The Headies for the past decade have argueably been the most prestigious Nigeria award where artist fight tooth and nail to win the category which they have been nominated. The most notable being the 2015 edition when Reekado banks of MAVIN won the next rated category ahead of YBNL Lil Kesh and that the go well with Olamide who created a scene when label mate AdekunleGold won his own category, that edition was the best Headies award thanks to Olamide and Don Jazzy.

That was the peak and the beginning of an end to the era of Headies in Nigeria as the most prestigious, below are some points that prove Headies can't meet the standard it has set in previous years and that will mark it end

Biased nomination list : this year nomination list have been very controversial with the inclusion of Aramide, Humblesmith and Mr. Eazi in the next rated category. with Mr. Eazi making waves he is hardly a Nigeria artist and have not gotten to the standard of AdekunleGold, Falz and Simi which should have join Tekno and Ycee on the list.
Disqualification of Tekno : with the disqualification justify, it is bad publicity for the award and whoever took the decision didn't think it through as Tekno was one of the most heard Nigeria artist of the moment with hits back to back.
Mr. Eazi winning the next rated category : ycee is the obvious favorite but yet another shocker as mr eazi won that award ahead of ycee, headies trying to repeat the same controversy that helps the award attained last year feet but its like the whole country don;t care anymore.
No special recognition for d'banj : even if that give him next he just won't appreciate or collect it, he can't even show up for the award as it has lost it honor.

notable artist like Wizkid, Davido, Olamide and D'banj don't see the award like they use to anymore, making the award loose it prestige and the noise around it.

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