The 17th Annual Headies Awards: Who’s Performing? A List Of Afrobeats Biggests Acts

When The Headies Awards is live streamed on YouTube (U.S.) and Hip TV (Nigeria) viewers can expect a night filled with special moments and electrifying performances as Afrobeats biggest acts take the stage of the most coveted Awards show in Africa. 

This year’s event will feature an unprecedented line-up of events, culminating in a week-long celebration of the industry’s growth and artistic ingenuity. “Who would not want the world to have The Headies in Nigeria, you want the world to come and see Nigeria and what you can do in the country,” he explained while reflecting upon the success of the past two awards shows that were held in the U.S. “The whole idea was to showcase the music to the world, to make it a truly global music award.” 

17th Headies Awards nominees Davido, Shallipopi, Yemi Alade, Juna Jux, Flavour, Qing Madi, Blaqbones, and Nasboi will perform at the 17th Annual Headies Awards alongside Cubana Chief Priest, Chike, Shallipopi, Blaqbones, Niniola, Magnito, Qing Madi, Q-Dance, Brown Joel, Boy Pee, Hyce, and The Ogechi Boys. The show takes place at the Landmark Center in Lagos, Nigeria. 

This year Shallipopi takes the lead as the performer with the most nods of the night, 6 nominations for Best Rap Single (“CAST” ft. Odumodublvck), Best Collaboration, Best Street Hop Artiste, Headies Viewer’s Choice, Next Rated, and Digital Artiste of the Year. 

Considered one of the greatest Afrobeats stars of all time with over 2 billion streams to his name and counting, The 17th Headies awards performer Davido has 5 nods for Digital Artiste of the Year, Best Collaboration (Twe Twe Remix” ft. Kizz Daniel), Artiste of the Year , Headies Viewers Choice (“Ogechi Remix” ft. Hyce, Boy Pee, and Brown Joel), and Afrobeat Single Of The Year (“Ogechi Remix” ft. Hyce, Boy Pee, and Brown Joel).

Four time nominated performer Qing Madi is up for Song writer of the Year (“Vision”) ft. Chimamanda Pearl Chukwuma, Best R&B Single (“Vision”), Best Collaboration (“Ole”) ft. BNXN, and Next Rated while contender Blaqbones is up for 3 HEADIES nominations for Lyricist on the Roll (“Chocolate City Cypher”) and Music Video of the Year (“Like Ice Spice”) and Afrobeats star Flavour is also up for 3 HEADIES nominations for Song of the Year (“Big Baller”), Artiste of the Year and Best Performer [Live] for (“Celebrating You 2023”). 

As 17th Headies performers with 1 nod, Yemi Alade is up for 1 Headie nomination for Best Vocal Performance (“Tomorrow”), Juma Jux is up for 1 Headie  nomination for Best East African Artiste of the Year (“Tanzania”), and Nasboi is up for 1 Headie nomination for Next Rated.

All performers are contending for the prestigious, highly coveted, and gold-plated Headie Award which is regarded globally as one of the highest honors and most treasured possessions an artist can receive on the continent of Africa and abroad. 

For more information, visit TheHeadies.com.