List of awards and nominations received by Sarkodie
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Ghanaian rapper and hiplife artist Sarkodie has received 120 awards from 206 nominations, including 30 Ghana Music Awards. Makye, his debut studio album, won him three awards at both the 4syte TV Music Video Awards and Ghana Music Awards. The album also earned him a nomination at the 2010 MTV Africa Music Awards. Rapperholic, his second studio album, earned him accolades at the 2012 editions of the BET Awards, The Headies, Ghana Music Awards, National Youth Achievement Awards, MOBO Awards, and Channel O Music Video Awards.
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Sarkodie performing at an event. | ||
| Award | Wins | Nominations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | 242 | |
| 0 | 2 | |
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1 | 1 |
| 0 | 3 | |
| 2 | 3 | |
| 0 | 1 | |
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1 | 1 |
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20 | 41 |
| 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 3 | |
| 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | 4 | |
|
2 | 2 |
|
2 | 2 |
|
1 | 1 |
|
1 | 1 |
|
3 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | |
|
1 | 1 |
|
1 | 1 |
|
1 | 1 |
|
2 | 3 |
|
1 | 1 |
|
1 | 0 |
|
1 | 0 |
|
1 | 0 |
|
8 | 11 |
|
1 | 0 |
|
1 | 0 |
|
1 | 2 |
|
1 | 0 |
|
14 | 31 |
|
2 | 3 |
|
1 | 0 |
|
1 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | |
| 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | |
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4 | 2 |
| Totals | ||
| Awards won | 120 | |
| Nominations | 204 | |
Sarkodie's collaborative album recorded with Jayso, titled T.M.G, earned him an award at the 2013 4Syte TV Music Video Awards, as well as a nomination at the 2013 Ghana Music Awards. He won Best African Act at the 2013 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. The release of Sarkology in 2014 earned Sarkodie several awards, including four Ghana Music Awards, one MTV Africa Music Award, one Independent Music Award, four 4syte TV Music Video Awards, one Headies Award, and one Ghana Music Honor. He also received a nomination at the 2014 BET Awards and was nominated four times at the 2014 World Music Awards. Sarkodie won Best West African Act at the 2013 Caribbean American and African Nations Music Awards. Moreover, he won Best Rap Act at the 2014 African Muzik Magazine Awards. He was honoured by the organizers of the Afrobeats Music Awards for his outstanding contribution to the growth and development of African music globally. Sarkodie also won two awards for the singles "Love Rocks" and "Enemies". and base on his consistency in Ghana music Sarkodie won artiste of the decade award in the just ended Vodafone Ghana music awards 2019. In November 2020, Sarkodie won his first award at the Ghana DJ Awards for the DJs' Song of The Year category with his 2019 hit, Oofeetsor featuring Prince Bright of Bukbak fame[1]
In October 2019, Sarkodie became the first artist to win the Best International Flow award at BET Hip Hop Awards.[2][3]
Awards and nominations
BET Awards
BET Hip Hop Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Sarkodie | Best International Flow[6] | Won |
MTV Europe Music Award
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Sarkodie | Best Worldwide Act[7] | Nominated |
EMY Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Sarkodie | Best Entertainer[8] | Won |
3 Music Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Sarkodie | Hiplife/Hiphop Act Of The Year | Won |
| Highest | Album Of The Year[9] | Won | |
| Overdose | Best Video | Won | |
| Fancy Gadam and Sarkodie | Best Collaboration | Won | |
| 2020 | Sarkodie | Hiplife/Hiphop Act Of The Year | Won |
| Sarkodie | Music Man Of The Year[10] | Won | |
| Who Da Man | Best Rap Performance | Won | |
| Sarkodie and Efya | Best Collaboration | Won | |
| Sark Nation | Fan Army Of The Year | Won | |
| 2021 | Sarkodie | Performer Of The Year | Won |
| Oofeetso | Hiplife Song Of The Year[11] | Won | |
| Sarkodie | Digital Act Of The Year | Nominated | |
| Sarkodie and King Promise | Best Collaboration | Won | |
| Sarkodie | Artiste Of The Year | Nominated | |
| Oofeetso | Song Of The Year[12] | Nominated | |
| Hiplife/ HipHop Artiste Of The Year | Sarkodie | Nominated | |
| Sarkodie | Rapper Of The Year | Nominated | |
| Black Love | Album Of The Year | Nominated | |
| Sarkodie | Fan Army Of The Year | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Rollies and Cigars | Video of the Year | Won |
| Happy Day ft. Kuami Eugene | Hiplife Song of the Year | Won | |
| Sarkodie | Digital Act of the Year | Nominated | |
| Sarkodie | Artist of the Year | Nominated | |
| Happy Day ft. Kuami Eugene | Best Collaboration of the Year | Nominated | |
| Sark Nation | Fan Army of the Year | Nominated | |
| Happy Day ft. Kuami Eugene | Song of the Year | Nominated | |
| Sarkodie | Hiplife/Hip Hop Act of the Year | Nominated | |
| Rollies and Cigars | Hip-Hop Song of the Year | Nominated | |
| Rollies and Cigars | Rapper of the Year | Nominated | |
| No Pressure | Album of the Year | Nominated | |
| Song of the Year | Happy Day ft. Kuami Eugene | Nominated |
Daf BAMA Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Sarkodie | Best African Act[13] | Won |
International Reggae and World Music Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Black Love Virtual Concert | Best Virtual Showcase/Concert [14] | Won |
Entertainment Achievement Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Black Love Virtual Concert | Event Of The Year[15] | Won |
Ghana Event Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Rapperholic concert | Ghana's Favourite Event[16] | Won |
Ghana Entertainment Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Sarkodie | Hiplife/Rap Act | Won |
| 2018 | Highest | Album Of The Year[17] | Nominated |
| 2018 | Sarkodie | Best Male Act | Won |
| 2018 | Sarkodie | Best Entertainer Of The Year | Nominated |
| 2018 | Sarkodie | Best Collaboration | Nominated |
MTV Africa Music Awards
All Africa Music Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Sarkodie | Best Male Artist Inspirational Music[19] | Won |
YouTube Sub Sahara Africa Creator Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Sarkodie | Top Subscribed Channel Ghana[20] | Won |
Ghana DJ Awards 2020
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Oofetsɔ | DJ Song Of The Year[21] | Won |
Ghana Music Honors
Africa Entertainment Legend Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Sarkodie | African Legend Artist Of The Year[24] | Won |
The Future Africa Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Sarkodie | Prize in Entertainment[25] | Nominated |
Ovation Red Carol & Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Sarkodie | Non-Nigerian artist of the year | Won[26] |
African Entertainment Awards USA
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Sarkodie | Best Hiphop Artist[27] | Won |
HiPipo Music Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Sarkodie | Africa HipHop Maestro[28] | Won |
Ben Tv Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Sarkodie | African Artist Of The Year[29] | Won |
The Headies
Caribbean American and African Nations Music Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Sarkodie | Best West African Act[35] | Won |
National Youth Achievement Award
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Sarkodie | Award for achievement in music[36] | Won |
Afrobeats Music Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Sarkodie | Afrobeats Music Awards - Outstanding Contribution To The Growth & Development Of African Music Globally | Won |
Independent Music Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | "Illuminati" | Rap/Hip-Hop - Song[37] | Won |
Ghana Music Awards UK
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Sarkodie | Best Rapper[38] | Won |
| Artist Of The Year[38] | Nominated | ||
| Mary | Album Of The Year[38] | Nominated | |
| Jupitar and Sarkodie | Best Dancehall Collaboration[38] | Won | |
| 2017 | Sarkodie | Best Rapper[39] | Won |
| Hiplife/Hip Hop Artist Of The Year[39] | Won | ||
| Pain Killer | Best Music Video[39] | Won | |
| RNS | Hiplife Song Of The Year[39] | Won | |
| 2018 | "Light it up" (featuring Jay So) |
Best Rapper of the year[40] | Nominated |
| 2019 | Sarkodie | Best Rapper[41] | Nominated |
| Hiplife Artist Of The Year[41] | Nominated | ||
| Artist Of The Year[41] | Nominated | ||
| Can’t Let You Go | Best Music Video Of The Year[41] | Won | |
| Popular Song Of The Year[41] | Nominated | ||
| Hiplife Song Of The Year[41] | Nominated | ||
| 2022 | Sarkodie | Best Rapper[42] | Won |
| Hiplife/ Hip Hop Artist of the Year[42] | Nominated | ||
| Artist Of The Year[42] | Nominated | ||
| Rollies and Cigars | Best Music Video Of The Year[42] | Nominated | |
| Coachella | Hiplife/ Hip Hop Song of the Year[42] | Nominated |
Ghana Music Awards USA
SoundCity Music Video Awards
Bass Awards
Ghana Music Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sarkodie - Otan | Best Hip Hop Song of the Year | Won |
| 2023 | Sarkodie | Best Collaboration of the Year | Won |
| 2023 | Sarkodie | Best Hiplife/Hiphop Artiste of the Year | Won |
| 2022 | Sarkodie | Best Hiplife/Hip Hop Artiste of the Year | Won |
| 2021 | Happy Day | Best Collaboration[47] | Won |
| 2020 | Lucky | Best International Collaboration[47] | Won |
| Sarkodie | Artiste Of The Year[47] | Nominated | |
| Hip Hop/Hip Life artist of the year[47] | Nominated | ||
| Best Rapper[47] | Nominated | ||
| Oofeetso | Hiplife song of the year[47] | Nominated | |
| Collaboration of the year[47] | Won | ||
| Popular Of The Year[47] | Nominated | ||
| Saara | Highlife song of the year[47] | Nominated | |
| Collaboration of the year[47] | Nominated | ||
| Black Love | Album of the year[47] | Nominated | |
| Bleeding | Hiphop song of the year[47] | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Sarkodie | Artiste Of The Decade[48] | Won |
| Hip Hop/Hip Life artist of the year[48] | Nominated | ||
| Best Rapper[47] | Nominated | ||
| Artist of the year[47] | N/a | ||
| Bibii Ba | Hip hop song of the year[47] | Nominated | |
| Music Video Of The Year[47] | Nominated | ||
| Cant Let You Go | Song of the year[47] | N/a | |
| Hip life song of the year[47] | Nominated | ||
| Best Collaboration of the year[47] | Nominated | ||
| 2018 | Sarkodie | Hip Hop/Hip Life artist of the year[49] | Won |
| Best Rapper[49] | Won | ||
| Artist of the year[49] | Nominated | ||
| Light It Up | Hip hop song of the year[49] | Nominated | |
| Pain Killer | Song of the year[49] | Nominated | |
| Hip life song of the year[49] | Nominated | ||
| Best Collaboration of the year[49] | Nominated | ||
| Glory | Record of the year[49] | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Sarkodie | Hip Hop/Hip Life artist of the year[50] | Won |
| Best Rapper[50] | Nominated | ||
| Artist of the year[50] | Nominated | ||
| Trumpet | Hip hop song of the year[50] | Nominated | |
| RNS | Song of the year[50] | Nominated | |
| Hip life song of the year[50] | Nominated | ||
| 2016 | Sarkodie | Best rapper[51] | Won |
| Hip hop/Hip Life artist of the year[51] | Nominated | ||
| Artist of the year[51] | Nominated | ||
| Hand to mouth | Hip hop song of the year[51] | Won | |
| Bra | Record of the year[51] | Won | |
| Mary | Album of the year[51] | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Sarkodie | Hiplife/Hip pop artist of the year[52] | Won |
| Adonai | Best collaboration of the year[52] | Won | |
| Vodafone song of the year[52] | Won | ||
| 2014 | Sarkodie | Artiste of the Year[53] | Nominated |
| Hiplife/ Hip Hop Artiste of the Year[54] | Won | ||
| Best Rapper of the Year[54] | Won | ||
| "Tonga" (Joey B featuring Sarkodie) |
Vodafone Song of the Year[53] | Nominated | |
| "Down On One" (Sarkodie featuring Fuse ODG) |
Nominated | ||
| Best Collaboration of the Year[53] | Nominated | ||
| Sarkology | Album of the Year[54] | Won | |
| "Illuminati" | Hip hop Song of the Year[54] | Won | |
| 2013 | "Azonto Fiesta" (with Appietus & Kesse) |
Best Collaboration of the Year[55] | Nominated |
| Song Of The Year[55] | Nominated | ||
| Hip Life Song Of The Year[55] | Nominated | ||
| "Pizza and Burger" (with Jayso) |
Hip Hop Song of the Year[55] | Nominated | |
| "Treat Her Royal" (Kesse featuring Sarkodie) |
Highlife Song Of The Year[55] | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Sarkodie | Artist of the Year[56] | Won |
| Hiplife/Hiphop Artist Of The Year[57] | Nominated | ||
| Best Rapper Of The Year[56] | Won | ||
| "U Go Kill Me" (featuring EL) |
Hiplife Song of the Year[57] | Nominated | |
| "Sweetieo" (Raquel featuring Sarkodie) |
Best Collaboration Of The Year[57] | Nominated | |
| "I’m In Love With You" (featuring Efya) |
Nominated | ||
| "U Go Kill Me" (featuring EL) |
Nominated | ||
| Most Popular Song of the Year[56] | Won | ||
| Rapperholic | Album of the Year[57] | Nominated | |
| "I’m In Love With You" (featuring Efya) |
Hip hop Song Of The Year[57] | Nominated | |
| Record of the Year[57] | Nominated | ||
| 2010 | Sarkodie | Ghana Artiste of the Year[58] | Won |
| Ghana Discovery of the Year[58] | Won | ||
| Ghana Hiplife/Hiphop artiste of the Year[58] | Won | ||
| Album of the Year[58] | Won | ||
| Ghana Best Rapper of the Year[36] | Won |
City People Entertainment Awards
MOBO Awards
MOGO Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Mary | Best Album[64] | Won |
Nigeria Entertainment Awards
World Music Awards
African Muzik Magazine Awards
4syte Music Video Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | "Sarkodie"[69] | Overall best | Nominated |
| Most Influential | |||
| "Happy Day"[69] | Best Collaboration | Won | |
| Best Hiplife | Nominated | ||
| Most Popular | Nominated | ||
| Bigtune | Nominated | ||
| Best Male | Nominated | ||
| "Gimme Way" (featuring “Prince Bright”) |
Best Hiphop | Nominated | |
| 2019 | "Sarkodie"[70] | Life Time Achievement | Won |
| "Bibiiba"[70] | Best Hip Hop Video | Won | |
| Best Photography | Nominated | ||
| Best Directed Video | Nominated | ||
| "Can’t Let You Go" (featuring “King Promise”) |
Best Hiplife Video | Nominated | |
| Best Male Video | Won | ||
| Most Influential | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | "Overdose"[71][72] | Overall Best Video | Won |
| Best Photography | Nominated | ||
| Best Hip Hop Video | Nominated | ||
| Best Directed Video | Nominated | ||
| "Come To Me" (featuring “Bobbi Lewis”) |
Best Collaboration Video | Won | |
| Best Male Video | Nominated | ||
| Best Edited Video | |||
| "Pain Killer" (featuring “Runtown”) |
Most Popular Video | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Special Someone"[73][74] | Best Collaboration Video | Won |
| 2014 | Adonai"[75][76] | Best Hip Life Video | Won |
| Most Influential Artist | |||
| 2013 | "Illuminati"[77][78] | Best Directed Video | Won |
| Most Popular Video | |||
| Best Hip Hop Video | |||
| Overall Best Video/ Most Influential Artiste | |||
| Best Male Video | Nominated | ||
| Best Photography | |||
| Best Edited Video | |||
| "I'm In Luv With Ur Girlfriend" (Jayso featuring Efya and Sarkodie)[79] |
Best Collaboration Video | ||
| Best Story Line Video | Won | ||
| "Hallelujah" (featuring Viviane Chidid) |
Best Collaboration Video | N/a | |
| 2012 | "Saa Okodie No" (featuring Obrafour) |
Best Hip Life Video | Won |
| Best Directed Video | Nominated | ||
| Best Collaboration Video | Nominated | ||
| Best African Act Video | Nominated | ||
| Overall Best Video | Nominated | ||
| "U Go Kill Me" (featuring E.L) |
Best Choreography Video | Nominated | |
| "Bebree" (Herty Borngreat featuring Sarkodie) |
Best Gospel Video | Nominated | |
| 2011 | "Lay Away" (featuring Sway and Jayso) |
Best Hip Hop Video[80] | Won |
| Best Editing[80] | Won | ||
| Best Directed Video[81] | Nominated | ||
| "Ajiee" (R2Bees, Sarkodie and Nana Boroo) |
Best Collaboration Video[80] | Won | |
| "Sue" | Best Hip Life Video (Stay J featuring Sarkodie and Dr. Cryme)[81] |
Nominated | |
| "Ambulance" (Wutah Kobby featuring Sarkodie) |
Best Special Effects[81] | Nominated | |
| 2010 | "Borga" (featuring Jay Town) |
Best Editing | Won |
| Best Hip Life Video | Nominated | ||
| Best Collaboration Video | Nominated | ||
| "Babe" (Sarkodie featuring Mugeez) |
Best Photography | Won |