List of awards and nominations received by 2Baba

2Baba awards and nominations

2Baba at the release of his album, The Ascension (2014)
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Affinity Awards 1 1 African Muzik Magazine Awards 0 1 All Africa Music Awards 2 2 AMEN Awards 5 9 Ben TV Awards 2 3 City People Entertainment Awards 1 2 Channel O Music Video Awards 8 11 Ghana Music Awards 1 1 The Headies 10 35 Kora Awards 2 2 MOBO Awards 1 2 MTV Africa Music Awards 4 8 MTV Europe Music Awards 0 1 NET Honours 2 2 Nigeria Entertainment Awards 7 12 Nigerian Music Video Awards 5 10 SoundCity Music Video Awards 2 9 ThisDay Awards 1 1 World Music Awards 2 5
Totals [a]
Wins	66
Nominations	140
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

This is a list of major music awards and nominations received by Nigerian musician 2Baba.

Affinity Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2002	Himself	Best Male Vocalist [1]	Won

African Muzik Magazine Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2014	"Rainbow (Remix)" (featuring T-Pain)	Best Collabo [2]	Nominated

Afro Nollywood Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2005	Himself	Best Musical Artiste [1]	Won

All Africa Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2019	Himself	Legend of the Year [3]	Won
		Best Artist, Duo or Group in African Contemporary [4]	Won

AMEN Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2004	Himself	Best Male Vocalist [1]	Won
	"African Queen"	Song of the Year [1]	Won
	Himself	Best New Act (Male) [1]	Won
	"African Queen"	Best Video [1]	Won
2007	Himself	Best Male Vocalist [5]	Nominated
	"For Instance"	Song of the Year [5]	Nominated
	"True Love"	Best R&B Song [5]	Nominated
	Grass 2 Grace	Best Pop Album [5]	Nominated
		Album of the Year [5]	Won

Australian African Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2008	Himself	Best African Act [1]	Won

Ben TV Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2014	The Ascension	Album of the Year [6]	Won
	"Rainbow (Remix)" (featuring T-Pain)	Best International Collaboration [6]	Won
	"Hold On" (Joe EL featuring 2Face Idibia)	Best Collaboration [7]	Nominated

Black Heritage Awards for Excellence

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2005	Himself	The Outstanding Musician of the Year [8]	Won

City People Awards for Excellence

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2004	Himself	Musician of the Year [8]	Won
2005	"African Queen"	Best Male Video [8]	Won
2011	Himself	Best Musician of the Year [9]	Won

City People Entertainment Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2013	"Ihe Neme"	Most Popular Song of the Year [10]	Nominated
2017	Himself	Music Industry Giant [11]	Won

Channel O Music Video Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2005	"African Queen"	Best Male Video [12]	Won
		Best African Video of the Year [12]	Won
	Himself	Best African Act [12]	Won
2006	"Ole"	Best African Pop Video [13]	Won
		Best African West Video [13]	Won
		Best R&B Video [14]	Nominated
2010	"Implication"	Most Gifted West African Video [15]	Won
2011	"Only Me"	Most Gifted African West Video [16]	Won
		Most Gifted Video of the Year [17]	Nominated
2012	"Be There"	Most Gifted R&B Music Video of the Year [18]	Nominated
2013	"Ihe Neme"	Most Gifted Afro Pop Video [19]	Nominated
2014	"Rainbow (Remix)" (featuring T-Pain)	Most Gifted R&B Music Video of the Year [20]	Won

COSON Song Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017	"Officially Blind"	Best Song in Lyrics [21]	Nominated
	"Coded Tinz" (featuring Phyno)	Best Collaboration Song [21]	Nominated

Excellence Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2004	Himself	Music of the Year [1]	Won
		Outstanding Contribution to the Entertainment Industry [1]	Won

The Future Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2006	Himself	Musician of the Year [22]	Won

G.C.E International Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2005	"African Queen"	Best Song of the Year [1]	Won

Ghana Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2005	"African Queen"	African Song of The Year (Non Ghanaian) [1]	Won

The Headies

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2006	Himself	Special Recognition	Won [23]
2007	"For Instance"	Song of the Year	Nominated [24]
2008	Grass 2 Grace	Best R&B/Pop Album	Won [25]
		Album of the Year	Nominated [26]
	"See Me So"	Song of the Year	Nominated [26]
	"Stylee" (DJ Jimmy Jatt featuring Mode 9, 2Face Idibia & Elajoe)		Nominated [26]
		Best Rap Single	Nominated [25]
		Best Collabo	Won [23]
		Best Vocal Performance (Male)	Nominated [26]
	"True Love"	Best Recording of the Year	Nominated [26]
	Himself	Artiste of the Year	Nominated [26]
2009	The Unstoppable	Best R&B/Pop Album	Nominated [27]
		Album of the Year	Nominated [27]
	"Can't Do Without You" (featuring Melissa Briggs)	Best Recording of the Year	Nominated [27]
	"Street Credibility"		Nominated [27]
		Best Collaboration	Nominated [27]
	"Ole (Bushmeat)" (Sound Sultan featuring 2Face Idibia and W4)		Nominated [27]
2011	The Unstoppable International Edition	Best R&B/Pop Album	Won [28]
		Album of the Year	Won [28]
	"Only Me"	Song of the Year	Nominated [29]
	"Raindrops"	Best Recording of the Year	Nominated [29]
	"Only Me"	Best R&B Single	Nominated [29]
	Himself	Artiste of the Year	Won [28]
2013	Away & Beyond	Best R&B/Pop Album	Nominated [30]
	"Ihe Neme"	Best Pop Single	Won [31]
	"Baby Mi Da (Baby Jowo Remix)" (Victor Uwaifo featuring 2Face Idibia)	Best Collabo	Nominated [30]
2014	Himself	Artiste of the Year	Won [32]
	"Let Somebody Love You" (featuring Bridget Kelly)	Best R&B Single	Won [32]
		Best Recording of the Year	Nominated [33]
2015	"Hold On" (Joe EL featuring 2Face Idibia)	Best Collaboration	Nominated [34]
	Himself	Hall of Fame	Nominated [34]
2018	"Holy Holy"	Best Reggae/Dancehall Single	Won [35]
	"Amaka" (featuring Peruzzi)	Best Collabo	Nominated [35]
	Himself	Best Performer	Nominated [35]
2022		Humanitarian Award of the Year	Nominated [36]

Kora Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2005	Himself	Best African Act [37]	Won
		Most Promising Male Artist of Africa [37]	Won

MOBO Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2005	Himself	Best African Act	Nominated [38]
2007			Won [39]

MTV Africa Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2008	Himself	Best Male [40]	Nominated
2009		Best Male [41]	Won
		Best R&B [41]	Won
	"Enter the Place"	Best Video [42]	Nominated
	Himself	Artist of the Year [42]	Nominated
2010		Artist of the Year [43]	Won
		Best Male [43]	Won
2014		Best Live Act [44]	Nominated

MTV Europe Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2005	Himself	Best African Act [45]	Nominated

NET Honours

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2021 [46]	Himself	Most Popular Musician (Male)	Nominated
2022 [47]			Nominated

Nigeria Entertainment Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2006	Himself	Africa Breakthrough Artist of the Year	Won [1]
2007	Grass 2 Grace	Best Album of the Year	Won [1]
2009	The Unstoppable	Best Album of the Year	Nominated [48]
2010	The Unstoppable International Edition		Nominated [49]
	"Nobody" (M.I featuring 2Face Idibia)	Best Collaboration with Vocals	Nominated [49]
	"Implication"	Best Male Music Video of the Year	Won [50]
	Himself	Best Soul/Neo Soul Act of the Year	Won [50]
2011	Himself	Best Pop/R&B Artist of the Year	Nominated [51]
2012		Best Entertainment Personality	Nominated [52]
2015		Afrobeats Artiste of the Year	Won [53]
2016		Best Live Performer	Won [54]
2018		Afropop Male Artist	Won [55]

Nigerian Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2010	"Only Me"	Song of the Decade [56]	Won

Nigerian Music Video Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2010	"Only Me"	Best Afro Pop Video [57]	Won
		Video of the Year [57]	Won
2012	"Raindrops"	Best Reggae/Dancehall Video [58]	Nominated
	"Ihe Neme"	Best Visual Effects [58]	Won
		Best Contemporary Afro [58]	Nominated
2013	"Dance Floor"	Best Afro Pop Video [59]	Won
	"Baby Mi Da"	Best High Life Video [59]	Nominated
2014	"Spiritual Healing"	Best Use of Visual Effects [60]	Nominated
	"Let Somebody Love You"	Best R&B Video [60]	Nominated
2016	Himself	Peace Ambassador [61]	Won

SoundCity Music Video Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2008	"If Love is a Crime"	Best Video [62]	Nominated
2009	"Enter the Place"	Best Cinematography [63]	Nominated
		Best Collaboration in a Music Video [63]	Nominated
		SoundCity Viewer's Choice [63]	Nominated
	"No Be Small Thing"	Best Collaboration in a Music Video [63]	Nominated
	"Enter the Place"	Best Video [63]	Nominated
2010	Himself	Best Western [64]	Won
	"Implication"	Best Pop Video [64]	Won
		Best Male Video [65]	Nominated

Soundcity MVP Awards Festival

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017	Himself	Best Male MVP [66]	Nominated
	"Gaga Shuffle"	Song of the Year [66]	Nominated
		Viewer's Choice [66]	Nominated
		Listener's Choice [66]	Nominated
2018	"Amaka"	Best Collaboration [67]	Nominated
		Song of the Year [67]	Nominated

ThisDay Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2011	Himself	New Champions for an Enduring Culture [68]	Won

World Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2005	Himself	Male Entertainer of the Year [8]	Won
2008		Best Selling Nigerian Artist [69]	Won
2014		Africa's World Best Male Artiste [70]	Nominated
		Africa's World Best Live Act in 2014 [70]	Nominated
		Africa’s World Best Entertainer of the Year [70]	Nominated

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