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See Full List Of Nominations & Winners For The 14th Headies 2022 Awards

The prestigious Headies 14th Award edition has come and gone but it will be remembered for a long while as it is the first time it went virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the organizer of the award ceremony, Ayo Animashaun, it was difficult yet interesting producing the show virtually.

The nominees for the awards were announced in December 2021, with Fireboy DML leading with nine nominations, while Burnaboy, Davido, Wizkid and Wurld followed with six nominations each.

This edition witnessed fast-rising singers like Fireboy DML, Bad Boy Tims and Omah Lay receive their first plaque.

See full list of winners below:

Director Best Music Video
Director K – 1 Milli by Davido

Best Recording Artiste
Brymo

Best R&B Single
Fireboy DML – Tattoo

Producer of The Year
Pheelz – Billionaire by Teni

Best Vocal Performance (Female)
Niniola – Addicted

Best Vocal Performance (Male)
Praiz – Under The Sky

Best Street Hop Artiste
Mayorkun – Geng

Rookie of The Year
Bad Boy Timz – MJ

Best Pop Single
Nobody – DJ Neptune feat Joe Boy and Mr Eazi

Best Collabo
Ladipoe and Simi – Know you

Best Alternative song
Moelogo – I wonder

Best Rap Single
Falz – Bop Daddy feat. MS Banks

Best R&B Album
Fireboy DML – Tears, laughter and goosebumps

Best Alternative Album
Roots – The Cavemen

Next Rated
Omah Lay

Viewers Choice Award
Wizkid

Songwriter of the Year
Simi – Duduke

Best Rap Album
A-Q – God’s Engineering

Best Pop Award
Fireboy – Apollo

Lyricist on The Roll
Ilbliss Goretti – Country

African Artiste Recognition Award
Master KG

Headies Hall of Fame
King Sunny Ade

BEST R & B SINGLE:

UNDER THE SKY – PRAIZ

DUDUKE – SIMI

MAD – SARZ & WURLD

BAD INFLUENCE – OMAH LAY

TATTOO – FIREBOY DML

DANGEROUS LOVE – TIWA SAVAGE

BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR:

OZYMANDIAS – BRYMO

SMILE – WIZKID FEAT. HER

WONDERFUL – BURNA BOY

DREAMER – FIREBOY DML

GHOST TOWN – WURLD

BEST MUSIC VIDEO:

ELI – FIREBOY DML BY CLARENCE PETERS

1 MILLI – DAVIDO BY DIRECTOR K

SMILE – WIZKID BY MEJI ALABI

BILLIONAIRE – TENI BY TG OMORI

SHEKERE – YEMI ALADE BY OVIE ETSEYATSE

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR:

PHEELZ – ‘BILLIONAIRE’ BY TENI

SPAX – ‘AWAY’ BY OXLADE

KEL P – ‘PULL UP’ BY BURNA BOY

MARK SIEGEL/SARZ – ‘MAD’ BY SARZ & WURLD

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

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (MALE):

WURLD – GHOST TOWN

CHIKE – FORGIVE

PRAIZ – UNDER THE SKY

COHBAMS – PLENTI

NONSO AMADI – WHAT MAKES YOU SURE

JOHNNY DRILLE – COUNT ON YOU

BEST STREET HOP ARTISTE:

NAIRA MARLEY & YOUNG JOHN – MAFO

MAYORKUN – GENG

REMINISCE FEAT. OLAMIDE & NAIRA MARLEY – INSTAGRAM

RUDEBOY – AUDIO MONEY

IVD & ZLATAN – BOLANLE

OLAMIDE – PAWON

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:

OLAKIRA

ALPHA P

JAMOPYPER

ZINOLEESKY

BAD BOY TIMZ

BEST POP SINGLE:

BILLIONAIRE – TENI

NOBODY – DJ NEPTUNE FEAT. JOEBOY & MR. EAZI.

LADY – REMA

FEM – DAVIDO

JORO – WIZKID

SKELETUN – TEKNO

BEST COLLABORATION:

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 ALTERNATIVE SONG:

CORNER – LADY DONLY FEAT. VANJESS & THE CAVEMEN

I WONDER – MOELOGO

BITTER – DEENA ADE

ANITA – THE CAVEMEN

MONEY DEVOTION – GBASKY

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN – OLU

BEST RAP SINGLE:

OGB4IG – REMINISCE

SHUT UP – BLAQBONEZ

COUNTRY – ILLBLISS

GET THE INFO – PHYNO, FALZ & PHENOM

BOP DADDY – FALZ FEAT. MS. BANKS

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

NEXT RATED:

TEMS

OMAH LAY

OXLADE

BELLA SHMURDA

VIEWERS CHOICE:

DAVIDO

OMAH LAY

BURNA BOY

FALZ

FIREBOY DML

MAYORKUN

DJ NEPTUNE

WIZKID

SONG WRITER 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)

ADIQ ONIFADE (WURLD – GHOST TOWN)

ADEKUNLE KOSOKO (1 MILLION – DAVIDO)

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

LYRICIST ON THE ROLL:

AQ – EUNICE

BLAQBONEZ – DEFINE RAP 2

MI ABAGA – TRINITY

ILLBLISS – COUNTRY

PHENOM – GET THE INFO

PHYNO – SPEAK LIFE

AFRICAN ARTISTE RECOGNITION:

MASTER KG

KUAMI EUGENE

SAUTI SOL

SHAATA WALE

STONEBWOY

HALL OF FAME:

KING SUNNY ADE 

EBENEZER OBEY 

REVELATION OF THE YEAR:

VICTOR AD

FIREBOY DML

JOEBOY

TENI

REMA

CHIKE

BEST RAP ALBUM:

GOD’S ENGINEERING – AQ

ILLY CHAPO X – ILLBLISS

YPSZN2 – PSYCHO YP

CULT! – PAYBAC IBORO

THE ERIGMA II – ERIGGA

HEADIES SPECIAL RECOGNITION:

EEDRIS ABDULKAREEM

ALBUM OF THE YEAR:

AFRICAN GIANT – BURNA BOY

APOLLO – FIREBOY DML

AFRO POP VOL. 1 – ADEKUNLE GOLD

YELLOW – BRYMO

BOO OF THE BOOLESS – CHIKE

SONG OF THE YEAR:

FEM – DAVIDO

NOBODY – DJ NEPTUNE FEAT. JOEBOY & MR. EAZI

JORO – WIZKID

MAFO – NAIRA MARLEY

DUDUKE – SIMI

ARTISTE OF THE YEAR:

BURNA BOY

DAVIDO

WIZKID

MAYORKUN

TIWA SAVAGE

Congratulations to all the winners at this years’ edition of the Headies, and We hope your favourites made the list of winners!

Author: Martha Jones, proofread by Chuck Klosterman

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