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Full List Of Winners At 2023 Headies Awards
Eko Hot Blog reports that Rema, Asake, Burna Boy Win Big at Nigeria’s Biggest Music Night. The 16th Headies Awards took place in Atlanta, Georgia on Sunday, September 3, 2023. The award show, which is considered the biggest night in Nigerian music, honored the best in the industry from the past year.
Rema was the biggest winner of the night, taking home three awards: Best Male Artist, Rookie of the Year, and Digital Artist of the Year. He also gave a memorable acceptance speech in which he called for a Nigerian music renaissance.
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Asake was another big winner, taking home two awards: Next Rated and Album of the Year for his debut album, “Mr. Money With The Vibe.” Burna Boy also won two awards: Afrobeat Single of the Year for “Last Last” and Best R&B Single for “For My Hand.”
Other winners included Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Obong Jayar, and Chike. The Headies also honored several international artists, including Selena Gomez, Youssou N’dour, and Black Sherif.
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Here is the full list of winners:
- Best Rap Single: “Declan Rice” by ODUMODUBLVCK
- Best Male Vocal Performance:“Kpe Paso” by Wande Coal
- Best Alternative Song: “Tinko Tinko” by Obong Jayar
- Best Video Director: “Calm Down” by Director K (Rema)
- Best Rap Album: “Young Preacher” by Blaqbonez
- Lyricist on the Roll: “Flytalk Only” by Payper Corleone
- Producer of the Year:“Abracadabra” by Rexxie
- Best Male Artist: Rema
- Rookie of the Year:ODUMODUBLVCK
- Best Inspirational Song: “Eze Ebube” by Neon Adejo
- Afrobeats Single of the Year:“Last Last” by Burna Boy
- Special Recognition: Sound Sultan
- Digital Artist of the Year: “Calm Down” by Rema
- Best Street Hip-Hop Artiste:“Chance (Na Ham)” by Seyi Vibez
- Next Rated: Asake
- Album of the Year: “Mr. Money With The Vibe” by Asake
- Best Collaboration: “Who’s Your Guy Remix” by Spyro, Tiwa Savage
- African Artiste of the Year: Rema
- Best West African Artiste of the Year: Black Sherif
- Best R&B Album: “The Brother’s Keeper” by Chike
- International Artiste of the Year:Selena Gomez
- Best Recording of the Year:“Soweto” by Victony, Tempoe
- Best Vocal Performance (Female): “In Between” by Waje
- Best Central African Artiste of the Year: Libianca (Cameroon)
- Headies Viewers’ Choice:“Soweto” by Victony
- Best East African Artiste of the Year: Diamond Platinumz (Tanzania)
- Best North African Artiste of the Year: El Grande Toto (Morocco)
- Songwriter of the Year: “Loyal” by Simi Kosoko, Goodsfavour Chidozie, Kosoko Adekunle, Marcel Akunwata
- Best R&B Single: “For my hand” by Burna Boy
- Best Female Artist: Ayra Starr
- Best Southern African Artiste of the Year: Focalistic (South Africa)
- Best Alternative Album:“Gbagada Express” by BOJ
- Hall of Fame: Youssou N’dour
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