3Music Awards 2020: Sarkodie leads with 13 nominations, Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy follow closely

The nominations for the 3rd edition of the 3Music Awards were announced on January 30, 2020. Leading the nomination for this year's edition is rapper Sarkodie. Sarkodie was nominated under the award scheme's biggest category 'Song of the Year' with 'Saara' which features songstress Efya. Sarkodie was nominated twice in the Hip-hop Song of the Year with Bleeding and Biibi Ba. 'Saara' featuring Efya alone earned him three nominations while 'Biibi Ba' gathered two. Dancehall artistes Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy followed closely with 10 nominations each. The two were nominated side-by-side in about five categories including Reggae/Dancehall Act of the Year, Reggae/Dancehall Song of the Year, Best Performer of the Year, Male Act of the Year and the biggest award on the night Song of the Year. His song 'Ayekoo' in which he professes his love for his girlfriend, Fella Makafui, is up for the Song of the Year category. His song 'Noboby' featuring Mr Eazi off his LFNKII album earned him three nominations. He was also nominated twice for the Afrobeat/Afropop Song of the Year award with Nobody and African Girl featuring Shatta Wale. Wendy Shay followed with six nominations including Female Act of the Year, Digital Act of the Year, Album of the Year and the Song of the Year award. Her song Stevie Wonder which stayed on many chart shows for weeks earned her the most nominations. Singer Cina Soul has for the first time been nominated in some of the award scheme's big categories including Highlife Song of the Year and Video of the Year. It was nominated for both Song of the Year and the Highlife Song of the Year. Other acts nominated include Lynx Entertainment signees KiDi and Kuami Eugene who are going head to head for the Highlife Song of the Year and the Highlife Act of the Year award. KiDi's debut album 'Sugar' is also in the running for the Album of the Year award. #Source #SummarisedVersion