The Headies 2015

The Headies 2015 was the 10th edition of The Headies. It was 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] 2face Idibia was honored with the Hall of Fame award, while Don Jazzy received the Special Recognition award. Reekado Banks won the Next Rated award.^[4] His win was criticized by music critics, who challenged the "fairness of the award process".^[5][6]

The Headies 2015
Official poster
Date	January 1, 2016 (2016-01-01)
Location	Landmark Events Centre Victoria Island, Lagos State
Country	Nigeria
Hosted by	Kaffy Bovi
Most awards	Olamide (4)
Most nominations	Wizkid (7)
Website	theheadies.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	HipTV
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Performers

• Majek Fashek
• Timi Dakolo
• Olamide
• Falz
• Adekunle Gold
• Simi
• Harrysong
• 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.^[7][8]

Best R&B/Pop Album	Best Rap Album
Ayo – Wizkid King of Queens – Yemi Alade Bed of Stone – Aṣa Double Trouble – P-Square Rich & Famous – Praiz	The Chairman – M.I Baba Hafusa – Reminisce Above Ground Level – Mode 9 Street OT – Olamide
Best R&B Single	Best Pop Single
"Wish Me Well" – Timi Dakolo "Do The Right Thing" – Cobhams Asuquo (featuring Bez) "Heartbeat" – Praiz "Say You Love Me" – Leriq (featuring Wizkid) "Baby Daddy" – Iyanya	"Godwin" – Korede Bello "Collabo" – P-Square ft. Don Jazzy "Bobo" – Olamide "My Woman, My Everything" – Patoranking ft. Wande Coal "Woju" – Kiss Daniel "Ojuelegba" – Wizkid
Best Vocal Performance (Male)	Best Vocal Performance (Female)
"Wish Me Well" – Timi Dakolo Bez – "There's a Fire" Cobhams Asuquo – "Do The Right Thing" Shaydee – "High" Praiz – "If I Fall"	"Iwo Nikan" – Aramide Waje – "Coco Baby" Simi – "Tiff" Yemi Alade – "Duro Timi" Aṣa – "Bed of Stone"
Best Rap Single	Best Street-Hop Artiste
"King Kong" – Vector "Bank Alert" – Illbliss "Bad Belle" – M.I "Local Rappers" – Reminisce (featuring Olamide & Phyno) "T.R" – G.O.D	Olamide – "Bobo" 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
"Local Rappers" – Reminisce (featuring Olamide & Phyno) "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) "Sisi" – Praiz (featuring Wizkid) "Shoki (Remix)" – Lil Kesh (featuring Olamide & Davido)	Vector – "King Kong" 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 "Godwin" – Korede Bello "Bobo" – Olamide "Woju" – Kiss Daniel	"Wish Me Well" – Timi Dakolo "There's a Fire" – Bez "Eyo" – Aṣa "Ojuelegba" – Wizkid "Do The Right Thing" – Cobhams Asuquo
Album of the Year	Artiste of the Year
Street OT – Olamide Ayo – Wizkid The Chairman – M.I Double Trouble – P-Square Rich & Famous – Praiz King of Queens – Yemi Alade	Olamide Davido P-Square Wizkid Yemi Alade
Producer of the Year	Best Music Video [note 1]
Legendury Beatz – "Ojuelegba" Don Jazzy – "Godwin" Cobhams Asuquo – "There's A Fire" Masterkraft – "Wiser" Shizzi – "Fans Mi" Young John – "Bobo"	"Katapot" – Unlimited L.A "Baby Jollof" – Clarence Peters "Crazy" – Meji Alabi "Jamb Question" – Mex "The Sound" – Sesan Ogunro
Next Rated	African Artiste of the Year
Reekado Banks Cynthia Morgan Lil Kesh Kiss Daniel Korede Bello	Sarkodie Cassper Nyovest AKA Diamond Platnumz Uhuru
Rookie of The Year	Best Reggae/Dancehall Single
Ycee Base One Humblesmith Koker Pepenazi Young Grey C	"German Juice" – Cynthia Morgan "Daniella Whyne" – Patoranking "Sanko" – Timaya "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 "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 Praiz Skales	2face Idibia

Notes

1. This particular accolade is awarded to the video director.

References

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