Wizkid at The Headies 2012
The 2012 edition of one of Africa’s most prestigious entertainment awards show The Headies took place on Saturday, October 20, 2012 hosted by singer Omawumi and rapper M.I
The awards show which took place at the expo hall of the Eko Hotel and Suites for the third time in a row can be described as a mixture of sorts – depending on who and how you saw the show.
Rapper Vector might consider himself the biggest winner of the night; after receiving his first ever ‘Headie’ in the ‘Best Rap Single’ category for his ‘Angeli’ hit featuring 9ice, the lanky-looking rapper also picked up the ‘Lyricist on the Roll’ award which was presented by a five-time winner of that category, Modenine.
The awards show saw Psquare return to the Headies’ honours list after a two-year hiatus. After receiving six nominations, the pop twin duo with their ‘Invasion’ album won for themselves not one but two awards – in the ‘Album of the Year’ and ‘Best R&B-Pop Album’ categories. In addition, elder brother Jude Okoyealso received the award for ‘Best Music Video’ beating tough competition from Clarence Peters.
The biggest award of the night ‘Artiste of the Year’ went to EME Pop star Ayo ‘Wizkid’ Balogun. The 22-year-old who made the third and final act who walked away with double awards was also awarded the ‘Revelation of the Year’ award. ‘I want to thank you all for supporting me‘, Wizzy said as he picked up his second award.
The MAVIN Records crew picked up the awards for ‘Best Vocal Performance’ in both male and female categories – with Wande Coal’s ‘Private trip’ and Tiwa Savage’s ‘Love me, love me, love me’ coming out tops respectively.
Surprise winners included May D who unbelievably beat Tiwa Savage, Bez and Wande Coal to win the ‘Best R&B Single’ for his performance on the dancehall-Pop themed ‘Soundtrack’ and Sound Sultan who beat Psquare, Sauce Kid in the ‘Best Collabo’ category for his duet with Flavour and Xcel on ‘Orobo’ remix.
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