The Headies 2013 winners [Full Winners List]

The Headies 2013 which held last night in Lagos saw Nigerian rapper Olamide turn out the biggest winner walking away with the highest number of awards.

The Yoruba-lingo rapper picked up three awards: His ‘Durosoke‘ single won ‘Best Street-Hop Artiste‘ award while his second album ‘YBNL‘ won not only the ‘Best Rap Album‘ (beating the likes of Illbliss, Vector andReminisce) but also won the ‘Best Album of the Year‘ award.

‘Finally! I’m very grateful‘, Olamide said as he picked up his first Headie.

Other big winners of the night were Pop singer Davido who bagged two awards – ‘Best RnB/Pop Album‘ for his debut ‘O.B.O: The Genesis‘ and ‘Hip-Hop World Revelation’, Phyno who won ‘Best Rap Single‘ for his ‘Man of the year‘ song and ‘Best Collaboration‘ for his rap duet ‘Ghost mode‘ with Olamide.

Jaywon shocked all as he beat stiff competition from Waje, Brymo and Sound Sultan to win the ‘Recording of the Year‘ with his ‘Odun yi‘ single. ‘Thank God for making this a success. Thanks to my record label‘, the KENNIS Music act who fought to hold back tears said as he picked up his award.

Modenine returned to claim his ‘Lyricist on the Roll‘ award for seventh time. He however wasn’t present to pick up his award.

Two other winners who were absent were KCEE (whose single ‘Limpopo‘ won ‘Song of the year‘) and label mate Harrysong (whose song was adjudged the most downloaded song on the MTN platform). The awards were picked up by producer Del B.

Despite not picking up any other award, Pop singer Iyanya won the biggest title of the night, walking away with the ‘Artiste of Year‘ award. It was a big year for the MMMG act; releasing arguably the most successful album this year ‘Iyanya VS Desire‘ which produced five massive singles and going on tour in the US.

Budding act Sean Tizzle and his producer DeeTunes both walked away with awards; Sean bagged the ‘Next Rated‘ award, walking away with a brand Hyundai automobile while DeeTunes won the ‘Producer of the Year‘.

Fuji great KWAM 1 was inducted into The Headies ‘Hall of Fame‘. Organizers had however announcedOnyeka Onwenu as the recipient of the award.

There was a total of 11 performances – from Yemi Alade, Praiz, Seyi Shay, Iyanya, Sean Tizzle, Zania, Niyola, Phyno, Olamide, Davido and KWAM 1.

The awards was hosted by Mavin Records acts Dr SID and Tiwa Savage. It was held at the Grand Ball Room of Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos.

Check out the full list of winners below…

BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR Presented by Mai Atafo and Stephanie Coker
I WISH – WAJE
GOOD MORNING – BRYMO – WINNER
NATURAL SOMETHING – SOUND SULTAN
THIS YEAR – JAYWON

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR – Presented by Seyi Law and Jumoke Alawode-James
PHEELZ – DUROSOKE
DTUNES – SHO LEE – WINNER
DEL B – LIMPOPO
LERIQ – LIKE TO PARTY
LEGENDURY BEATS – EMI NI BALLER

BEST MUSIC VIDEO – Presented by Funmi Iyanda and Kelechi Amadi-Obi
ALINGO – JUDE OKOYE/CLARENCE PETERS – WINNER
OLIVER TWIST – SESAN
GAGA CRAZY – AJE FILM WORKS
AZONTO– MOE MUSA
YES/NO – CLARENCE PETERS

BEST RnB/POP ALBUM – Presented by HIPTV’s Femi Daniels
IYANYA VS. DESIRE – IYANYA
O.B.O. – DAVIDO – WINNER
RnBW – BANKYW
BLESSED – FLAVOUR
AWAY n BEYOND – 2FACE

BEST RnB SINGLE Presented by Beat FM’s Koch
DON’T LET GO – CAPITAL FEMI
GOOD GOOD LOVING – BANKYW – WINNER
LIKE TO PARTY – BURNA BOY
RICH n FAMOUS – PRAIZ
OMOTE – ESE PETERS

BEST POP SINGLE Presented by Osas Ighodaro and Lynxxx
IHE NE ME – 2FACE – WINNER
The KICK – WANDE COAL FT DON JAZZY
GOBE – DAVIDO
CATCHING COLD – TUNDE EDNUT
UR WAIST – IYANYA
GOODY BAG – D’PRINCE

BEST REGGAE/DANCEHALL SINGLE Presented by Toolz
I WISH – WAJE – WINNER
RIHANNA – OREZI
GIVE IT TO ME – GENERAL PYPE
GO DOWN – BABA DEE

BEST RAP ALBUM Presented by Basketmouth
OGA BOSS – ILL BLISS
THE SECOND COMING – VECTOR
YBNL – OLAMIDE – WINNER
BOOK OF RAP STORIES – REMINISCE

BEST COLLABO Presented by Chin and Kemi Adetiba
GHOST MODE – PHYNO FT. OLAMIDE – WINNER
TONY MONTANA (REMIX) – NAETO C FT. D’BANJ
BADDEST BOY – EME FT. WIZKID, SKALES n BANKYW
EZIOKU – LYNXXX FT. IKECHUWKU, ILL BLISS n PHYNO
EMI NI BALLER – CHIDINMA FT. SUSPECT n ILL BLISS
BABY MI DA (REMIX) – DR. VICTOR OLAIYA FT. 2FACE

BEST RAP SINGLE Presented by Illbliss and Yvonne ‘Vixen’ Ekwere
MAN OF THE YEAR – PHYNO – WINNER
ANAM ACHI KWANU – ILL BLISS FT. PHYNO
DUROSOKE – OLAMIDE
2 MUSSHH – REMINISCE
GHOST MODE – PHYNO FT OLAMIDE

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (MALE) Presented by Deji Awokoya
RICH AND FAMOUS – PRAIZ – WINNER
OMOTE – ESE PETERS
DON’T LET GO – CAPITAL FEMI
YES/NO – BANKY W

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE) Tewa Onasanya
I WISH – WAJE
TOH BAD – NIYOLA
IRAWO – SEYI SHAY
TOTALLY YOURS – ZAINA
ONLY YOU – NIKKI LAOYE – WINNER

NEXT RATED Presented by Hyundai
SEAN TIZZLE – WINNER
DAMMY KRANE
BURNA BOY
SEYI SHAY
PHYNO

HIP HOP WORLD REVELATION Presented by Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi and Ayo Animashaun
W.A.J.E – WAJE
OMO BABA OLOWO – DAVIDO – WINNER
FRENZY – D’PRINCE
THE YEAR OF R’N’B – CAPITAL F.E.M.I

LYRICIST ON THE ROLL Presented by Efe Omoregbe
OLAMIDE – VOICE OF THE STREETS
BOOGEY – SANCTUM
MODE 9 – LET IT GO – WINNER
PHYNO – MAN OF THE YEAR

BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE Presented by Darey Art Alade
TERRY G – RUN MAD
DUROSOKE – OLAMIDE – WINNER
MY DEAR – DAMMY KRANE
SKIBO – SOLID STAR
ALAYE – LKT

BEST ‘ALTERNATIVE’ SONG Presented by Cool FM’s Mercy and Freeze
REPETE – BLACKMAGIC – WINNER
OMO PASTOR – AJEBUTTER FT. BOJ
FEEL ALRIGHT – SHOW DEM CAMP FT. BOJ n POE
THIS YEAR – JAYWON

ALBUM OF THE YEAR Presented by Ali Baba and wife
IYANYA VS. DESIRE– IYANYA
O.B.O. – DAVIDO
RnBW – BANKYW
BLESSED – FLAVOUR
YBNL – OLAMIDE – WINNER

ARTISTE OF THE YEAR Presented by COOL WORLD
IYANYA – WINNER
DAVIDO
WIZKID
FLAVOUR
OLAMIDE
ICE PRINCE

SONG OF THE YEAR Presented by Uche Onwudiwe
DUROSOKE – OLAMIDE
UR WAIST – IYANYA
ALINGO – P-SQUARE
SHO LEE – SEAN TIZZLE
LIMPOPO – KCEE – WINNER

BEST AFRICAN ARTISTE (WINNER NOT ANNOUNCED)
R2BEES
MAFIKIZOLO
LIQUID DEEP
SARKODIE
MICASA

HALL OF FAME Presented by Chris Ihidero
KWAM 1