Top Artist of the Year : Davido, Wizkid or Burna Boy? Headies Releases Full Nomination List For 2020

Wizkid, Davido and Burna Boy have been the hot topics in Nigeria as everyone has been debating about who is the top artist in the country. Well, the Headies Award is about to settle the matter as they have been nominated alongside Mayorkun and Tiwa Savage in “Artist of the year” category.

The organizers of The Headies Award have released the complete list of nominees for the 2020 Headies Award show.

The award ceremony is aimed at celebrating talented and hardworking individuals in the entertainment industry. The nominees for the 14th edition of the award show was released after a short listing of entries submitted, reviewing songs from July 2019 to September 2020.

With years of consideration, the Organizer of the show included a new nomination categories – “Songwriter of the year.” Which include : ADEDAMOLA ADEFOLAHAN, SIMISOLA BOLATITO OGUNLEYE, DAMINI OGULU, STANLEY OMAH DIDIA, SADIQ ONIFADE, ADEKUNLE KOSOKO.

Here are the full list of nominees below :

BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR

1. OZYMANDIAS – BRYMO
2. SMILE –WIZKID FEAT. HERW
3. ONDERFUL – BURNA BOY
4. DREAMER – FIREBOY DML
5. GHOST TOWN – WURLD

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

1. PHEELZ – ‘BILLIONAIRE’ BY
2. TENISPAX – ‘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 COLLABORATION

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 FALZ & PHENOM

BEST RAP SINGLE

1. OGB4IG – REMINISCE
2. SHUT UP – BLAQBONEZ
3. COUNTRY – ILLBLISS
4. GET THE INFO – PHYNO, FALZ & PHENOM
5. BOP DADDY – FALZ FEAT. MS. BANKS

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (Male)

1. WURLD – GHOST TOWN
2. CHIKE – FORGIVE
3. PRAIZ – UNDER THE SKY
4. COHBAMS – PLENTI
5. NONSO AMADI – WHAT MAKES YOU SURE
6. JOHNNY DRILLE – COUNT ON YOU

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (Female)

1. SIMI – NO LONGER BENEFICIAL
2. LINDSEY ABUDEI – ONE ON THE OUTSIDE
3. NINIOLA – ADDICTED
4. J-DESS – CHI EFO
5. YEMI ALADE – LAI LAI
6. IMANSE – AJALA

HEADIES REVELATION

1. VICTOR AD
2. FIREBOY DML
3. JOEBOY
4. TENI
5. REMA
6. CHIKE

LYRICIST ON THE ROLL

1. AQ – EUNICE. BLAQBONEZ – DEFINE RAP 2
2. MI ABAGA – TRINITY
3. ILLBLISS – COUNTRY
4. PHENOM – GET THE INFO
5. PHYNO – SPEAK LIFE

BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE

1. NAIRA MARLEY & YOUNG JOHN – MAFO
2. MAYORKUN – GENG
3. REMINISCE FEAT. OLAMIDE & NAIRA MARLEY – INSTAGRAM
4. RUDEBOY – AUDIO MONEY
5. IVD & ZLATAN – BOLANLE
6. OLAMIDE – PAWON

BEST ‘ALTERNATIVE’ SONG

1. CORNER – LADY DONLY FEAT. VANJESS & THE CAVEMENI
2. WONDER – MOELOGO
   BITTER – DEENA ADE
3. ANITA – THE CAVEMEN
4. MONEY DEVOTION – GBASKY
5. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN – OLU

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. AFRICAN GIANT – BURNA BOY
2. APOLLO – FIREBOY DML
3. AFRO POP VOL. 1 – ADEKUNLE GOLD
4. YELLOW – BRYMO
5. BOO OF THE BOOLESS – CHIKE

AFRICAN ARTISTE RECOGNITION

1. MASTER KG
2. KUAMI EUGENE
3. SAUTI SOL
4. SHAATA 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

1. EEDRIS ABDULKAREEM
2. TIMAYA