Numerous stakeholders, including the general public, expressed dissatisfaction and criticism of the TGMA nominee lists upon their release for the 2025 awards night, pointing out discrepancies in certain song categories. The most well-liked of these was King Puluta’s song “Makoma,” which fell short of the year’s most popular song of the year threshold and other categories. Some celebrities commented on the issue in response to the public’s worry, accusing the awards program of being unfair and erratic. In response to public concerns, Charter House has acknowledged via their public relations that King Pulata’s team has written to them to request an explanation for the song’s exclusion from that category and other nominations.
On United Show Biz on Saturday, 29th March hosted by the regular host Empress Gifty, clarification was sought from both TGMA and King Pulata’s team on the subject. King Paluta’s interim PR Robert (MC Portfolio) stated that Charter House has responded to their petition and has made it clear to them why the Mokoma hit song was not nominated and he also clarified that Makoma was not a profane song. Mr. Robert stated that from the response from Charter House “more than one song from the same artist will not be considered in the same category; again, Makoma is not considered as Hiplife by the board. He further stated that the only category that charter house will consider for more than one song nomination from the same artist are 1. best video 2. best collaboration and 3. International collaboration.
Among other panalists on the show, Arnold said, “It will be fair and prudent for Chatter House to inform stakeholders of changes that will be made instead of waiting for the mistakes to be made before responding and doing damage control.” With Arnold Asamoah citing that this is not the first time such an incidence where a popular song was not nominated. He referenced that in 2016, Bisa Kdei was ticked to win the artist of the year but EL beat him to it.
He stated that Bisa Kdei’s Brother Brother song was not nominated; only Mansa was nominated and it was speculated that the song was considered and perceived as a profane song. He also mentioned that it was after the nomination that George Quaye who was the PR then came to explain the reason for not nominating the song Brother Brother was because the nomination of two songs from the same artist in one category could result in potential vote splitting which he explained in an interview he had with Happy FM then. Arnold also mentioned that the board has disrupted the music industry and have also not been fair to artists for not nominating artists that have worked hard for their success. Highlighting that artist’s primary duty is to produce hit songs.
Halifax Ansah Addo also stated that “We don’t change the rule of the game in the middle of the game and that such a change underscores the natural law of justice.” He also demanded that the charterhouse board should inform stakeholders ahead of time and in flash forward manner. He further went ahead and made a practical example that if an artist has three songs scoring 10, 9.5 and 8 and among other songs has 6, 5, and 4, and if only one song among the artist who had three songs with the highest scores is selected leaving the other two is unfair and discourages hard work.
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