The Headies Award for Best Vocal Performance (Female)

The Headies Award for Best Vocal Performance (Female)
Awarded for	Individual Female Artiste with the most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or album
Country	Nigeria
Presented by	Hip Hop World Magazine
First award	2006
Final award	2019
Website	theheadies.com

The Headies Award for Best Vocal Performance (Female) 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]} First presented to Ego in 2006, the category is one of six categories not open to public voting. ^{[2] [3]}

Recipients

Best Vocal Performance (Female)
Year	Nominees	Result
2020 [4]	Niniola – "Addicted"	Won
	Simi – "No longer beneficial"	Nominated
	Lindsey Abudei – "One on the outside"	Nominated
	J'dess – "Chi Efo"	Nominated
	Yemi Alade – "Lai Lai"	Nominated
	Imanse – "Ajala"	Nominated
2019 [5]	Teni – "Uyo Meyo"	Won
	Good Girl LA – "Bless Me"	Nominated
	Waje – "Udue"	Nominated
	Tems – "Mr Rebel"	Nominated
	Falana – "Repeat"	Nominated
2018 [6]	Omawumi – "Butterflies"	Won
	Waje – "In the Air"	Nominated
	Simi – "Gone for Good"	Nominated
	Aramide – "Jowo"	Nominated
	Niniola – "Saro"	Nominated
	Niyola – "Where's the Love" (featuring Adekunle Gold)	Nominated
2016 [7] [8]	Simi – "Love Don't Care"	Won
	Seyi Shay – "Right Now"	Nominated
	Aramide – "Love Me" (featuring Adekunle Gold)	Nominated
	Omawumi – "Play Na Play" (featuring Angélique Kidjo)	Nominated
2015 [9]	Aramide – "Iwo Nikan"	Won
	Waje – "Coco Baby"	Nominated
	Simi – "Tiff"	Nominated
	Yemi Alade – "Duro Timi"	Nominated
	Aṣa – "Bed of Stone"	Nominated
2014 [10]	Niyola – "Love to Love You" (featuring Banky W.)	Won
	Tiwa Savage – "Wanted"	Nominated
	Monica Ogah – "Window"	Nominated
	Ruby Gyang – "Good Man"	Nominated
2013 [11] [12]	Nikki Laoye – "Only You"	Won
	Waje – "I Wish"	Nominated
	Niyola – "Toh Bad"	Nominated
	Seyi Shay – "Irawo"	Nominated
	Zaina – "Totally Yours"	Nominated
2012 [13] [14]	Tiwa Savage – "Love Me (3x)"	Won
	Chidinma – "Kedike"	Nominated
	Ijeoma – "Oloomi"	Nominated
	Waje – "Na The Way"	Nominated
2011 [15] [16]	Waje – "For a Minute"	Won
	Tiwa Savage – "Kele Kele Love"	Nominated
	Eva Alordiah – "God Hand"	Nominated
	Ego – "Fall In Love"	Nominated
2010	Lara George – "Keeper of My Dreams"	Won
	Ibiyemi – "Don't Leave Me"	Nominated
	Kefee – "Kokoroko"	Nominated
	Waje – "Kolo"	Nominated
	Eva Alordiah – "No Cry"	Nominated
2009 [17] [18]	Omawumi – "In the Music"	Won
	Nikki Laoye – "Never Felt this Way"	Nominated
	Waje – "Somewhere"	Nominated
2008 [19]	Aṣa - "Bibanke"	Won
	TY Bello – "Ekundayo"	Nominated
	Kween – "Jebele"	Nominated
	Lara George – "Ijoba Orun"	Nominated
2006	Ego – "Never Far Away"	Won

Category records

Most wins

Rank	1st	2nd
Artist	Omawumi	Ego Aṣa Lara George Waje Tiwa Savage Nikki Laoye Niyola Aramide Simi Teni
Total wins	2 Wins	1 win

Most nominations

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd
Artist	Waje	Omawumi Niyola Aramide Simi	Aṣa Tiwa Savage Seyi Shay Eva Alordiah Nikki Laoye Ego Lara George
Total noms	8 nominations	3 nominations	2 nominations

Notes

1. The nominees for the 2006 edition are not included in the Recipients table because they are not available.

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