The nominees dropped at 12 pm, October 1, 2019.
On September 21, 2019, Nigeria’s biggest and most
prestigious music award show, The Headies, opened its
doors to receive entries for its 13th music award with this
year’s edition themed ‘The Power of A Dream’.
The year in review was announced as January 2018 and
June 2019. The award show is scheduled to hold October
19th, 2019.
Running for over a decade, the 13th Headies award will
feature 23 unique categories in recognition of Africa’s finest
artiste.
This includes; Best Recording of the Year; Best Pop Single;
Producer of The Year; Best Rap Album; Best R&B/ Pop
Album; Best Collabo; Best Rap Single; Best Vocal
Performance (Male); Best Vocal Performance (Female); Next
Rated; Hip Hop World Revelation; and Lyricist on The Roll.
Others are the Best Street-Hop Artiste; Album of The Year;
Artiste of The Year; Song of The Year; African Artiste
Recognition; Headies’ Viewer’s Choice; Industry Brand
Supporter; Best Performer; Songwriter of The Year; Rookie of
The Year; Special Recognition; Hall of Fame.
When nominations were opened, 29 categories were
announced. But with the announcement for nominees, only
23 categories were announced. Categories like Best Reggae/
Dancehall, Best Alternative Album, Best R&B Single, Best
Songwriter and two others were cut.
Last year’s edition saw Nigeria’s sensational artiste,
Olamide, with the highest number of nominations (10). He
was closely followed by Tuface (7), Wizkid (6), Davido (4),
and Clarence Peters (4).
1. BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR
A non-voting category for the best rec ording (that meets the
judges’ requirements of excellence; songwriting, production,
rendition) by an artiste or group in the year under review.
1. Adekunle Gold – Ire
2. Patoranking – Heal D World
3. Brymo – Olanrewaju
4. Teni – Uyo Meyo
5. Burna Boy – Ye
2. BEST POP SINGLE
A category for the best pop single in year under review (by
single individual or group).
1. ‘Ye’ – Burna Boy
2. ‘ Wetin We Gain’ – Victor AD
3. ‘ Fake Love’ – Starboy ft Duncan Mighty, Wizkid
4. ‘Case’ – Teni
5. ‘Jealous’ – Fireboy DML
6. ‘Baby’ – Joeboy
3. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
An individua l responsible for producing the most acclaimed
song or album in the year under review.
1. Phantom – ‘Ye’ b Burna Boy
2. Ozedikus – ‘Dumebi’ by Rema
3. Spellz – ‘Askamaya’ by Teni
4. Killertunes – ‘Fake Love’ by Starboy ft Duncan Mighty
and Wizkid
5. Kel-P Vibes – ‘Killing Dem’ by Burna Boy ft Zlatan
4. BEST RAP ALBUM
A non -voting category for the best album by a rap artiste or
group in year under review.
1. ‘Moral Instruction’ – Falz
2. ‘Crown’ – AQ and Loose Kaynon
3. ‘A Study On Self Worth: Yxng Dxnzl’ – M.I Abaga
4. ‘Clone Wars, Vol. IV (These Buhari Times)’ – Show Dem
Camp
5. BEST R&B/ POP ALBUM
A category for the best r&b/pop album in the year under
review (by single individual or group).
1. rare. – Odunsi (The Engine)
2. Outside – Burna Boy
3. No Bad Songz – Kizz Daniel
4. Mayor of Lagos – Mayorkun
5. About 30 – Adekunle Gold
6. BEST MUSIC VIDEO
A voting category for the best conceptualist, best directed
and most exciting video in the year under review. This
award goes to the video director.
1. ‘Dangote’ (Burna Boy) – Clarence Peters
2. ‘Available’ (Patoranking) – Clarence Peters
3. ‘Ire’ (Adekunle Gold) – Aje Films
4. ‘Talk’ (Falz) – Prodigeezy
5. ‘Jaiye’ (Ladipoe) – 88 Factor
7. BEST R&B SINGLE
A category for the best r&b single in the year under review
(by a single individual or group).
1. ‘ Tipsy ’ – Odunsi ft. RAYE
2. ‘Serenade’ – Funbi
3. ‘Uyo Meyo’ – Teni
4. ‘Wishes and Butterflies’ – Wurld
5. ‘Gimme Love’ – Seyi Shay ft. Runtown
8. BEST COLLABO
A voting category for the best r&b, pop or hip-hop
collaborative track (including cameos).
1. ‘Like’ – Reekado Banks Ft. Tiwa Savage, Fiokee
2. ‘One Ticket ’ – Kiss Daniel ft. Davido
3. ‘Fake Love’ – Starboy ft Duncan Mighty, Wizkid
4. ‘ Killin’ Dem’ – Burna Boy Ft. Zlatan
5. ‘Amaka’ – 2baba Ft. Peruzzi
9. BEST RAP SINGLE
A voting category for a single (released on-air) recording of
a rap song.
1. ‘Talk’ – Falz
2. ‘We Don’t Do That Over Here’ – Hotyce
3. ‘40ft Container’ – Illbliss ft. Olamide
4. ‘Sacrifice’ – Payper Corleone Ft. Alpha Ojini
5. ‘Gang Gang’ – AQ and Loose Kaynon
10. BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE(MALE)
A non-voting category for the single male artiste with the
most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or
album.
1. Tay Iwar – ‘Utero’
2. Johnny Drille – ‘Finding Efe’
3. Nonso Bassey – ‘411’
4. Funbi – ‘Serenade’
5. Wurld – ‘Wishes & Butterfly’
11. BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)
A non-voting category for the single female artiste with
most outstanding vocal performances on a single song or
album.
1. GoodGirl LA – ‘ Bless me’
2. Waje – ‘Udue’
3. Teni – ‘Uyo Meyo’
4. Tems – ‘Mr Rebel’
5. Falana – ‘Repeat’
12. NEXT RATED
This category is a voting category for the most promising
act in the year under review.
1. Rema
2. Joeboy
3. Fireboy DML
4. Victor AD
5. Lyta
6. Zlatan
13. HIP HOP WORLD REVELATION
A voting category for the best new artiste with a debut
album adjudged to be outstanding in terms of artistic quality
and impact within the year under review.
1. Odunsi
2. Mayorkun
3. Wurld
4. Humblesmith
14. LYRICIST ON THE ROLL
A non-voting category for the rap artiste with the best lyrical
depth and performance on a single song or album.
1. YCEE – ‘Balance’
2. Boogey – ‘ Implode’
3. Paybac – ‘Implode’
4. Ghost – ‘Crown’
5. Tec – ‘Crown’
6. AQ – ‘Crown’
15. BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE
A voting category for the artiste whose songs are inspired by
the streets. Such song should captain lingua, which may also
be originated by the artiste and popular on the street.
1. Erigga – ‘Motivation’
2. Chinko Ekun – ‘Able God’
3. Zlatan – ‘Leg Work’
4. Barry Jhay – ‘Aiye’
5. Lyta – ‘Time’
16. BEST ‘ALTERNATIVE’ SONG
A voting category for the artiste whose songs reflect any
form or style of music which falls outside the mainstream of
recent or past popular musical trends.
1. ‘Cash’ – Lady Donli
2. ‘Mr Rebel’ – Tems
3. ‘Finding Efe’ – Johnny Drille
4. ‘Heya’ – Brymo
5. ‘Ire ’ – Adekunle Gold
17. ALBUM OF THE YEAR
A voting category for the best album (solo or group) in year
under review, that meets judges’ requirements of excellence
(songwriting, production, rendition and impact).
1. About 30 – Adekunle Gold
2. Outside – Burna Boy
3. Moral Instruction – Falz
4. No Bad Songz – Kizz Daniel
18. ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
Most critically and commercially adjudged artiste in the year
under review. Overall most successful artiste in the year
under review.
1. Burna Boy
2. Wizkid
3. Davido
4. Tiwa Savage
5. Falz
19. SONG OF THE YEAR
A voting category for the most popular song in the year
under review.
1. ‘ Ye’ – Burna Boy
2. ‘Dumebi’ – Rema
3. ‘Wetin We Gain’ – Victor AD
4. ‘Fake Love’ – Starboy ft Duncan Mighty, Wizkid
5. ‘ Case’ – Teni
6. ‘Leg work’ – Zlatan
7. ‘Baby’ – Joeboy
8. ‘Jealous’ – Fireboy DML
20. AFRICAN ARTISTE RECOGNITION
A non-Nigerian award category for an individual African
artiste or group with the most outstanding achievement,
impact and infiltration into the Nigerian music scene in the
year under review.
1. Master KG – Skeleton Moves (SOUTH AFRICA)
2. Afro B – Drogba (Joanna) (IVORY COAST)
3. Sauti Sol – Melanin (KENYA)
4. King Promise – CCTV (GHANA)
5. DJ Maphoriza – iWalk Ye Phara (SOUTH AFRICA)
21. HEADIES’ VIEWER’S CHOICE
A voting category to award the fan’s favorite artiste with the
most digital tractions (downloads, views, streams) in the
year under review.
1. Mr Eazi
2. Burna Boy
3. Teni
4. Fireboy DML
5. Rema
6. Joe Boy
7. Wizkid
8. Davido
22. BEST PERFORMER
A non-voting category for the artistes whose stagecraft,
showmanship and performance routines are exceptionally
conceptualized and executed in the year under review with
consideration of live performances.
1. Falz
2. Tiwa Savage
3. Brymo
4. Yemi Alade
5. Adekunle Gold
23. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:
A voting category for the rookie of the year who has had a
successful year musically, with the absence of an album in
the year under review.
1. Crayon
2. Buju
3. Barry Jhay
4. Oxlade
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