The Headies Award for Album of the Year

The Headies Award for Album of the Year is an award presented at The Headies, a ceremony that was established in 2006 and originally called the Hip Hop World Awards.^{[note 1][1]} It was first awarded to Get Squared in 2006.^[2]

The Headies Award for Album of the Year
Awarded for	Best album released by a solo artist or group in year under review, that meets judges requirements of excellence and acceptability
Country	Nigeria
Presented by	Hip Hop World Magazine
First award	2006
Final award	2020
Website	theheadies.com

Recipients

Album of the Year
Year	Nominees	Result	Ref
2020	Apollo – Fireboy DML	Won	[3]
	African Giant – Burna Boy	Nominated
	Afro Pop Vol. 1 – Adekunle Gold	Nominated
	Yellow – Brymo	Nominated
	Boo of the Booless – Chike	Nominated
2019	Moral Instruction by Falz	Won	[4]
	About 30 by Adekunle Gold	Nominated
	Outside by Burna Boy	Nominated
	No Bad Songz by Kizz Daniel	Nominated
2018	Simisola by Simi	Won	[5]
	Gold by Adekunle Gold	Nominated
	Klĭtôrĭs by Brymo	Nominated
	Ijele the Traveler by Flavour	Nominated
	Sounds from the Other Side by Wizkid	Nominated
	The Playmaker by Phyno	Nominated
2016	New Era by Kizz Daniel	Won	[6][7]
	Stories That Touch by Falz	Nominated
	Wanted by Wande Coal	Nominated
	Seyi or Shay by Seyi Shay	Nominated
2015	Street OT by Olamide	Won	[8]
	The Chairman by M.I	Nominated
	Ayo by Wizkid	Nominated
	Double Trouble by P-Square	Nominated
	Rich & Famous by Praiz	Nominated
	King of Queens by Yemi Alade	Nominated
2014	Baddest Guy Ever Liveth by Olamide	Won	[9]
	The Journey by Sean Tizzle	Nominated
	L.I.F.E - Leaving an Impact for Eternity by Burna Boy	Nominated
	No Guts No Glory by Phyno	Nominated
2013	YBNL by Olamide	Won	[10][11]
	Desire by Iyanya	Nominated
	Omo Baba Olowo by Davido	Nominated
	R&BW by Banky W.	Nominated
	Blessed by Flavour N'abania	Nominated
2012	The Invasion by P-Square	Won	[12][13]
	Everybody Loves Ice Prince by Ice Prince	Nominated
	Superstar by WizKid	Nominated
	Super C Season by Naeto C	Nominated
2011	The Unstoppable International Edition by 2face Idibia	Won	[14][15]
	MI 2 by M.I	Nominated
	Back From The Future by Sound Sultan	Nominated
	Turning Point by Dr SID	Nominated
	Beautiful Imperfection by Aṣa	Nominated
2010	Mushin 2 Mo'Hits by Wande Coal	Won	[16][17]
	C.E.O by Da Grin	Nominated
	Un-darey-ted by Darey	Nominated
	Danger by P-Square	Nominated
	Least Expected by Bracket	Nominated
2009	Street Credibility by 9ice	Won	[18][19]
	The Entertainer by D'banj	Nominated
	Paradigm Shift by Mode 9	Nominated
	Talk About It by M.I	Nominated
	The Unstoppable by 2face Idibia	Nominated
2008	Asa by Aṣa	Won	[20]
	Game Over by P-Square	Nominated
	Grass 2 Grace by 2face Idibia	Nominated
	E Pluribus Unum by Mode 9	Nominated
	Independent by Faze	Nominated
2007	Hitsville by Paul Play	Won	[21]
	Free at Last by FreeStyle	Nominated
	After Da Storm by Weird MC	Nominated
2006	Get Squared by P-Square	Won	[22]

Category records

Most wins

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd
Artist	Olamide	P-Square	2face Idibia Aṣa 9ice Wande Coal Paul Play Simi Kizz Daniel Falz
Total wins	3 wins	2 wins	1 win

Most nominations

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd
Artist	P-Square	Wizkid	Olamide M.I 2face Idibia Burna boy	Aṣa Mode 9 Phyno Flavour N'abania Wande Coal Kizz Daniel Adekunle Gold Falz
Total noms	5 nominations	4 nominations	3 nominations	2 nominations

Notes

1. The nominees for the 2006 edition are not included in the Recipients table because they are not available.