The 16th Headies Awards nominees saw nominations for Burna Boy, Asake, Kizz Daniel, Rema, and more.
Nigerian Heavyweight Singers Burn Boy And Asaki Most nominated at the 2023 Headies Awards.
The Headies is a music awards show created by Nigerian magazine Hip Hop World in 2006 to honor outstanding achievements in the Nigerian music industry. The annual gala features performances by established and up-and-coming artists.
The 16th Annual Headies Awards is set to be a highly anticipated event, with Burna Boy, Asaki, Keys Daniel, Rima, Uma Lai Others top the group with the most nominations. These talented artists have undoubtedly made a huge impact on the Nigerian music scene and their recognition in Headies cements their status as leaders in the industry.
As expected, the year in review for its sixteenth edition runs from January 2022 to March 2023; Thus, only music content released during this time period was nominated. After a stellar run from 2022 to date, Burna Boy and Asaki lead the pack with eleven nominations and nine nominations, respectively.
Grammy Award-winning superstar Burna Boy has released his seventh studio album Damn love In the calendar year, which had overtones like kilometer , Ladyany advantages Ed Sheeranand Universal Beast Tune past past, which many have called the summer jam of 2022. The afro fusion artist who has been on the road the longest has received a total of eleven nominations, including Recording of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and Best Collaboration, Afrobeats one yearamong others.
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YBNL and Empire Signee Asake were expected to be part of the package after dropping their debut EP, Ololade Asakeand topped the chart Mr. Money With The Vibe in the calendar year. Smash tunes like finisherAnd Omo Ope, Sungba, Trabaye, Organize, PBUY, More such projects followed. Fuji’s new act has received a total of nine nominations, including Best Collaboration, Best Hip Street Artist, Song of the Year, Best Male Artist, next up, and a large number of others.
Another well-recognised Nigerian act on the nomination list is Afro-Classical singer Kiz Daniel, who has five nominations. Buzzing Mavin Records is a global superstar Rima It also received five nominations, as it did His mother is Lai Vocal strength and singer Simi.
New cats Aira Star, Oxlade, Bells, And victory They are nominated in four categories. Interestingly, Davido It received two nominations, while Wizkid Surprisingly, it didn’t get any nominations.
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