The Headies 2015

The Headies 2015
Date January 1, 2016 (2016-01-01)
Location Landmark Events Centre
Victoria Island, Lagos State, Nigeria
Host
Acts
Most nominations Olamide
Television/Radio coverage
Network HipTV

The Headies 2015 was the 10th edition of The Headies Awards held on January 1, 2016 at Landmark Events Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.[1] Themed "Flip The Script", the event was hosted by Bovi and Kaffy. Previously scheduled to be held on December 30, 2015, the organizers of the event postponed it to January 1, 2016 without citing any reasons.[2] Timi Dakolo won three category awards, while Olamide received the most nominations with eight. Wizkid was nominated seven times across the twenty-one award categories.[3] The Headies honoured 2face Idibia with the "Hall of Fame" award, while the "Special Recognition Award" was awarded to Don Jazzy. Reekado Banks won the Next Rated award to the criticism of music critics who challenged the "fairness of the award process".[4][5]

Performers

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The following artistes performed at The Headies 2015:

Winners and nominees

Below is the list of nominees and winners for the popular music categories. Winners are highlighted in bold.[6][7]

Best R&B/Pop Album Best Rap Album
Best R&B Single Best Pop Single
  • "Do The Right Thing" - Cobhams Asuquo (featuring Bez)
  • "Heartbeat" - Praiz
  • "Wish Me Well" - Timi Dakolo (Winner)
  • "Say You Love Me" - Leriq (featuring Wizkid)
  • "Baby Daddy" - Iyanya
Best Vocal Performance (Male) Best Vocal Performance (Female)
  • Bez - "There's a Fire"
  • Cobhams - "Do The Right Thing"
  • "Wish Me Well" - Timi Dakolo (Winner)
  • Shaydee - "High"
  • Praiz - "If I Fall"
  • Waje - Coco Baby
  • "Iwo Nikan" - Aramide (Winner)
  • Simi - "Tiff"
  • Yemi Alade - "Duro Timi"
  • Asa - Bed of Stone
Best Rap Single Best Street-Hop Artiste
  • Olamide - "Bobo" (Winner)
  • Small Doctor - "Mosquito Killer"
  • Reminisce - "Skillashi"
  • Masterkraft (featuring Olamide, CDQ & Davido) - "Indomie Remix"
  • Falz (featuring Poe & Yemi Alade) - "Marry Me"
Best Collabo Lyricist on the Roll
  • "Bad Girl Special (Remix)" - Mr 2Kay (featuring Cynthia Morgan & Seyi Shay)
  • "Do The Right Thing" - Cobhams (featuring Bez)
  • "Hold On" - Joe El (featuring 2face Idibia)
  • "Local Rappers" - Reminisce (featuring Olamide & Phyno) (Winner)
  • "Sisi" - Praiz (featuring Wizkid)
  • "Shoki (Remix)" - Lil Kesh (featuring Olamide & Davido)
  • Vector - "King Kong" (Winner)
  • Illbliss (featuring Ice Prince, Eva Alordiah, Phyno) - "Bank Alert"
  • G.O.D - "T.R"
  • Reminisce - "Baba Hafusa"
Song of the Year Best Recording of the Year
  • "Ojuelegba" - Wizkid (Winner)
  • "Godwin" - Korede Bello
  • "Bobo" - Olamide
  • "Woju" - Kiss Daniel
  • "There's a Fire" - Bez
  • "Eyo" - Asa
  • "Ojuelegba" - Wizkid
  • "Wish Me Well" - Timi Dakolo (Winner)
  • "Do The Right Thing" - Cobhams
Album of the Year Artiste of the Year
  • Chairman - M.I
  • A.Y.O - Wizkid (Winner)
  • Street OT - Olamide
  • Double Trouble - P-Square
  • Rich & Famous - Praiz
  • King of Queens - Yemi Alade
  • Davido
  • Olamide (Winner)
  • P-Square
  • Wizkid
  • Yemi Alade
Producer of the Year Best Music Video
  • "Baby Jollof" - Clarence Peters
  • "Crazy" - Meji Alabi
  • "Jamb Question" - Mex
  • "Katapot" - UnLimited LA
  • "The Sound" - Sesan
Next Rated African Artiste of the Year
  • Cynthia Morgan
  • Lil Kesh
  • Kiss Daniel
  • Korede Bello
  • Reekado Banks (Winner)
Rookie of The Year Best Reggae/Dancehall Single
  • Base One
  • HumbleSmiths
  • Koker
  • Pepenazi
  • YCEE (Winner)
  • Young GreyC
  • "Daniella Whyne" - Patoranking
  • "Sanko" - Timaya
  • "German Juice" - Cynthia Morgan (Winner)
  • "My Body" - Solid Star (featuring Timaya)
  • "Bad Girl Special (Remix)" - Mr 2Kay (featuring Cynthia Morgan & Seyi Shay)
Best Alternative Song Special Recognition Award
  • "Sade" - Adekunle Gold (Winner)
  • "Satan Be Gone" - Asa
  • "Awwww" - Di'Ja
  • "There's A Fire" - Bez
  • "Rain on Me" - Ugovinna
  • "Tiff" - Simi
Hip Hop World Revelation of the Year Hall of Fame
  • Yemi Alade (Winner)
  • Praiz
  • Skales

References

  1. ↑ Ige, Victoria (28 December 2015). "Breaking News: The Headies moved to New Year’s Day". Nigeria Entertainment Today. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Peters, Oreoluwa (28 December 2015). "The Headies Awards 2015 postponed to 2016". YNaija. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Abulude, Samuel (6 January 2016). "Olamide, Timi Dakolo, YCee Win Big At HEADIES 2015". Leadership Newspaper. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "DJ Timmy Blasts Headies Over Controversial 'Next Rated' Award". Naij. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Sofowora, Oladapo (17 November 2015). "Pretender and the Contender Headies Next Rated Artiste 2015: The Pretender and the Contender". Info Trust News. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Adeleke, Shayo (30 September 2015). "The Headies Awards 2015- Full Nominees List". 36NG. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Alade, Abiodun (2 January 2016). "Full list of winners @ The Headies 2015". Vanguard Newspaper. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
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