#14thHeadies: Fireboy Sweeps Awards As Omah Lay Wins Next Rated; Wizkid, Simi Win (See Full List Of Winners)

Fireboy was the biggest winner at the 14th Headies on Sunday night, snagging five awards — including the ‘Best R&B Single’, ‘Best R&B Album’, ‘Headies revelation’, ‘Best Pop Album’ and ‘Album Of The Year categories. 

Music newcomer, Omay Lay has pulled the biggest wins in the industry by clinching the juicy Next Rated award at the 14th edition of Headies. 

Omaha Lay was nominated for the category alongside Bella Shmurda, Tems, Oxlade. 

The young music star came to prominence in 2020 after the success of his EP, “Get Layd” on streaming platforms.  The Next Rated award at the annual Headies is a highly coveted prize won by the ‘upcoming’ act who has shown the most promise in the year in review. 

The winner also gets a car and joins an influential ‘alumni’ of previous superstar winners. 

The 14th edition of The Headies, a Nigerian music awards show, held at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. 

The red carpet began at 5pm while the main event commenced at 8 pm. 

It was hosted by Bovi, a comedian; and Nancy Isime, an actress. 

Other winners include Wizkid, who took ‘Artiste of the Year’, Badboytimz, who snagged the ‘Rookie of the Year’ and Simi who wins the ‘Songwriter of the Year’. 

See the list of winners below:

WINNER

BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR

• Ozymandias – Brymo    WINNER
• Smile- Wizkid Ft. Her
• Wonderful – Burna Boy
• Dreamer – Fireboy DML
• Ghost town – Wurld

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

• Pheelz – ‘Billionaire’ by Teni  WINNER
• Spax – ‘Away’ by Oxlade
• Kel p – ‘Pull up’ by Burna Boy
• Sarz – ‘Mad’ by Sarz & Wurld

BEST RAP ALBUM

• ‘God’s Engineering’ – Aq
• ‘Illy Chapo x’ – Illbliss
• ‘Ypszn2’ – Psycho Yp
• ‘Cult’ – Paybac Iboro
• ‘The Erigma II’ – Erigga

BEST R&B ALBUM

• ‘Laughter, Tears and Goosebumps’ – Fireboy DML    WINNER
• ‘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      WINNER

BEST POP ALBUM

• ‘Apollo’ – Fireboy DML     WINNER
• ‘African Giant’ – Burna Boy
• ‘A Good Time’ – Davido
• ‘Woman of Steel’ – Yemi Alade
• ‘Afro Pop Vol. 1’ – Adekunle Gold

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

• ‘Eli’ (Fireboy) – Clarence Peters
• ‘1 Milli (Davido) – Director K      WINNER
• ‘Smile’ (Wizkid) – Meji Alabi
• ‘Billionaire’ (Teni) – TG Omori
• ‘Shekere’ (Yemi Alade) – Ovie Etseyatse

BEST R&B SINGLE

• ‘Under the Sky’ – Praiz
• ‘Duduke’ – Simi
• ‘Mad’ – Sarz ft. Wurld
• ‘Bad Influence’ – Omah Lay
• ‘Tattoo’ – Fireboy DML      WINNER
• ‘Dangerous Love’ – Tiwa Savage

BEST COLLABORATION

• ‘Know You’ – Ladipoe ft. Simi        WINNER
• ‘Nobody’ – Dj Neptune ft. Joeboy & Mr. Eazi
• ‘Sweet in the Middle’ – Davido ft. Naira Marley, Zlatan & Wurld
• ‘Don’t call me back’ – Joeboy ft. Mayorkun
• ‘Totori’ – ID Cabasa ft. Wizkid & Olamide
• ‘Get the Info’ – Phyno ft Phenom & Falz

BEST RAP SINGLE

• ‘OGB4IG’ – Reminisce
• ‘Shut Up’ – Blaqbonez
• ‘Country’ – IllBliss
• ‘Get the Info’ – Phyno ft. Falz & Phenom
• ‘Bop Daddy’ – Falz ft. Ms. Banks       WINNER

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (MALE)

• Wurld – ‘Ghost Town’
• Chike – ‘Forgive’
• Praiz – ‘Under the Sky’      WINNER
• Cobhams – ‘Plenti’
• Nonso Amadi – ‘What makes you sure’
• Johnny Drille – ‘Count on You’

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)

• Simi – ‘No longer beneficial
• Lindsey Abudei – ‘One on the Outside’
• Niniola – ‘Addicted’      WINNER
• J-Dess – ‘Chi Efo’
• Yemi Alade – ‘Lai Lai’
• Imanse – Ajala’

HEADIES REVELATION

• Victor AD
• Fireboy DML  WINNER
• Joeboy
• Teni
• Remi
• Chike

LYRICIST ON THE ROLL

• AQ – ‘Eunice’
• BlaqBonez – ‘Define Rap’
• MI Abaga – ‘Trinity’
• IllBliss – ‘Country’     WINNER
• Phenom – ‘Get the Info’
• Phyno – ‘Speak Life

BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE

• Naira Marley ft. Young John – ‘Mafo’
• Mayorkun – ‘Geng’    WINNER
• Reminisce Ft. Olamide & Naira Marley – ‘Instagram’
• Rudeboy – ‘Audio Money’
• Ivd & Zlatan – ‘Bolanle’
• Olamide – ‘Pawon’

BEST ‘ALTERNATIVE’ SONG

• ‘Corner’ – Lady Donly Ft. Vanjess & The Cavemen
• ‘I Wonder’ – Moelogo     WINNER
• ‘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 WINNER
• ‘Afro Pop Vol. 1’ – Adekunle Gold
• ‘Yellow’ – Brymo
• ‘Boo of the Booless’ – Chike

AFRICAN ARTISTE RECOGNITION

• Master Kg      WINNER
• Kuami Eugene
• Sauti Sol
• Shatta Wale
• StoneBwoy

HEADIES VIEWERS CHOICE

• Davido
• Omah Lay
• Burna Boy
• Falz
• FireBoy DML
• Mayorkun
• DJ Neptune
• Wizkid      WINNER

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

• Olakira
• Alpha P
• Jamopyper
• Zinoleesky
• Bad Boy Timz    WINNER

BEST POP SINGLE

• ‘Billionaire’ – Teni
• ‘Nobody’ – Dj Neptune Ft. Joeboy & Mr. Eazi.   WINNER
• ‘Lady’ – Rema
• ‘Fem’ – Davido
• ‘Joro’ – Wizkid
• ‘Skeleton’ – Tekno

SONG OF THE YEAR

• ‘Fem’ – Davido
• ‘Nobody’ – Dj Neptune Ft. Joeboy & Mr. Eazi WINNER
• ‘Joro’– Wizkid
• ‘Mafo’ – Naira Marley
• ‘Duduke’ – Simi

NEXT RATED

• Tems
• Omah Lay    WINNER
• Oxlade
• Bella Shmurda

ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

• Burna Boy   
• Davido
• Wizkid WINNER
• Mayorkun
• Tiwa Savage

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

• Simisola Bolatito Ogunleye (Simi) – ‘Duduke’      WINNER
• 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 (Adekunle Gold) – ‘1 Milli’

HALL OF FAME

• King Sunny Ade

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

• Eedris Abdulkareem WINNER
• Timaya