Full List Of 2026 Headies Awards Nominees

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Organisers of the Headies Awards have unveiled the nomination list for the 2026 edition, with Nigerian music heavyweights Davido, Wizkid and Burna Boy earning multiple nominations.


NaijaBrain reports that the 18th Headies Awards ceremony will take place in Canada, with artistes competing across various voting and non-voting categories.


Davido, Wizkid and Burna Boy received nominations in several major categories, including Afrobeats Album of the Year, Best Male Artiste, Song of the Year, Afrobeats Single of the Year, Best Headies Collaboration and other categories.


Davido and Omah Lay’s hit song, “With You,” earned nominations for Song of the Year, Afrobeats Single of the Year, Best Recording of the Year, Best Headies Collaboration and Viewers’ Choice.


Wizkid also secured multiple nominations, including Song of the Year and Afrobeats Single of the Year for “MMS” with Asake and “Jogodo,” respectively. His album Morayo was nominated for Afrobeats Album of the Year, while he also contends for Digital Artiste of the Year, Best Male Artiste and Viewers’ Choice.


Burna Boy’s “Bundle by Bundle” received an Afrobeats Single of the Year nomination, while his album No Sign of Weakness competes for Afrobeats Album of the Year. He is also nominated for Best Male Artiste, with “Bundle by Bundle” earning a nomination for Music Video of the Year.


Full Nomination List

Song of the Year

  • Arike — Kunmie

  • Hey Jago — Poco Lee, Shoday & Rahman Jago

  • Hot Body — Ayra Starr

  • Joy Is Coming — Fido

  • MMS — Asake & Wizkid

  • With You — Davido & Omah Lay

Afrobeats Single of the Year

  • Fun — Rema

  • Jogodo — Asake & Wizkid

  • Laho — Shallipopi

  • With You — Davido & Omah Lay

  • You — Fola

  • Bundle by Bundle — Burna Boy

Best Performer (Live)

  • Adekunle Gold — Live at the National Theatre, Lagos

  • Asake — Red Bull Symphonic

  • Ayra Starr — Global Citizen Festival 2025

  • Johnny Drille — Johnny’s Room Live 6

  • Ruger — Live at Indigo at The O2, London (2025)

Best Alternative Album

  • Afrika Magik — SDC

  • Detox — Sewa

  • Duplicity — BOJ

  • Healers Chapel — Wizard Chan

  • Olorin Pack — Scottyolorin

  • Then 1t Got Crazy — Zaylevelten

Digital Artiste of the Year

  • Asake

  • Ayra Starr

  • BNXN

  • Chella

  • Fola

  • Mavo

  • Seyi Vibez

  • Wizkid

Best R&B Album

  • Before We Became Strangers — Kunmie

  • Catharsis — Fola

  • I Am the Blueprint — Qing Madi

  • Love Is a Kingdom — Tems

  • Reflection Station — Tay Iwar

  • This One Is Personal — Tiwa Savage

Best Recording of the Year

  • Arike — Kunmie

  • How Do You? — Amaeya

  • Baby (Is It a Crime) — Rema

  • Coping Mechanism — Omah Lay & Elmah

  • With You — Davido & Omah Lay

  • You — Fola

Music Video of the Year

  • Director Pink — 10 Kilo — Davido

  • Dammy Twitch — With You — Davido

  • TG Omori — Afroculture — Flavour ft Baaba Maal

  • Jyde Ajala — Wizard Chan

  • DK — Bundle by Bundle — Burna Boy

Best Female Artiste

  • Ayra Starr

  • Qing Madi

  • Sewa

  • Tems

  • Teni

  • Tiwa Savage

Next Rated

  • Fido

  • Fola

  • Llona

  • Mavo

  • Shoday

Afrobeats Album of the Year

  • 5ive — Davido

  • Captain — BNXN

  • Clarity of Mind — Omah Lay

  • Fuji — Adekunle Gold

  • Morayo — Wizkid

  • No Sign of Weakness — Burna Boy

Best Male Artiste

  • Adekunle Gold

  • Asake

  • Fola

  • Mavo

  • Rema

  • Wizkid

  • Burna Boy

Best Inspirational Single

  • Amioluwa — Sunmisola Agbebi ft Yinka Okeleye

  • Favour — Lawrence Oyor

  • Idinma (You Are Good) — Sinach

  • Korin Iyin (I Will Praise You) — EmmaOMG

  • No Turning Back 2 — Gaise Baba ft Lawrence Oyor

  • We Move — Mercy Chinwo

Best Vocal Performance (Male)

  • Adekunle Gold — I’m Not Done

  • Flavour — Orente

  • Magixx — Winter and Summer

  • Odeal — Patience

  • Syemca — Love Egbugomo

  • Tay Iwar — Bad Belle

Best Vocal Performance (Female)

  • Layefa — 6:35

  • Amaeya — How Do You?

  • Sewa — Lagos Lovin

  • Qing Madi — Scum Bag

  • Liya — Skin to Skin

  • Tiwa Savage — You4Me

Hall of Fame

  • Awilo Longomba

Best Street-Hop Artiste

  • Famous Pluto — Na Scra

  • Kashcoming — All My Money

  • Poco Lee — Hey Jago ft Shoday and Rahman Jago

  • Seyi Vibez — Shaolin

  • Shallipopi — Laho

  • Tuff King — Nkemakonam

  • Rybeena — Gaddem ft Shoday

Rookie of the Year

  • Amma

  • Danpapa Gta

  • Firstklaz

  • Kidd Carder

  • No11

  • Priesst

  • OG Abbah

International Artiste of the Year

  • Ciara

  • Dave

  • Gunna

  • Jazmine Sullivan

  • Shenseea

  • Tiakola

Writer of the Year

  • Adekunle Kosoko (Adekunle Gold) — Many People

  • Anthony Ebuka Victor (Victony) — Cough Syrup with BNXN

  • Fuayefika Maxwell (Wizard Chan) — Time Traveler

  • Odunlami Afolarin Temiloluwa (Fola) — Who Does That?

  • Oluwabukunmi Ariyibi Peter (Kunmie)

  • Peace Chidinma Amaefula (Amaeya) — How Do You?

Best Headies Collaboration

  • CKay ft Mavo — Body (Danz)

  • Mavo ft Wavestar — Escaladizzy

  • Poco Lee, Shoday & Rahman Jago — Hey Jago

  • Fola ft Kizz Daniel — Lost

  • Odumodublvck ft Victony — Pity This Boy

  • Davido ft Omah Lay — With You

  • Mr Eazi and King Promise — See What We’ve Done

  • Chief Priest ft Spyki — Finally

African Diaspora-Canadian Artiste

  • Debby Friday — Lipsync

  • Tôme — CC ft Alpha P

  • Bolu Ajibade — Diana with Friyie

  • Nonso Amadi — Dive In

  • Rooky Kamiz — Deeper

  • Tobi — Out the Mud

East African Artiste

  • Abigail Chams (Tanzania)

  • Bien (Kenya)

  • Bruce Melodie (Rwanda)

  • Harmonize (Tanzania)

  • Joshua Baraka (Uganda)

West African Artiste

  • Black Sherif (Ghana)

  • Himra (Côte d’Ivoire)

  • KiDi (Ghana)

  • King Promise (Ghana)

  • Moliy (Ghana)

  • Wally B. Seck (Senegal)

  • Stonebwoy (Ghana)

Best Alternative Song

  • CYK Baddie — Luwa.mp4 ft Jeleel!

  • Lagos Lovin — Sewa

  • Oliver — Wizard Chan

  • Omo to Sexy — Binde

  • Prada Baby — Wavestar

  • Sweet Danger — Obongjayar

  • Summer Adina — Chief Priest ft BoyPee & Zoro Swagbag

North African Artiste

  • Balti (Tunisia)

  • Dystinct (Morocco)

  • Marwan Moussa (Egypt)

  • Soolking (Algeria)

  • Tul8te (Egypt)

Central African Artiste

  • Fally Ipupa (DR Congo)

  • Ferré Gola (DR Congo)

  • Héritier Watanabe (DR Congo)

  • Hiro (DR Congo)

  • Innoss’B (DR Congo)

  • Locko (Cameroon)

Rap Single

  • 2:02 PM in London — Odumodublvck

  • ACi — Blaqbonez

  • Man2Man — Dremo

  • Moshood — PDSTRN

  • Nkemakonam — Tuff King

  • Wuse Tu — Zaylevelten, Mavo

  • John Wick — Zhus Jdo

R&B Single

  • 6:35 — Layefa

  • How Do You? — Amaeya

  • I Love You — Amma

  • What You Need — Tems

  • Winter & Summer — Magixx

  • You4Me — Tiwa Savage

Producer of the Year

  • Magicsticks — Jogodo by Asake & Wizkid and Real, Vol. 1 by Asake & Wizkid

  • P.Priime — MMS by Asake & Wizkid, Baby (Is It a Crime) by Rema, Billionaires Club by Olamide, Darkoo & Wizkid

  • Ragee — Hot Body by Ayra Starr

  • Sarz — Hot Body by Ayra Starr and Who’s Dat Girl by Ayra Starr ft Rema

  • Tempoe — With You by Davido ft Omah Lay and SMH by Joeboy

Viewers’ Choice

  • Ayra Starr — Hot Body

  • Davido — With You ft Omah Lay

  • Rema — Baby (Is It a Crime)

  • Fola — You

  • Wizkid — Jogodo with Asake

  • Kunmie — Arike

  • Mavo — Escaladizzy ft Wavestar

Original Song for Visual Media

  • All My Love — Osas Okonyon & Abbey Wonder, from Evi

  • Behind the Scenes — Funke Akindele & Tolu Obanro, from Behind the Scenes

  • Save Me — Oscar Heman-Ackah & 2Baba, from To Kill a Monkey

  • Only in Lagos — WurlD & Liya, from Christmas in Lagos

Lyricist on the Roll

  • Blaqbonez — ACi

  • Dremo — Man2Man

  • Modenine — If You Like Gym with Odumodublvck

  • PDSTRN — Moshood

  • Ycee — Man2Man (Ycee Remix) with Dremo

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