Moroccan rapper El Grande Toto and singer Marwa Loud are both nominated for the Headies awards in the category Best North African Artist, alongside the Egyptian artist Wegz and the Algerian rapper Soolking.
Marwa Loud landed a second nomination in the category African artist of the year.
The Headies is Nigeria’s most prestigious awards show. and on Wednesday, it will celebrate its 16 edition in the presence of international music sensations.
The award this year will also honor international performers that have established themselves in the Nigerian music scene. Drake, Future, Selena Gomez, Don Toliver, and Ed Sheeran are among the artists up for the 2023 International Artist of the Year award.
Among the nominations for best recording of the year is the viral TikTok song “Ku Lo Sa” by Nigerian street pop star Oxelade.
The producers of the song that took the world on a whim “Calm Down”, Andrevibez & London are both nominated for producer of the year.
Tems is nominated for the best songwriter distinction for cowriting the Rihanna sang Wakanda Forever title song “Lift me up”.
Director K landed two best music video nominations for Rema’s “Calm Down” and Burna Boy’s “Common Person”.
Ayra Stra’s “Rush” is nominated for the Headies viewers choice.
Libianca, whose song “People” went trending all over the world is now nominated for best central african artist of the year.
Last year, singer Manal Benchlikha cried with joy over the Headies nomination alongside Toto.
However, the two first thought that they were nominated for a Billboard, until fans told them to check again, turned out that the artist both reacted to a Billboard article on their Headies’ nominations.
add your comment
Terms of publication : Not to offend the writer, people, sacred things, or attack religions or the divine self, and refrain from racist incitement and insults.