Full list of Headies nominees for 2019 awards
The 13th
edition of the Headies Award aimed at honouring musicians, performers,
producers, writers, and other professionals for their exploits will be held on
October 19th, 2019.
The categories
are: Best Recording of the Year; Best Pop Single; Producer of The Year; Best
Reggae/ Dancehall Single; Best Rap Album; Best R&B/ Pop Album; Alternative
Album; Best R&B Single; Best Collabo; Best Rap Single; Best Vocal
Performance (Male); Best Vocal Performance (Female); Next Rate; Hip Hop World
Revelation; and Lyricist on The Roll.
This year’s
edition is tagged ‘The Power Of A Dream’
and it will feature 29 unique categories to acknowledge and celebrate the work
of various artists in different categories.
Others are the
Best Street-Hop Artiste; Best ‘Alternative’ Song; 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.
Davido, Teni,
Wizkid, Rema, Burna Boy, Joeboy, Mr Eazi and Fireboy will battle for viewers
choice award this year alongside song of the year category.
Nomination
List:
1. BEST RECORDING
OF THE YEAR
A non-voting
category for the best recording (that meets the judges’ requirements of
excellence; songwriting, production, rendition) by an artist or group in the
year under review.
Adekunle Gold
– Ire
Heal D World –
Patoranking
Olanrewaju –
Brymo
Uyo Meyo –
Teni
Ye – Burna Boy
2. BEST POP
SINGLE
A category for
the best pop single in year under review (by single individual or group).
‘Ye’ – Burna
Boy
‘Wetin We
Gain’ – Victor AD
‘Fake Love’ –
Starboy ft Duncan Mighty, Wizkid
‘Case’ – Teni
‘Jealous’ –
Fireboy DML
‘Baby’ –
Joeboy
3. PRODUCER OF
THE YEAR
An individual
is responsible for producing the most acclaimed song or album in the year under
review.
Phantom – ‘Ye’
by Burna Boy
Ozedikus –
‘Dumebi’ by Rema
Spellz –
‘Askamaya’ by Teni
Killertunes –
‘Fake Love’ by Starboy ft Duncan Mighty and Wizkid
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.
‘Moral
Instruction’ – Falz
‘Crown’ – AQ
and Loose Kaynon
‘A Study On
Self Worth: Yxng Dxnzl’ – M.I Abaga
‘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)
‘Outside’ –
Burna Boy
‘No Bad Songz’
– Kizz Daniel
‘Mayor of
Lagos’ – Mayorkun
‘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.
‘Dangote’
(Burna Boy) – Clarence Peters
‘Available’
(Patoranking) – Clarence Peters
‘Ire’
(Adekunle Gold) – Aje Films
‘Talk’ (Falz)
– Prodigeezy
‘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).
‘Tipsy’ –
Odunsi ft. RAYE
‘Serenade’ –
Funbi
‘Uyo Meyo’ –
Teni
‘Wishes and
Butterflies’ – Wurld
‘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).
‘Like’ –
Reekado Banks Ft. Tiwa Savage, Fiokee
‘One Ticket’
Kiss Daniel ft. Davido
‘Fake Love’ –
Starboy ft Duncan Mighty, Wizkid
‘Killin’ Dem –
Burna Boy Ft. Zlatan
‘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
‘We Don’t Do
That Over Here’ – Hotyce
‘40ft
Container’ – Illbliss ft. Olamide
‘Sacrifice’ –
Payper Corleone Ft. Alpha Ojini
‘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.
Tay Iwar –
‘Utero’
Johnny Drille
– ‘Finding Efe’
Nonso Bassey –
‘411’
Funbi –
‘Serenade’
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.
GoodGirl LA –
‘Bless me’
Waje – ‘Udue’
Teni – ‘Uyo
Meyo’
Tems – ‘Mr
Rebel’
Falana –
‘Repeat’
12. NEXT RATED
This category
is a voting category for the most promising act in the year under review.
Rema
Joeboy
Fireboy DML
Victor AD
Lyta
Zlatan
HIP HOP WORLD
REVELATION
A voting
category for the best new artist with a debut album adjudged to be outstanding
in terms of artistic quality and impact within the year under review.
Odunsi
Mayorkun
Wurld
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.
YCEE –
‘Balance’
Boogey –
‘Implode’
Paybac –
‘Implode’
Ghost –
‘Crown’
Tec – ‘Crown’
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.
Erigga –
‘Motivation’
Chinko Ekun –
‘Able God’
Zlatan – ‘Leg
Work’
Barry Jhay –
‘Aiye’
Lyta – ‘Time’
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.
‘Cash’ – Lady
Donli
‘Mr Rebel’ –
Tems
‘Finding Efe’
– Johnny Drille
‘Heya’ – Brymo
‘Ire’ –
Adekunle Gold
ALBUM OF THE
YEAR
A voting
category for the best album (solo or group) in the year under review, that
meets judges’ requirements of excellence (songwriting, production, rendition
and impact).
‘About 30’ –
Adekunle Gold
‘Outside’ –
Burna Boy
‘Moral
Instruction’ – Falz
‘No Bad Songz’
– Kizz Daniel
ARTISTE OF THE
YEAR
Most
critically and commercially adjudged artiste in the year under review. Overall
most successful artiste in the year under review.
Burna Boy
Wizkid
Davido
Tiwa Savage
Falz
SONG OF THE
YEAR
A voting
category for the most popular song in the year under review.
‘Ye’ – Burna
Boy
‘Dumebi’ –
Rema
‘Wetin We
Gain’ – Victor AD
‘Fake Love’ –
Starboy ft Duncan Mighty, Wizkid
‘Case’ – Teni
‘Leg work’ –
Zlatan
‘Baby’ –
Joeboy
‘Jealous’ –
Fireboy DML
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.
Master KG –
Skeleton Moves (SOUTH AFRICA)
Afro B –
Drogba (Joanna) (IVORY COAST)
Sauti Sol –
Melanin (KENYA)
King Promise –
CCTV (GHANA)
DJ Maphoriza –
iWalk Ye Phara (SOUTH AFRICA)
HEADIES’
VIEWER’S CHOICE
A voting
category to award the fan’s favourite artiste with the most digital tractions
(downloads, views, streams) in the year under review.
Mr Eazi
Burna Boy
Teni
Fireboy DML
Rema
Joe Boy
Wizkid
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.
Falz
Tiwa Savage
Brymo
Yemi Alade
Adekunle Gold
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.
Crayon
Buju
Barry Jhay
Oxlade
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