Ghanaian music producers have suggested to the organisers of the annual Ghana Music Awards (GMA), to consider creating a category for the Best Selling Album of the Year.

According to the producers, it's about time a category for best selling album was created. Producer John Mensah Sarpong, for example, holds the view that every producer aims at making profit and therefore was interested in producing songs which would make money.

“If I produce an artiste who becomes popular and his music becomes popular but fails to bring me the needed revenue, then I cannot talk about success”, he said. “I seriously think you need to consider a category for best selling album”.

This year's awards have been divided into three zones where a forum is to be held in each zone. They comprise Ashanti, Brong Ahafo and the three northern regions in one zone, Western and Central regions in another zone and Greater Accra, Eastern and Volta region also in one zone. The forum in Kumasi also enabled participants to make suggestions and nominate songs as well as musicians who, in their opinion, deserve to be honoured by virtue of the quality of their work released within the specified time frame.

The views gathered, will be considered by the Nomination and Categorisation Committees who will deliberate on them and place them in their respective categories before they come out with the final nomination list. Other participants such as Okyeame Kwame also suggested the need to consider creating a category for the best Songwriter of the Year. Sounding philosophical, he said music was both an art of the soul and an art of the mind. Thus, Okyeame Kwame wanted a shift towards the arts of the mind, where the best song writer within the period of contention could also be awarded.

There are 26 categories being considered for awards this year. They include 'Artiste of the Year', 'Song of the year', 'Album of the year', 'Record of the year', 'Hiplife Artiste of the year', 'Hiplife Song of the year', 'Hiplife Album of the year', 'Highlife Album of the year', 'Highlife Artiste of the Year', 'Highlife Song of the Year', 'Highlife Album of the Year', 'Gospel Artiste of the Year', 'Gospel Song of the Year' and 'Gospel Album of the Year'.

Others considerations are 'Pop Song of the Year', 'Reggae Song of the Year', 'African Artiste of the Year', 'Best collaboration of the Year', 'Discovery of the Year' and 'Best Male Vocal Performance (solo/group) of the year'. The rest are the Best Female Vocal Performance (solo/group), Traditional Artiste of the Year, Instrumentalist of the Year, Best Music Video Directing of the Year, Best Lyricist of the Year, Record Label of the Year and Recording Engineer of the Year.