{"id":2891,"date":"2017-10-31T12:11:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T12:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=2891"},"modified":"2017-10-31T12:11:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T12:11:41","slug":"shatta-wale-grabs-best-dancehall-artiste-african-entertainment-awards-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/shatta-wale-grabs-best-dancehall-artiste-african-entertainment-awards-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Shatta Wale Grabs Best Dancehall Artiste At African Entertainment Awards USA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ghanaian Dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr. best known in showbiz as Shatta Wale has won the Best Dancehall Artiste at the 3rd Edition of African Entertainment Awards, USA (AEAUSA) held on Saturday, October 21.<\/p>\n

The event which was held at Elizabeth, New Jersey also saw Ghanaian-American comedian, dancer, musician, and producer, Clifford Owusu adjudged Best Comedian.<\/p>\n

His videos have been featured on Good Morning America, BET and BuzzFeed.<\/p>\n

Shatta took to social media to thank God and all his fans for making this award possible by postin a picture of the award on his Instagram page and captioned it “Thank You God. Thanks to my fans”<\/p>\n

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The African Entertainment Awards, also known as AEA is as an annual award show that recognizes individuals who have positively impacted the African Canadian entertainment industry. The theme for thgis year’s award was ‘Rebranding Africa Through Entertainment’.<\/p>\n

It is also aimed at showcasing rich African-Canadian culture, arts and entertainment. This luxurious event features a red carpet gala reception, live entertainment, comedy and an awards ceremony graced by elite guests, celebrities, performing artists and business professionals.<\/p>\n

The AE Awards \u201ccelebrates cutting edge developments and forward thinkers shaping the future of African entertainment industry. Thereby honoring, innovations, entrepreneurship and brand development.\u201d<\/p>\n

Below is the list of 2017 Winners;<\/p>\n

BEST DANCE HALL ARTIST \u2013 Shatta Wale<\/p>\n

BEST COMEDIAN \u2013 Clifford Owusu<\/p>\n

BEST MALE SINGLE \u2013 Mr. Leo<\/p>\n

BEST FEMALE SINGLE \u2013 Nsoki<\/p>\n

BEST FEMALE ARTIST \u2013 Yemi Alade<\/p>\n

BEST MALE ARTIST \u2013 Nelson Freitas<\/p>\n

BEST VIDEO \u2013 Akothee<\/p>\n

HOTTEST GROUP \u2013 Navy Kenzo<\/p>\n

BEST MALE PALOP ARTIST \u2013 Nelson Freitas<\/p>\n

BEST FEMALE PALOP ARTIST \u2013 Nsoki<\/p>\n

BEST NEW ARTIST \u2013 Nsoki<\/p>\n

BEST COLLABORATION \u2013 Nelson Freitas ft. Richie Cambell<\/p>\n

BEST CARIBBEAN ARTIST \u2013 Gyptian<\/p>\n

BEST HIP HOP ARTIST \u2013 Cassper Nyovest<\/p>\n

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST \u2013 Yemi Alade<\/p>\n

BEST FRANCOPHONE ARTIST \u2013 Dub Afrika and Dj Fays<\/p>\n

BEST DANCER\/GROUP \u2013 Triplets Ghetto Kid<\/p>\n

BEST GOSPEL ARTIST\/GROUP \u2013 Zimpraise<\/p>\n

BEST UPCOMING TALENT \u2013 Adiona Maboreke Chidzonga<\/p>\n

COMMUNITY AWARD \u2013 Butterfly Walkerinc<\/p>\n

BEST DJ \u2013 DJ Spinal<\/p>\n

BEST PROMOTER \u2013 Karina Barbosa<\/p>\n

BEST BLOGGER \u2013 Platina Line<\/p>\n

PEOPLE\u2019S CHOICE AWARD \u2013 Alikiba<\/p>\n

BEST AWARD SHOW \u2013 Cape Verde Music Award<\/p>\n

BEST PRODUCER\/DIRECTOR \u2013 Gilyto Semedo<\/p>\n

MANAGER OF THE YEAR \u2013 Kavuma Dauda<\/p>\n

ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR \u2013 Jestina George<\/p>\n

BEST TV\/RADIO \u2013 Zap TV<\/p>\n

HOST OF THE YEAR \u2013 Bonang Matheba<\/p>\n

BEST PALOP RADIO STATION \u2013 Radio CVMA<\/p>\n

MODEL OF THE YEAR \u2013 Maria Borges<\/p>\n

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR \u2013 Kibonen Nfi<\/p>\n

TAMIN AWARD OF HONOR \u2013 HIGH CHIEF CHARLES UGO EKE<\/p>\n

HUMANITARIAN AWARD \u2013 Nelson Aluya<\/p>\n

AWARD OF APPRECIATION \u2013 REV DERRICK L. GREEN<\/p>\n

MAYOR OF THE YEAR \u2013 RAS J BARAKA<\/p>\n

QUEEN OF PALOP \u2013 NSOKI<\/p>\n

MAMA AFRICA THE QUEEN OF AFROBEATS- YEMI ALADE<\/p>\n

AWARD OF ACHIVEMENT \u2013 GYPTIAN<\/p>\n

LIFE TIME ACHIEVMENT AWARD \u2013 Sierra Leon\u2019s Refugee All Stars<\/p>\n

TAMIN COMMUNITY AWARD \u2013 Lady IRA<\/p>\n

BEST ALBUM \u2013 Yemi Alade<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ghanaian Dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr. best known in showbiz as Shatta Wale has won the Best Dancehall Artiste at the 3rd Edition of African Entertainment Awards, USA (AEAUSA) held on Saturday, October 21. The event which was held at Elizabeth, New Jersey also saw Ghanaian-American comedian, dancer, musician, and producer, Clifford Owusu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6036,"featured_media":2179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[464],"class_list":["post-2891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-shatta-wale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6036"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2891"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2917,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891\/revisions\/2917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}