Organisers of the Headies Awards have released the 2026 nomination list, with Nigerian music stars, Davido, Wizkid and Burna Boy securing multiple nominations for the 18th edition of the Awards.
Naija News reports that the 18th Headies Awards ceremony will be held in Canada, with nominees competing across the various voting and non-voting categories.
Davido, Wizkid and Burna Boy feature in several major categories, including Afrobeats Album of the Year, Best Male Artiste, Song of the Year, Afrobeats Single of the Year, Best Collaboration and Producer of the Year-related nominations.
Also, Davido and Omah Lay’s ‘With You’ is nominated for Song of the Year, Afrobeats Single of the Year, Best Recording of the Year, Best Headies Collaboration and Viewers’ Choice.
Wizkid is nominated for Song of the Year and Afrobeats Single of the Year alongside Asake for MMS and Jogodo, respectively. His album Morayo is also nominated for Afrobeats Album of the Year, while he is in contention for Digital Artiste of the Year, Best Male Artiste and Viewers’ Choice.
Burna Boy’s Bundle by Bundle is nominated for Afrobeats Single of the Year, while his album No Sign of Weakness is in contention for Afrobeats Album of the Year. He is also nominated for Best Male Artiste, with Bundle by Bundle featuring in the Music Video of the Year category.
See the full list below.
Song of the Year
Arike — KunmieHey Jago — Poco Lee, Shoday & Rahman JagoHot Body — Ayra StarrJoy Is Coming — FidoMMS — Asake & WizkidWith You — Davido & Omah Lay
Afrobeats Single of the YearFun — RemaJogodo — Asake & WizkidLaho — ShallipopiWith You — Davido & Omah LayYou — FolaBundle by Bundle — Burna Boy
Best Performer (Live)Adekunle Gold — Live at the National Theatre, LagosAsake — Red Bull SymphonicAyra Starr — Global Citizen Festival 2025Johnny Drille — Johnny’s Room Live 6Ruger — Live at Indigo at The O2, London (2025)
Best Alternative AlbumAfrika Magik — SDCDetox — SewaDuplicity — BOJHealers Chapel — Wizard ChanOlorin Pack — ScottyolorinThen 1t Got Crazy — Zaylevelten
Digital Artiste of the YearAsakeAyra StarrBNXNChellaFolaMavoSeyi VibezWizkid
Best R&B AlbumBefore We Became Strangers — KunmieCatharsis — FolaI Am the Blueprint — Qing MadiLove Is a Kingdom — TemsReflection Station — Tay IwarThis One Is Personal — Tiwa Savage
Best Recording of the YearArike — KunmieHow Do You? — AmaeyaBaby (Is It a Crime) — RemaCoping Mechanism — Omah Lay & ElmahWith You — Davido & Omah LayYou — Fola
Music Video of the YearDirector Pink — 10 Kilo — DavidoDammy Twitch — With You — DavidoTG Omori — Afroculture — Flavour ft Baaba MaalJyde Ajala — Wizard ChanDK — Bundle by Bundle — Burna Boy
Best Female ArtisteAyra StarrQing MadiSewaTemsTeniTiwa Savage
Next RatedFidoFolaLlonaMavoShoday
Afrobeats Album of the Year5ive — DavidoCaptain — BNXNClarity of Mind — Omah LayFuji — Adekunle GoldMorayo — WizkidNo Sign of Weakness — Burna Boy
Best Male ArtisteAdekunle GoldAsakeFolaMavoRemaWizkidBurna Boy
Best Inspirational SingleAmioluwa — Sunmisola Agbebi ft Yinka OkeleyeFavour — Lawrence OyorIdinma (You Are Good) — SinachKorin Iyin (I Will Praise You) — EmmaOMGNo Turning Back 2 — Gaise Baba ft Lawrence OyorWe Move — Mercy Chinwo
Best Vocal Performance (Male)Adekunle Gold — I’m Not DoneFlavour — OrenteMagixx — Winter and SummerOdeal — PatienceSyemca — Love EgbugomoTay Iwar — Bad Belle
Best Vocal Performance (Female)Layefa — 6:35Amaeya — How Do You?Sewa — Lagos LovinQing Madi — Scum BagLiya — Skin to SkinTiwa Savage — You4Me
Hall of FameAwilo Longomba
Best Street-Hop ArtisteFamous Pluto — Na ScraKashcoming — All My MoneyPoco Lee — Hey Jago ft Shoday and Rahman JagoSeyi Vibez — ShaolinShallipopi — LahoTuff King — NkemakonamRybeena — Gaddem ft Shoday
Rookie of the YearAmmaDanpapa GtaFirstklazKidd CarderNo11PriesstOG Abbah
International Artiste of the YearCiaraDaveGunnaJazmine SullivanShenseeaTiakola
Writer of the YearAdekunle Kosoko (Adekunle Gold) — Many PeopleAnthony Ebuka Victor (Victony) — Cough Syrup with BNXNFuayefika Maxwell (Wizard Chan) — Time TravelerOdunlami Afolarin Temiloluwa (Fola) — Who Does That?Oluwabukunmi Ariyibi Peter (Kunmie)Peace Chidinma Amaefula (Amaeya) — How Do You?
Best Headies CollaborationCKay ft Mavo — Body (Danz)Mavo ft Wavestar — EscaladizzyPoco Lee, Shoday & Rahman Jago — Hey JagoFola ft Kizz Daniel — LostOdumodublvck ft Victony — Pity This BoyDavido ft Omah Lay — With YouMr Eazi and King Promise — See What We’ve DoneChief Priest ft Spyki — Finally
African Diaspora-Canadian ArtisteDebby Friday — LipsyncTôme — CC ft Alpha PBolu Ajibade — Diana with FriyieNonso Amadi — Dive InRooky Kamiz — DeeperTobi — Out the Mud
East African ArtisteAbigail Chams (Tanzania)Bien (Kenya)Bruce Melodie (Rwanda)Harmonize (Tanzania)Joshua Baraka (Uganda)
West African ArtisteBlack Sherif (Ghana)Himra (Côte d’Ivoire)KiDi (Ghana)King Promise (Ghana)Moliy (Ghana)Wally B. Seck (Senegal)Stonebwoy (Ghana)
Best Alternative SongCYK Baddie — Luwa.mp4 ft Jeleel!Lagos Lovin — SewaOliver — Wizard ChanOmo to Sexy — BindePrada Baby — WavestarSweet Danger — ObongjayarSummer Adina — Chief Priest ft BoyPee & Zoro Swagbag
North African ArtisteBalti (Tunisia)Dystinct (Morocco)Marwan Moussa (Egypt)Soolking (Algeria)Tul8te (Egypt)
Central African ArtisteFally Ipupa (DR Congo)Ferré Gola (DR Congo)Héritier Watanabe (DR Congo)Hiro (DR Congo)Innoss’B (DR Congo)Locko (Cameroon)
Rap Single2:02 PM in London — OdumodublvckACi — BlaqbonezMan2Man — DremoMoshood — PDSTRNNkemakonam — Tuff KingWuse Tu — Zaylevelten, MavoJohn Wick — Zhus Jdo
R&B Single6:35 — LayefaHow Do You? — AmaeyaI Love You — AmmaWhat You Need — TemsWinter & Summer — MagixxYou4Me — Tiwa Savage
Producer of the YearMagicsticks — Jogodo by Asake & Wizkid and Real, Vol. 1 by Asake & WizkidP.Priime — MMS by Asake & Wizkid, Baby (Is It a Crime) by Rema, Billionaires Club by Olamide, Darkoo & WizkidRagee — Hot Body by Ayra StarrSarz — Hot Body by Ayra Starr and Who’s Dat Girl by Ayra Starr ft RemaTempoe — With You by Davido ft Omah Lay and SMH by Joeboy
Viewers’ ChoiceAyra Starr — Hot BodyDavido — With You ft Omah LayRema — Baby (Is It a Crime)Fola — YouWizkid — Jogodo with AsakeKunmie — ArikeMavo —- Escaladizzy ft Wavestar
Original Song for Visual MediaAll My Love — Osas Okonyon & Abbey Wonder, from EviBehind the Scenes — Funke Akindele & Tolu Obanro, from Behind the ScenesSave Me — Oscar Heman-Ackah & 2Baba, from To Kill a MonkeyOnly in Lagos — WurlD & Liya, from Christmas in Lagos
Lyricist on the RollBlaqbonez — ACiDremo — Man2ManModenine — If You Like Gym with OdumodublvckPDSTRN — MoshoodYcee — Man2Man (Ycee Remix) with Dremo
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