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Headies Award 2022
Have you been searching for the full list of the 2022 Headies award winners? This page will show you the list for all the categories for the 15th edition, theheadies.com.
The Headies is a music awards program created in 2006 by the Nigerian Hip Hop World Magazine to honor outstanding accomplishments in the country’s music industry. The Headies have 25 categories, and the majority of them are decided by open voting.
Headies Award 2022 Hosts
Anthony Anderson and Osas Igbodaro will serve as the host pair for the 2022 Headies Award.
NOTE: The names of the Headies Award winners for 2022 will be written bold.
Headies Award Winners 2022 List
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”
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)
NOTE: This page will be updated.
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