# List of awards and nominations received by Kofi Kinaata

This is a list of music awards and nominations received by Ghanaian musician Kofi Kinaata.
Kofi Kinaata is the only Ghanaian musician who has won the VGMA Songwriter of the Year award four times. In 2021, he won the "Vodafone Green Award", an award-giving to musicians for using their craft to drive environmental awareness and sustainability on the planet.

## Awards and nominations
### Africa Entertainment Legend Awards

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref |
| 2016 | Kofi Kinaata | Fast Rising Artist | Nominated | |

### All Africa Music Awards

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref |
| 2016 | Kofi Kinaata | New Comer Award | Nominated | |

### Ghana Music Awards

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref |
| 2016 | Susuka | Writer of the year | Won | |
| 2016 | Kofi Kinaata | Best New Artiste of the Year | Won | |
| 2017 | Confession | Highlife Song of the Year | Won | Nyabor, Jonas (9 April 2017). "All award winners at 2017 VGMAs". Ghana News. Retrieved 17 August 2017. |
| 2017 | Confession | Highlife Artiste of the Year | Won | Nyabor, Jonas (9 April 2017). "All award winners at 2017 VGMAs". Ghana News. Retrieved 17 August 2017. |
| 2017 | Confession | Songwriter of the Year | Won | Nyabor, Jonas (9 April 2017). "All award winners at 2017 VGMAs". Ghana News. Retrieved 17 August 2017. |
| 2018 | Last Show | Songwriter of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Kofi Kinaata | Highlife artiste of the Year | Nominated | "3Music Awards Ghana 2020: All the nominees". Music in Africa. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020. |
| 2020 | Kofi Kinaata | Songwriter of the Year | Won | "3Music Awards Ghana 2020: All the nominees". Music in Africa. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020. |
| 2020 | Kofi Kinaata | Artiste of the Year | Nominated | "3Music Awards Ghana 2020: All the nominees". Music in Africa. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020. |
| 2020 | Things Fall Apart | Most popular song of the Year | Won | "3Music Awards Ghana 2020: All the nominees". Music in Africa. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020. |
| 2020 | Things Fall Apart | Highlife song of the Year | Won | "3Music Awards Ghana 2020: All the nominees". Music in Africa. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020. |
| 2021 | Behind the scenes | Songwriter of the Year | Won |
| 2021 | Illegal Fishing | Vodafone Green Song Of the Year | Won | "See winners & nominees of 2021 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 2021-06-27. |
| 2022 | Thy Grace Pt.1 | Best Highlife song | Won | "VGMA23: Check out the full list of winners - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2022-05-13. |
| 2022 | Thy Grace Pt.1 | Songwriter of the year | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Kofi Kinaata | Best Highlife artiste | Nominated | |
| 2023 | Kofi Kinaata | Best Highlife Artist of the Year | Won | |
| 2024 | Kofi Kinaata | Best Highlife Artist | Nominated | |
| 2024 | Kofi Kinaata | Best Reggae Dancehall Song of the Year | Won | |

### Central Music Awards

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref |
| 2016 | Susuka | Most popular song in Ghana | Won | |

### Ghana Music Awards UK

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result |
| 2016 | Kofi Kinaata | Best New Act | Won |
| 2017 | Kofi Kinaata | HIghlife Artiste of the Year | |
| 2017 | Never Again | Highlife Song of the Year | Nominated |

### Ghana Music Honors

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref |
| 2017 | Kofi Kinaata | Best Hiplife Act | Won | |

### Ghana Entertainment Awards

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref |
| 2017 | Kofi Kinaata | Best Highlife Act | Won | |

### Western Music Awards

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref |
| 2017 | Kofi Kinaata | Artiste of the Year | Won | |

### Ghana Event Awards

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref |
| 2017 | Made in Taadi Concert | Regional Events of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Made in Taadi Concert | Regional Events of the Year | Nominated | |

### 3 Music Awards

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result |
| 2017 | Team Move | Fan Army of the Year | Won |
| 2020 | Kofi Kinaata | Hiplife/Hip Hop Act of the Year | Nominated |
| 2020 | Things Fall Apart | Song of the Year | Won |
| 2020 | Things Fall Apart | Highlife Song of the Year | Won |
| 2022 | Thy Grace (Part 1) | Highlife Song of the Year | Won |
| 2022 | Kofi Kinaata | Highlife Act of the Year | Won |
| 2022 | Thy Grace (Pt.1) | Hiplife Song of the year | Nominated |

### Ghana Tertiary Awards

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref |
| 2018 | Kofi Kinaata | Music Excellence | Won | |

### Muse Africa

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref |
| 2019 | Kofi Kinaata | Highlife Act of the Quarter | Won | |

### MTN 4Syte TV Music Video Awards

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result |
| 2019 | Adam and Eve | Best Highlife | Nominated |
| 2019 | Adam and Eve | Best Storyline | Nominated |
| 2021 | Behind The Scenes | Best Highlife Video | Nominated |

### National Gospel Music Awards

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref |
| 2019 | Things Fall Apart | Hybrid Song of the Year | Won | |

### Ghana Actors and Entertainers Awards

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref |
| 2019 | Kofi Kinaata | Hiplife Artiste of the Year | Won | |

### Western Showbiz Awards

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref |
| 2018 | Kofi Kinaata | Western Best Male Artiste | Won | |
| 2018 | Kofi Kinaata | Indigenous Music Artiste | Won | |

### Ghana Music Awards USA

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result |
| 2020 | Things Fall Apart | Most Popular Song of The Year | Won |
| 2020 | Things Fall Apart | HighLife Song of The Year | Won |
| 2020 | Kofi Kinaata | HighLife Artiste of The Year | Won |
| 2021 | Behind the scenes | Highlife song of the year | Won |
| 2022 | Kofi Kinaata | Artiste of The Year | Won |

### EMY Africa

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref |
| 2022 | Kofi Kinaata | Man of The Year | Won | |

### Youth Excellence Awards

| Year | Recipient / Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref |
| 2020 | Kofi Kinaata | Music Act of the Year | Won | |