By Patricia Uyeh

The  highly-anticipated list of nominees for the headies 2016 awards, has been released with  singer adekunle gold, rapper falz the bahd guy and others leading the list. It is as competitive as it gets as nigerian musicians and rappers alike, are battling to take home the awards at the headies.

The list in 21 categories, covers the different genres of nigerian pop music culture.

See the complete list of nominees below:

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Best Recording Of The Year
Emergency – D’banj
Pray For Me – Darey Feat. Soweto Choir
Love Don’t Care – Simi
Orente – Adekunle Gold
Somet Listminees.Hing Good Is Happening – Brymo

Producer Of The Year
Dj Coublon – ‘Good Time & Raba’
Pheels – ‘Pick Up & Lagos Boys’ – Olamide
Legendury Beats – ‘Final – Baba Nla’ Wizkid
Young John – ‘Mama’ – Kiss Daniel
Mastakraft – ‘Fada Fada’, ‘Connect’ – Phyno
Oscar Herman-Ackah – ‘Pray For Me’ – Darey

Best Music Video
Emergency (D’banj) – Unlimited La
Mary (Seyi Shay) – Meji Alabi
Soldier (Falz Tha Bad Guy) – Clarence Peters
Made For You – Banky W
Bad – Tiwa Savage Feat. Wizkid – Sesan

Best R&B/Pop Album
New Era – Kiss Daniel
Wanted – Wande Coal
Klitoris – Brymo
Naked – Darey
Seyi Or Shay – Seyi Shay

Best R&B Single
Love Don’t Care – Simi
Made For You – Banky W
Super Woman – Wande Coal
Pray For Me – Darey
Aduke – Tjan
Smile – Shaydee

Best Pop Single
Mama – Kiss Daniel
Final (Baba Nla) – Wizkid
Pick Up – Adekunle Gold
Osinachi – Humblesmith Feat. Davido
Reggae Blues – Harrysong Feat. Orezi, Iyanya, Olamide, Kcee
Emergency – D’banj
Fada Fada – Phyno Feat. Olamide
Money – Timaya Feat. Flavour

Best Reggae/Dancehall Single
1. No Kissing’ – Patoranking Ft Sarkodie
Body Hot – Praiz Ft. Jesse Jagz & Stone Bwoy
Jaga Love – Jesse Jagz
Olowo – Cynthia Morgan
Pam Pam – Ketchup
Timaya – I Like The Way

Best Rap Album
Eyan Mayweather – Olamide
Powerful – Ill Bliss
Stories That Touch – Falz
Lil’ Kesh – Yagi

Best Collabo
Soldier – Falz Feat. Simi
Reggae Blues – Harrysong Feat. Orezi, Iyanya, Olamide, Kcee
Osinachi – Humblesmith Feat. Davido
Wait – Solidstar Feat. Tiwa Savage
No Kissing – Patoranking Feat. Sarkodie
Money – Timaya Feat. Flavour

Best Rap Single
Eyan Mayweather – Olamide
Asamalekun – Reminisce
Jagaban – Ycee
Chukwu Agozi Gogi – Ill Bliss
Agu Ji Ndi Men – A-Q
Show You Something – Boogey

Best Vocal Performance (Male)
Brymo – Something Good Is Happening
Darey Feat. Soweto Choir – Pray For Me
Shaydee – Smile
Wande Coal – Super Woman
Ric Hassani – Gentleman

Best Vocal Performance (Female)
Simi – Love Don’t Care
Seyi Shay – Right Now
Aramide Feat. Adekunle Gold – Love Me
Omawumi Feat. Angelie Kidjo – Play Na Play

Next Rated
Ycee
Tekno
Mr. Eazi
Humblesmith
Aramide

Hip Hop World Revelation
Kiss Daniel – New Era
Seyi Shay – Seyi Or Shay
Lil’ Kesh – Yagi
Runtown – Ghetto University

Lyricist On The Roll
Ill Bliss – Chukwu Agozi Gogi
Reminsce – Asalamaleku
Ycee – Jagaban
Boogey – Show You Something
A-Q – Agu Ji Ndi Men’
Modenine – No Matter What

Best Street-Hop Artiste
Olamide – Who You Epp
Ajebutter Feat. Falz – Bad Gang
Koker – Ko Le Werk
Ycee – Jagaban
Small Dokta – Gbera
2t Boys – Customer Dada Ni

Best ‘Alternative’ Song
Pick Up – Adekunle Gold
Something Good Is Happening – Brymo
You Suppose Know – Bez
Wait For Me – Johnny Drille
Gentleman – Ric Hassani

Album Of The Year
Stories That Touch – Falz
New Era – Kiss Daniel
Wanted – Wande Coal
Seyi Or Shay – Seyi Shay

Artiste Of The Year
Wizkid
Tiwa Savage
Falz
Yemi Alade
Olamide

Song Of The Year
Final (Baba Nla) – Wizkid
Osinachi – Humblesmith Feat. Davido
Pick Up – Adekunle Gold
Reggae Blues – Harrysong Feat.
Fada Fada – Phyno Feat. Olamide

African Artiste
Sauti Sol
Casper Nyovest
Dj Maphorisa
Stonebwoy
Sarkodie