Davido, Wizkid, Burna Boy Lead 2026 Headies Nominations

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. The awards ceremony is scheduled to take place in Canada. 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.

Davido and Omah Lay’s collaboration 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, 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. 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.

Full List of Major Nominees

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

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 Female Artiste

· Ayra Starr
· Qing Madi
· Sewa
· Tems
· Teni
· 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

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

Digital Artiste of the Year

· Asake
· Ayra Starr
· BNXN
· Chella
· Fola
· Mavo
· Seyi Vibez
· Wizkid

Next Rated

· Fido
· Fola
· Llona
· Mavo
· Shoday

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 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 Alternative Album

· Afrika Magik — SDC
· Detox — Sewa
· Duplicity — BOJ
· Healers Chapel — Wizard Chan
· Olorin Pack — Scottyolorin
· Then It Got Crazy — Zaylevelten

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

International Artiste of the Year

· Ciara
· Dave
· Gunna
· Jazmine Sullivan
· Shenseea
· Tiakola

West African Artiste of the Year

· Black Sherif (Ghana)
· Himra (Côte d’Ivoire)
· KiDi (Ghana)
· King Promise (Ghana)
· Moliy (Ghana)
· Wally B. Seck (Senegal)
· Stonebwoy (Ghana)

East African Artiste of the Year

· Abigail Chams (Tanzania)
· Bien (Kenya)
· Bruce Melodie (Rwanda)
· Harmonize (Tanzania)
· Joshua Baraka (Uganda)

Rookie of the Year

· Amma
· Danpapa
· Gta
· Firstklaz
· Kidd Carder
· No11
· Priesst
· OG Abbah

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 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

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?

Hall of Fame

· Awilo Longomba

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

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