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#Headies2018: Organisers withdraw nomination of R&B singer
The nominees list of the 2018 edition of the Headies music awards has been updated by the organisers, Smooth Promotions.
The organisers in a statement made corrections in some categories while the nomination of an R&B artiste was chalked off.
The statement by Smooth Promotions reads thus: ”The Headies secretariat officially write to correct the following nominations which were given in error and are corrected as follows ”Virtuous Woman’‘ by Flavour was produced by Cobhams not Mastakraft and Selebobo produced ”Rara”, not Tekno.
”Tonight” by Nonso Amadi was removed from ‘Best RnB Single’ and ‘Best Vocal Performance (Male)’ categories because it was released before the period under review. Mastakraft‘s nomination for Best Producer is ”Yawa” and ”Augment”, while Cobhams is nominated for ”Butterflies” and ”Virtuous Woman”.
The quartet of Davido, Wizkid, Simi and Olamide lead the nominees list for the 2018 edition of the Headies following the screening of thousands of entries submitted in the year under review (from July 2016 – December 2017) by the organisers of the music awards.
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HKN co-founder Davido leads the pack with nominations in six different categories while Wizkid, Simi, and Olamide, are all following behind with five nominations each across different categories.
Other artistes who had more than one nomination include; Tiwa Savage, Kiss Daniel, and Johnny Drille who got four (4) nominations each, while Flavour, Nonso Amadi, Banky W, Niniola, Runtown, Phyno and Reminisce each bagged three (3) nominations.
The organisers have also announced the addition of three new categories including The Viewer’s Choice Award, Best Performer category and a special category to recognize the efforts of brands to this year’s event which will mark its 12th edition.
The Headies 2018 Nominees’ party was staged on the 29th of April in Abuja while the main event is scheduled for 5th of May, 2018, at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
This year’s edition will witness 77 nominees compete across 25 categories for the prestigious Headie plaque.
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