The 2022 Headies Award Nominees list was published on Tuesday 24th May, 2022.
The award is scheduled to hold on 2nd July, 2022. However, the award will take place for the first time outside the shores of Nigeria, Atlanta, Georgia USA.
The Nominees list has sparked a lot of debates and conversations as some snubs were claimed to have been made. But, do you think so?
Find out from the list below if you believe some snubs were made and whether your favorites were recognized or snubbed.
Rookie Of The Year
AV
FAVE
MAGIXX
PORTABLE
UGOCCIE
Best Recording Of The Year
CELEBRATE ME – PATORANKING
“ESSENCE” – WIZKID Ft TEMS
“JOY” – FALANA
“LOVING IS HARDER” – JOHNNY DRILLE
“MEJI MEJI” – BRYMO
“SOMEBODY’S SON” – TIWA SAVAGE Ft BRANDY
Producer Of The Year
BEATS BY JAYY – “GOLDEN” (A-Q)
BLAISE BEATZ – “SINNER” (ADEKUNLE GOLD Feat. LUCKY DAYE)
NIPHKEYS – “FEEL GOOD” (MOHBAD)
P PRIME – “OZUMBA MBADIWE” (REEKADO BANKS)
PHEELZ – “HIGH” (ADEKUNLE GOLD Feat. DAVIDO)
Best R&B single
“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
Songwriter Of The Year
ADEKUNLE GOLD – “SINNER”
AJEBO HUSTLERS – “LOYALTY”
BRYMO – “MEJI MEJI”
FALANA – “JOY”
FIREBOY DML – “PERU”
OMAH LAY – “UNDERSTAND”
Best Rap Single:
1. “BREATHE” – A-Q FEAT CHIKE
2. “CROWN OF CLAY” – VECTOR & MI ABAGA FEAT. PHEELZ
3. “EARLY MOMO” – VECTOR FEAT. GOODGIRL LA
4. “FEELING” – LADIPOE FEAT. BNXN
5. “TYCOON” – SHOW DEM CAMP FEAT. REMINISCE & MOJO
6. “LOADING” – OLAMIDE FEAT BAD BOY TIMZ
Best ‘Alternative’ song:
1. “DOINGS” – FLAVOUR
2. “FREE YOUR MIND” – MADE KUTI
3. “GONTO” – IBEJII
4. “HUSTLE” – BASKETMOUTH, THE CAVEMEN, BEZ, DICE AILES
5. “MEJI MEJI” – BRYMO
6. “SELENSE” – THE CAVEMEN
Best Vocal performance female:
1. AYRA STARR – “TOXIC”
2. LIYA – “ALARI”
3. NINIOLA – “6TH HEAVEN”
4. SIMI – “RUNNING (TO YOU)”
5. TEMS – “ESSENCE”
6. WAJE – “LAST TIME”
Best vocal performance male :
1. BRYMO – “MEJI MEJI”
2. JOHNNY DRILLE – “LOVING IS HARDER”
3. OXLADE – “OJUJU”
4. RIC HASSANI – “WHEN I’M GONE”
5. TAY IWAR – “PEAKING”
Best Music Video:
1. “CHAMPION” – (FIREBOY DML FEAT. D SMOKE) DIRECTED BY TG OMORI
2. “GINGER” – (WIZKID FEAT. BURNA BOY) DIRECTED BY MEJI ALABI
3. “ROJU” – (CHIKE) DIRECTED BY PINK
4. “RAIN” – (YEMI ALADE FEAT. MZANSI YOUTH CHOIR) DIRECTED BY OVIE ETSEYATSE
5. “BLING” – (BLAQBONEZ FEAT. AMAARAE & BNXN) DIRECTED BY TG OMORI
6. “RUNNING” – (LADIPOE FEAT. FIREBOY DML) DIRECTED BY DIRECTOR K
Best collaboration:
1. “BEGGIE BEGGIE” – AYRA STARR FEAT. CKAY
2. “BLING” – BLAQBONEZ FEAT. AMAARAE & BNXN
3. “EARLY MOMO” – VECTOR FEAT. GOODGIRL LA
4. “ESSENCE” – WIZKID FEAT. TEMS
5. “FEELING” – LADIPOE FEAT. BNXN
“RUNNING (TO YOU)” – CHIKE FEAT. SIMI
Best Street Hop artiste:
1. BELLA SHMURDA – “CASH APP” FEAT. ZLATAN & LINCOlN
2. REXXIE & MOHBAD – “KPK”
3. MOHBAD – “FEEL GOOD”
4. NAIRA MARLEY – “KOLEYEWON”
5. NEKTUNEZ & GOYA MENOR – “AMENO AMAPIANO (REMIX)”
6. POCO LEE, PORTABLE & OLAMIDE – “ZAZOO ZEHH”
Best Afrobeats single of the year:
1. “BLOODY SAMARITAN” – AYRA STARR
2. “BOUNCE” – RUGER
3. “HIGH” – ADEKUNLE GOLD (adekunlegold ) FEAT. DAVIDO
4. “MONALISA” – LOJAY & SARZ
5. “OZUMBA MBADIWE” – REEKADO BANKS
“PERU” – FIREBOY DML
Headies ‘viewers choice:
1. AYRA STARR – “BLOODY SAMARITAN”
2. FIREBOY – “PERU”
3. JOEBOY – “SIP”
4. LOJAY & SARZ – “MONALISA”
5. NEKTUNEZ & GOYA MENOR – “AMENO AMAPIANO (REMIX)”
6. OLAMIDE FEAT. OMAH LAY – “INFINITY”
7. REMA – “SOUNDGASM”
8. WIZKID FEAT. TEMS – “ESSENCE”
Best West African Artiste of the year:
1. AMAARAE (GHANA)
2. ANGELIQUE KIDJO (BENIN)
3. AYA NAKAMURA (MALI)
4. GYAKIE (GHANA)
5. KIDI (GHANA)
6. NELSON FREITAS (CAPE VERDE)
Best East African Artiste of the Year:
1. DIAMOND PLATINUMZ (TANZANIA)
2. EDDY KENZO (UGANDA)
3. HARMONIZE (TANZANIA)
4. MEDDY (RWANDA)
5. NIKITA KERING (KENYA)
6. ZUCHU (TANZANIA)
Best North African Artiste of the Year:
1. EMEL MATHLOUTHI (TUNISIA)
2. ELGRANDETOTO (MOROCCO)
3. LATIFA (TUNISIA)
4. MANAL (MOROCCO)
5. MUHAMAD RAMADAN (EGYPT)
6. SOOLKING (ALGERIA)
Best Southern African Artiste of the Year:
1. BLACK COFFEE (SOUTH AFRICA)
2. DJ TARICO (MOZAMBIQUE)
3. ELAINE (SOUTH AFRICA)
4. FOCALISTIC (SOUTH AFRICA)
5. JAH PRAYZAH (ZIMBABWE)
6. SHA SHA (ZIMBABWE)
Best Afrobeats Album:
1. 19 & DANGEROUS – AYRA STARR
2. A BETTER TIME – DAVIDO
3. BARNABAS – KIZZ DANIEL
4. MADE IN LAGOS (deluxe) – WIZKID
5. KPOS FREESTYLE – AKRON HUSTLERS
6. WONDERLAND – TENI
Best Reggae & Dancehall Album:
1. GRATITUDE – TIMMAYA
2. LOVE IS WAR – PETTY BOY D-O
3. RAINBOW RIDDIM – SHANK
4. THREE – PATORANKING
5. YARDMAN KING SIZE – YUNG L
Best R&B album:
1. BEFORE WE FALL ASLEEP – JOHNNY DRILLE
2. IF ORANGE WAS A PLACE – TEMS
3. LOVE DEEP HIGH LIFE – OMAWUMI
4. RISING – FALANA
5. THE PRINCE I CAME – RIC HASSANI
6. WATER & GARRI – TIWA SAVAGE
Best Alternative album:
1. 9: ESAN – BRYMO
2. INTERMISSION – IBEJII
3. LEGACY – FEMI KUTI & MADE KUTI
4. LOVE AND HIGHLIGHT – THE CAVEMEN
5. P.S THANK YOU FOR WAITING – WAVY THE CREATOR
6. YABASI – BASKETMOUTH
Best Rap Album:
1. CARPE DIEM – OLAMIDE
2. CLONE WARS VOL. 5- THE ALGORITHM- SHOW DEM CAMP
3. GOLFERS – A- Q
4. MAFIA CULTURE vol 2.0- IDOWEST
5. PROVIDENCE – LADIPOE
6. SEX OVER LOVE – BLACKBONEZ
Album of the year:
1. 9:Esen – BRYMO
2. 19 & DANGEROUS – AYRA STARR
3. CARPE DIEM – OLAMIDE
4. LEGACY – FEMI KUIT & MADE KUIT
5. MADE IN LAGOS (DELUXE EDITION) WIZKID
6. YABASI – BASKET MOUTH
Song of the year:
1. CELEBRATION TIME – PATORANKING
2. DOINGS – FLAVOUR ft PHYNO
3. ESSENCE – WIZKID FT TEMS
4. HIGH- ADEKUNLE GOLD ft DAVIDO
5. MONALISA – LOJAY & SARZ
6. PERU – FIREBOY
Best femal artiste:
1. SIMI
2. TEMS
3. TIWA SAVAGE
4. TENI
5. NINIOLA
BEST MALE ARTISTE:
1. ADEKUNLE GOLD
2. BURNA BOY
3. DAVIDO
4. FLAVOUR
5. OLAMIDE
6. WIZKID
Next Rated:
1. AYRA STARR
2. BNXN
3. LOJAY
4. RUGER
5. ZINOLEESKY
African Music Artiste Of The Year:
1. BLACK COFFEE (SOUTH AFRICA)
2. BURNA BOY ( NIGERIA)
3. DAVIDO (NIGERIA)
4. DIAMOND PLATINUMZ ( TANZANIA)
5. SPOOKING (ALGERIA)
6. AYA NAKAMURA (MALI)
7. WIZKID (NIGERIA)
International artiste recognition:
1. WYCLEF JEAN
2. AKON
3. DIDDY
Special recognition
1. EFE OMOROGBE
2. BOSS OGULU
3. SUNDAY ARE
Hall Of Fame:
ANGELIQUE KIDJO
Lyricist on the roll:
1. THE LAST CYPHER – A-Q
2. THE LAST CYPHER – BLACBONEZ
3. VIPERS – JESSE JAGZ
4. PROVIDENCE – LADIPOE
5. IN DON WE TRUST – PAYPER CORLEOE
6. CROWN OF CLAY – VECTOR
Humanitarian award of the year:
1. 2FACE
2. RUGGED MAN
3. DAVIDO
4. DON JAZZY
Best Central African artiste of the year:
1. CALEMA – (SAO TOME & PRINCIPE)
2. SORAIA RAMOS (CAPE VERDE)
3. DALLY IPUPA (Dr CONGO)
4. DADJI (Dr CONGO)
5. BLANCHE BAILLY (CAMERON)
6. INNOSS’B (Dr CONGO)