Headies Award 2022 Nominees (Full List): What You Need To Know

Headies Award 2022 Nominees (Full List): What You Need To Know

The long-awaited 15th Headies Award 2022 Nominees list is finally out.

Organisers of the award, the Academy, announced the nominations for this year’s awards On May 24, 2022.

Many artistes got nominated for various award categories.

Taking the most nomination is popular musician, Wizkid who got many nominations than others.

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Wizkid’s “Essence” and Ayra Starr’s “Bloody Samaritan” got multiple nominations.

Similarly, Don Jazzy, 2Baba, and others got the Humanitarian awards nomination category.

while Ayra Starr and Ruger will knuckle it out with Lojay, Zinoleesky, and BNXN for Next Rated.

Equally, there are new entrants to the Award wrestling.

First timers like Magixx, Portable and many other fast-rising artistes also got the nominations.

But that’s not all. A look at the full list will reveal more.

However, you need to know what the nominations are.

What you need to know about Headies Award 2022 Nominees:

First, the 2022 Headies Award will be holding for the first time in the United States of America.

Previously, the award ceremony takes place in Nigeria. But this time, the organisers are taking the show to America.

Similarly, it will interest you to know a little more about the various categories. They are as follows:

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:

This category seeks to award a person who has had a successful year in the terms of music.

This is regardless of the fact that such a person may not have an album in the year under review.

Those nominated for this category include:

AV

FAVE

MAGIXX

PORTABLE

UGOCCIE

BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR:

Nomination for the Best Recording Of The Year is a non-voting category.

It is for an artiste or group of artistes whose recording meets the requirements of the judges.

This involves areas such as excellence, production quality, songwriting quality and rendition styles.

It is non-voting because only the judges decide who meets this criteria and not by voting process.

Those who got nomination for this category include:

“CELEBRATE ME” – PATORANKING

“ESSENCE” – WIZKID FEAT. TEMS

“JOY” – FALANA
“LOVING IS HARDER” – JOHNNY DRILLE

“MEJI MEJI” – BRYMO

“SOMEBODY’S SON” – TIWA SAVAGE FEAT. BRANDY

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR:

This category of awards is for a music producer who produced the song or album that got the most acclaim in the year under review.

Nominees include:

BEATS BY JAYY – “GOLDEN” (A-Q)

BLAISE BEATZ – “SINNER” (ADEKUNLE GOLD FEAT. LUCKY DAYE)

NIPHKEYS – “FEEL GOOD” (MOHBAD)

P PRIIME – “OZUMBA MBADIWE” (REEKADO BANKS)

PHEELZ – “HIGH” (ADEKUNLE GOLD FEAT. DAVIDO)

SARZ – “MONALISA” (LOJAY & SARZ)

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR:

This award is equally a non-voting type, meaning that only the judges will decide and not by a voting process.

It is for a song writer whose song meets the judges’ requirements for being the best in the year.

The song must meet judges’ requirements in areas such as excellence, composition, arrangement and rendition.

Nominees include:

ADEKUNLE GOLD – “SINNER”

AJEBO HUSTLERS – “LOYALTY”

BRYMO – “MEJI MEJI”

FALANA – “JOY”

FIREBOY DML – “PERU”

OMAH LAY – “UNDERSTAND”

BEST R&B SINGLE:

Award for the Best R&B Single is for a song that beats others in terms of its rhythm and blues in the year under review.

The award is for a single individual or a group of artistes who meet this criteria.

Nominees and songs include:

“BABY RIDDIM” – FAVE

“BEGGIE BEGGIE” – AYRA STARR FEAT. CKAY

“ESSENCE” – WIZKID FEAT. TEMS

“RUNNING (TO YOU)” – CHIKE FEAT. SIMI

“PROMISE” – NINIOLA

“SINNER” – ADEKUNLE GOLD FEAT. LUCK DAYE

BEST RAP SINGLE:

This award category is for the best rap song released by a single individual.

It is a category decided by a voting process.

Nominees and the nominated songs include:

“BREATHE” – A-Q FEAT CHIKE

“CROWN OF CLAY” – VECTOR & MI ABAGA FEAT. PHEELZ

“EARLY MOMO” – VECTOR FEAT. GOODGIRL LA

“FEELING” – LADIPOE FEAT. BNXN

“TYCOON” – SHOW DEM CAMP FEAT. REMINISCE & MOJO

“LOADING” – OLAMIDE FEAT BAD BOY TIMZ

BEST ‘ALTERNATIVE’ SONG:

Nomination for this category is by a voting process.

Also, it is an award for a song that veered away from the recent or past popular musical styles or trends.

The artiste who wins this category must have a song that adopted its own unique style never used before.

Nominees include:

“DOINGS” – FLAVOUR

“FREE YOUR MIND” – MADE KUTI

“GONTO” – IBEJII

“HUSTLE” – BASKETMOUTH, THE CAVEMEN, BEZ, DICE AILES

“MEJI MEJI” – BRYMO

“SELENSE” – THE CAVEMEN

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE):

This category is for a female artiste who has the most outstanding vocal performance in a single song or album in the year under review.

Nominees include:

AYRA STARR – “TOXIC”

LIYA – “ALARI”

NINIOLA – “6TH HEAVEN”

SIMI – “RUNNING (TO YOU)”

TEMS – “ESSENCE”

WAJE – “LAST TIME”

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE(MALE):

This category is for a male artiste who has the most outstanding vocal performance in a single song or album in the year under review.

Nominees include:

BRYMO – “MEJI MEJI”

JOHNNY DRILLE – “LOVING IS HARDER”

OXLADE – “OJUJU”

RIC HASSANI – “WHEN I’M GONE”

TAY IWAR – “PEAKING”

LYRICIST ON THE ROLL:

This category of awards is a non-voting type.

Nominees are in for rap artiste with the best lyrical depth and performance on a single song or album.

A-Q – “THE LAST CYPHER”

BLAQBONEZ – “THE LAST CYPHER”

JESSE JAGZ – “VIPERS”

LADIPOE – “PROVIDENCE”

PAYPER CORLEONE – “IN DON WE TRUST”

VECTOR – “CROWN OF CLAY”

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.

“CHAMPION” – (FIREBOY DML FEAT. D SMOKE) DIRECTED BY TG OMORI

“GINGER” – (WIZKID FEAT. BURNA BOY) DIRECTED BY MEJI ALABI

“ROJU” – (CHIKE) DIRECTED BY PINK

“RAIN” – (YEMI ALADE FEAT. MZANSI YOUTH CHOIR) DIRECTED BY OVIE ETSEYATSE

“BLING” – (BLAQBONEZ FEAT. AMAARAE & BNXN) DIRECTED BY TG OMORI

“RUNNING” – (LADIPOE FEAT. FIREBOY DML) DIRECTED BY DIRECTOR K

BEST COLLABORATION:

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

“BEGGIE BEGGIE” – AYRA STARR FEAT. CKAY

“BLING” – BLAQBONEZ FEAT. AMAARAE & BNXN

“EARLY MOMO” – VECTOR FEAT. GOODGIRL LA

“ESSENCE” – WIZKID FEAT. TEMS

“FEELING” – LADIPOE FEAT. BNXN

“RUNNING (TO YOU)” – CHIKE FEAT. SIMI

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.

BELLA SHMURDA – “CASH APP” FEAT. ZLATAN & LINCOlN

REXXIE & MOHBAD – “KPK”

MOHBAD – “FEEL GOOD”

NAIRA MARLEY – “KOLEYEWON”

NEKTUNEZ & GOYA MENOR – “AMENO AMAPIANO (REMIX)”

POCO LEE, PORTABLE & OLAMIDE – “ZAZOO ZEHH”

BEST AFROBEATS SINGLE OF THE YEAR:

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

“BLOODY SAMARITAN” – AYRA STARR

“BOUNCE” – RUGER

“HIGH” – ADEKUNLE GOLD FEAT. DAVIDO

“MONALISA” – LOJAY & SARZ

“OZUMBA MBADIWE” – REEKADO BANKS

“PERU” – FIREBOY DML

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.

AYRA STARR – “BLOODY SAMARITAN”

FIREBOY – “PERU”

JOEBOY – “SIP”

LOJAY & SARZ – “MONALISA”

NEKTUNEZ & GOYA MENOR – “AMENO AMAPIANO (REMIX)”

OLAMIDE FEAT. OMAH LAY – “INFINITY”

REMA – “SOUNDGASM”

WIZKID FEAT. TEMS – “ESSENCE”

BEST WEST AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR:

A voting award category for an individual African artiste or group (of Western African Descent) with the most outstanding achievement and impact across Africa in the year under review.

AMAARAE (GHANA)

ANGELIQUE KIDJO (BENIN)

AYA NAKAMURA (MALI)

GYAKIE (GHANA)

KIDI (GHANA)

NELSON FREITAS (CAPE VERDE)

BEST EAST AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR:

A voting award category for an individual African artiste or group (of Eastern African Descent) with the most outstanding achievement and impact across Africa in the year under review.

DIAMOND PLATINUMZ (TANZANIA)

EDDY KENZO (UGANDA)

HARMONIZE (TANZANIA)

MEDDY (RWANDA)

NIKITA KERING (KENYA)

ZUCHU (TANZANIA)

BEST NORTH AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR:

A voting award category for an individual African artiste or group (of Northern African Descent) with the most outstanding achievement and impact across Africa in the year under review.

EMEL MATHLOUTHI (TUNISIA)

ELGRANDETOTO (MOROCCO)

LATIFA (TUNISIA)

MANAL (MOROCCO)

MUHAMAD RAMADAN (EGYPT)

SOOLKING (ALGERIA)

BEST SOUTHERN AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR:

A voting award category for an individual African artiste or group (of Southern African Descent) with the most outstanding achievement and impact across Africa in the year under review.

BLACK COFFEE (SOUTH AFRICA)

DJ TARICO (MOZAMBIQUE)

ELAINE (SOUTH AFRICA)

FOCALISTIC (SOUTH AFRICA)

JAH PRAYZAH (ZIMBABWE)

SHA SHA (ZIMBABWE)

BEST CENTRAL AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR:

A voting award category for an individual African artiste or group (of Central African Descent) with the most outstanding achievement and impact across Africa in the year under review.

CALEMA (SAO TOME & PRINCIPE)

BLANCHE BAILLY (CAMEROON)

DADJU (DR CONGO)

FALLY IPUPA (DR CONGO)

INNOSS’B (DR CONGO)

SORAIA RAMOS (CAPE VERDE)

BEST AFROBEATS ALBUM:

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

“19 AND DANGEROUS” – AYRA STARR

“A BETTER TIME” – DAVIDO

“BARNABAS” – KIZZ DANIEL

“MADE IN LAGOS (DELUXE EDITION)” – WIZKID

“KPOS LIFESTYLE” – AJEBO HUSTLERS

“WONDALAND” – TENI

BEST REGGAE & DANCEHALL ALBUM:

A voting category for the best Reggae & Dancehall album (solo or group) in year under review.

“GRATITUDE” – TIMAYA

“LOVE IS WAR” – PRETTYBOY D-O

“RAINBOW RIDDIM” – SHANK

“THREE” – PATORANKING

“YAADMAN KINGSIZE” – YUNG L

BEST R&B ALBUM:

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

“BEFORE WE FALL ASLEEP” – JOHNNY DRILLE

“IF ORANGE WAS A PLACE” – TEMS

“LOVE DEEP HIGH LIFE” – OMAWUMI

“RISING” – FALANA

“THE PRINCE I BECAME” – RIC HASSANI

“WATER AND GARRI” – TIWA SAVAGE

BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM:

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

“9: ESAN” – BRYMO

“INTERMISSION” – IBEJII

“LEGACY +” – FEMI KUTI & MADE KUTI

“LOVE AND HIGHLIFE” – THE CAVEMEN

“P.S. THANK YOU FOR WAITING” – WAVY THE CREATOR

“YABASI” – BASKETMOUTH

BEST RAP ALBUM:

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

“CARPE DIEM” – OLAMIDE

“CLONE WARS VOL. 5 – THE ALGORHYTHM” – SHOW DEM CAMP

“GOLDEN” – A-Q

“MAFIA CULTURE, VOL. 2.0” – IDOWEST

“PROVIDENCE” – LADIPOE

“SEX OVER LOVE” – BLAQBONEZ

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).

“9: ESAN” – BRYMO

“19 & DANGEROUS” – AYRA STARR

“CARPE DIEM” – OLAMIDE

“LEGACY +” – FEMI KUTI & MADE KUTI

“MADE IN LAGOS (DELUXE EDITION)” – WIZKID

“YABASI” – BASKETMOUTH

SONG OF THE YEAR:

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

“CELEBRATE ME” – PATORANKING

“DOINGS” – FLAVOUR FEAT. PHYNO

“ESSENCE” – WIZKID FEAT. TEMS

“HIGH” – ADEKUNLE GOLD FEAT. DAVIDO

“MONALISA” – LOJAY & SARZ

“PERU” – FIREBOY DML

BEST FEMALE ARTISTE:

Overall most successful female artiste (with artistic quality and/or impact) in the year under review.

SIMI

TEMS

TIWA SAVAGE

TENI

NINIOLA

BEST MALE ARTISTE:

Overall most successful male artiste (with artistic quality and/or impact) in the year under review.

ADEKUNLE GOLD

BURNA BOY

DAVIDO

FLAVOUR

OLAMIDE

WIZKID

NEXT RATED:

This category is a voting category for the most promising act (with an EP or Album) in the year under review.

AYRA STARR

BNXN

LOJAY

RUGER

ZINOLEESKY

AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR:

A voting award category for an individual African artiste or group with the most outstanding achievement, impact and infiltration into the International music scene withiin the year under review.

BLACK COFFEE (NIGERIA)

BURNA BOY (NIGERIA)

DAVIDO (NIGERIA)

DIAMOND PLATINUMZ (TANZANIA)

SOOLKING (ALGERIA)

WIZKID (NIGERIA)

AYA NAKAMURA (MALI/FRANCE)

INTERNATIONAL ARTISTE RECOGNITION:

A special recognition to an individual(s) for excellence and outstanding impact to the Nigerian entertainment industry within a specific period and/or the year under review.

WYCLEF JEAN

AKON

P DIDDY

SPECIAL RECOGNITION:

A special recognition to an individual(s) for excellence and outstanding impact to the entertainment industry within the year under review.

BOSE OGULU

SUNDAY ARE

EFE OMOROGBE

HALL OF FAME:

A special recognition to an individual of African Descent, for excellence and outstanding impact to the African entertainment industry, home and abroad.

ANGELINA KIDJOE

HUMANITARIAN AWARD OF THE YEAR:

A voting category to recognize and Award extraordinary individuals and/or groups who have positively impacted the lives of people, nature and society within the year in review.

2FACE IDIBIA

RUGGEDMAN

DAVIDO

DON JAZZY

The Headies Awards show is scheduled to hold on Sunday 4th September, 2022 at the COBB Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, USA.

Culled from Pulse.ng