Headies Awards 2019: Full Nominees List

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Headies Awards 2019: Full Nominees List

The Headies has officially unveiled the nominees for the 13th edition of the music award tagged ‘The Power of A Dream’.

Following this announcement, the year in review was between January 2018 – June 2019; the event is scheduled to hold October 19th, 2019 at the Eko Convention Center, Lagos.

Check out full nominees list below;

A non-voting category for the best recording (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.Heal D World – Patoranking

3.Olanrewaju – Brymo

4.UyoMeyo – Teni

5.Ye – Burna Boy

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

An individual responsible for producing the most acclaimed song or album in the year under review.

1.Phantom – ‘Ye’ by 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

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: YxngDxnzl’ – M.I Abaga

4.‘Clone Wars, Vol. IV (These Buhari Times)’ – Show Dem Camp

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

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’(BurnaBoy) – Clarence Peters

2.‘Available’(Patoranking) – Clarence Peters

3.‘Ire’(Adekunle Gold) – Aje Films

4.‘Talk’ (Falz) – Prodigeezy

5.‘Jaiye’(Ladipoe) – 88 Factor

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.‘UyoMeyo’ – Teni

4.‘Wishes and Butterflies’ – Wurld

5.‘Gimme Love’ – Seyi Shay ft. Runtown

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

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

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’

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 – ‘UyoMeyo’

4.Tems – ‘Mr Rebel’

5.Falana – ‘Repeat’

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

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

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’

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.ChinkoEkun – ‘Able God’

3.Zlatan – ‘Leg Work’

4.Barry Jhay –‘Aiye’

5.Lyta–‘Time’

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

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

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

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

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)

A voting category to award the fan’s favourite artiste with the most digital tractions (downloads, views, streams) in the year under review.

1.MrEazi

2.Burna Boy

3.Teni

4.Fireboy DML

5.Rema

6.Joe Boy

7.Wizkid

8.Davido

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

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

[h]1. SPECIAL RECOGNITION[h]
Paul Okoye (Upfront & Personal)