A country progresses when its institutions define rules and guidelines that govern its mandate; these regulations apply to all organizations. As the Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) approach, we are back to the same old cycle of debates regarding who truly deserves the crown; however, the reality remains that without ironclad, transparent criteria, we are just fighting in the dark. If the institutions themselves do not grasp their own objectives, how can they expect the culture to follow?