The 14th edition of Nigeria’s premiere music award ceremony, the Headies, was held at the prestigious Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos on Sunday, February 21st, 2021 – Notjustok presents the full list of winners and nominees.
With all the anticipation and excitement that came with the award ceremony, there was also a set of the headies 2021 winners who were dignified and decorated with a prestigious award in their various categories.
The award organizers, HipHop World have a specific timeframe in which they review the performance of the nominated acts. For this year’s edition, the reviewed timeframe is between July 2019 and September 2020. The hosts for this year’s edition were Nancy Isime and Bovi. The event was aired live on the 21st of February 2021 at 8 pm (WAT).
See The Full list of winners at the 14th edition of the Headies below;
BEST R & B SINGLE:
UNDER THE SKY – PRAIZ
DUDUKE – SIMI
MAD – SARZ & WURLD
BAD INFLUENCE – OMAH LAY
DANGEROUS LOVE – TIWA SAVAGE
BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR:
SMILE – WIZKID FEAT. HER
WONDERFUL – BURNA BOY
DREAMER – FIREBOY DML
GHOST TOWN – WURLD
BEST MUSIC VIDEO:
ELI – FIREBOY DML BY CLARENCE PETERS
1 MILLI – DAVIDO BY DIRECTOR K
SMILE – WIZKID BY MEJI ALABI
BILLIONAIRE – TENI BY TG OMORI
SHEKERE – YEMI ALADE BY OVIE ETSEYATSE
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR:
PHEELZ – ‘BILLIONAIRE’ BY TENI
SPAX – ‘AWAY’ BY OXLADE
KEL P – ‘PULL UP’ BY BURNA BOY
SARZ – ‘MAD’ BY SARZ & WURLD
Continuing with the list of winners at the 14th edition of the Headies 2021, Next is
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE):
SIMI – NO LONGER BENEFICIAL
LINDSEY ABUDEI – ONE ON THE OUTSIDE
J-DESS – CHI EFO
YEMI ALADE – LAI LAI
IMANSE – AJALA
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (MALE):
WURLD – GHOST TOWN
CHIKE – FORGIVE
COHBAMS – PLENTI
NONSO AMADI – WHAT MAKES YOU SURE
JOHNNY DRILLE – COUNT ON YOU
BEST STREET HOP ARTISTE:
NAIRA MARLEY & YOUNG JOHN – MAFO
REMINISCE FEAT. OLAMIDE & NAIRA MARLEY – INSTAGRAM
RUDEBOY – AUDIO MONEY
IVD & ZLATAN – BOLANLE
OLAMIDE – PAWON
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:
OLAKIRA
ALPHA P
JAMOPYPER
ZINOLEESKY
BEST POP SINGLE:
BILLIONAIRE – TENI
NOBODY – DJ NEPTUNE FEAT. JOEBOY & MR. EAZI.
LADY – REMA
FEM – DAVIDO
JORO – WIZKID
SKELETUN – TEKNO
Next on the list of winners at the Headies award 2021 is:
BEST COLLABORATION:
NOBODY – DJ NEPTUNE FEAT. JOEBOY & MR. EAZI
SWEET IN THE MIDDLE – DAVIDO FEAT. NAIRA MARLEY, ZLATAN & WURLD
DON’T CALL ME BACK – JOEBOY FEAT. MAYORKUN
TOTORI – ID CABASA FEAT. WIZKID & OLAMIDE
GET THE INFO – PHYNO FEAT. PHENOM & FALZ
BEST ALTERNATIVE SONG:
CORNER – LADY DONLY FEAT. VANJESS & THE CAVEMEN
I WONDER – MOELOGO
BITTER – DEENA ADE
ANITA – THE CAVEMEN
MONEY DEVOTION – GBASKY
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN – OLU
BEST RAP SINGLE:
OGB4IG – REMINISCE
SHUT UP – BLAQBONEZ
COUNTRY – ILLBLISS
GET THE INFO – PHYNO, FALZ & PHENOM
BOP DADDY – FALZ FEAT. MS. BANKS
BEST R & B ALBUM:
LAUGHTER, TEARS AND GOOSEBUMPS – FIREBOY DML
I LIKE GIRLS WITH TROBUL – SARZ & WURLD
KING – PRAIZ
BOO OF THE BOOLESS – CHIKE
CELIA – TIWA SAVAGE
BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM:
YELLOW – BRYMO
LUCID – ASA
THE LIGHT – BEZ
PIONEERS – DRB LASGIDI
NEXT RATED:
TEMS
OXLADE
BELLA SHMURDA
VIEWERS CHOICE:
DAVIDO
OMAH LAY
BURNA BOY
FALZ
FIREBOY DML
MAYORKUN
DJ NEPTUNE
SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR:
SIMISOLA BOLATITO OGUNLEYE (SIMI – DUDUKE)
ADEDAMOLA ADEFOLAHAN (FIREBOY DML – DREAMER)
DAMINI OGULU (BURNA BOY – WAY TOO BIG)
STANLEY OMAH DIDIA (OMAH LAY – BAD INFLUENCE)
ADIQ ONIFADE (WURLD – GHOST TOWN)
ADEKUNLE KOSOKO (1 MILLION – DAVIDO)
BEST POP ALBUM:
AFRICAN GIANT – BURNA BOY
A GOOD TIME – DAVIDO
WOMAN OF STEEL – YEMI ALADE
AFRO POP VOL. 1 – ADEKUNLE GOLD
Continuing with the list of winners at the 14th edition of the Headies Award 2021, Next
LYRICIST ON THE ROLL:
AQ – EUNICE
BLAQBONEZ – DEFINE RAP 2
MI ABAGA – TRINITY
ILLBLISS – COUNTRY
PHENOM – GET THE INFO
PHYNO – SPEAK LIFE
AFRICAN ARTISTE RECOGNITION:
MASTER KG
KUAMI EUGENE
SAUTI SOL
SHAATA WALE
STONEBWOY
HALL OF FAME:
KING SUNNY ADE
EBENEZER OBEY
REVELATION OF THE YEAR:
VICTOR AD
JOEBOY
TENI
REMA
CHIKE
BEST RAP ALBUM:
ILLY CHAPO X – ILLBLISS
YPSZN2 – PSYCHO YP
CULT! – PAYBAC IBORO
THE ERIGMA II – ERIGGA
HEADIES SPECIAL RECOGNITION:
EEDRIS ABDULKAREEM
ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
AFRICAN GIANT – BURNA BOY
AFRO POP VOL. 1 – ADEKUNLE GOLD
YELLOW – BRYMO
BOO OF THE BOOLESS – CHIKE
SONG OF THE YEAR:
FEM – DAVIDO
NOBODY – DJ NEPTUNE FEAT. JOEBOY & MR. EAZI
JORO – WIZKID
MAFO – NAIRA MARLEY
DUDUKE – SIMI
ARTISTE OF THE YEAR:
BURNA BOY
DAVIDO
MAYORKUN
TIWA SAVAGE
Congratulations to all the winners at this years’ edition of the Headies, and We hope your favourites made the list of winners