FULL LIST: Davido, Wizkid, Burna Boy lead nominations for 2026 Headies

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Nigerian music stars Davido, Wizkid and Burna Boy have secured multiple nominations for the 18th Headies Awards, with the organisers unveiling the nominees for the 2026 ceremony on Tuesday.

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The awards ceremony is scheduled to take place in Canada.

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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.

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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.

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Wizkid, meanwhile, 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.

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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.

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Emerging artistes also feature prominently, with Fido, Fola, Llona, Mavo and Shoday nominated for Next Rated.

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Fola received nominations across several categories, including Afrobeats Single of the Year for You, Best R&B Album for Catharsis, Best Recording of the Year, Digital Artiste of the Year, Best Male Artiste, Best Headies Collaboration for Lost with Kizz Daniel, and Writer of the Year.

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Mavo is nominated for Digital Artiste of the Year, Best Male Artiste, Best Headies Collaboration for Body (Danz) with CKay, Rap Single for Wuse Tu with Zaylevelten, and Viewers’ Choice.

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Song of the Year
nArike — Kunmie
nHey Jago — Poco Lee, Shoday & Rahman Jago
nHot Body — Ayra Starr
nJoy Is Coming — Fido
nMMS — Asake & Wizkid
nWith You — Davido & Omah Layn

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Afrobeats Single of the Year
nFun — Rema
nJogodo — Asake & Wizkid
nLaho — Shallipopi
nWith You — Davido & Omah Lay
nYou — Fola
nBundle by Bundle — Burna Boyn

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Best Performer (Live)
nAdekunle Gold — Live at the National Theatre, Lagos
nAsake — Red Bull Symphonic
nAyra Starr — Global Citizen Festival 2025
nJohnny Drille — Johnny’s Room Live 6
nRuger — Live at Indigo at The O2, London (2025)n

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Best R&B Album
nBefore We Became Strangers — Kunmie
nCatharsis — Fola
nI Am the Blueprint — Qing Madi
nLove Is a Kingdom — Tems
nReflection Station — Tay Iwar
nThis One Is Personal — Tiwa Savagen

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Best Recording of the Year
nArike — Kunmie
nHow Do You? — Amaeya
nBaby (Is It a Crime) — Rema
nCoping Mechanism — Omah Lay & Elmah
nWith You — Davido & Omah Lay
nYou — Fola

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Best Alternative Album
nAfrika Magik — SDC
nDetox — Sewa
nDuplicity — BOJ
nHealers Chapel — Wizard Chan
nOlorin Pack — Scottyolorin
nThen 1t Got Crazy — Zayleveltenn

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Digital Artiste of the Year
nAsake
nAyra Starr
nBNXN
nChella
nFola
nMavo
nSeyi Vibez
nWizkidn

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Next Rated
nFido
nFola
nLlona
nMavo
nShodayn

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Afrobeats Album of the Year
n5ive — Davido
nCaptain — BNXN
nClarity of Mind — Omah Lay
nFuji — Adekunle Gold
nMorayo — Wizkid
nNo Sign of Weakness — Burna Boyn

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Music Video of the Year
nDirector Pink — 10 Kilo — Davido
nDammy Twitch — With You — Davido
nTG Omori — Afroculture — Flavour ft Baaba Maal
nJyde Ajala — Wizard Chan
nDK — Bundle by Bundle — Burna Boyn

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Best Female Artiste
nAyra Starr
nQing Madi
nSewa
nTems
nTeni
nTiwa Savagen

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Best Male Artiste
nAdekunle Gold
nAsake
nFola
nMavo
nRema
nWizkid
nBurna Boy

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Rookie of the Year
nAmma
nDanpapa Gta
nFirstklaz
nKidd Carder
nNo11
nPriesst
nOG Abbah

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Best Inspirational Single
nAmioluwa — Sunmisola Agbebi ft Yinka Okeleye
nFavour — Lawrence Oyor
nIdinma (You Are Good) — Sinach
nKorin Iyin (I Will Praise You) — EmmaOMG
nNo Turning Back 2 — Gaise Baba ft Lawrence Oyor
nWe Move — Mercy Chinwon

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Best Vocal Performance (Male)
nAdekunle Gold — I’m Not Done
nFlavour — Orente
nMagixx — Winter and Summer
nOdeal — Patience
nSyemca — Love Egbugomo
nTay Iwar — Bad Bellen

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Best Vocal Performance (Female)
nLayefa — 6:35
nAmaeya — How Do You?
nSewa — Lagos Lovin
nQing Madi — Scum Bag
nLiya — Skin to Skin
nTiwa Savage — You4Men

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Hall of Fame
nAwilo Longomban

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Best Street-Hop Artiste
nFamous Pluto — Na Scra
nKashcoming — All My Money
nPoco Lee — Hey Jago ft Shoday and Rahman Jago
nSeyi Vibez — Shaolin
nShallipopi — Laho
nTuff King — Nkemakonam
nRybeena — Gaddem ft Shodayn

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International Artiste of the Year
nCiara
nDave
nGunna
nJazmine Sullivan
nShenseea
nTiakola

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Writer of the Year
nAdekunle Kosoko (Adekunle Gold) — Many People
nAnthony Ebuka Victor (Victony) — Cough Syrup with BNXN
nFuayefika Maxwell (Wizard Chan) — Time Traveler
nOdunlami Afolarin Temiloluwa (Fola) — Who Does That?
nOluwabukunmi Ariyibi Peter (Kunmie)
nPeace Chidinma Amaefula (Amaeya) — How Do You?n

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Best Headies Collaboration
nCKay ft Mavo — Body (Danz)
nMavo ft Wavestar — Escaladizzy
nPoco Lee, Shoday & Rahman Jago — Hey Jago
nFola ft Kizz Daniel — Lost
nOdumodublvck ft Victony — Pity This Boy
nDavido ft Omah Lay — With You
nMr Eazi and King Promise — See What We’ve Done
nChief Priest ft Spyki — Finallyn

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African Diaspora-Canadian Artiste
nDebby Friday — Lipsync
nTôme — CC ft Alpha P
nBolu Ajibade — Diana with Friyie
nNonso Amadi — Dive In
nRooky Kamiz — Deeper
nTobi — Out the Mudn

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East African Artiste
nAbigail Chams (Tanzania)
nBien (Kenya)
nBruce Melodie (Rwanda)
nHarmonize (Tanzania)
nJoshua Baraka (Uganda)n

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West African Artiste
nBlack Sherif (Ghana)
nHimra (Côte d’Ivoire)
nKiDi (Ghana)
nKing Promise (Ghana)
nMoliy (Ghana)
nWally B. Seck (Senegal)
nStonebwoy (Ghana)n

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Best Alternative Song
nCYK Baddie — Luwa.mp4 ft Jeleel!
nLagos Lovin — Sewa
nOliver — Wizard Chan
nOmo to Sexy — Binde
nPrada Baby — Wavestar
nSweet Danger — Obongjayar
nSummer Adina — Chief Priest ft BoyPee & Zoro Swagbagn

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North African Artiste
nBalti (Tunisia)
nDystinct (Morocco)
nMarwan Moussa (Egypt)
nSoolking (Algeria)
nTul8te (Egypt)

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Central African Artiste
nFally Ipupa (DR Congo)
nFerré Gola (DR Congo)
nHéritier Watanabe (DR Congo)
nHiro (DR Congo)
nInnoss’B (DR Congo)
nLocko (Cameroon)n

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Rap Single
n2:02 PM in London — Odumodublvck
nACi — Blaqbonez
nMan2Man — Dremo
nMoshood — PDSTRN
nNkemakonam — Tuff King
nWuse Tu — Zaylevelten, Mavo
nJohn Wick — Zhus Jdon

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R&B Single
n6:35 — Layefa
nHow Do You? — Amaeya
nI Love You — Amma
nWhat You Need — Tems
nWinter & Summer — Magixx
nYou4Me — Tiwa Savagen

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Producer of the Year
nMagicsticks — Jogodo by Asake & Wizkid and Real, Vol. 1 by Asake & Wizkid
nP.Priime — MMS by Asake & Wizkid, Baby (Is It a Crime) by Rema, Billionaires Club by Olamide, Darkoo & Wizkid
nRagee — Hot Body by Ayra Starr
nSarz — Hot Body by Ayra Starr and Who’s Dat Girl by Ayra Starr ft Rema
nTempoe — With You by Davido ft Omah Lay and SMH by Joeboyn

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Viewers’ Choice
nAyra Starr — Hot Body
nDavido — With You ft Omah Lay
nRema — Baby (Is It a Crime)
nFola — You
nWizkid — Jogodo with Asake
nKunmie — Arike
nMavo —- Escaladizzy ft Wavestarn

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Original Song for Visual Media
nAll My Love — Osas Okonyon & Abbey Wonder, from Evi
nBehind the Scenes — Funke Akindele & Tolu Obanro, from Behind the Scenes
nSave Me — Oscar Heman-Ackah & 2Baba, from To Kill a Monkey
nOnly in Lagos — WurlD & Liya, from Christmas in Lagosn

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Lyricist on the Roll
nBlaqbonez — ACi
nDremo — Man2Man
nModenine — If You Like Gym with Odumodublvck
nPDSTRN — Moshood
nYcee — Man2Man (Ycee Remix) with Dremo

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The 18th Headies Awards will be held in Canada, with nominees competing across the various voting and non-voting categories.

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More details later….

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