Most Awarded Artist in Ghana- Sarkodie
Sarkodie, the Ghanaian rapper and hip life artist is the most awarded artist in Ghana. He has received 94 awards out of 174 nominations.
Sarkodie was born on 10th July 1988 (making him 32 years old) at Tema. He attended Tema Methodist Day Senior High School and after went to IPMC, where he studied and earned a degree in graphic design.
The award winning artist started his music career as an underground rapper, taking part in several rap competitions such the Adom FM rap competition Kasahare level.
That is when he met his onetime manager- Duncan Williams of Duncwills Entertainment. He met other top musicians and his career took off from there.
Sarkodie owns the “Sark” by Yas Clothing line. The clothing line is made up of accessories for men, women and children.
He was disclosed officially as the brand ambassador for Samsung Electronics in 2012. He also signed an endorsement deal with FanMilk Ghana in 2013.
Sark is partnership with Tigo Telecommunications Ghana, who sponsored his Rapperholic tour in 2013. He was assigned the ambassadorial portfolio for the Year of Return Campaign.
Sarkodie is happily married to Tracy and they have two kids; a daughter- Adalyn Owusu Addo and a son- Michael Nana Yaw Owusu Addo Jnr. named after his father.
Now, find in the table below, the awards and nominations of Sarkodie.
Sarkodie Awards and Nominations
| Year | Nominee / work | Organizers | Award | Result | |
| 2012 | Sarkodie | BET Awards | Best International Act: Africa | Won | |
| 2014 | Nominated | ||||
| 2015 | Nominated | ||||
| 2019 | Sarkodie | BET Hip Hop Awards | Best International Flow | Won | |
| 2012 | Sarkodie | MTV Europe Music Awards | Best Worldwide | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Sarkodie | EMY Awards | Best Entertainer | Won | |
| 2018 | Sarkodie | 3 Music Awards | Hiplife/Hiphop Act Of The Year | Won | |
| 2018 | Highest | 3 Music Awards | Album Of The Year | Won | |
| 2018 | Overdose | 3 Music Awards | Best Video | Won | |
| 2018 | Fancy Gadam and Sarkodie | 3 Music Awards | Best Collaboration | Won | |
| 2020 | Sarkodie | 3 Music Awards | Hiplife/Hiphop Act Of The Year | Won | |
| 2020 | Sarkodie | 3 Music Awards | Music Man Of The Year | Won | |
| 2020 | Who Da Man | 3 Music Awards | Best Rap Performance | Won | |
| 2020 | Sarkodie and Efya | 3 Music Awards | Best Collaboration | Won | |
| 2020 | Sark Nation | 3 Music Awards | Fan Army Of The Year | Won | |
| 2017 | Sarkodie | Daf BAMA Awards | Best African Act | Won | |
| 2017 | Rapperholic concert | Ghana Event Awards | Ghana’s Favourite Event | Won | |
| 2018 | Sarkodie | Ghana Entertainment Awards | Hiplife/Rap Act | Won | |
| 2018 | Highest | Ghana Entertainment Awards | Album Of The Year | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Sarkodie | Ghana Entertainment Awards | Best Male Act | Won | |
| 2018 | Sarkodie | Ghana Entertainment Awards | Best Entertainer Of The Year | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Sarkodie | Ghana Entertainment Awards | Best Collaboration | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Sarkodie | MTV Africa Music Awards | Best Anglophone | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Sarkodie | MTV Africa Music Awards | Best Hip Hop | Won | |
| 2015 | Sarkodie | MTV Africa Music Awards | Best Male | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Sarkodie | All Africa Music Awards | Best Male Artist Inspirational Music | Won | |
| 2016 | Sarkodie | YouTube Sub Sahara Africa Creator Awards | Top Subscribed Channel Ghana | Won | |
| 2015 | Sarkodie | Ghana Music Honors | Artist Of The Year | Won | |
| 2017 | Sarkodie | Ghana Music Honors | Best Male Artist Honour | Won | |
| 2016 | Sarkodie | Africa Entertainment Legend Awards | African Legend Artist Of The Year | Won | |
| 2014 | Sarkodie | The Future Africa Awards | Prize in Entertainment | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Sarkodie | Ovation Red Carol & AwardS | Non-Nigerian artist of the year | Won | |
| 2019 | Sarkodie | African Entertainment Awards USA | Best Hiphop Artist | Won | |
| 2019 | Sarkodie | HiPipo Music Awards | Africa HipHop Maestro | Won | |
| 2014 | Sarkodie | Ben Tv Awards | African Artist Of The Year | Won | |
| 2013 | Sarkodie |
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Best African Artiste | N/A | |
| 2012 | African Artist of the Year | Won | |||
| 2014 | Won | ||||
| 2015 | Won | ||||
| 2016 | Best African Artiste | N/A | |||
| 2013 | Sarkodie | Caribbean American and African Nations Music Awards | Best West African Act | Won | |
| 2012 | Sarkodie | National Youth Achievement Award | Award for achievement in music | Won | |
| 2015 | Sarkodie | Afrobeats Music Awards | Afrobeats Music Awards – Outstanding Contribution To The Growth & Development Of African Music Globally | Won | |
| 2014 | “Illuminati” | Independent Music Awards | Rap/Hip-Hop – Song | Won | |
| 2016 | Sarkodie | Ghana Music Awards UK | Best Rapper
Artist Of The Year |
Won
Nominated |
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| Mary | Album Of The Year | Nominated | |||
| Jupitar and Sarkodie | Best Dancehall Collaboration | Won | |||
| 2017 | Sarkodie | Best Rapper | Won | ||
| Pain Killer | Hiplife/Hip Hop Artist Of The Year | Won | |||
| RNS | Best Music Video | Won | |||
| 2018 | “Light it up” (featuring Jay So) |
Hiplife Song Of The Year | Won | ||
| Best Rapper of the year | Nominated | ||||
| 2019 | Sarkodie | Best Rapper | Nominated | ||
| Hiplife Artist Of The Year | Nominated | ||||
| Artist Of The Year | Nominated | ||||
| Can’t Let You Go | Best Music Video Of The Year | Nominated | |||
| Popular Song Of The Year | Won | ||||
| Hiplife Song Of The Year | Nominated | ||||
| 2018 | Sarkodie | SoundCity Music Video Awards | Best Hiphop | Nominated | |
| African Artist Of The Year | Nominated | ||||
| Best Male MVP | Nominated | ||||
| Pain Killer | Best Collaboration | Won | |||
| 2010 | Lay Away | Best Collaboration In A Music Video | Won | ||
| 2015 | Sarkodie and Samini | Bass Awards | Best Reggae Collaboration | Won | |
| Jupitar and Sarkodie | Best Dancehall Collaboration | Won | |||
| 2020 | Lucky | Ghana Music Awards | Best International Collaboration | Won | |
| Sarkodie | Artiste Of The Year | Nominated | |||
| Hip Hop/Hip Life artist of the year | Nominated | ||||
| Best Rapper | Nominated | ||||
| Oofeetso | Hiplife song of the year | Nominated | |||
| Collaboration of the year | Won | ||||
| Popular Of The Year | Nominated | ||||
| Saara | Highlife song of the year | Nominated | |||
| Collaboration of the year | Nominated | ||||
| Black Love | Album of the year | Nominated | |||
| Bleeding | Hiphop song of the year | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | Sarkodie | Artiste Of The Decade | Won | ||
| Hip Hop/Hip Life artist of the year | Nominated | ||||
| Best Rapper | Nominated | ||||
| Artist of the year | N/A | ||||
| Bibii Ba | Hip hop song of the year | Nominated | |||
| Music Video Of The Year | Nominated | ||||
| Cant Let You Go | Song of the year | N/A | |||
| Hip life song of the year | Nominated | ||||
| Best Collaboration of the year | Nominated | ||||
| 2018 | Sarkodie | Hip Hop/Hip Life artist of the year | Won | ||
| Best Rapper | Won | ||||
| Artist of the year | Nominated | ||||
| Light It Up | Hip hop song of the year | Nominated | |||
| Pain Killer | Song of the year | Nominated | |||
| Hip life song of the year | Nominated | ||||
| Best Collaboration of the year | Nominated | ||||
| Glory | Record of the year | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | Hip Hop/Hip Life artist of the year | Won | |||
| Best Rapper | Nominated | ||||
| Artist of the year | Nominated | ||||
| Trumpet | Hip hop song of the year | Nominated | |||
| RNS | Song of the year | Nominated | |||
| Hip life song of the year | Nominated | ||||
| 2016 | Sarkodie | Best rapper | Won | ||
| Hip hop/Hip Life artist of the year | Nominated | ||||
| Artist of the year | Nominated | ||||
| Hand to mouth | Hip hop song of the year | Won | |||
| Bra | Record of the year | Won | |||
| Mary | Album of the year | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Sarkodie | Hiplife/Hip pop artist of the year | Won | ||
| Adonai | Best collaboration of the year | Won | |||
| Vodafone song of the year | Won | ||||
| 2014 | Sarkodie | Artiste of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Hiplife/ Hip Hop Artiste of the Year | Won | ||||
| Best Rapper of the Year | Won | ||||
| “Tonga” (Joey B featuring Sarkodie) |
Vodafone Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| “Down On One” (Sarkodie featuring Fuse ODG) |
Nominated | ||||
| Best Collaboration of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Sarkology | Album of the Year | Won | |||
| “Illuminati” | Hip hop Song of the Year | Won | |||
| 2013 | “Azonto Fiesta” (with Appietus & Kesse) |
Best Collaboration of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Song Of The Year | Nominated | ||||
| Hip Life Song Of The Year | Nominated | ||||
| “Pizza and Burger” (with Jayso) |
Hip Hop Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| “Treat Her Royal” (Kesse featuring Sarkodie) |
Highlife Song Of The Year | Nominated | |||
| 2012 | Sarkodie | Artist of the Year | Won | ||
| Hiplife/Hiphop Artist Of The Year | Nominated | ||||
| Best Rapper Of The Year | Won | ||||
| “U Go Kill Me” (featuring EL) |
Hiplife Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| “Sweetieo” (Raquel featuring Sarkodie) |
Best Collaboration Of The Year | Nominated | |||
| “I’m In Love With You” (featuring Efya) |
Nominated | ||||
| “U Go Kill Me” (featuring EL) |
Nominated | ||||
| Most Popular Song of the Year | Won | ||||
| Rapperholic | Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
| “I’m In Love With You” (featuring Efya) |
Hip hop Song Of The Year | Nominated | |||
| Record of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| 2010 | Sarkodie | Ghana Artiste of the Year | Won | ||
| Ghana Discovery of the Year | Won | ||||
| Ghana Hiplife/Hiphop artiste of the Year | Won | ||||
| Album of the Year | Won | ||||
| Ghana Best Rapper of the Year | Won | ||||
| 2014 | Sarkodie | City People Entertainment Awards | Musician of the Year (Male) | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Nominated | ||||
| 2012 | Sarkodie
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MOBO Awards | Best African Act | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Best African Act | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | Mary | MOGO Awards | Best Album | Won | |
| 2012 | Sarkodie | Nigeria Entertainment Awards | Pan African Artist or Group of the Year | N/A | |
| 2013 | Western African Artist or Group of the Year | ||||
| 2014 | African Artist of the Year (Non-Nigerian) | N/A | |||
| 2015 | Sarkodie | African Artist of the Year (Non-Nigerian) | N/A | ||
| 2018 | Sarkodie | Best African Male Artist (Non-Nigerian) | N/A | ||
| 2014 | Sarkodie | World Music Awards | World’s Best Male Artist | Nominated | |
| World’s Best Live Act | Nominated | ||||
| World’s Best Entertainer | Nominated | ||||
| Sarkology | World’s Best Album | Nominated | |||
| 2014 | Sarkodie | African Muzik Magazine Awards | Best Male West Africa | Nominated | |
| Best Rap Act | Won | ||||
| 2017 | Sarkodie | Best Rap Act | Won | ||
| 2019 | Sarkodie | 4syte Music Video Awards | Life Time Achievement | Won | |
| “Bibiiba” | 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” | 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” | Best Collaboration Video | Won | ||
| 2014 | Adonai” | Best Hip Life Video | Won | ||
| Most Influential Artist | |||||
| 2013 | “Illuminati” | 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) |
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 | Won | ||
| Best Editing | Won | ||||
| Best Directed Video | Nominated | ||||
| “Ajiee” (R2Bees, Sarkodie and Nana Boroo) |
Best Collaboration Video | Won | |||
| “Sue” | Best Hip Life Video (Stay J featuring Sarkodie and Dr. Cryme) |
Nominated | |||
| “Ambulance” (Wutah Kobby featuring Sarkodie) |
Best Special Effects | 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 | |||
| 2016 | Sarkodie | Ghana Kids Choice Awards | Best Rapper | Won | |
| 2012 | “Saa Okodie No” (featuring Obrafour) |
Channel O Music Video Awards | Most Gifted West African Video of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2014 | “Illuminati” | Most Gifted Male | Nominated | ||
| Most Gifted Video of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| 2020 | Ambassadorial | UN prank Global Leadership Service To Humanity dudui Award | Golden Cocktail Shaker | N/A | |
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