The music awards has finally berths
today (Sunday). Arguably the biggest
music awards in Nigeria, HEADIES,
formerly known in years past as HipHop
Awards, brings all the razzmatazz and
energy known with the music industry.
SAMUEL ABULUDE, writes.
In the year in review between July 2013 –
June 2014, twenty awards are up for
grabs and a life time achievement award
will be bestowed on Sir Victor Uwaifo.
The Album Of the Year will be contested
by Sean Tizzle’s The Journey , Burnaboy’s
L.I.F.E , Olamide’s Baddest Guy Ever
Liveth , Phyno’s No Guts No Glory .
For The Artiste of the Year, the competition is
tougher. With seven artistes slugging it
out, the award category throws up the
artiste who is the most critically and
commercially adjudged artiste in the year
under review and overall most successful
artiste for the same period. They
nominees are Davido, Wizkid, Kcee, Tiwa
Savage, Olamide, Phyno, Flavour.
The Song Of The Year has Aye from
Davido, Pull Over from Kcee, Double
Wahala from Oritsefemi, Surulere – Dr
Sid, Dorobucci from The Mavins and
Johnny – Yemi Alade
1. Best Recording Of The Year
A non-voting category for the best single
recording by an artiste or group in year
under review.
Iyawo Mi- Timi Dakolo
Let Somebody Love You - 2Face Idibia
Always On My Mind – Nosa
Ordinary People – Cohbams Asuquo
2. Producer Of The Year
An individual responsible for producing
the most acclaimed song or album in the
year under review.
Don Jazzy – Dorobucci
Pheelz – Eleda Mi O
T Spize – Aye
Legendury Beatz – Caro
Shizzy – Skelewu
Del B – Pull Over
3. 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.
Ada Ada by Flavour – Clarence Peters
Toh Bad by Niyola – Kemi Adetiba
Just Like That by Rayce – Aje
Oya Now by Joe El Ft. Oritse Femi –
Unlimited La
Personally by P-Square – Jude “Engees”
Okoye & Clarence Peters
4. Best R&B/Pop Album
A category for the best R&B/Pop Album in
the year under review (by single individual
or group).
The Journey – Sean Tizzle
Takeover – Kcee
Once Upon A Time – Tiwa Savage
Me, My Mouth & Eye – Sound Sultan
L.I.F.E – Burna Boy
5. Best R&B Single
A category for the best R&B single in year
under review (by single individual or
group).
Let Somebody Love You - 2Face Idibia
Iyawo Mi- Timi Dalila
Don Gordon – Burna Boy
6. Best Pop Single
A category for the best pop single in year
under review (by single individual or
group)
Dorobucci – Mavin Crew
Aye – Davido
Johnny – Yemi Alade
Pull Over – Kcee
Double Wahala – Oritse Femi
Caro – Star Boy ft. Wizkid and L.A.X
Surulere – Dr. Sid
7. Best Reggae/Dancehall Single
A category for the best Reggae/Dancehall
single in year under review (by single
individual or group).
Girlie O Remix – Patoranking
Lead Me On – Cynthia Morgan
Stinking Sh#t – Chopstix ft. Ice Prince,
Yung L and Endia.
Bad Girl– Jesse Jagz ft. Wizkid
Murda – Seyi Shay ft. Patoranking &
Shaydee
8. Best Rap Album
A non-voting category for the Best Album
By a Rap artiste or group in year under
review.
No Guts No Glory – Phyno
Alaga Ibile - Reminisce
Baddest Guy Ever Liveth – Olamide
Thy Nation Come – Jesse Jagz
9. Best Collabo(ration)
A voting category for the best R&B, Pop
or Hip-hop collaborative track (including
cameos).
Oya Now– Joe El ft. Oritse Femi
Emergency – Wizzy Pro featuring Skales,
Patoranking and Runtown
Surulere – Dr Sid & Don Jazzy
Pass You By – Black Magic ft. Oritse Femi
Girlie O Remix – Patoranking
Dorobucci – Mavins
1. Best Rap Single
A voting category for a single (released
on-air) recording of a rap song.
Parcel - Phyno
Dope Money– Olamide ft. Phyno
Shotz On Shots– Ice Prince ft. Sarkodie
Rap It Up– Posly Td
Deaf – Eva Alordiah
WTF– Ill Bliss
1. Best Vocal Performance (Male)
A non-voting category for the single male
artiste with the most outstanding vocal
performance on a single song or album.
Iyawo Mi – Timi Dakolo
Double Wahala – Oritse Femi
Why You Love Me – Nosa
Ordinary People – Cobhams
2. Best Vocal Performance (Female)
A non-voting category for the single
female artiste with most outstanding
vocal performances on a single song or
album.
Love To Love You – Niyola ft. Bankyw
Wanted – Tiwa Savage
Window – Monica Ogah
Good Man – Ruby
3. Next Rated
This category is a voting category for the
most promising upcoming officially
unreleased (or signed) act in the year
under review.
Patoranking
Runtown
Orezi
Skales
Yemi Alade
4. Hip Hop World Revelation
A voting category for the best new artiste
in the year under review.
Tiwa Savage – Once Upon A Time
Sean Tizzle – The Journey
Burna Boy – L.I.F.E
Kcee – Take Over
5. Lyricist On The Roll
A non-voting category for the Rap Artiste
with the best lyrical depth and
performance on a single song or album.
Shots On Shots – Ice Prince
Rap It Up – Posly Td
God On The Mic – Jesse Jagz
Kpansh – Yung 6ix
6. 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.
Double Wahala – Oritse Femi
Shoki – Lil’ Kesh ft. Olamide & Davido
Dorobucci – Mavin
Alobam – Phyno
7. Best ‘Alternative’ Song
A voting category for the artiste whose
songs reflect any form or style of music
which falls outside the mainstream of
recent or past popular musical trends.
Bolaji – Boj
Body - Black Magic ft. Banky W
Good Man – Ruby
Why You Love You – Nosa.
8. Album Of The Year
A voting category for the best album
(solo or group) in year under review, that
meets judges requirements of excellence
(in every realm: Song writing, production,
rendition and promotion) and acceptability
(Sales and popularity).
The Journey – Sean Tizzle
L.I.F.E – Burna Boy
Baddest Guy Ever Liveth – Olamide
No Guts No Glory – Phyno
9. Artiste Of The Year
Most critically and commercially adjudged
artiste in the year under review. Overall
most successful artiste for the year under
review.
Davido
Wizkid
Kcee
Tiwa Savage
Olamide
Phyno
Flavour
1. Song Of The Year
A voting category for the most popular
song in the year under review. This
category is usually decided by voting.
Aye – Davido
Pull Over – Kcee
Double Wahala – Oritsefemi
Surulere – Dr Sid
Dorobucci – Mavins
Johnny – Yemi Alade
1. Best African Artiste
A non-Nigerian award category for an
individual African artiste with the most
outstanding single/album and astonishing
achievements and infiltration into Nigeria
in year under review.
Mafikizolo
Sarkodie
Diamondz
R2bees
2. Hall Of Fame
Special recognition for excellence and
outstanding impact to the entertainment
industry.
Sir (Dr) Victor Uwaifo.
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