Omah Lay, Davido, Wizkid Nominated for 2020 Headies Award, See Full List

Among the list of nominees for the 14th edition of The Headies, Nigeria’s prestigious music award show are Fireboy, Burna Boy, David, Wizkid and Omah Lay.

The organisers of the event, which recognises and celebrates outstanding achievements in the country’s music industry, released the list covering twenty-one categories.

According to the awarding body, the year in review is for all works released from July 2019 to September 2020. ‘Songwriter of the Year’, a new award category was added.

FireBoy, a YBNL records-signed artist, grabbed eight nominations including for categories like ‘Album of the Year’, ‘Headies Viewers Choice’ and ‘Songwriter of the Year’.

Burna Boy followed closely with seven nominations while Davido and Wizkid had six and five nominations respectively.

Davido, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Mayorkun, and Tiwa Savage are to compete for the ‘Artist of the Year’ category while ‘Next Rated’ category includes Tems, Omah Lay, Oxlade, and Bella Shmurda.

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Here’s the full list below:

BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR

Ozymandias – Brymo
Smile- Wizkid Ft. Her
Wonderful – Burna Boy
Dreamer – Fireboy DML
Ghost town – Wurld


PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

Pheelz – ‘Billionaire’ by Teni
Spax – ‘Away’ by Oxlade
Kel p – ‘Pull up’ by Burna Boy
Sarz – ‘Mad’ by Sarz & Wurld


BEST RAP ALBUM

‘God’s Engineering’ – Aq
‘Illy Chapo x’ – Illbliss
‘Ypszn2’ – Psycho Yp
‘Cult’ – Paybac Iboro
‘The Erigma II’ – Erigga


BEST R&B ALBUM

‘Laughter, Tears and Goosebumps’ – Fireboy DML
‘I Like Girls with Trobul’ – Sarz & Wurld
‘King’ – Praiz
‘Boo of the Booless’ – Chike
‘Celia’ – Tiwa Savage


BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM

‘Yellow’ – Brymo
‘Lucid’ – Asa
‘The light’ – Bez
‘Pioneers’ – Drb Lasgidi
‘Roots’ – The Cavemen


BEST POP ALBUM

‘Apollo’ – Fireboy DML
‘African Giant’ – Burna Boy
‘A Good Time’ – Davido
‘Woman of Steel’ – Yemi Alade
‘Afro Pop Vol. 1’ – Adekunle Gold


BEST MUSIC VIDEO

‘Eli’ (Fireboy) – Clarence Peters
‘1 Milli (Davido) – Director K
‘Smile’ (Wizkid) – Meji Alabi
‘Billionaire’ (Teni) – TG Omori
‘Shekere’ (Yemi Alade) – Ovie Etseyatse


BEST R&B SINGLE

‘Under the Sky’ – Praiz
‘Duduke’ – Simi
‘Mad’ – Sarz ft. Wurld
‘Bad Influence’ – Omah Lay
‘Tattoo’ – Fireboy DML
‘Dangerous Love’ – Tiwa Savage


BEST COLLABORATION

‘Know You’ – Ladipoe ft. Simi
‘Nobody’ – Dj Neptune ft. Joeboy & Mr. Eazi
‘Sweet in the Middle’ – Davido ft. Naira Marley, Zlatan & Wurld
‘Don’t call me back’ – Joeboy ft. Mayorkun
‘Totori’ – ID Cabasa ft. Wizkid & Olamide
‘Get the Info’ – Phyno ft Phenom & Falz


BEST RAP SINGLE

‘OGB4IG’ – Reminisce
‘Shut Up’ – Blaqbonez
‘Country’ – IllBliss
‘Get the Info’ – Phyno ft. Falz & Phenom
‘Bop Daddy’ – Falz ft. Ms. Banks


BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (MALE)

Wurld – ‘Ghost Town’
Chike – ‘Forgive’
Praiz – ‘Under the Sky’
Cobhams – ‘Plenti’
Nonso Amadi – ‘What makes you sure’
Johnny Drille – ‘Count on You’


BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)

Simi – ‘No longer beneficial
Lindsey Abudei – ‘One on the Outside’
Niniola – ‘Addicted’
J-Dess – ‘Chi Efo’
Yemi Alade – ‘Lai Lai’
Imanse – Ajala’


HEADIES REVELATION

Victor AD
Fireboy DML
Joeboy
Teni
Remi
Chike


LYRICIST ON THE ROLL

AQ – ‘Eunice’
BlaqBonez – ‘Define Rap’
MI Abaga – ‘Trinity’
IllBliss – ‘Country’
Phenom – ‘Get the Info’
Phyno – ‘Speak Life


BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE

Naira Marley ft. Young John – ‘Mafo’
Mayorkun – ‘Geng’
Reminisce Ft. Olamide & Naira Marley – ‘Instagram’
Rudeboy – ‘Audio Money’
Ivd & Zlatan – ‘Bolanle’
Olamide – ‘Pawon’


BEST ‘ALTERNATIVE’ SONG

‘Corner’ – Lady Donly Ft. Vanjess & The Cavemen
‘I Wonder’ – Moelogo
‘Bitter’ – Deena Ade
‘Anita’ – The Cavemen
‘Money Devotion’ – Gbasky
‘God Save The Queen’ – Olu


ALBUM OF THE YEAR

‘African Giant’ – Burna Boy
‘Apollo’ – FireBoy DML
‘Afro Pop Vol. 1’ – Adekunle Gold
‘Yellow’ – Brymo
‘Boo of the Booless’ – Chike


AFRICAN ARTISTE RECOGNITION

Master Kg
Kuami Eugene
Sauti Sol
Shatta Wale
StoneBwoy


HEADIES VIEWERS CHOICE

Davido
Omah Lay
Burna Boy
Falz
FireBoy DML
Mayorkun
DJ Neptune
Wizkid


ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Olakira
Alpha P
Jamopyper
Zinoleesky
Bad Boy Timz


BEST POP SINGLE

‘Billionaire’ – Teni
‘Nobody’ – Dj Neptune Ft. Joeboy & Mr. Eazi.
‘Lady’ – Rema
‘Fem’ – Davido
‘Joro’ – Wizkid
‘Skeleton’ – Tekno


SONG OF THE YEAR

‘Fem’ – Davido
‘Nobody’ – Dj Neptune Ft. Joeboy & Mr. Eazi
‘Joro’– Wizkid
‘Mafo’ – Naira Marley
‘Duduke’ – Simi


NEXT RATED

Tems
Omah Lay
Oxlade
Bella Shmurda


ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

Burna Boy
Davido
Wizkid
Mayorkun
Tiwa Savage


SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Simisola Bolatito Ogunleye (Simi) – ‘Duduke’
Adedamola Adefolahan (Fireboy DML) – ‘Dreamer’
Damini Ogulu (Burna Boy) – ‘Way Too Big’
Stanley Omah Didia (Omah Lay) – ‘Bad Influence’
Sadiq Onifade (Wurld) – ‘Ghost Town’
Adekunle Kosoko (Adekunle Gold) – ‘1 Milli’


HALL OF FAME

King Sunny Ade


SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Eedris Abdulkareem
Timaya