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Full List Of Winners At The 15Th Headies Awards 2022 [Live Update]
We are giving you a live update of the winners at the 15th Headies Awards 2022 as the events unfolds in Atlanta USA
BEST RAP ALBUM
“CARPE DIEM” – OLAMIDE – Winner
“CLONE WARS VOL. 5 – THE ALGORHYTHM” – SHOW DEM CAMP
“GOLDEN” – A-Q
“MAFIA CULTURE, VOL. 2.0” – IDOWEST
“PROVIDENCE” – LADIPOE
“SEX OVER LOVE” – BLAQBONEZ
BEST ‘ALTERNATIVE’ SONG
- “DOINGS” – FLAVOUR – Winner
- “FREE YOUR MIND” – MADE KUTI
- “GONTO” – IBEJII
- “HUSTLE” – BASKETMOUTH, THE CAVEMEN, BEZ, DICE AILES
- “MEJI MEJI” – BRYMO
- “SELENSE” – THE CAVEMEN
BEST RAP SINGLE
- “BREATHE” – A-Q FEAT CHIKE
- “CROWN OF CLAY” – VECTOR & MI ABAGA FEAT. PHEELZ
- “EARLY MOMO” – VECTOR FEAT. GOODGIRL LA
- “FEELING” – LADIPOE FEAT. BNXN – Winner
- “TYCOON” – SHOW DEM CAMP FEAT. REMINISCE & MOJO
- “LOADING” – OLAMIDE FEAT BAD BOY TIMZ
BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE
- BELLA SHMURDA – “CASH APP” FEAT. ZLATAN & LINCOlN
- REXXIE & MOHBAD – “KPK”
- MOHBAD – “FEEL GOOD”
- NAIRA MARLEY – “KOLEYEWON”
- NEKTUNEZ & GOYA MENOR – “AMENO AMAPIANO (REMIX)” – Winner
- POCO LEE, PORTABLE & OLAMIDE – “ZAZOO ZEHH”
LYRICIST ON THE ROLL
- A-Q – “THE LAST CYPHER” – Winner
- BLAQBONEZ – “THE LAST CYPHER”
- JESSE JAGZ – “VIPERS”
- LADIPOE – “PROVIDENCE”
- PAYPER CORLEONE – “IN DON WE TRUST”
- VECTOR – “CROWN OF CLAY”
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)
- AYRA STARR – “TOXIC”
- LIYA – “ALARI”
- NINIOLA – “6TH HEAVEN”
- SIMI – “RUNNING (TO YOU)”
- TEMS – “ESSENCE”
- WAJE – “LAST TIME” – Winner
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
BEATS BY JAYY – “GOLDEN” (A-Q)
BLAISE BEATZ – “SINNER” (ADEKUNLE GOLD FEAT. LUCKY DAYE)
NIPHKEYS – “FEEL GOOD” (MOHBAD)
P PRIIME – “OZUMBA MBADIWE” (REEKADO BANKS)
PHEELZ – “HIGH” (ADEKUNLE GOLD FEAT. DAVIDO)
SARZ – “MONALISA” (LOJAY & SARZ) – Winner
BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR
“CELEBRATE ME” – PATORANKING – Winner
“ESSENCE” – WIZKID FEAT. TEMS
“JOY” – FALANA
“LOVING IS HARDER” – JOHNNY DRILLE
“MEJI MEJI” – BRYMO
“SOMEBODY’S SON” – TIWA SAVAGE FEAT. BRANDY
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
“CHAMPION” – (FIREBOY DML FEAT. D SMOKE) DIRECTED BY TG OMORI – Winner
“GINGER” – (WIZKID FEAT. BURNA BOY) DIRECTED BY MEJI ALABI
“ROJU” – (CHIKE) DIRECTED BY PINK
“RAIN” – (YEMI ALADE FEAT. MZANSI YOUTH CHOIR) DIRECTED BY OVIE ETSEYATSE
“BLING” – (BLAQBONEZ FEAT. AMAARAE & BNXN) DIRECTED BY TG OMORI
“RUNNING” – (LADIPOE FEAT. FIREBOY DML) DIRECTED BY DIRECTOR K
BEST R&B SINGLE
- “BABY RIDDIM” – FAVE
- “BEGGIE BEGGIE” – AYRA STARR FEAT. CKAY
- “ESSENCE” – WIZKID FEAT. TEMS – Winner
- “RUNNING (TO YOU)” – CHIKE FEAT. SIMI
- “PROMISE” – NINIOLA
- “SINNER” – ADEKUNLE GOLD FEAT. LUCK DAYE
BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
“9: ESAN” – BRYMO
“INTERMISSION” – IBEJII – Winner
“LEGACY +” – FEMI KUTI & MADE KUTI
“LOVE AND HIGHLIFE” – THE CAVEMEN
“P.S. THANK YOU FOR WAITING” – WAVY THE CREATOR
“YABASI” – BASKETMOUTH
BEST REGGAE & DANCEHALL ALBUM
“GRATITUDE” – TIMAYA
“LOVE IS WAR” – PRETTYBOY D-O
“RAINBOW RIDDIM” – SHANK
“THREE” – PATORANKING – Winner
“YAADMAN KINGSIZE” – YUNG L
BEST COLLABORATION
- “BEGGIE BEGGIE” – AYRA STARR FEAT. CKAY
- “BLING” – BLAQBONEZ FEAT. AMAARAE & BNXN
- “EARLY MOMO” – VECTOR FEAT. GOODGIRL LA
- “ESSENCE” – WIZKID FEAT. TEMS – Winner
- “FEELING” – LADIPOE FEAT. BNXN
- “RUNNING (TO YOU)” – CHIKE FEAT. SIMI
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
- ADEKUNLE GOLD – “SINNER” – Winner
- AJEBO HUSTLERS – “LOYALTY”
- BRYMO – “MEJI MEJI”
- FALANA – “JOY”
- FIREBOY DML – “PERU”
- OMAH LAY – “UNDERSTAND”
BEST AFROBEATS SINGLE OF THE YEAR
“BLOODY SAMARITAN” – AYRA STARR
“BOUNCE” – RUGER
“HIGH” – ADEKUNLE GOLD FEAT. DAVIDO
“MONALISA” – LOJAY & SARZ
“OZUMBA MBADIWE” – REEKADO BANKS
“PERU” – FIREBOY DML – Winner
SONG OF THE YEAR
- “CELEBRATE ME” – PATORANKING
- “DOINGS” – FLAVOUR FEAT. PHYNO
- “ESSENCE” – WIZKID FEAT. TEMS – Winner
- “HIGH” – ADEKUNLE GOLD FEAT. DAVIDO
- “MONALISA” – LOJAY & SARZ
- “PERU” – FIREBOY DML
HEADIES’ VIEWER’S CHOICE
- AYRA STARR – “BLOODY SAMARITAN” – Winner
- FIREBOY – “PERU”
- JOEBOY – “SIP”
- LOJAY & SARZ – “MONALISA”
- NEKTUNEZ & GOYA MENOR – “AMENO AMAPIANO (REMIX)”
- OLAMIDE FEAT. OMAH LAY – “INFINITY”
- REMA – “SOUNDGASM”
- WIZKID FEAT. TEMS – “ESSENCE”
NEXT RATED
- AYRA STARR
- BNXN – Winner
- LOJAY
- RUGER
- ZINOLEESKY
BEST INSPIRATIONAL SINGLE
Cultural Praise vol 1 – Kcee & Okwesili Eze Group – Winner
Everything (Amen) – Timi Dakolo
Jehovah Overdo – Chidinma
Onyedikagi – Mercy Chinwo featuring Glowrie
Yah – Dunsin Oyekan
You Are Mighty/Olorun Agbaye – Nathaniel Bassey featuring Oba & Chandler Moore
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Femi Kuti & Made Kuti – “LEGACY +”
Wizkid – “MADE IN LAGOS (Deluxe Edition)” – Winner
Brymo – “9: ESAN”
Ayra Starr – “19 & DANGEROUS”
Olamide – “CARPE DIEM”
Basketmouth – “YABASI”
INTERNATIONAL ARTISTE SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Akon & Wyclef Jean
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
(TALENT) – D’banj
(MANAGERS) – Efe Omorogbe, Bose Ogulu and Sunday Are.
BEST EAST AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
Diamond Platinumz WINNER
Harmonize
Meddy
Eddy Kenzo
Nikita Kering
Zuchu
BEST NORTH AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
Muhamad Ramadan
Emel Mathlouthi
Elgrandetoto
Latifah *WINNER*
Soolking
Manal
BEST SOUTHERN AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
Black Coffee
DJ Tarico
Elaine
Focalistic WINNER
Sha Sha
Jah Prayzah
BEST WEST AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
Amaarae – (GHANA)
Angelique Kidjo -(BENIN)
Aya Nakamura – (MALI)
Gyakie – (GHANA) WINNER
KiDi – (GHANA)
Nelson Freitas – (CAPE VERDE)
BEST AFROBEATS ALBUM
Ayra Starr – “19 & DANGEROUS”
Davido – “A BETTER TIME”
Wizkid – “MADE IN LAGOS” (WINNER)
Kizz Daniel – “BARNABAS”
Ajebo Hustlers – “KPOS LIFESTYLE”
Teni – “WONDALAND”
BEST CENTRAL AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
- CALEMA (SAO TOME & PRINCIPE)
- BLANCHE BAILLY (CAMEROON)
- DADJU (DR CONGO)
- FALLY IPUPA (DR CONGO)
- INNOSS’B (DR CONGO)
- SORAIA RAMOS (CAPE VERDE)
BEST R&B ALBUM
Johnny Drille – “BEFORE WE FALL ASLEEP”
TEMS – “IF ORANGE WAS A COLOUR” (WINNER)
Omawunmi – “LOVE DEEP HIGH LIFE”
Falana – “RISING”
Ric Hassani – “THE PRINCE I BECAME”
Tiwa Savage – “WATER AND GARRI”
BEST MALE ARTISTE
BRUNA BOY (WINNER)
ADEKUNLE GOLD
WIZKID
DAVIDO
FLAVOUR
OLAMIDE
AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
AYA NAKAMURA
BURNA BOY (WINNER)
BLACK COFFEE
DAVIDO
DIAMOND PLATINUMZ
SOOLKING
WIZKID
DIGITAL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
DAVIDO WINNER
HALL OF FAME
ANGELIQUE KIDJO
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (MALE)
Brymo – “MEJI MEJI”
Oxlade – “OJUJU” (WINNER)
Johnny Drille – “LOVING IS HARDER”
Ric Hassani – “WHEN I AM GONE”
Tay Iwar – “PEAKING”
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
AV
FAVE (WINNER)
Magixx
Ugoccie
HUMANITARIAN AWARD OF THE YEAR
DAVIDO (WINNER)
DON JAZZY
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RUGGEDMAN
Lay
September 24, 2022 at 14:15
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