The year 2020 started under the intense heat of the global COVID-19 pandemic and ran down to the October #EndSARS protests that inflicted unprecedented violence on the country.
But amid all these vicissitudes of life, the popular entertainment award show, Headies, has unveiled nominees that have done extraordinary work in their genres of music from July 2019 to September 2020.
Headies took to social media to reveal the nominees and categories of the award for the upcoming event, which was announced on December 4, 2020 with 27 notable categories.
As it is now the norm worldwide, the award programme will be a virtual one.
The unveiling of the nomination list has got some fans of celebrities like Patoranking, Dj Cuppy and Laycon, the BBN crooner, talking on social media, based on the hit songs these celebrities worked on in the past few months.
But the date of the main event remains yet unknown.
Below is the full list of nominees:
Best Recording of the Year
- Ozymandias – Brymo
- Smile – Wizkid ft. H.E.R
- Wonderful – Burna Boy
- Dreamer – Fireboy DML
- Ghost Town – Wurld
Best Pop Single
- Billionaire – Teni
- Nobody – DJ Neptune Feat. Joeboy and Mr Eazi
- Lady – Rema
- Fem – Davido
- Joro – Wizkid
- Skeletun – Tekno
Song of the Year
- Fem – Davido
- Nobody – DJ Neptune Feat. Joeboy and Mr Eazi
- Joro – Wizkid
- Mafo – Naira Marley
- Duduke – Simi
Producer of the Year
- Pheelz – ‘Billionaire’ by Teni
- Spax – ‘Away’ by Oxlade
- Kel P – ‘Pull Up’ by Burna Boy
- Sarz – ‘Mad’ By Sarz and Wurld
Best Rap Album
- God’s Engineering – A-Q
- 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 DML
- 1 Milli – Davido
- Smile – Wizkid
- Billionaire – Teni
- Shekere – Yemi Alade
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 Collaboration
- Know You – Ladipoe ft. Simi
- Nobody – DJ Neptune ft. Joeboy and Mr. Eazi
- Sweet In the Middle – Davido ft. Naira Marley, Zlatan and Wurld
- Don’t Call Me Back – Joeboy ft. Mayorkun
- Totori – ID Cabasa Feat. Wizkid and Olamide
- Get the Info – Phyno ft. Phenom and Falz
Best Rap Single
- OGB4IG – Reminisce
- Shut Up – Blaqbonez
- Country – Illbliss
- Get The Info – Phyno, Falz and Phenom
- Bop Daddy – Falz ft. Ms. Banks
Best Vocal Performance (Male)
- Ghost Town – Wurld
- Forgive– Chike
- Under the Sky – Praiz
- Plenti – Cobhams
- What Makes You Sure – Nonso Amadi
- Count On You – Johnny Drille
Best Vocal Performance (Female)
- No Longer Beneficial – Simi
- One on the Outside – Lindsey Abudei
- Addicted – Niniola
- Chi Efo – J-Dess
- Lai Lai – Yemi Alade
- Ajala – Imanse
Next Rated
- Tems
- Omah Lay
- Oxlade
- Bella Shmurda
Headies Revelation
- Victor AD
- Fireboy DML
- Joeboy
- Teni
- Rema
- Chike
Lyricist on the Roll
- A-Q
- Blaqbonez
- MI Abaga – Trinity
- Illbliss
- Phenom
- Phyno
Best Street-hop Artist
- Naira Marley and Young John Mayorkun – Geng
- Reminisce ft. Olamide and Naira Marley – Instagram
- Rudeboy – Audio Money
- IVD and 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
Artist of the Year
- Burna Boy
- Davido
- Wizkid
- Mayorkun
- Tiwa Savage
African Artist Recognition
- Master KG
- Kuami Eugene
- Sauti Sol
- Shatta Wale
- Stonebwoy
Headies’ Viewer’s 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
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 (1 Million – Davido)
Special Recognition
- Eedris Abdulkareem
- Timaya
Hall of Fame
King Sunny Ade