It was a night of glitz and glamour as the 16th edition of the Headies award ceremony that celebrates Afrobeats and African music culture took place on Sunday at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta.
The event, tagged ‘Celebrating African Renaissance,’ saw A-list artistes from the continent of Africa converge to celebrate the creativity of Pan-African talent, and the event honored the best in Afrobeats.
Grammy award-winning artist Burna Boy added another award to his shelve as he bagged several awards, including Best Afrobeats Single of the Year with the song ‘Last Last’.
Other stars who shined at the award night themed ‘Celebrating African Renaissance include Asake, who won the highly-coveted ‘Next Rated’ award while also scoring the ‘Album of the Year’ category for ‘Mr. Money With The Vibe’, and Rema.
See the full list of winners below:
BEST MALE ARTIST
REMA (Calm Down)
AFROBEATS SINGLE OF THE YEAR
‘Last Last’ Burna Boy
Digital Artist of the Year
Rema (calm down)
Best Rap Single
‘Declan Rice’ (ODUMODUBLVCK)
BEST VIDEO DIRECTOR
‘Calm Down: Director K (Rema)
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
ODUMODUBLVCK
BEST MALE VOCAL PERFORMANCE
‘Kpe Paso—Wande Coal
BEST ALTERNATIVE SONG
‘Tinko Tinko—Obong Jayar
BEST RAP ALBUM
‘Young Preacher’ by Blaqbonez
LYRICIST ON THE ROLL
‘Flytalk Only’ by Payper Corleone
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
‘Abracadabra’ by Rexxie
BEST RAP ALBUM
‘Young Preacher’ by Blaqbonez
LYRICIST ON THE ROLL
‘Flytalk Only’ by Payper Corleone
BEST INSPIRATIONAL SONG
‘Eze Ebube’ by Neon Adejo
SPECIAL RECOGNITION’
Sound Sultan
BEST STREET HOP SINGLE
‘Chance’ by Seyi Vibez
Next rated artist:
Asake
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
‘Mr. Money With The Vibez’ by Asake
SONG OF THE YEAR
‘Last Last’ by Burna Boy
BEST COLLABORATION AWARD
Winner: “Who’s Your Guy” by Spyro ft. Tiwa Savage
West African Artist of the Year
Black Sheriff
