The 14th edition of The Headies music awards show, which held yesterday, Sunday 21st of January at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

However, the year-in-review is between July 2019 and September 2020.

This year saw winners in new categories, Songwriter of The Year and Best Alternative Album.

The hosts were Bovi and Nancy Isime.

See the full list of winners below;

Note: Winners are in BOLD.

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 artiste or group in the year under review.

OZYMANDIAS – BRYMO
SMILE – WIZKID FEAT. HER
WONDERFUL – BURNA BOY
DREAMER – FIREBOY DML
GHOST TOWN – WURLD

BEST POP SINGLE

A voting category for the best pop single in year under review (by single individual or group).

BILLIONAIRE – TENI
NOBODY – DJ NEPTUNE FEAT. JOEBOY & MR. EAZI.
LADY – REMA
FEM – DAVIDO
JORO – WIZKID
SKELETUN – TEKNO

SONG OF THE YEAR

A voting category for the most popular song in the year under review.

FEM – DAVIDO
NOBODY – DJ NEPTUNE FEAT. JOEBOY & MR. EAZI
JORO – WIZKID
MAFO – NAIRA MARLEY
DUDUKE – SIMI

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

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

PHEELZ – ‘BILLIONAIRE’ BY TENI
SPAX – ‘AWAY’ BY OXLADE
KEL P – ‘PULL UP’ BY BURNA BOY
SARZ – ‘MAD’ BY SARZ & WURLD

BEST RAP ALBUM

A non-voting category for the best album by a rap artiste or group in year under review.

GOD’S ENGINEERING – AQ
ILLY CHAPO X – ILLBLISS
YPSZN2 – PSYCHO YP
CULT! – PAYBAC IBORO
THE ERIGMA II – ERIGGA

BEST R&B ALBUM

A category for the best r&b album in the year under review (by single individual or group).

1. LAUGHTER, TEARS AND GOOSEBUMPS – FIREBOY DML

2. I LIKE GIRLS WITH TROBUL – SARZ & WURLD

3. KING – PRAIZ

4. BOO OF THE BOOLESS – CHIKE

5. CELIA – TIWA SAVAGE

BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM

A category for the best Alternative album in the year under review (by single individual or group).

YELLOW – BRYMO
LUCID – ASA
THE LIGHT – BEZ
PIONEERS – DRB LASGIDI
ROOTS – THE CAVEMEN

BEST POP ALBUM

A category for the best pop album in the year under review (by single individual or group).

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
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. ELI – FIREBOY DML BY CLARENCE PETERS

2. 1 MILLI – DAVIDO BY DIRECTOR K

3. SMILE – WIZKID BY MEJI ALABI

4. BILLIONAIRE – TENI BY TG OMORI

5. SHEKERE – YEMI ALADE BY OVIE ETSEYATSE

BEST R&B SINGLE
A category for the best r&b single in the year under review (by a single individual or group).

UNDER THE SKY – PRAIZ
DUDUKE – SIMI
MAD – SARZ & WURLD
BAD INFLUENCE – OMAH LAY
TATTOO – FIREBOY DML
DANGEROUS LOVE – TIWA SAVAGE

BEST COLLABORATION

A voting category for the best r&b, pop or hip-hop collaborative track (including cameos).

KNOW YOU – LADIPOE FEAT. SIMI
NOBODY – DJ NEPTUNE FEAT. JOEBOY & MR. EAZI
SWEET IN THE MIDDLE – DAVIDO FEAT. NAIRA MARLEY, ZLATAN & WURLD
DON’T CALL ME BACK – JOEBOY FEAT. MAYORKUN
TOTORI – ID CABASA FEAT. WIZKID & OLAMIDE
GET THE INFO – PHYNO FEAT. PHENOM & FALZ

BEST RAP SINGLE

A voting category for a single (released on-air) recording of a rap song.

OGB4IG – REMINISCE
SHUT UP – BLAQBONEZ
COUNTRY – ILLBLISS
GET THE INFO – PHYNO, FALZ & PHENOM
BOP DADDY – FALZ FEAT. MS. BANKS

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.

WURLD – GHOST TOWN
CHIKE – FORGIVE
PRAIZ – UNDER THE SKY
COHBAMS – PLENTI
NONSO AMADI – WHAT MAKES YOU SURE
JOHNNY DRILLE – COUNT ON YOU

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)

A non-voting category for the single female artiste with most outstanding vocal performances on a single song or album.

SIMI – NO LONGER BENEFICIAL
LINDSEY ABUDEI – ONE ON THE OUTSIDE
NINIOLA – ADDICTED
J-DESS – CHI EFO
YEMI ALADE – LAI LAI
IMANSE – AJALA

NEXT RATED

This category is a voting category for the most promising act in the year under review.

TEMS
OMAH LAY
OXLADE
BELLA SHMURDA

HEADIES REVELATION

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.

VICTOR AD
FIREBOY DML
JOEBOY
TENI
REMA
CHIKE

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.

AQ – EUNICE
BLAQBONEZ – DEFINE RAP 2
MI ABAGA – TRINITY
ILLBLISS – COUNTRY
PHENOM – GET THE INFO
PHYNO – SPEAK LIFE

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.

NAIRA MARLEY & YOUNG JOHN – MAFO
MAYORKUN – GENG
REMINISCE FEAT. OLAMIDE & NAIRA MARLEY – INSTAGRAM
RUDEBOY – AUDIO MONEY
IVD & ZLATAN – BOLANLE
OLAMIDE – PAWON

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.

CORNER – LADY DONLY FEAT. VANJESS & THE CAVEMEN
I WONDER – MOELOGO
BITTER – DEENA ADE
ANITA – THE CAVEMEN
MONEY DEVOTION – GBASKY
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN – OLU

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
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).

AFRICAN GIANT – BURNA BOY
APOLLO – FIREBOY DML
AFRO POP VOL. 1 – ADEKUNLE GOLD
YELLOW – BRYMO
BOO OF THE BOOLESS – CHIKE

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
DAVIDO
WIZKID
MAYORKUN
TIWA SAVAGE

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
KUAMI EUGENE
SAUTI SOL
SHAATA WALE
STONEBWOY

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

DAVIDO
OMAH LAY
BURNA BOY
FALZ
FIREBOY DML
MAYORKUN
DJ NEPTUNE

WIZKID

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.

OLAKIRA
ALPHA P
JAMOPYPER
ZINOLEESKY
BAD BOY TIMZ

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR:

A non-voting category for the writer of a song (that meets the judges’ requirements of excellence, composition, arrangement, rendition) in the year under review.

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 (1 MILLION – DAVIDO)

SPECIAL RECOGNITION:
A special recognition to an individual(s) for excellence and outstanding impact to the entertainment industry.

EEDRIS ABDULKAREEM

TIMAYA

HALL OF FAME:
A special recognition to an individual for excellence and outstanding impact to the entertainment industry.

KING SUNNY ADE

BBNaija season 5 winner, Laycon has been nominated alongside Wizkid, Davido, Yemi Alade, and Mayorkun for the Digital Artiste of the Year Award.

SAGE Awards made this announcement recently via their official Twitter and Instagram handles.

The maiden edition of the Sage awards opened up with a big one for Laycon who is set to lock horns with Nigerian afrobeat A-list artistes.

Making the announcement, Sage Awards wrote; “Nigerian music only gets better, all thanks to our fav artistes. On the Gage Awards Digital Artiste nominations for the year, we have tight and highly befitting artistes on the stage. @wizkidayo @iammayorkun @itslaycon @davido @yemialade Voting your favorite artiste as much as possible will get them the award #gageawards2021”

Nigerian Online Kids Comedy Group, Ikorodu Bois have been nominated for the Favourite African Social Media Star category at the 2021 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards.

Ikorodu Bois is a popular group of young and creative Nigerians that recreates and mimics multi-million dollar music videos, Hollywood movie trailers, and epic pictures with household items.

They caught the attention of the producers of the Hollywood movie, Extraction 2, the Russo Brothers, following the remake of the movie trailer which features Chris Hemsworth. Russo Brothers in a tweet expressed their excitement at the remake and invited the Ikorodu Bois to the world premiere of their Netflix action film sequel.

Reacting to their nomination, the group took to their Twitter handle to share the good news with their followers. They wrote

“Good news! we have just been nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award.? plssss guys vote for us”

Comic relief actor, Osita Iheme better known as Pawpaw has gotten a Lifetime Achievement Award at the African Movie Academy Awards, AMAA.

Pawpaw who is known to act alongside colleague, Aki who recently celebrated his 43rd birthday has remained an icon in the movie industry for decades.

Taking to Twitter to announce the feet, Osita Iheme wrote;

“I received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the African Movie Academy Awards. Congratulations to myself .”

It is indeed a deserving award as we all owe most of our childhood memories in front of the TV to Nollywood legends of all time, Aki and Pawpaw.

Temi Otedola has won the award for Best Actress (African Collaboration) at the Ghana Movie Awards 2020 for her role in the Kunle Afolayan movie ‘Citation’ which also won the award for Best Movie (African Collaboration) at the event.

Temi tweeted, “I just heard I won the Ghana Movie Award in the category of Best Actress (African Collaboration) for my role in Citation! So, grateful! Thank you for this honour,”.

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Other winners at the 10th edition which held virtually on December 30, 2020, include Van Vicker, Roselyn Ngissah and Bernard Aduse-Poku.

The full list of winners at the event

A performance by an actor in a leading role: Bernard Aduse-Poku — Heroes of Africa

A performance by an actor in a supporting role: Van Vicker — Heroes of Africa

A performance by an actress in a leading role: Habiba Sinare — 18

A performance by an actress in a supporting role: Roselyn Ngissah — Ogbozo, Michelle Attoh – Fix Us

Sound editing and mixing: Fix us — Bernie Anti

Directing: Heroes of Africa — Frank Fiifi Gharbin

Visual effects: 18 — Kobby Okyere

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Editing: Ogbozo — Solomon Tamakloe

Cinematography: Fix Us — John Passah

Costume and wardrobe: Heroes of Africa — George Atobrah

Make-up and hairstyle: Heroes of Africa — Zion Train

Production design: Heroes of Africa — Bismark Gyamerah

Music original song: Ogbozo — Blakk Rasta

Music original score: Fix Us — Berni Anti

Best actor – African collaboration: Sam Dede — Foreigners God

Best actress – African collaboration: Temi Otedola – Citation

Best movie _ African collaboration: Citation — Kunle Afolayan

Best short film: Wrong One — Kobby Maxwell

Best animation movie: ILL-MINE — Divine Jones

Discovery: Irene Logah — Fix Us

Writing adaptation – Original screenplay: Fix Us — Pascal Amanfo

Best picture: Heroes of Africa — Frank Fiifi Gharbin, Matilda Asare