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
