Nominations have opened for this year’s Central Music Awards (CMA), a musical award scheme for acts in the Central Region.

Works from October, 2015 to October, 2016 will be considered with Friday, October 14 as the deadline.

In an interview with 3news.com’s Thomas Vincent Cann, the Chief Executive Officer of CandyMania Entertainment, organizers of CMA, Lucas Mensah popularly known as Candyman, said this year’s event promises to be more competitive especially with the introduction of the Female Artiste of the Year category.

“Organizers came up with that to encourage more of our ladies to do more in the music industry to give the guys a good competition by way of good content and quality music.”

According to Candyman, a panel of experts will be scrutinizing the entries that will be received for the 2016 edition and promises to continue to keep it as fair as it should be to bring the deserving ones from the Region.

The categories for which entries are being received are:

– Song of the year

– Best Male Artist

– Best Female Artiste

– Best Sound Engineer

– Best Male Vocalist

– Best Female Vocalist

– Best Rapper

– Best Collaboration

– Best Hip life/Hip hop

– Best Reggae/Dancehall song

– Best Highlife song

– Best New Artist

– Best Gospel Song

– Best music Video

– Best hip gospel song

– Best Music Promoter

-Most Popular Gh. Song in CR.

– Lifetime Achievement

Source: 3news.com|Ghana