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. 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. Olamide won a total of four awards, while Timi Dakolo won three. Wizkid was nominated seven times across the twenty-one award categories. 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. His win was criticized by music critics, who challenged the "fairness of the award process".

Performers

Below is the list of nominees and winners for the popular music categories. Winners are highlighted in bold.
Best R&B/Pop AlbumBest Rap Album

  • The Chairman – M.I
  • * Baba Hafusa – Reminisce
  • * Above Ground Level – Mode 9
  • * Street OT – Olamide
    • Best R&B SingleBest Pop Single
  • "Wish Me Well" – Timi Dakolo
  • * "Do The Right Thing" – Cobhams Asuquo
  • * "Heartbeat" – Praiz
  • * "Say You Love Me" – Leriq
  • * "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 Best Vocal Performance
  • "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 SingleBest Street-Hop Artiste
  • "King Kong" – Vector
  • * "Bank Alert" – Illbliss
  • * "Bad Belle" – M.I
  • * "Local Rappers" – Reminisce
  • * "T.R" – G.O.D
  • Olamide – "Bobo"
  • * Small Doctor – "Mosquito Killer"
  • * Reminisce- "Skillashi"
  • * Masterkraft – "Indomie"
  • * Falz – "Marry Me"
    • Best CollaboLyricist on the Roll
  • "Local Rappers" – Reminisce
  • * "Bad Girl Special " – Mr 2Kay
  • * "Do The Right Thing" – Cobhams Asuquo
  • * "Hold On" – Joe El
  • * "Sisi" – Praiz
  • * "Shoki " – Lil Kesh
  • Vector – "King Kong"
  • * Illbliss – "Bank Alert"
  • * G.O.D – "T.R"
  • * Reminisce – "Baba Hafusa"
    • Song of the YearBest 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 YearArtiste of the Year
  • Street OT – Olamide
  • * The Chairman – M.I
  • * Ayo – Wizkid
  • * Double Trouble – P-Square
  • * Rich & Famous – Praiz
  • * King of Queens – Yemi Alade
  • Olamide
  • * Davido
  • * P-Square
  • * Wizkid
  • * Yemi Alade
    • Producer of the YearBest Music Video
  • Legendury Beatz – "Ojuelegba"
  • * Don Jazzy – "Godwin"
  • * Cobhams Asuquo – "There's A Fire"
  • * Masterkraft – "Wiser"
  • * Shizzi – "Fans Mi"
  • * Young John – "Bobo"
  • "Baby Jollof" – Clarence Peters
  • "Crazy" – Meji Alabi
  • "Jamb Question" – Mex
  • "Katapot" – UnLimited LA
  • "The Sound" – Sesan Ogunro
    • Next RatedAfrican Artiste of the Year
  • Reekado Banks
  • * Cynthia Morgan
  • * Lil Kesh
  • * Kiss Daniel
  • * Korede Bello
  • Sarkodie
  • * Cassper Nyovest
  • * AKA
  • * Diamond Platnumz
  • * Uhuru
    • Rookie of The YearBest 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
  • * "Bad Girl Special " – Mr 2Kay
    • Best Alternative SongSpecial 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 YearHall of Fame
  • Yemi Alade
  • * Praiz
  • * Skales
  • 2face Idibia