category is 1767 on MTN and any other network To vote all one has to do is to send either A1 4 x 4, A2 Wutah, A3 Ohemaa Mercy, A4 Sarkodie, A5 Becca or A6 Bradez to the short code 1767 to vote and stand the chance of winning exciting prizes simply by voting.

The countdown series that is also expected to tackle all pertinent issues to do with the awards scheme and count the days down to April 10, 2010 have began airing on GTV every Monday at 9:30PM. Viewers are encouraged to keep a date with the show so as to know what is happing in the MTN GMA 2010.

Meanwhile the MTN Ghana Music Awards train stopped at the Twin Cities of Sekondi-Takoradi on Saturday March 6, 2010. The people had more reasons than one to jam; in fact, they had three good reasons to celebrate.

The jam was in celebration if Ghana’s 53rd Independence and the Centenary Birthday celebration of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the illustrious son of the Region who championed the struggle for Ghana’s Independence from Great Britain in 1957. The third reason was that the Nominees of the 11th edition of the MTN GMA were in town to party hard.

The organisers also conducted the Selection Committee votes in Takoradi the same day of the jam. The members of the committee consisting of music industry professionals in the Western and Central Regions converged at the Raybow Hotel to go through the nominees for the awards and voted. Their votes make 35% of the decision of who wins what at the Public Category and 50% at the Industry Categories.

The next Selection Committee Voting is expected to be held in Kumasi by the end of next week. Industry Professionals from Ashanti and Northern Regions will also get the opportunity to vote. The third sitting of the Selection Committee which involves professionals from Gt. Accra, Eastern and Volta will take place subsequently in Accra. All these sittings are in attendance by KPMG Event Statisticians to ensure everything happens as it should be.