Headies 2019: Full List Of Nominations, All Categories For 13th Headies

Headies 2019 Full List Of Nominations

Organizers of Nigeria’s biggest and most prestigious music award show, The Headies have revealed the full list of nominations for the 2019 awards.

Naija News reports the 2019 awards is the 13th in the series of awards and this year’s show is scheduled to hold October 19th, 2019.

The 13th Headies award, themed ‘The Power of A Dream’ will feature 29 unique categories in recognition of Africa’s finest artiste.

The period under review is between January 2018 and June 2019.

The categories include; Best Recording of the Year; Best Pop Single; Producer of The Year; Best Reggae/ Dancehall Single; Best Rap Album; Best R&B/ Pop Album; Alternative Album; Best R&B Single; Best Collabo; Best Rap Single; Best Vocal Performance (Male); Best Vocal Performance (Female); Next Rate; Hip Hop World Revelation; and Lyricist on The Roll.

Others are the Best Street-Hop Artiste; Best ‘Alternative’ Song; Album of The Year; Artiste of The Year; Song of The Year; African Artiste Recognition; Headies’ Viewer’s Choice; Industry Brand Supporter; Best Performer; Songwriter of The Year; Rookie of The Year; Special Recognition; Hall of Fame.

BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR
@adekunleGOLD – IRE
@patorankingfire – Heal The World
@BrymOlawale – Olarewaju
@TeniEntertainer – Uyo Meyo
@burnaboy – Ye

Organizers have promised that other categories will follow.

#13thHeadies Nominees for

BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR @adekunleGOLD – IRE@patorankingfire – Heal The World@BrymOlawale – Olarewaju @TeniEntertainer – Uyo Meyo@burnaboy – Ye

Watch out for the other categories! pic.twitter.com/PBTyqrhYmj

— IG: the_headies (@The_Headies) October 1, 2019

Below is the full list of final nominations

BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR
A non-voting category for the best recording (that meets the judges’ requirements of excellence; songwriting, production, rendition) by an artiste or group in the year under review.

Adekunle Gold – Ire
Heal D World – Patoranking
Olanrewaju – Brymo
UyoMeyo – Teni
Ye – Burna Boy

BEST POP SINGLE
A category for the best pop single in year under review (by single individual or group).

‘Ye’ – Burna Boy
‘Wetin We Gain’ – Victor AD
‘Fake Love’ –Starboy ft Duncan Mighty, Wizkid
‘Case’ – Teni
‘Jealous’ –Fireboy DML
‘Baby’ – Joeboy

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
An individual responsible for producing the most acclaimed song or album in the year under review.

Phantom – ‘Ye’ by Burna Boy
Ozedikus – ‘Dumebi’ by Rema
Spellz – ‘Askamaya’ by Teni
Killertunes – ‘Fake Love’ by Starboy ft Duncan Mighty and Wizkid
Kel-P Vibes – ‘Killing Dem’ by Burna Boy ft Zlatan

BEST RAP ALBUM
A non-voting category for the best album by a rap artiste or group in year under review.

‘Moral Instruction’ – Falz
‘Crown’ – AQ and Loose Kaynon
‘A Study On Self Worth: YxngDxnzl’ – M.I Abaga
‘Clone Wars, Vol. IV (These Buhari Times)’ – Show Dem Camp

BEST R&B/POP ALBUM
A category for the best r&b/pop album in the year under review (by single individual or group).

‘rare.’ – Odunsi(The Engine)
‘Outside’ – Burna Boy
‘No Bad Songz’ – Kizz Daniel
‘Mayor of Lagos’ – Mayorkun
‘About 30’ – Adekunle Gold

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.

‘Dangote’(BurnaBoy) – Clarence Peters
‘Available’(Patoranking) – Clarence Peters
‘Ire’(Adekunle Gold) – Aje Films
‘Talk’ (Falz) – Prodigeezy
‘Jaiye’(Ladipoe) – 88 Factor

BEST R&B SINGLE
A category for the best r&b single in the year under review (by a single individual or group).

‘Tipsy’ – Odunsi ft. RAYE
‘Serenade’ – Funbi
‘UyoMeyo’ – Teni
‘Wishes and Butterflies’ – Wurld
‘Gimme Love’ – Seyi Shay ft. Runtown

BEST COLLABO
A voting category for the best r&b, pop or hip-hop collaborative track (including cameos).

‘Like’ – Reekado Banks Ft. Tiwa Savage, Fiokee
‘One Ticket’ Kiss Daniel ft. Davido
‘Fake Love’ – Starboy ft Duncan Mighty, Wizkid
‘Killin’ Dem – Burna Boy Ft. Zlatan
‘Amaka’ – 2baba Ft. Peruzzi

BEST RAP SINGLE
A voting category for a single (released on-air) recording of a rap song.

‘Talk’ – Falz
‘We Don’t Do That Over Here’ – Hotyce
‘40ft Container’ – Illbliss ft. Olamide
‘Sacrifice’ – Payper Corleone Ft. Alpha Ojini
‘Gang Gang’ – AQ and Loose Kaynon

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.

Tay Iwar – ‘Utero’
Johnny Drille – ‘Finding Efe’
Nonso Bassey – ‘411’
Funbi – ‘Serenade’
Wurld – ‘Wishes & Butterfly’

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)
A non-voting category for the single female artiste with most outstanding vocal performances on a single song or album.

GoodGirl LA – ‘Bless me’
Waje – ‘Udue’
Teni – ‘UyoMeyo’
Tems – ‘Mr Rebel’
Falana – ‘Repeat’