(YEAR IN REVIEW: JULY 2015 – DECEMBER 2016) BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR A non-voting category for the best single recording by an artiste or group in the year under review. 1.EMERGENCY – D’BANJ 2.PRAY FOR ME – DAREYFEAT. SOWETO CHOIR 3.LOVE DON’T CARE – SIMI 4.ORENTE – ADEKUNLE GOLD 5.SOMETHING GOOD IS HAPPENING – BRYMO PRODUCER OF THE YEAR An individual responsible for producing the most acclaimed song or album in the year under review. 1. DJ COUBLON‘GOOD TIME & RABA’ 2.PHEELS – ‘PICK UP & LAGOS BOYS’ – OLAMIDE 3.LEGENDURY BEATS – ‘FINAL – BABA NLA’ WIZKID 4. YOUNG JOHN– ‘MAMA’ – KISS DANIEL 5.MASTAKRAFT – ‘FADA FADA’, ‘CONNECT’ – PHYNO 6.OSCAR HERMAN-ACKAH – ‘PRAY FOR ME’ – DAREY BEST MUSIC VIDEO A voting category for the best conceptualist, best directed and most exciting video in the year under review. This award goes to the video director. 1.EMERGENCY (D’BANJ) – UNLIMITED LA 2.MARY ( SEYI SHAY) – MEJI ALABI 3.SOLDIER ( FALZTHA BAD GUY) – CLARENCE PETERS 4.MADE FOR YOU – BANKY W 5.BAD – TIWA SAVAGEFEAT. WIZKID– SESAN BEST R&B/POP ALBUM A category for the best R&B/Pop Album in the year under review (by single individual or group). 1.NEW ERA – KISS DANIEL 2.WANTED – WANDE COAL 3.KLITORIS – BRYMO 4.4. NAKED – DAREY 5.SEYI OR SHAY – SEYI SHAY BEST R&B SINGLE A category for the best R&B single in the year under review (by a single individual or group). 1.LOVE DON’T CARE – SIMI 2.MADE FOR YOU – BANKY W 3.SUPER WOMAN – WANDE COAL 4.PRAY FOR ME – DAREY 5.ADUKE – TJAN 6.SMILE – SHAYDEE BEST POP SINGLE A category for the best pop single in year under review (by single individual or group) 1.MAMA – KISS DANIEL 2.FINAL (BABA NLA) – WIZKID 3.PICK UP – ADEKUNLE GOLD 4.OSINACHI – HUMBLESMI THFEAT. DAVIDO 5.REGGAE BLUES – HARRYSONGFEAT. OREZI, IYANYA, OLAMIDE, KCEE 6.EMERGENCY – D’BANJ 7.FADA FADA – PHYNOFEAT. OLAMIDE 8.MONEY – TIMAYAFEAT. FLAVOUR BEST REGGAE/DANCEHALL SINGLE A category for the best Reggae/Dancehall single in the year under review (by single individual or group). 1.1. NO KISSING’ – PATORANKING FT SARKODIE 2.BODY HOT – PRAIZFT. JESSE JAGZ & STONE BWOY 3.JAGA LOVE – JESSE JAGZ 4.OLOWO – CYNTHIA MORGAN 5.PAM PAM – KETCHUP 6. TIMAYA– I LIKE THE WAY BEST RAP ALBUM A Non-Voting Category for the Best Album By A Rap Artiste Or Group In Year Under Review. 1.EYAN MAYWEATHER – OLAMIDE 2.POWERFUL – ILL BLISS 3.STORIES THAT TOUCH – FALZ 4.LIL’ KESH – YAGI BEST COLLABO A voting category for the best R&B, Pop or Hip-hop collaborative track (including cameos). 1.SOLDIER – FALZFEAT. SIMI 2.REGGAE BLUES – HARRYSONGFEAT. OREZI, IYANYA, OLAMIDE, KCEE 3.OSINACHI – HUMBLESMI THFEAT. DAVIDO 4.WAIT – SOLIDSTARFEAT. TIWA SAVAGE 5.NO KISSING – PATORANKING FEAT. SARKODIE 6.MONEY – TIMAYAFEAT. FLAVOUR BEST RAP SINGLE A voting category for a single (released on-air) recording of a rap. 1.EYAN MAYWEATHER – OLAMIDE 2.ASAMALEKUN – REMINISCE 3.JAGABAN – YCEE 4.CHUKWU AGOZI GOGI – ILL BLISS 5.AGU JI NDI MEN – A-Q 6.SHOW YOU SOMETHING – BOOGEYHIP HOP WORLD REVELATION A voting category for the best new artiste in the year under review. 1. KISS DANIEL– NEW ERA 2. SEYI SHAY– SEYI OR SHAY 3.LIL’ KESH – YAGI 4. RUNTOWN– GHETTO UNIVERSITY LYRICIST ON THE ROLL A non-voting category for the Rap Artiste with the best lyrical depth and performance on a single song or album. 1.ILL BLISS – CHUKWU AGOZI GOGI 2.REMINSCE – ASALAMALEKU 3. YCEE– JAGABAN 4.BOOGEY – SHOW YOU SOMETHING 5. A-Q– AGU JI NDI MEN’ 6. MODENINE– NO MATTER WHAT BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE A voting category for the artiste whose songs are inspired by the streets. Such song should captain lingua, which may also be originated by the artiste and popular on the street. 1. OLAMIDE– WHO YOU EPP 2.AJEBUTTER FEAT. FALZ– BAD GANG 3. KOKER– KO LE WERK 4. YCEE– JAGABAN 5.SMALL DOKTA – GBERA 6.2T BOYS – CUSTOMER DADA NI BEST ‘ALTERNATIVE’ SONG A voting category for the artiste whose songs reflect any form or style of music which falls outside the mainstream of recent or past popular musical trends. 1.PICK UP – ADEKUNLE GOLD 2.SOMETHING GOOD IS HAPPENING – BRYMO 3.YOU SUPPOSE KNOW – BEZ 4.WAIT FOR ME – JOHNNY DRILLE 5.GENTLEMAN – RIC HASSANI ALBUM OF THE YEAR A voting category for the best album (solo or group) in year under review, that meets judges requirements of excellence (Songwriting, production, rendition and promotion) and acceptability (Sales and popularity). 1.STORIES THAT TOUCH – FALZ 2.NEW ERA – KISS DANIEL 3.WANTED – WANDE COAL 4.SEYI OR SHAY – SEYI SHAY ARTISTE OF THE YEAR Most critically and commercially adjudged artiste in the year under review. Overall most successful artiste for the year under review. 1. WIZKID 2. TIWA SAVAGE 3. FALZ 4. YEMI ALADE 5. OLAMIDE SONG OF THE YEAR A voting category for the most popular song in the year under review. 1.FINAL (BABA NLA) – WIZKID 2.OSINACHI – HUMBLESMI THFEAT. DAVIDO 3.PICK UP – ADEKUNLE GOLD 4.REGGAE BLUES – HARRYSONGFEAT. 5.FADA FADA – PHYNOFEAT. OLAMIDE Created at 2016-11-26 14:39:29