It will be a battle of the biggest fan base in Ghanaian music industry when the 3 Music Awards is held later this year.

The nominees for the 2018 3Music Awards, were officially announced in Accra on Friday January 26,2018.

The one of a kind music awards with a focus on awarding the outstanding music and personalities, 3Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony dedicated to celebrating achievements in Hip life/Hip-hop, Highlife, Afrobeats, Reggae/Dancehall, Gospel, Best use of social media and the best talent fanship in Ghana.

In a special category, Fans of top Ghanaian musicians including Bhim Natives, Eliens, M.anifans, Sark Nation, High Grade Family, SM Family, Gadam Nation will compete with each other to win best Fan Army of the year.

Full nominations of 3MUSIC AWARDS 2018 below;

MALE ACT OF THE YEAR
1 Shatta Wale
2 Stonebwoy
3 Sarkodie
4 Kidi
5 Fancy Gadam
6Joe Mettle
7Kuami Eugene

FEMALE ACT OF THE YEAR
1 Ebony Reigns
2 Becca
3 Joyce Blessing
4 Adina
5 MzVee
6 Sista Afia
GROUP OF THE YEAR
1 VVIP
2 Wutah
3 Galaxy
4 R2Bees
5 Keche

BREAKOUT ACT OF THE YEAR
1 KiDi
2 Patapaa
3 King Promise
4 Kuami Eugene
5Kurl Songx
6 Maccassio

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
1 Highest by Sarkodie
2 Enko Den – Daddy Lumba
3 DaaVee by MzVee
4 Medikal – Disturbation
5Unveiling – Becca
6The Mujahid – Fancy Gadam

SONG OF THE YEAR
1 Ayoo – Shatta Wale
2 My name – Stonebwoy
3 Sponsor – Ebony
4 Pain Killer – Sarkodie feat. Runtown
5 Total Cheat – Fancy Gadam feat. Sarkodie
6 Bo no ni – Joe Mettle feat Luigi McClean
7 Angela – Kuame Eugene
8 Odo – Kidi
9 Oh yeah – King Promise
10 Confessions – Kofi Kinaata

VIRAL SONG OF THE YEAR
1 One Corner by Patapaa
2 Taking Over by Shatta Wale feat SM Militants
3Confessions – Kofi Kinaata
4Ladder – Lil Win
5 Bronya – Wutah

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
1 Overdose by Sarkodie feat. Jesse Jagz
2 Be my Woman – Manifest feat Mi Casa
3 Sunshine by Joey B
4 Dream – Kumi Guitar
5 Respek – Captain Planet
6 Makoma – Pappy Kojo
7Kojo Cue, Lil Shaker – Pen & Paper

REGGAE/DANCEHALL ACT OF THE YEAR
1 Stonebwoy
2 Ras Kuuku
3 Samini
4 Ebony Reigns
5Shatta Wale

HIPLIFE/HIP-HOP ACT OF THE YEAR
1 Sarkodie
2 E.L
3 Guru
4 Medikal
5 M.anifest
6Yaa Pono
7Flowking stone

HIGHLIFE ACT OF THE YEAR
1 Lil Win
2 Nana Yaa
3 Kumi Guitar
4 Wutah
5Daddy Lumba
6Becca

GOSPEL ACT OF THE YEAR
1 Piesie Esther
2 Patience Nyarko
3 Joyce Blessing
4 Joe Mettle

BEST COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
1 Taking Over by Shatta Wale feat. Captan, Addi Self & Joint 77 (SM Militants)
2 Pain Killer by Sarkodie feat. Runtown
3 My Baby by Magnom feat. Joey B
4 Total Cheat by Fancy Gadam feat. Sarkodie
5Bo Noo Ni (No One Else) by Joe Mettle feat. Luigi Maclean
6Jennifer Lomotey – Kurl Songx feat Sarkodie

Tonight – R2bees feat Wizkid

DJ OF THE YEAR
1 DJ Slim
2 DJ Andy Dosty
3 DJ Vyrusky
4 Vision DJ
5 DJ Mic Smith
6DJ Wobete
7DJ Kaxtro

FAN ARMY OF THE YEAR
1 Bhim Nation
2 Eliens
3 M.anifans
4 Sark Nation
5 Gadam Nation
6High Grade Family
7SM Family

BEST SOCIAL MEDIA AWARDS

BEST TWITSTAR
1 Reggie Rockstone
2 Wanlov
3 Shatta Wale
4Sarkodie
5Sister Derby

6Manifest

7Stonebwoy

MOST EVENTFUL SNAPCHAT CHANNEL
1 Becca
2 D-Black
3 Medikal
4 KiDi
5 Stonebwoy
6Shatta Wale
7Shatta Michy

FACEBOOK STAR OF THE YEAR
1 Criss Waddle
2 Stonebwoy
3Sarkodie
Herty Borngreat
5M.anifest
6Shatta Wale

7Maccasio

INSTAGRAM STAR OF THE YEAR
1 Joe Mettle
2 Sarkodie
3 Becca
4 Stonebwoy
5 Reggie Rockstone
6 MzVee
7Sister Debbie

BEST GHANAIAN INTERNATIONAL ACT
1 Big Shaq (U.K)
2 Stormzy (U.K)
3FUSE ODG
4Reggie n Bollie

5Juls

6Kojo Funds

AFRICAN ACT OF THE YEAR
1 Mr Eazi (Nigeria)
2 Toofan (Togo)
3 Davido (Nigeria)
4Teckno
5Mayorkun

6Runtown

7Wizkid

The topmost award, which is the Song of the Year, will not only go to the artiste/group whose voices are heard on the song but will also recognize the songwriter, producer, sound engineer and or mixer as well.