Organizers of the Happy Man Bitters – Upper East Music Awards have released categories for their 2022 edition.
The 30 different categories include Blogger of the Year, Digital Act of the Year, Reggae/Dancehall Song, and artiste of the year among other categories.
HMB-UEMA 2022
1. GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR
2. TRADITIONAL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
3. BEST DJ OF THE YEAR
4. RECORD OF THE YEAR
5. INDUSTRY PERSON OF THE YEAR
6. BEST VIDEO OF THE YEAR
7. HIP HOP SONG OF THE YEAR
8. MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
9. FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
10. BEST GROUP OF THE YEAR
11. ALBUM OF THE YEAR
12. BEST COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
13. BLOGGER OF THE YEAR
14. SOUND ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
15. FAN ARMY OF THE YEAR
16. BEST RAP PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
17. HMB-MOST POPULAR SONG OF THE YEAR
18. REGGAE/DANCEHALL SONG OF THE YEAR
19. BEST NEW ACT OF THE YEAR
20. REGGAE/DANCEHALL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
21. OVERALL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
22. AFROBEATS /AFROPOP SONG OF THE YEAR
23. DIGITAL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
24. TRADITIONAL SONG OF THE YEAR
25. TRADITIONAL STRING ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
26. GOSPEL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
27. HIP HOP ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
28. NORTHERN ACT OF THE YEAR
29. SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR
30. BEST VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
HMB-UEMA 2022 ACTIVITIES
JULY
– HMB UEMA Seminar
AUGUST
– Category Release
– Brand exposure and Marketing
– Unveiling of a newly improved plaque
– Media tour
SEPTEMBER
– Opening of Nominations online ( 1st to 30th Sept.) on our official website www.uppereastmusicawards.org
– Note: Year under review (September 2021 to August 2022)
OCTOBER
– Launch alongside with Nominees announcement
NOVEMBER
– Nominee Jams
– Voting commerce ( 1st November to 29th December ) due to World Cup interference
DECEMBER
– Awards night (30th December 2022)
JANUARY 2023
– A thank you to sponsors (First week of January )
– Radio tour with available winners (Third and fourth week of January 2023)
