Complete Winners List at The Headies Awards 2022, Headies Awards 2022 Winners
Winners’ have emerged from the global award for Afrobeats, The Headies Awards which was the ceremony held on September 4, 2022, at the Cobbs Energy Performing Center, in Atlanta, USA.
Burna Boy took African artiste of the year and best male artiste. Patoranking won the best recording of the year for “Celebrate Me” and the best reggae & dancehall album for Three.
Fireboy DML won best Afrobeats single for “Peru” and best music video for “Champion” (featuring D Smoke). BNXN won the Next rated award and also shared the award for best rap single as the featured artist on Ladipoe’s “Feeling.”
Ayra Starr won digital artiste of the year and Headies’ viewers’ choice for “Bloody Samaritan.”
Here is the winners’ list:
BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- CELEBRATE ME – PATORANKING
LYRICIST ON THE ROLL
- A-Q – THE LAST CYPHER
BEST RAP SINGLE
- FEELING – LADIPOE FEAT. BNXN
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)
- WAJE – “LAST TIME”
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
- DIRECTED BY TG OMORI – CHAMPION (FIREBOY DML FEAT. D SMOKE)
BEST STREETHOP ARTISTE
- GOYA MENOR & NEKTUNEZ – AMENOR AMAPIANO REMIX
BEST RAP ALBUM
- CARPE DIEM – OLAMIDE
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- MADE IN LAGOS (DELUXE EDITION) – WIZKID
SONG OF THE YEAR
- ESSENCE – WIZKID FEAT. TEMS
HUMANITARIAN AWARD OF THE YEAR
- DAVIDO
DIGITAL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
- DAVIDO
BEST REGGAE & DANCEHALL ALBUM
- THREE – PATORANKING
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
- SARZ – “MONALISA” (LOJAY & SARZ)
BEST INSPIRATIONAL SINGLE
- CULTURAL PRAISE – KCEE & OKWESILI EZE GROUP
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
- ADEKUNLE GOLD – “SINNER”
BEST R&B SINGLE
- ESSENCE – WIZKID FEAT. TEMS
BEST AFROBEATS SINGLE
- PERU – FIREBOY DML
BEST ALTERNATIVE SINGLE
- DOINGS – FLAVOUR
BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
- INTERMISSION – IBEJII
BEST CENTRAL AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
- INNOSS’B
SPECIAL RECOGNITION (OUTSTANDING IMPACT ON THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY)
- EFE OMOROGBE
- SUNDAY ARE
- BOSE OGULU
SPECIAL RECOGNITION (TALENT)
- D’Banj
HEADIES’ VIEWER’S CHOICE
- AYRA STARR – BLOODY SAMARITAN
NEXT RATED
- BNXN
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (MALE)
- OXLADE – OJUJU
BEST R&B ALBUM
- IF ORANGE WAS A PLACE – TEMS
BEST MALE ARTISTE
- BURNA BOY
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
- FAVE
BEST WEST AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
- GYAKIE
BEST NORTH AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
- LATIFA (TUNISIA)
BEST SOUTHERN AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
- FOCALISTIC (SOUTH AFRICA)
BEST EAST AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
- DIAMOND PLATINUMZ
AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
- BURNA BOY (NIGERIA)
BEST COLLABORATION
- ESSENCE – WIZKID FT. TEMS
BEST AFROBEATS ALBUM
- MADE IN LAGOS – WIZKID
BEST R&B SINGLE
- ESSENCE – WIZKID FEAT. TEMS
HALL OF FAME
- ANGELIQUE KIDJO
INTERNATIONAL ARTISTE SPECIAL RECOGNITION
- AKON
- WYCLEF JEAN
