Headies 2015 Nominees List

The long awaited list of The Headies 2015, one of Nigeria's biggest & most prestigious music awards show is finally out. This year, The Headies jury announce music material eligible for review and nomination and they are only works and submitted entries which fall between July 2014 to June 2015. Fine the Nominees List after the cut...

BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR

A NON-VOTING CATEGORY FOR THE BEST SINGLE RECORDING BY AN ARTISTE OR GROUP IN THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW.

OJUELEGBA - WIZKID

EYO – ASA

WISH ME WELL – TIMI DAKOLO

BEZ – THERE’S A FIRE

COBHAMS – DO THE RIGHT THING

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

AN INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING THE MOST ACCLAIMED SONG OR ALBUM IN THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW.

DON JAZZY - GODWIN (KOREDE BELLO)

MASTAKRAFT - WISER (FLAVOUR)

YOUNG JOHN - BOBO (OLAMIDE)

SHIZZI - FANS MI (DAVIDO)

LEGENDURY BEATZ – OJUELEGBA

COBHAMS – THERE’S A FIRE (BEZ)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

A VOTING CATEGORY FOR THE BEST CONCEPTUALIZED, BEST DIRECTED AND MOST EXCITING VIDEO IN THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW.THIS AWARD GOES TO THE VIDEO DIRECTOR.

JAMB QUESTION (SIMI) - MEX

CRAZY (SEYI SHAY) - MEJI ALABI

THE SOUND (DAVIDO FEAT. UHURU & DJ BUCKZ) – SESAN

KATAPOT (REEKADO BANKS) – UNLIMITED LA

BABY JOLLOF (SOLID STAR FEAT. TIWA SAVAGE) – CLARENCE PETERS

BEST R&B/POP ALBUM

A CATEGORY FOR THE BEST R&B/POP ALBUM IN THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW (BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP).

BED OF STONE – ASA

A.Y.O. – WIZKID

KING OF QUEENS – YEMI ALADE

RICH & FAMOUS – PRAIZ

DOUBLE TROUBLE – PSQUARE

BEST R&B SINGLE

A CATEGORY FOR THE BEST R&B SINGLE IN THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW (BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP).

1. HEARTBEAT – PRAIZ

2. BABY DADDY – IYANYA

3. SAY YOU LOVE ME – LERIQ FT. WIZKID

4. DO THE RIGHT THING – COBHAMS FT. BEZ

5. WISH ME WELL – TIMI DAKOLO

BEST POP SINGLE

A CATEGORY FOR THE BEST POP SINGLE IN YEAR UNDER REVIEW (BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP)

OJUELEGBA – WIZKID

COLLABO – P-SQUARE FEAT. DON JAZZY

MY WOMAN, MY EVERYTHING – PATORANKING FEAT. WANDE COAL

WOJU - KISS DANIEL

GODWIN – KOREDE BELLO

BOBO – OLAMIDE

BEST REGGAE/DANCEHALL SINGLE

A CATEGORY FOR THE BEST REGGAE/DANCEHALL SINGLE IN THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW (BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP).

GERMAN JUICE - CYNTHIA MORGAN

SANKO - TIMAYA

MY BODY - SOLID STAR FEAT. TIMAYA

DANIELLA WHYNE – PATORANKING

CHEQUES AND BALANCE – BURNA BOY

BAD GIRL SPECIAL (REMIX) – MR. 2KAY FEAT. CYNTHIA MORGAN & SEYI SHAY

BEST RAP ALBUM

A NON-VOTING CATEGORY FOR THE BEST ALBUM BY A RAP ARTISTE OR GROUP IN YEAR UNDER REVIEW.

BABA HAFUSA – REMINISCE

STREET OT – OLAMIDE

CHAIRMAN – M.I.

ABOVE GROUND LEVEL – MODENINE

BEST COLLABO

A VOTING CATEGORY FOR THE BEST R&B, POP OR HIP-HOP COLLABORATIVE TRACK (INCLUDING CAMEOS).

LOCAL RAPPER – REMINISCE FEAT. OLAMIDE & PHYNO

HOLD ON – JOE EL FEAT. 2FACE IDIBIA

BAD GIRL SPECIAL (REMIX) – MR. 2KAY FEAT. CYNTHIA MORGAN & SEYI SHAY

SHOKI (REMIX) – LIL’KESH FEAT. OLAMIDE & DAVID O

DO THE RIGHT THING – COBHAMS FT. BEZ

SISI – PRAIZ FT. WIZKID

BEST RAP SINGLE

A VOTING CATEGORY FOR A SINGLE (RELEASED ON-AIR) RECORDING OF A RAP.

KING KONG - VECTOR

BAD BELLE - M.I

BANK ALERT - ILL BLISS

LOCAL RAPPER – REMINISCE FEAT. OLAMIDE, PHYNO & STOMREX

G.O.D – T.R

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (MALE)

A NON-VOTING CATEGORY FOR THE SINGLE MALE ARTISTE WITH THE MOST OUTSTANDING VOCAL PERFORMANCE ON A SINGLE OR ALBUM.

PRAIZ – IF I FALL

SHAYDEE – HIGH

TIMI DAKOLO – WISH ME WELL

COBHAMS – DO THE RIGHT THING

BEZ – THERE’S A FIRE

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)

A NON-VOTING CATEGORY FOR THE SINGLE FEMALE ARTISTE WITH MOST OUTSTANDING VOCAL PERFORMANCES ON A SINGLE OR ALBUM.

WAJE – COCO BABY

ARAMIDE – IWO NIKAN

ASA – BED OF STONE

SIMI – TIFF

YEMI ALADE – DURO TIMI

NEXT RATED

THIS CATEGORY IS A VOTING CATEGORY FOR THE MOST PROMISING UPCOMING ACT IN THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW.

REEKADO BANKZ

KISS DANIEL

CYNTHIA MORGAN

KOREDE BELLO

LIL’ KESH

HIP HOP WORLD REVELATION

A VOTING CATEGORY FOR THE BEST NEW ARTISTE IN THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW.

PRAIZ – RICH N FAMOUS

YEMI ALADE – KING OF QUEENS

SKALES – MAN OF THE YEAR

LYRICIST ON THE ROLL

A NON-VOTING CATEGORY FOR THE RAP ARTISTE WITH THE BEST LYRICAL DEPTH AND PERFORMANCE ON A SINGLE OR ALBUM.

ILL BLISS – BANK ALERT (REMIX) FEAT. ICE PRINCE, EVA ALORDIAH & PHYNO

VECTOR – KING KONG

REMINISCE – BABA HAFUSA

G.O.D – T.R

BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE

A VOTING CATEGORY FOR THE ARTISTE WHOSE SONGS ARE INSPIRED BY THE STREETS. SUCH SONG SHOULD CAPTURE LINGUAL, WHICH MAY ALSO BE ORIGINATED BY THE ARTISTE AND POPULAR ON THE STREET.

REMINISCE – SKILLASHI

OLAMIDE – BOBO

SMALL DOCTOR – MOSQUITO KILLER

MASTAKRAFT FEAT. OLAMIDE, CDQ AND DAVID O – INDOMIE

FALZ THE BAD GUY FEAT. YEMI ALADE & POE – HELLO BAE

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.

DI’JA – AWWWWWW

BEZ – THERE’S A FIRE

ASA – SATAN BE GONE

ADEKUNLE GOLD – SADE

UGOVINNA – RAIN ON ME

SIMI – TIFF

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

A VOTING CATEGORY FOR THE BEST ALBUM (SOLO OR GROUP) IN YEAR UNDER REVIEW, THAT MEETS JUDGES REQUIREMENTS BASED ON EXCELLENCE SONGWRITING, PRODUCTION, RENDITION,  PROMOTION AND ACCEPTABILITY IN TERMS OF SALES AND POPULARITY.

RICH N FAMOUS - PRAIZ

KING OF QUEENS - YEMI ALADE

STREET OT – OLAMIDE

CHAIRMAN - M.I.

A.Y.O. – WIZKID

DOUBLE TROUBLE – P SQUARE

ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

MOST CRITICALLY AND COMMERCIALLY ADJUDGED ARTISTE IN THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW. OVERALL MOST SUCCESSFUL ARTISTE FOR THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW.

OLAMIDE

DAVID O

WIZKID

YEMI ALADE

P-SQUARE

SONG OF THE YEAR

A VOTING CATEGORY FOR THE MOST POPULAR SONG IN THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW.

OJUELEGBA - WIZKID

GODWIN – KOREDE BELLO

KISS DANIEL – WOJU

OLAMIDE – BOBO

AFRICAN ARTISTE

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.

DIAMOND PLATNUMZ

CASSPER NYOVEST

SARKODIE

UHURU

AKA