Here are the nominees across different categories for the highly anticipated 2026 Headies Awards ceremony scheduled to take place in Canada.
Album of the Year
- Catharsis — Fola
- Clarity of Mind — Omah Lay
- G.O.A.T — Erigga
- Morayo — Wizkid
- The Machine Is Coming — Odumodublvck
- This One Is Personal — Tiwa Savage
- No Sign of Weakness — Burna Boy
Best Rap Single
- 2:02PM in London — Odumodublvck
- ACL — Blaqbonez
- Man2Man — Dremo
- PDSTRN — Moshood
- Nkemakonam — Tuff King
- Wuse Tu — Zaylevelten, Mavo
- John Wick — Zhus Jdo
Song of the Year
- Arike — Kunmie
- Hey Jago — Poco Lee, Shoday & Rahman Jago
- Hot Body — Ayra Starr
- Joy Is Coming — Fido
- MMS — Asake & Wizkid
- With You — Davido & Omah Lay
Afrobeats Single of the Year
- Fun — Rema
- Jogodo — Asake & Wizkid
- Laho — Shallipopi
- With You — Davido & Omah Lay
- You — Fola
- Bundle by Bundle — Burna Boy
Best Performer (Live)
- Adekunle Gold — Live at the National Theatre, Lagos
- Asake — Red Bull Symphonic
- Ayra Starr — Global Citizen Festival 2025
- Johnny Drille — Johnny’s Room Live 6
- Ruger — Live at Indigo at The O2, London (2025)
Best R&B Album
- Before We Became Strangers — Kunmie
- Catharsis — Fola
- Qing Madi — I Am the Blueprint
- Love Is a Kingdom — Tems
- Reflection Station — Tay Iwar
- This One Is Personal — Tiwa Savage
Best Recording of the Year
- Arike — Kunmie
- Amaeya — How Do You?
- Rema — Baby (Is It a Crime)
- Omah Lay & Elmah — Coping Mechanism
- Davido & Omah Lay — With You
- Fola — You
Best Alternative Album
- SDC — Afrika Magik
- Sewa — Detox
- BOJ — Duplicity
- Wizard Chan — Healers Chapel
- Scottyolorin — Olorin Pack
- Zaylevelten — Then 1t Got Crazy
Digital Artiste of the Year
- Asake
- Ayra Starr
- BNXN
- Chella
- Fola
- Mavo
- Seyi Vibez
- Wizkid
Next Rated
- Fido
- Fola
- Llona
- Mavo
- Shoday
Best Male Artiste
- Adekunle Gold
- Asake
- Fola
- Mavo
- Rema
- Wizkid
- Burna Boy
Rookie of the Year
- Amma
- Danpapa GTA
- Firstklaz
- Kidd Carder
- NO11
- Priesst
- OG Abbah
Best R&B Single
- 6:35 — Layefa
- How Do You? — Amaeya
- I Love You — Amma
- What You Need — Tems
- Winter & Summer — Magixx
- You4Me — Tiwa Savage
Songwriter of the Year
- Adekunle Gold — Many People
- Victony — Cough Syrup (w/ BNXN)
- Wizard Chan — Time Traveler
- Fola — Who Does That?
- Kunmie — Arike
- Amaeya — How Do You?
Best Vocal Performance (Female)
- Layefa — 6:35
- Amaeya — How Do You?
- Sewa — Lagos Lovin
- Qing Madi — Scumbag
- Liya — Skin to Skin
- Tiwa Savage — You4Me
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