The Full List Of Nominees For The 2016 Headies Are Finally Here

The 2015 headies gave us the first scandal of 2016 when Don Jazzy and Olamide got into a little tiff over which of their artists was more deserving of the next rated award and now the 2016 headies are getting near.

This year’s headies nominations has been expected since July 2016 but the final nomination list for the 2016 Headies was released on November 8. The list saw Adekunle Gold leading with 5 nominations.

Check out the full 2016 Headies nomination list below:

Best recording of the year

EMERGENCY – D’BANJ

PRAY FOR ME – DAREY FEAT. SOWETO CHOIR

LOVE DON’T CARE – SIMI

ORENTE – ADEKUNLE GOLD

SOMETHING GOOD IS HAPPENING – BRYMO

Producer of the year

DJ COUBLON ‘GOOD TIME & RABA’

PHEELS – ‘PICK UP & LAGOS BOYS’ – OLAMIDE

LEGENDURY BEATS – ‘FINAL – BABA NLA’ WIZKID

YOUNG JOHN – ‘MAMA’ – KISS DANIEL

MASTAKRAFT – ‘FADA FADA’, ‘CONNECT’ – PHYNO

OSCAR HERMAN-ACKAH – ‘PRAY FOR ME’ – DAREY

Best music video

EMERGENCY (D’BANJ) – UNLIMITED LA

MARY (SEYI SHAY) – MEJI ALABI

SOLDIER (FALZ THA BAD GUY) – CLARENCE PETERS

MADE FOR YOU – BANKY W

BAD – TIWA SAVAGE FEAT. WIZKID – SESAN

Best R&B/ Pop album

NEW ERA – KISS DANIEL

WANTED – WANDE COAL

KLITORIS – BRYMO

NAKED – DAREY

SEYI OR SHAY – SEYI SHAY

2016 Headies Best R&B single

LOVE DON’T CARE – SIMI

MADE FOR YOU – BANKY W

SUPER WOMAN – WANDE COAL

PRAY FOR ME – DAREY

ADUKE – TJAN

SMILE – SHAYDEE

Best Pop Single

MAMA – KISS DANIEL

FINAL (BABA NLA) – WIZKID

PICK UP – ADEKUNLE GOLD

OSINACHI – HUMBLESMITH FEAT. DAVIDO

REGGAE BLUES – HARRYSONG FEAT. OREZI, IYANYA, OLAMIDE, KCEE

EMERGENCY – D’BANJ

FADA FADA – PHYNO FEAT. OLAMIDE

MONEY – TIMAYA FEAT. FLAVOUR

Best Reggae/Dancehall Single

NO KISSING’ – PATORANKING FT SARKODIE

BODY HOT – PRAIZ FT. JESSE JAGZ & STONE BWOY

JAGA LOVE – JESSE JAGZ

OLOWO – CYNTHIA MORGAN

PAM PAM – KETCHUP

I LIKE THE WAY – TIMAYA

Best Rap Album

EYAN MAYWEATHER – OLAMIDE

POWERFUL – ILL BLISS

STORIES THAT TOUCH – FALZ

LIL’ KESH – YAGI

2016 Headies Best Collabo

SOLDIER – FALZ FEAT. SIMI

REGGAE BLUES – HARRYSONG FEAT. OREZI, IYANYA, OLAMIDE, KCEE

OSINACHI – HUMBLESMITH FEAT. DAVIDO

WAIT – SOLIDSTAR FEAT. TIWA SAVAGE

NO KISSING – PATORANKING FEAT. SARKODIE

MONEY – TIMAYA FEAT. FLAVOUR

Best rap single

EYAN MAYWEATHER – OLAMIDE

ASAMALEKUN – REMINISCE

JAGABAN – YCEE

CHUKWU AGOZI GOGI – ILL BLISS

AGU JI NDI MEN – A-Q

SHOW YOU SOMETHING – BOOGEY

Best vocal performance (Male)

BRYMO – SOMETHING GOOD IS HAPPENING

DAREY FEAT. SOWETO CHOIR – PRAY FOR ME

SHAYDEE – SMILE

WANDE COAL – SUPER WOMAN

RIC HASSANI – GENTLEMAN

Best Vocal Performance (Female)

SIMI – LOVE DON’T CARE

SEYI SHAY – RIGHT NOW

ARAMIDE FEAT. ADEKUNLE GOLD – LOVE ME

OMAWUMI FEAT. ANGELIE KIDJO – PLAY NA PLAY

2016 Headies Next Rated

YCEE

TEKNO

MR. EAZI

HUMBLESMITH

ARAMIDE

Hip Hop World Revelation

KISS DANIEL – NEW ERA

SEYI SHAY – SEYI OR SHAY

LIL’ KESH – YAGI

RUNTOWN – GHETTO UNIVERSITY

Lyricist on the roll

ILL BLISS – CHUKWU AGOZI GOGI

REMINSCE – ASALAMALEKU

YCEE – JAGABAN

BOOGEY – SHOW YOU SOMETHING

A-Q – AGU JI NDI MEN’

MODENINE – NO MATTER WHAT

Best Street-Hop artiste

OLAMIDE – WHO YOU EPP

AJEBUTTER FEAT. FALZ – BAD GANG

KOKER – KO LE WERK

YCEE – JAGABAN

SMALL DOKTA – GBERA

2T BOYS – CUSTOMER DADA NI

Best ‘Alternative’ song

PICK UP – ADEKUNLE GOLD

SOMETHING GOOD IS HAPPENING – BRYMO

YOU SUPPOSE KNOW – BEZ

WAIT FOR ME – JOHNNY DRILLE

GENTLEMAN – RIC HASSANI

Album of the year

STORIES THAT TOUCH – FALZ

NEW ERA – KISS DANIEL

WANTED – WANDE COAL

SEYI OR SHAY – SEYI SHAY

Artiste of the Year

WIZKID

TIWA SAVAGE

FALZ

YEMI ALADE

OLAMIDE

Song of the year

FINAL (BABA NLA) – WIZKID

OSINACHI – HUMBLESMITH FEAT. DAVIDO

PICK UP – ADEKUNLE GOLD

REGGAE BLUES – HARRYSONG FEAT.

FADA FADA – PHYNO FEAT. OLAMIDE

2016 Headies African Artiste

SAUTI SOL

CASPER NYOVEST

DJ MAPHORISA

STONEBWOY

SARKODIE

What you need to know about Headies Awards

The Headies awards began in 2006 but at the time, it was referred to as the Hip Hop World Awards. It was established by the Hip Hop World Magazine and it remained as the Hip Hop World Awards until 2012 when it finally changed to the Headies Awards.

Regarded as one of the biggest music awards in Nigeria, headies celebrates the best of music in Nigeria, with close to 30 categories including Hall of fame, Song of the year, Album of the year, Rookie of the year, African Artiste of the Year, Best R&B Single, Best Rap Single, Best Pop Single, Best R&B/Pop Album, and many more.

Some of the most popular winners of the awards which have had over a thousand nominations so far include 2 Face Idibia, Mode 9, P-Square, Olamide, M.I, Wande Coal, WizKid, Dbanj, and Asa.

The plaque of the Headies awards was designed by its founder, Ayo Animashaun and the idea behind it is to capture a young man screaming out his talent. It was nevertheless, drawn by Matthias Aragbada. In 2008, the plaque was remade in the United Kingdom.