Gospel Music is generally a genre of music for christians all over the word, which is centered on their reverance to God almighty and their service to Him.
Ghana Gospel music here by takes a different turn because it appears as a whole repertoire of music available only in Ghana which enlists to the service of gospel music and appears in different forms like Twi Gospel,Gospel highlife, Twi Worship and so forth.
So this art of Gospel music in ghana has a history of a lot of perfomers, male and female who have distinguished themselves in one way or the other through their vigorous effort to see to the upliftment of Gospel music in Ghana.
Here are the list of Old Ghanian male and female musicians :
1. Elder Mireku
Emmanuel Kwasi Mireku, well known known as Elder Mireku, born, 12 January 1961 is a Ghanaian Gospel Musician and a songwriter who has been in the industry for more than 4 decades .
Elder Mireku has generally influenced the gospel music industry in Ghana, He has a total of 56 albums with an average of 10 songs on each of them.
2. Yaw Sarpong
Yaw Sarpong born as Osomafo Yaw Sarpong is a renowed song composer, songwriter, singer and band leader of Asomafo Band which is a native Ghanaian gospel music group.
Yaw Sarpong has added multiple awards to his name for his great perfomance, and has influenced all lot of upcoming ghanian artist.
Bishop Michael Osei Bonsu a preacher and musician was the founder of Back To God Church in Accra, Ghana. He had over 70 hit songs to his achievement and was well known for the playing the accordion. His music career spans over 3 decades.
He died of Cancer in the mid-2006, but he is still regarded as one of the greatest of all time based on Ghana gospel.
Francis Agyei is a renowned praise and worship leader with a music career that spans over two decades.
He has released alot of albums and is also seen as one of the greatest of all time in Ghana gospel.
Nana Yaw Asare is a renowned Ghanaian gospel singer. Most of his songs were in the form of praises and designation to God Almighty.
Some of his hit songs are “Odumankuma, Yewo Nyame, Nea Onyame Ahyira” he was well known in the 2000’s.
Tagoe Sisters is the name of a musical duo consisting of twins Lydia Dedei Yawson Nee Tagoe and Elizabeth Korkoi Tagoe. They have been singing in the gospel music industry for the past decades.
The two has won numerous Awards in their career with their hit tracks in the past decades.
Bernice Offei is a Ghanaian award-winning gospel artist and vocalist.
She has 6 albums to her credit, the 6th of which she won in 2007 titled “Life“. Which won her two awards during the 10th edition of the MTN Ghana Music Awards as the Best Vocal Female Performer and the Song Writer of the Year.
8. Daughters of Glorious Jesus
Daughters of Glorious Jesus is a veteran Ghanaian gospel group formed in 1989. The musical group is composed of Cynthia Appiadu, Edna Sarpong and Monica Owusu Ansah. They sing in English and Twi.
With over fifty songs Daughters of Glorious Jesus are recognised as having the most number of songs by a Ghanaian Gospel group.
9. Hannah Marfo
Hannah Marfo is a Ghana evergreen gospel musician and is celebrated as one of the greatest female gospel musican of all time.
She is known for the hit tracks “Yensum Obiara and Eye Adom Arakwa“.
10. Stella Dugan
Stella Aba Seal whose birthname is Stella Dugan is a Ghanian female Gospel musician and songwriter who has released a lot of albums for the past 12 years, following nine uplifting albums.
She intially wanted to be a nurse but later on moved into music, where she has prospered for the past decades.
