Headies Awards 2022 Winners | Full List

On this piece, we would be introducing the full list winners of the just-concluded Headies Award 2022.

The Headies Awards event, which was hosted on September 4, 2022, at the Cobbs Energy Performing Center in Atlanta, Georgia, has announced its winners.

Burna Boy won best male artiste and African artiste of the year. Both the best reggae & dancehall album for Three and the best recording of the year went to Patoranking for “Celebrate Me.”

Best Afrobeats Single and Best Music Video went to Fireboy DML for “Peru” and “Champ,” respectively (alongside D Smoke). As the guest singer on LadiPoe’s “Feeling,” BNXN earned the Next Rated award and received the prize for best rap single. For “Bloody Samaritan,” Ayra Starr won digital artiste of the year and the Headies viewers’ choice award.

The winners list are stated below:

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