The Headies 2015

The Headies 2015
Date	January 1, 2016
Location	Landmark Events Centre Victoria Island, Lagos State, Nigeria
Hosted by	Kaffy Bovi
Act(s)	Vector 2face Idibia Olamide Seyi Shay Falz
Most nominations	Olamide
Television/Radio coverage
Network	HipTV

The Headies 2015 was the 10th edition of The Headies Awards held on January 1, 2016, at the Landmark Events Centre in Victoria Island, Lagos.^[1] Themed "Flip The Script", the event was hosted by Bovi and Kaffy. It was previously scheduled to hold on December 30, 2015, but the organizers of the event postponed it to January 1, 2016 without citing any reason.^[2] Olamide won a total of four awards, while Timi Dakolo won three. Wizkid was nominated seven times across the twenty-one award categories.^[3] The Headies honoured 2face Idibia with the "Hall of Fame" award, while the "Special Recognition Award" was given to Don Jazzy. Reekado Banks won the Next Rated award to the criticism of music critics who challenged the "fairness of the award process".^[4][5]

Performers

The following artistes performed at The Headies 2015:

• Olamide
• Falz
• Adekunle Gold
• Simi
• Seyi Shay
• Victoria Kimani
• Eva Alordiah
• Vector
• Iyanya

Winners and nominees

Below is the list of nominees and winners for the popular music categories. Winners are highlighted in bold.^[6][7]

Best R&B/Pop Album	Best Rap Album
A.Y.O – Wizkid (Winner) King of Queens – Yemi Alade Bed of Stone – Aṣa Double Trouble – P-Square Rich & Famous – Praiz	Baba Hafusa – Reminisce Above Ground Level – Mode 9 The Chairman – M.I (Winner) Street OT – Olamide
Best R&B Single	Best Pop Single
"Do The Right Thing" – Cobhams Asuquo (featuring Bez) "Heartbeat" – Praiz "Wish Me Well" – Timi Dakolo (Winner) "Say You Love Me" – Leriq (featuring Wizkid) "Baby Daddy" – Iyanya	"Collabo" – P-Square ft. Don Jazzy "Bobo" – Olamide "Godwin" – Korede Bello (Winner) "My Woman, My Everything" – Patoranking ft. Wande Coal "Woju" – Kiss Daniel "Ojuelegba" – Wizkid
Best Vocal Performance (Male)	Best Vocal Performance (Female)
Bez – "There's a Fire" Cobhams Asuquo – "Do The Right Thing" "Wish Me Well" – Timi Dakolo (Winner) Shaydee – "High" Praiz – "If I Fall"	Waje – "Coco Baby" "Iwo Nikan" – Aramide (Winner) Simi – "Tiff" Yemi Alade – "Duro Timi" Aṣa – "Bed of Stone"
Best Rap Single	Best Street-Hop Artiste
"King Kong" – Vector (Winner) "Bank Alert" – Illbliss "Bad Belle" – M.I "Local Rappers" – Reminisce (featuring Olamide & Phyno) "T.R" – G.O.D	Olamide – "Bobo" (Winner) Small Doctor – "Mosquito Killer" Reminisce- "Skillashi" Masterkraft (featuring Olamide, CDQ & Davido) – "Indomie Remix" Falz (featuring Poe & Yemi Alade) – "Marry Me"
Best Collabo	Lyricist on the Roll
"Bad Girl Special (Remix)" – Mr 2Kay (featuring Cynthia Morgan & Seyi Shay) "Do The Right Thing" – Cobhams Asuquo (featuring Bez) "Hold On" – Joe El (featuring 2face Idibia) "Local Rappers" – Reminisce (featuring Olamide & Phyno) (Winner) "Sisi" – Praiz (featuring Wizkid) "Shoki (Remix)" – Lil Kesh (featuring Olamide & Davido)	Vector – "King Kong" (Winner) Illbliss (featuring Ice Prince, Eva Alordiah, Phyno) – "Bank Alert" G.O.D – "T.R" Reminisce – "Baba Hafusa"
Song of the Year	Best Recording of the Year
"Ojuelegba" – Wizkid (Winner) "Godwin" – Korede Bello "Bobo" – Olamide "Woju" – Kiss Daniel	"There's a Fire" – Bez "Eyo" – Aṣa "Ojuelegba" – Wizkid "Wish Me Well" – Timi Dakolo (Winner) "Do The Right Thing" – Cobhams Asuquo
Album of the Year	Artiste of the Year
The Chairman – M.I Ayo – Wizkid Street OT – Olamide (Winner) Double Trouble – P-Square Rich & Famous – Praiz King of Queens – Yemi Alade	Davido Olamide (Winner) P-Square Wizkid Yemi Alade
Producer of the Year	Best Music Video
Don Jazzy – "Godwin" Cobhams Asuquo – "There's A Fire" Legendury Beatz – "Ojuelegba" (Winner) Masterkraft – "Wiser" Shizzi – "Fans Mi" Young Jonn – "Bobo"	"Baby Jollof" – Clarence Peters "Crazy" – Meji Alabi "Jamb Question" – Mex "Katapot" – UnLimited LA "The Sound" – Sesan
Next Rated	African Artiste of the Year
Cynthia Morgan Lil Kesh Kiss Daniel Korede Bello Reekado Banks (Winner)	Sarkodie (Winner) Cassper Nyovest AKA Diamond Platnumz Uhuru
Rookie of The Year	Best Reggae/Dancehall Single
Base One Humble Smith Koker Pepenazi YCEE (Winner) Young GreyC	"Daniella Whyne" – Patoranking "Sanko" – Timaya "German Juice" – Cynthia Morgan (Winner) "My Body" – Solid Star (featuring Timaya) "Bad Girl Special (Remix)" – Mr 2Kay (featuring Cynthia Morgan & Seyi Shay)
Best Alternative Song	Special Recognition Award
"Sade" – Adekunle Gold (Winner) "Satan Be Gone" – Aṣa "Awwww" – Di'Ja "There's A Fire" – Bez "Rain on Me" – Ugovinna "Tiff" – Simi	Don Jazzy
Hip Hop World Revelation of the Year	Hall of Fame
Yemi Alade (Winner) Praiz Skales	2face Idibia

References

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