City People Entertainment Awards are an annual accolade presented by '' City People Magazine'' to honour

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and

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entertainers. The first edition was held in Abeokuta,

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on June 14, 2009. The event was hosted by Governor Gbenga Daniel in the State House. The most recent ceremony was held on June 22, 2014 at 10 Degrees Event Centre,

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2017 division

In 2017, the award was divided into "City People Music Awards" and "City People Movie Awards". These awards should not be confused with the "City People Awards For Excellence" which is a separate awards ceremony by the same organizer, which honors achievers beyond just the boundaries of the entertainment space with categories such as "Lifetime Achievement Award", "Businessman of the Year", "Male Achiever of the Year" amongst other prestigious categories. GoldMyne TV was nominated as online TV of the year

Categories

The following are the present categories: *Recognition Award *Best Vocal Artiste (Male) *Best Vocal Artiste (Female) *Legendary Award *Indigenous Act Award *Pop/Rock Act With Potential Award *Male Act With Potential Award *Female Act With Potential Award *Highlife Act With Potential Award *Hip Hop Act With Potential Award *Indigenous Act With Potential Award *Gospel Music Icon Award *Most Promising Artiste (Male) *Most Promising Artiste (Female) *Best Lyrical Exploration/Lyricist (Male/Female) *Best Afro Hip Hop Single *Highlife Act With Potential *Best Gospel Music Video *Best Recording with A List Act *Best Indigenous Single *Emerging Male Act With Potential *Emerging Female Act With Potential *Emerging Gospel Act of the Year *Recording of the Year *Best Nigerian International Act *Best Performing Act

Movie

*Best Actress Of The Year (English) *Best Actor Of The Year (English) *Nollywood Face Of The Year *Best New Actor Of The Year (English) *Best New Actress Of The Year (English) *Best Supporting Actor of the Year (English) *Best Supporting Actress Of The Year (English) *Best Movie Of The Year (English) *Best Movie Producer Of The Year (English) *Best Movie Marketer of the Year (English) *Best Director Of The Year (English) *Comic Actor Of The Year (English) *Most Promising Act of the Year *Best Actor Of The Year (Yoruba) *Best Actress Of The Year (Yoruba) *Best New Actor Of The Year (Yoruba) *Best New Actress Of The Year (Yoruba) *Best Supporting Actor of the Year (Yoruba) *Best Supporting Actress Of The Year (Yoruba) *Best Movie Of The Year (Yoruba) *Best Movie Producer Of The Year (Yoruba) *Best Movie Marketer of the Year (Yoruba) *Movie Director Of The Year (Yoruba) *Most Promising Actress of the Year (Yoruba) *Most Promising Actor of the Year (Yoruba) *Comic Actor Of The Year (Yoruba)

Kannywood

*Best Actor Of The Year *Best Actress of the Year *Best Supporting Actor of The Year *Best Supporting Actress of The Year *Best New Actor of The Year *Best New Actress of The Year *Best Director of The Year *Best Producer of The Year *Best Musician Of The Year *Best Film Of The Year

Ghana

*BEST ACTRESS OF THE YEAR AWARD *BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD *BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR AWARD *ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY OF THE YEAR AWARD *BEST SHOWBIZ-FRIENDLY COMPANY OF THE YEAR AWARD *FACE OF GHANA MOVIES AWARD *BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR AWARD *HOTTEST GHANAIAN ACTRESS IN HOLLYWOOD

Movies

*Best Actor Of The Year (G) *Best Actress Of The Year (Ghana) *Best Supporting Actor Of The Year (Ghana) *Best Supporting Actress Of The Year (Ghana) *Entertainment Company of the Year *Best New Actress Of The Year (Ghana) *Best Showbiz-friendly Company Of The Year (Ghana) *Face Of Ghana Movies Award *Best Movie Of The Year (Ghana) *Hottest Ghanaian Actress In Nollywood *Most Promising Actress of the Year

Music

*Musician of the Year (Male) *Musician Of The Year (Female) *TV Station With Best Showbiz Content (Ghana) *Radio Station With Best Showbiz Content (Ghana) *Showbiz Blogger/Online Writer Of The Year (Ghana) *TV Hostess of the Year (Ghana)

Past award categories

References

{{reflist Ghanaian music awards Ghanaian film awards Nigerian music awards Nigerian film awards