Sonnie Badu In Trouble!

UK-based Ghanaian gospel artiste, Sonnie
Badu, is on the verge of having his song,
‘Wonder God’ being scrapped from the
Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
Sonnie Badu’s song ‘Wonder God’ was
nominated for ‘Gospel Song of the Year’, and
‘Best Male Vocalist of the Year’ for Sonny’s
vocal delivery on the song. Investigations reveal
that the song was officially released online on
6th November 2012 and the video of the song
was subsequently uploaded on YouTube on
11th October 2012.
The official dates under review for the
Vodafone Ghana Music Awards is 1st January
2013 to 31st December 2013 – which means,
‘Wonder God’ does not qualify. The VGMA
Board is expected to meet and deliberate on
this evidence and is supposed to act on it as
soon as possible.
In other bizarre news, Sonnie, who is said to
have cast a slur on Ghanaian gospel music and
its purveyors a couple of years ago; is being
accused of maligning the importance of the
VGMAs in connection with the local-based
gospel artistes.
After attaining six nominations, including one in
the topmost ‘Artiste of the Year’ category,
Sonnie has been accused of vilifying Ghanaian
gospel artistes and their involvement in the
VGMAs in a recently-granted interview on
Rainbow 87.5FM.
Sonnie Badu was said to have stated some
weeks ago on the ‘Gh. Entertainment’ Show
that the Ghana Music Awards is only meant for
local artistes and since he’s an international
artiste, he does not see himself as being part
of the Awards.
When Sonnie Badu was contacted, he rebutted
such claims being attributed to him. “I would
not like to be misquoted again. It was a phone
conversation on Rainbow Radio where the host
asked me why I have not got any nominations
thus far in the VGMAs, and I jokingly responded
that , maybe, my not being nominated was due
to the fact that I don’t reside in Ghana. It’s a
joke I shared,” he explained.
Commenting on the news of his first-time
nominations, Sonnie said he was informed by
his manager and deemed it a great honour to
be part of the Awards. “It’s always a great
feeling when your works are recognized
anywhere in the world, so all glory goes to
God,” he articulated.
Sonnie Badu becomes only the third gospel
artiste in 14 years to make an appearance in
the category for the topmost prize of the
Awards after the likes of Kwaku Gyasi and No
Tribe made appearances but failed to win.
“Being the only gospel artiste in the ‘Artiste of
the Year’ category is such a great honour. It
feels like I am representing my fellow brothers
and sisters so it’s Team Gospel against the rest
and once again, glory goes to God.”
Sonnie said that, even in the said interview, he
tipped fellow gospel artiste Cwesi Oteng to
annex some awards this year. “I am a big fan
of Cwesi Oteng’s songwriting ability and his
musical skills, plus he is a great friend so when
the host asked who I wanted to win, I
mentioned Cwesi Oteng,” he elucidated.
Source: Afrovibez.com