The Headies Award for African Artiste of the Year

The Headies Award for African Artiste of the Year
Awarded for	An individual African artiste or group with the most outstanding achievement, impact and infiltration into the international music scene within the year under review.
Country	Nigeria
Presented by	Hip Hop World Magazine
First award	2006
Final award	2023
Currently held by	Rema (2023)
Website	theheadies.com

The Headies Award for African Artiste of the Year is an award presented at The Headies, a ceremony that was established in 2006 and originally called the Hip Hop World Awards. ^{[note 1] [1]} It was first awarded to Ghanaian hip-hop group V.I.P in 2006. ^[2]

Recipients

Year	Nominees	Result	Ref
2006	V.I.P	Won	[2]
2007		Won	[note 1] [3]
2008	Batman Samini	Won	[3]
	Freshlyground	Nominated
	Nameless	Nominated
	HHP	Nominated
	Jozi	Nominated
2009	Buffalo	Nominated	[note 2] [4]
	Tinny	Nominated
	The Dogg	Nominated
	Witness	Nominated
2011	Cabo Snoop	Won	[5] [6]
	R2Bees	Nominated
	Liquideep	Nominated
	Freshlyground	Nominated
	V.I.P	Nominated
2012	Sarkodie	Won	[7]
	Camp Mulla	Nominated
	D-Black	Nominated
	Zahara	Nominated
2014	Sarkodie	Won	[8]
	Mafikizolo	Nominated
	Diamond Platnumz	Nominated
	R2Bees	Nominated
2015	Sarkodie	Won	[9]
	Diamond Platnumz	Nominated
	Cassper Nyovest	Nominated
	Uhuru	Nominated
	AKA	Nominated
2016	Sauti Sol	Nominated	[note 2] [10]
	Cassper Nyovest	Nominated
	DJ Maphorisa	Nominated
	Stonebwoy	Nominated
	Sarkodie	Nominated
2018	Nasty C	Won	[11]
	Cassper Nyovest	Nominated
	Sauti Sol	Nominated
	Vanessa Mdee	Nominated
2019	King Promise	Won	[12]
	Master KG	Nominated
	Afro B	Nominated
	Sauti Sol	Nominated
	DJ Maphorisa	Nominated
2020	Master KG	Won	[13]
	Kuami Eugene	Nominated
	Sauti Sol	Nominated
	Shatta Wale	Nominated
	Stonebwoy	Nominated
2022	Burna Boy	Won	[14]
	Black Coffee	Nominated
	Davido	Nominated
	Diamond Platnumz	Nominated
	Soolking	Nominated
	Wizkid	Nominated
	/ Aya Nakamura	Nominated
2023	Rema	Won	[15]
	Burna Boy	Nominated
	Marwa Loud	Nominated
	Black Sherif	Nominated
	Diamond Platnumz	Nominated

Category records

Most wins

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd
Artist	Sarkodie	V.I.P	Rema Burna Boy Master KG King Promise Nasty C Cabo Snoop Samini
Total wins	3 wins	2 wins	1 win

Most nominations

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd
Artist	Diamond Platnumz	Sauti Sol	Cassper Nyovest Stonebwoy Freshlyground DJ Maphorisa R2Bees
Total noms	5 nominations	4 nominations	3 nominations

Notes

1. The nominees for this edition are not included in the Recipients table because they are not available.
2. The winner for this edition is not included in the Recipients table because it is not available.

References

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10. Ajasa, Femi. "Headies 2016: See full list of winners". TheNewsGuru. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
11. Praise, Billy (5 May 2018). "The HEADIES 2018: Full List Of Winners". Guardian Life Magazine . Retrieved 15 December 2024.
12. Alonge, Bolaji (21 October 2019). "Headies 2019: All the winners". Music in Africa. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
13. "Live Update: All The Winners At The Headies 2020". Guardian Life Magazine . 21 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
14. "Full List of 2022 Headies Awards Winners". Afrocritik . 5 September 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
15. Grein, Paul (4 September 2023). "Rema, Burna Boy Top 2023 Headies Awards: Full Winners List". Billboard . Retrieved 4 February 2025.