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Daddy Lumba’s multiple awards strewn music career

A journey through the legendary highlife musician’s award-winning legacy

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July 27, 2025
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Throughout a trailblazing career that spans more than four decades, Ghanaian highlife icon Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba, won an enviable number of awards that cemented his legacy as one of Africa’s most decorated musicians.

From local stages to international recognition, Lumba’s musical brilliance has been acknowledged repeatedly by industry peers, award bodies, and successive Ghanaian governments.

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With a style that combined lyrical depth, genre innovation, and vocal excellence, Daddy Lumba built a musical legacy filled with chart-topping hits and a trophy cabinet to match.

His contributions to highlife, gospel, hiplife, reggae, Afro-pop, and contemporary Ghanaian music earned him awards for both creative excellence and lifetime achievement.

The Ghana Music Awards started in 2000 for works done in August 1998-September 1999.

Triple Crown at the 2000 Ghana Music Awards

In 2000, Daddy Lumba made an indelible mark at the Ghana Music Awards, walking away with a hat-trick of prestigious honours:

Artist of the Year

Album of the Year

Most Popular Song of the Year

This triple win captured the essence of Lumba’s dominance in the industry at the close of the millennium and reflected his unparalleled connection with the Ghanaian public.

2003: The reign of contemporary highlife

At the 2003 Ghana Music Awards, Lumba solidified his status as the face of modern highlife by sweeping the three most coveted honours in the genre:

Contemporary Highlife Artist

Contemporary Highlife Song

Contemporary Highlife Album

These triumphs within a short space of time were rare in the music scene and affirmed Daddy Lumba’s continued relevance, consistency, and mass appeal.

These awards celebrated his creative evolution and his ability to blend tradition with the evolving sounds of the early 2000s.

The highest award on the night changed from Most Popular Song of the year to Artist of the year in 2008

National honour from the President

In 2008, Lumba’s immense contributions to Ghanaian music were recognised at the highest level when he received the National Honours Award from the President of Ghana.

It was a moment of national pride and a formal recognition of the singer’s role in shaping the cultural identity of modern Ghana.

2009: Best male vocalist

Lumba’s technical abilities were acknowledged when he won Best Male Vocalist at the Ghana Music Awards in 2009, a testament to his powerful, emotive, and instantly recognisable voice.

Comeback glory in 2015

More than a decade after his initial sweep, Lumba returned to dominate the 2015 Ghana Music Awards, once again winning:

Artist of the Year

Album of the Year

Song of the Year

This was not just a nostalgic nod—it was recognition of a veteran still in full command of his craft.

For any artist to win Artist of the Year 16 years after first doing so is a rare feat that speaks volumes about his longevity and reinvention.

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International acclaim at Ghana Music Awards UK

Lumba’s influence crossed continents, and his contribution to the diaspora music scene was celebrated at the Ghana Music Awards UK, where he won:

Best Highlife Artiste in 2017

Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018

The Lifetime Achievement honour crowned his decades of excellence and mentorship, underscoring his foundational role in Ghana’s musical heritage abroad and at home.

EMY Africa recognition

In August 2018, Lumba was honoured once again with an “Icon/Legend of Entertainment” Award at the prestigious Exclusive Men of the Year (EMY) Africa Awards, a platform that celebrates distinguished achievers across various fields in Africa. The award recognised his transcendent status, not just as a musician, but as a national icon.

Nominations on the continental and global stage

Beyond Ghana, Lumba’s artistry caught the attention of international award platforms. Over the years, he received nominations for:

The Kora Awards (Africa’s premier music award)

The MOBO Awards (UK-based Music of Black Origin Awards)

The MTV Africa Music Awards

These nominations placed Lumba in the company of Africa’s greatest musical exports and highlighted the global reach of his sound.

A Voice that spoke to the nation

Lumba’s songs chronicled the Ghanaian experience in all its richness and complexity—pain, love, hope, triumph, gratitude, and even death.

His lyrics were both poetry and philosophy, wrapped in melodies that comforted and provoked.

His genre-blending style—gospel today, risqué highlife tomorrow—kept audiences guessing and coming back for more.

He released music that reflected the times, evolving with shifting public tastes while staying true to his highlife roots.

With every award, his position was not only affirmed but elevated.

A lifetime of recognition, a legacy for the ages

From presidential accolades and local dominance to diaspora honours and international nods, Lumba’s award history reads like a chronicle of modern Ghanaian music.

His ability to win Artist of the Year multiple times across decades, and in both local and international settings, remains unparalleled.

He was more than a hitmaker.

He was a voice of a nation, and his awards were only one way of measuring a greatness that transcends trophies.

Daddy Lumba didn’t just win awards. He won hearts. Forever.

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