Nominees for 14th Headies announced – Here is the full list of nominees

The Nominees for the 14^th Headies awards have been announced via social media.

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The Headies is a music awards show established in 2006 by the Hip Hop World Magazine of Nigeria to recognize outstanding achievements in the Nigerian music industry.

The annual ceremony features performances by established and promising artists.

Davido and Wizkid dominated the nominations with 7 each including in the Artist of the year where they will square off with Burna Boy, Tiwa Savage, and Mayorkun.

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Also earning 7 nomination including in the song of the category is Wurld.

Burna Boy also pulled off 6 nomination alongside YNBL’s FireBoy DML.

Nominations were based on songs and projects released within July 2019 – September 2020.

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Check out the full list of nominees below.

BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR

1.OZYMANDIAS – BRYMO

2.SMILE – WIZKID FEAT. HER

3.WONDERFUL – BURNA BOY

4.DREAMER – FIREBOY DML

5.GHOST TOWN – WURLD

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

1.PHEELZ – ‘BILLIONAIRE’ BY TENI

2.SPAX – ‘AWAY’ BY OXLADE

3.KEL P – ‘PULL UP’ BY BURNA BOY

4.SARZ – ‘MAD’ BY SARZ & WURLD

BEST RAP ALBUM

1.GOD’S ENGINEERING – AQ

2.ILLY CHAPO X – ILLBLISS

3.YPSZN2 – PSYCHO YP

4.CULT! – PAYBAC IBORO

5.THE ERIGMA II – ERIGGA

BEST R&B ALBUM

1.LAUGHTER, TEARS AND GOOSEBUMPS – FIREBOY DML

2.I LIKE GIRLS WITH TROBUL – SARZ & WURLD

3.KING – PRAIZ

4.BOO OF THE BOOLESS – CHIKE

5.CELIA – TIWA SAVAGE

Best Alternative Album

1.YELLOW – BRYMO

2.LUCID – ASA

3.THE LIGHT – BEZ

4.PIONEERS – DRB LASGIDI

5.ROOTS – THE CAVEMEN

Best Pop Album

1.APOLLO – FIREBOY DML

2.AFRICAN GIANT – BURNA BOY

3.A GOOD TIME – DAVIDO

4.WOMAN OF STEEL – YEMI ALADE

5.AFRO POP VOL. 1 – ADEKUNLE GOLD

Best Music Video

1. ELI – FIREBOY BY CLARENCE PETERS

2.1 MILLI – DAVIDO BY DIRECTOR K

3.SMILE – WIZKID BY MEJI ALABI

4.BILLIONAIRE – TENI  BY TG OMORI

5.SHEKERE – YEMI ALADE BY OVIE ETSEYATSE

Best R&B SINGLE

1.UNDER THE SKY – PRAIZ

2.DUDUKE – SIMI

3.MAD – SARZ & WURLD

4.BAD INFLUENCE – OMAH LAY

5.TATTOO – FIREBOY DML

6.DANGEROUS LOVE – TIWA SAVAGE

Best Collabo

1.KNOW YOU – LADIPOE FEAT. SIMI

2.NOBODY – DJ NEPTUNE FEAT. JOEBOY & MR. EAZI

3.SWEET IN THE MIDDLE – DAVIDO FEAT. NAIRA MARLEY, ZLATAN & WURLD

4.DON’T CALL ME BACK – JOEBOY FEAT. MAYORKUN

5.TOTORI – ID CABASA FEAT. WIZKID & OLAMIDE

6.GET THE INFO – PHYNO FT

AFRICAN ARTISTE RECOGNITION

1.MASTER KG

2.KUAMI EUGENE

3.SAUTI SOL

4.SHATTA WALE

5.STONEBWOY

HEADIES’ VIEWER’S CHOICE

1.DAVIDO

2.OMAH LAY

3.BURNA BOY

4.FALZ

5.FIREBOY DML

6.MAYORKUN

7.DJ NEPTUNE

8.WIZKID

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:

1.OLAKIRA

2.ALPHA P

3.JAMOPYPER

4.ZINOLEESKY

5.BAD BOY TIMZ

BEST POP SINGLE

1.BILLIONAIRE – TENI

2.NOBODY – DJ NEPTUNE FEAT. JOEBOY & MR. EAZI.

3.LADY – REMA

4.FEM – DAVIDO

5.JORO – WIZKID

6.SKELETUN – TEKNO

SONG OF THE YEAR

1.FEM – DAVIDO

2.NOBODY – DJ NEPTUNE FEAT. JOEBOY & MR. EAZI

3.JORO – WIZKID

4.MAFO – NAIRA MARLEY

5.DUDUKE – SIMI

NEXT RATED

1.TEMS

2.OMAH LAY

3.OXLADE

4.BELLA SHMURDA

ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

1.BURNA BOY

2.DAVIDO

3.WIZKID

4.MAYORKUN

5.TIWA SAVAGE

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR:

1.SIMISOLA BOLATITO OGUNLEYE (SIMI – DUDUKE)

2.ADEDAMOLA ADEFOLAHAN (FIREBOY DML DML – DREAMER)

3.DAMINI OGULU (BURNA BOY – WAY TOO BIG)

4.STANLEY OMAH DIDIA (OMAH LAY – BAD INFLUENCE)

5.SADIQ ONIFADE (WURLD – GHOST TOWN)

6.ADEKUNLE KOSOKO (1 MILLI

HALL OF FAME

KING SUNNY ADE

SPECIAL RECOGNITION:

EEDRIS ABDULKAREEM

TIMAYA

Story by Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh