LAGOS – Nigerian artistes, Adedamola Adefolahan popularly known as ”Fireboy DML” set a record of being nominated in nine categories at the 14th Headies Awards in Lagos.
The Headies, is a musical award show which recognises outstanding achievements by Nigerian artistes in the Nigerian music industry.
This year’s award titled: ”Explore”, a virtual event held on Sunday, rewarded works released between July 2019 and September 2020.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fireboy DML who was nominated in nine categories went home with five awards, the highest feat achieved after Wande Coal in 2010.
Fireboy DML won the awards for Best R and B Single, Best Pop Album of the year, Headies Revelation of the year, Best R and B Album of the year and the Album of the year.
On February 21, 2021, the 14th edition of Nigeria s premier music award, The Headies was held via virtual and live means due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The glitz collided with the glamour; foundation swallowed eyelashes, face masks disrupted identification and the sense of style of new-age Nigerian artists was caught in-between wannabe streetwear of the homeless and taking excessive liberty with athleisure.
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At the end of the night, Fireboy took home four awards.
He won in the Best R&B album, Best R&B single, Best Pop album and Revelation of the Year categories.
It was a reward for Fireboy’s second studio album, Apollo.
The 17-track album includes “ELI,” “Tattoo,” and “New York City Girl,” as well as appearances from D Smoke, Wande Coal, and Olamide.
And super producer Don Jazzy feels it is good enough for a Grammy prize.
“That Fireboy album suppose win Grammy sef,” he tweeted.
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Nigerian Rapper CDQ has accused organisers of the 14th Headies award of “playing politics’ with the choice of winners.
CDQ said this on his Twitter page after Mayorkun won the Best Street Hop artiste category at the event on Sunday night.
According to the rapper, Naira Marley deserved to win that category.
CDQ attributed Mayorkun’s win to industry politics.
His tweet read: “Headies you have started this obvious industry politics things again. How the hell una go carry Best Street Hop give someone else at the expense of Naira this year and conscience no judge una?
“Everyone in that category na family but ooto oro o ni ka ma so ohun (We should speak the truth).”
‘Naira Marley deserved to win Best Street Hop award over Mayorkun’ – CDQ hits Headies By James Ojo 133 Views
Sodiq Yusuf, a Nigerian rapper better known as CDQ, has called out organisers of the 14th Headies for awarding the ‘Best Street-Hop Artiste’ category to Mayorkun over Naira Marley.
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Mayorkun had beaten Naira Marley’s ‘Mafo’ to win the category with ‘Geng’, his 2020 hit single, at the event held on Sunday.
Others nominated for the category which celebrates artistes whose songs are inspired by the streets were Reminisce, Paul Okoye, Ivd & Zlatan as well as Olamide.
The emergence of Mayorkun as the winner of the category has, however, continued to stir heated debate on social media, with some users arguing that the ‘Soapy’ crooner deserved to win.