Headies Nominees: The Full List

Superstars 2face, Banky W, Iyanya, Flavour, Davido, Sound Sultan, Praiz, Olamide, Sean Tizzle, Seyi Shay, Clarence Peters and many more have been nominated for this year’s Headies Awards.
The full list of nominees, which was made available by the awards committee, covers a diverse range of talents, from pop to R&B, hip hop, soul and several emerging Nigerian sounds.
With the theme ‘Its About to Begin’, The Headies 2013 is scheduled to hold at Oriental Hotel, VI, Lagos, on Boxing Day, Thursday December 26, 2013.
THE HEADIES 2013 – NOMINEES LIST
(YEAR IN REVIEW: MARCH 2012 – JUNE 2013)

1. BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR

A non-voting category for the best single recording by an artiste or group in year under review.

1. I WISH – WAJE
2. GOOD MORNING – BRYMO
3. NATURAL SOMETHING – SOUND SULTAN
4. THIS YEAR – JAYWON

2. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

An individual responsible for producing the most acclaimed song or album in the year under review.

1. PHEELZ – DUROSOKE
2. DTUNES – SHO LEE
3. DEL B – LIMPOPO
4. LERIQ – LIKE TO PARTY
5. LEGENDURY BEATS – EMI NI BALLER

3. BEST MUSIC VIDEO

A voting category for the best conceptualist, best directed and most exciting video in the year under review. This award goes to the video director.

1. ALINGO – JUDE OKOYE/CLARENCE PETERS
2. OLIVER TWIST – SESAN
3. GAGA CRAZY – AJE FILM WORKS
4. AZONTO– MOE MUSA
5. YES/NO – CLARENCE PETERS

4. BEST R&B/POP ALBUM

A category for the best R&B/Pop Album in the year under review (by single individual or group).

1. IYANYA VS. DESIRE – IYANYA
2. O.B.O. – DAVIDO
3. R&BW – BANKYW
4. BLESSED – FLAVOUR
5. AWAY & BEYOND – 2FACE

5. BEST R&B SINGLE

A category for the best R&B single in year under review (by single individual or group).

1. DON’T LET GO – CAPITAL FEMI
2. GOOD GOOD LOVING – BANKYW
3. LIKE TO PARTY – BURNA BOY
4. RICH & FAMOUS – PRAIZ
5. OMOTE – ESE PETERS

6. BEST POP SINGLE

A category for the best pop single in year under review (by single individual or group)

1. IHE NE ME – 2FACE
2. The KICK – WANDE COAL FT DON JAZZY
3. GOBE – DAVIDO
4. CATCHING COLD – TUNDE EDNUT
5. UR WAIST  – IYANYA
6. GOODY BAG – D’PRINCE

7. BEST REGGAE/DANCEHALL SINGLE

A category for the best Reggae/Dancehall single in year under review (by single individual or group).

1. I WISH – WAJE
2. RIHANNA – OREZI
3. GIVE IT TO ME – GENERAL PYPE
4. GO DOWN – BABA DEE

8. BEST RAP ALBUM

A Non-Voting Category for the Best Album By A Rap Artiste Or Group In Year Under Review.

1. OGA BOSS – ILL BLISS
2. THE SECOND COMING – VECTOR
3. YBNL – OLAMIDE
4. BOOK OF RAP STORIES – REMINISCE

9. BEST COLLABO

A voting category for the best R&B, Pop or Hip-hop collaborative track (including cameos).

1. GHOST MODE – PHYNO FT. OLAMIDE
2. TONY MONTANA (REMIX) – NAETO C FT. D’BANJ
3. BADDEST BOY – EME FT. WIZKID, SKALES & BANKYW
4. EZIOKU – LYNXXX FT.  IKECHUWKU, ILL BLISS & PHYNO
5. EMI NI BALLER – CHIDINMA FT. SUSPECT & ILL BLISS
6. BABY MI DA (REMIX) – DR. VICTOR OLAIYA FT. 2FACE

10. BEST RAP SINGLE

A voting category for a single (released on-air) recording of a rap.

1. MAN OF THE YEAR – PHYNO
2. ANAM ACHI KWANU – ILL BLISS FT. PHYNO
3. DUROSOKE – OLAMIDE
4. 2 MUSSHH – REMINISCE
5. GHOST MODE – PHYNO FT OLAMIDE

11. BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (MALE)

A non-voting category for the single male artiste with the most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or album.

1. RICH AND FAMOUS – PRAIZ
2. OMOTE – ESE PETERS
3. DON’T LET GO – CAPITAL FEMI
4. YES/NO – BANKYW

12. BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)

A non-voting category for the single female artiste with most outstanding vocal performances on a single song or album.

1. I WISH – WAJE
2. TOH BAD – NIYOLA
3. IRAWO -  SEYI SHAY
4. TOTALLY YOURS – ZAINA
5. ONLY YOU – NIKKI LAOYE

13. NEXT RATED

This category is a voting category for the most promising upcoming officially unreleased (or signed) act in the year under review.

1. SEAN TIZZLE
2. DAMMY KRANE
3. BURNA BOY
4. SEYI SHAY
5. PHYNO

14. HIP HOP WORLD REVELATION

A voting category for the best new artiste in the year under review.

1. W.A.J.E – WAJE
2. OMO BABA OLOWO – DAVIDO
3. FRENZY – D’PRINCE
4. THE YEAR OF R’N’B – CAPITAL FEMI

15. LYRICIST ON THE ROLL

A non-voting category for the Rap Artiste with the best lyrical depth and performance on a single song or album.

1. OLAMIDE – VOICE OF THE STREETS
2. BOOGEY – SANCTUM
3. MODE 9 – LET IT GO
4. PHYNO – MAN OF THE YEAR

16. BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE

A voting category for the artiste whose songs are inspired by the streets. Such song should captain lingua, which may also be originated by the artiste and popular on the street.

1. TERRY G – RUN MAD
2. DUROSOKE – OLAMIDE
3. MY DEAR – DAMMY KRANE
4. SKIBO – SOLID STAR
5. ALAYE – LKT

17. BEST ‘ALTERNATIVE’ SONG

A voting category for the artiste whose songs reflect any form or style of music which falls outside the mainstream of recent or past popular musical trends.

1. REPETE – BLACKMAGIC
2. OMO PASTOR – AJEBUTTER FT. BOJ
3. FEEL ALRIGHT – SHOW DEM CAMP FT. BOJ & POE
4. THIS YEAR – JAYWON

18. ALBUM OF THE YEAR

A voting category for the best album (solo or group) in year under review, that meets judges requirements of excellence (in every realm: Songwriting, production, rendition and promotion) and acceptability (Sales and popularity).

1. IYANYA VS. DESIRE– IYANYA
2. O.B.O. – DAVIDO
3. R&BW – BANKYW
4. BLESSED – FLAVOUR
5. YBNL – OLAMIDE

19. ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

Most critically and commercially adjudged artiste in the year under review. Overall most successful artiste for the year under review.

1. IYANYA
2. DAVIDO
3. WIZKID
4. FLAVOUR
5. OLAMIDE
6. ICE PRINCE

20. SONG OF THE YEAR

A voting category for the most popular song in the year under review. This category is usually decided by voting.

1. DUROSOKE – OLAMIDE
2. UR WAIST – IYANYA
3. ALINGO – P-SQUARE
4. SHO LEE – SEAN TIZZLE
5. LIMPOPO – KCEE

21. BEST AFRICAN ARTISTE

A non-Nigerian award category for an individual African artiste with the most outstanding album and astonishing achievements in year under review.

1. R2BEES
2. MAFIKIZOLO
3. LIQUID DEEP
4. SARKODIE
5. MICASA

22. HALL OF FAME

Full Nominees List For AMAA 2013 Awards

This year, Rita Dominic & Mildren Okon‘s “The Meeting” as well as Yvonne Okoro‘s “The Contract” were nominated in six categories each.
Actor OC Ukeje  is nominated in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category for his role in “Alan Poza” so as the late veteran, Justus Esiri for his movie, “Assasins Practice“.

Yvonne Okoro and Rita Dominic were also nominated in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category. M

The awards ceremony is scheduled to hold on 25th April in Bayelsa state.

Full list of nominees:
1. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Short Film
1. Dead River – Namibia
2. Elegy For A Revolutionary- SA
3. Yellow Fever – Kenya
4. Kwaku Ananse– Ghana
5. Nhamo– Zimbabwe
6. Big Daddy – Nigeria
7. Release- South Africa
8. Burnt Forest- Kenya
2. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Documentary
1. Fuelling Poverty – Nigeria
2. Gun To Tape- South Africa
3. Swimming The Zambezi – South Africa
4. Give Me Back My Home – Kenya
5. The African Cypher Fly On The Wall- South Africa
3. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Diaspora Feature
1. Against The Grain -USA
2. Between Friends- Trinidad Tobago
3. Stones In The Sun- Haiti/USA
4. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Diaspora Documentary
1. Fan Do Brasil (Brazil/Guatamela)
2. My Thiero Boys (USA)
3. Red, White, Black And Blue (US)
5. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Diaspora (Short Film)
AMAA is not considering nominations in this category because the AMAA jury does not feel the entries were representative of the genre.
6. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Animation
1. Tageni’s Dol- (Namibia)
2. Adventure Of Zambezia– (South Africa)
3. Mission Impossible – (Nigeria)
4. Oba – (Nigeria)
5. Lion Of Judah (South Africa)
7. AMAA 2013 Prize for Best Film by an African abroad
1. Turning Point – USA/Nigeria
2. Assasins Practice – UK/Nigeria
3. Last Flight To Abuja– UK/Nigeria
4. Bianca – USA/Nigeria
5. Wolwich Boys – UK/Nigeria
8. AMAA 2013 Prize for Achievement in Production Design
1. Virgin Magarida
2. Elelwani
3. The Twin Sword
4. The Contract
5. Blood And Henna
6. Okoro The Prince
9. AMAA 2013 Prize for Achievement in Costume Design
1. Twin Sword
2. Elelwani
3. Virgin Magarida
4. Blood And Henna
5. The Meeting
6. Cobweb
10. AMAA 2013 Prize for Achievement in Make-Up
1. The Meeting
2. Twin Sword
3. Elelwani
4. Ninah’s Dowry
5. Okoro The Prince
6. Uhlanga, The Mark
11. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Soundtrack
1. Journey To Self
2. Okoro The Prince
3. The Last Fishing Boat
4. Hoodrush
5. Nairobi Half Life
6. The Twin Sword
12. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Visual Effects
1. Okoro The Prince
2. The Twin Sword
3. Elelwani
4. Last Flight To Abuja
5. Uhlanga, The Mark
6. Awakening
13. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Sound
1. Last Flight To Abuja
2. Streets Of Calabar
3. Hereos And Zereos
4. Zama Zama
5. Virgin Magarida
6. Nairobi Half Life
14. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Cinematography
1. Virgin Magarida
2. Nairobi Half Life
3. Uhlanga, The Mark
4. Swirl In Bamako
5. The Twin Sword
6. Elelwani
15. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Editing
Yvonne Okoro
1. Last Flight To Abuja
2. The Contract
3. Elelwani
4. Nairobi Half Life
5. Uhlanga The Mark
6. Hereos And Zereos
16. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Lightning
1. Zama Zama
2. The Flower Girl
3. Moi Zaphira
4. Elelwani
5. Uhlanga The Mark
17. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Screenplay
1. The Contract
2. Ninah’s Dowry
3. Hereos And Zereos
4. Alan Poza
5. Blood And Henna
6. Zama Zama
18. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Nigerian Film
OC Ukeje
1. Blood And Henna
2. Hereos And Zereos
3. The Meeting
4.Confusion Na Wa
5. The Twin Sword
6. Kokomma
7. Okoro The Prince
19. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Film In An African Language
1. Moi Zaphira – Burkina Faso
2. Elelwani (South Africa)
3. The Last Fishing Boat (Malawi)
4. Nairobi Half Life (Kenya)
5. Blood And Henna – Nigeria
6. Sherifa – Togo
7. Kokomma- Nigeria
20. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Child Actor
The AMAA admin will provide the names of the specific child actors that have been nominated in this category and that can be looked up on the website. But the films that produced the Best Child Actors are-
1. Cobweb
2. The Ugandan
3. Imbabazi, The Pardon
4. Ninah’s Dowry
5. Swirl In Bamako
6. Salimatu Traore (Moi Zaphira)
Karoumwi “Kas” Olakunle
21. AMMA 2013 Prize For Best Promising Actor
1. Belinda Effah – Kokomma
2. Sumela Maculuva – Virgin Magarida
3. Joseph Wairimu – Nairobi Half Life
4. Shonelo Mbutho – Ulanga The Mark
5. Karoumwi Olakunle – The Twin Sword
22. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actor In A Supporting Role
1. Gabriel Afolayan – Hoodrush
2. Ali Nuhu – Blood And Henna
3. Olwenya Maina – Nairobi Half Life
4. Alfred Atungu – Twin Sword
5. Ikponmwosa Gold – Confusion Na Wa
23. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actress In A Supporting Role
1. Hermelinda Cimela – Virgin Magarida
2. Patience Ozokwo – Turning Point
3. Linda Ejiofor – The Meeting
4. Crista Eka – Ninah’s Dowry
5. Foluke Daramola – Cobweb
24. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actor In A Leading Role
1. OC Ukeje – Alan Poza
2. Bimbo Manuel – Hereos And Zereos
3. Lindani Nkosi – Zama Zama
4. Justus Esiri – Assasins Practice
5. Hlomla Dandala – The Contract
6. Femi Jacobs – The Meeting
7. Amurin Wumnembom – Ninah’s Dowry
Rita Dominic
25. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actress In A Leading Role
1. Yvonne Okoro – The Contract
2. Florence Masebe – Elelwani
3. Mariam Ouedraogo – Moi Zaphira
4. Rita Dominic – The Meeting
5. Mbutung Seikeh – Ninah’s Diary
6. Flora Suya – Last Fishing Boat
26. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Director
1. Kenneth Gyang – Confusion Na Wah
2. Shemu Joyah – Last Fishing Boat
3. Shirley Frimpong Manso- Contract
4. Niji Akanni – Hereos And Zeroes
5. David Kitounga – Nairobi Half Life
6. Ntshavheni Wa Luruli – Elelwani
27. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Film
1. Nairobi Half Life (Kenya)
2. Ninah’s Dowry (Cameroun)
3. Last Fishing Boat – (Malawi)
4. Virgin Margarida (Mozambique)
5. Elelwani (South Africa)
6. Last Flight To Abuja (Nigeria)
7. Confusion Na Wa (Nigeria)

Red Carpet Photos: Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards

Red Carpet Pictures From The Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards.

The award took place last night at Eko hotel and suites,Lagos.

Genevieve Nnaji, Rita Dominic, Osas Ighodaro,Karen Igho,Stephanie Okereke,Funke Akindele,Kunle Afolayan and others.

Checkout Jim Iyke’s outfit at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards...Village headmaster..lol

List Of Winners At The Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards.


LIST OF WINNERS

1) BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Perfect Picture | Jackie Appiah

2) BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Dumebi the Dirty Girl | Mercy Johnson

3) BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Two Brides and a Baby | O.C Ukeje

4) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
A Good Catholic Girl | Matthew Nabwiso

5) BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
House a Part | Hafiz Oyetoro

6) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lies that Bind | Maureen Koech

7) BEST COSTUME DESIGNER
The Mirror Boy | Ngozi Obasi

 INDUSTRY TRAILBLAZER AWARD
Ivie Okujaiye

9) BEST SHORT FILM
Yellow Fever | Ngendo Mukii

10) BEST WRITER (COMEDY)
Skeem | Tim Greene

11) BEST MOVIE DIRECTOR
The Mirror Boy | Obi Emelonye

12) BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER
Otelo Burning | Dave Howe

13) BEST ART DIRECTOR
Otelo Burning | Anita van Hemert & Chantel Carter

14) BEST MOVIE
Otelo Burning | Sara Blecher

15) BEST PICTURE EDITOR
Man on Ground | Aryan Kaganof

16) BEST MOVIE (COMEDY)
Skeem | Tim Greene

17) BEST MOVIE (DRAMA)
Man on Ground | Akin Omotoso/Fabian Adeoye Lojede/Hakeem Kae-Kazim/Rosie Motene

18) BEST LOCAL LANGUAGE MOVIE (YORUBA)
Maami | Tunde Kelani

19) BEST LOCAL LANGUAGE MOVIE (HAUSA)
Faida Nura | A. Ali/Hafizu Bello

20) BEST LOCAL LANGUAGE MOVIE (SWAHILI)
The Ray of Hope | Sameer Srivastava/Sanjni Srivastava

21) BEST WRITER (DRAMA)
The Mirror Boy | Obi Emelonye/Amaka Obi-Emelonye

22) BEST TELEVISION SERIES
The XYZ Show | Godffrey Mwampembwa/Marie Lora-Mungai

23) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
Man on Ground | Paul Michelson

24) BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST
Otelo Burning | Jacqui Bannermen

25). INDUSTRY MERIT AWARD
Olu Jacobs