The Headies Award for Best Vocal Performance (Male)

The Headies Award for Best Vocal Performance (Male) 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]} First presented to Faze in 2006, the category is one of six categories not open to public voting.^[2][3]

The Headies Award for Best Vocal Performance (Male)
Awarded for	Individual Male Artiste with the most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or album
Country	Nigeria
Presented by	Hip Hop World Magazine
First award	2006
Final award	2019
Website	theheadies.com

Recipients

Best Vocal Performance (Male)
Year	Nominees	Result
2020[4]	Praiz – "Under the Sky"	Won
	Wurld – "Ghost Town"	Nominated
	Chike – "Forgive"	Nominated
	Cobhams – "We plenti"	Nominated
	Nonso Amadi – "What makes you sure"	Nominated
	Johnny Drille – "Count on you"	Nominated
2019[5]	Wurld – "Wishes and Butterflies"	Won
	Nonso Bassey – "411"	Nominated
	Johnny Drille – "Finding Efe"	Nominated
	Funbi – "Serenade"	Nominated
	Tay Iwar – "Utero"	Nominated
2018[6]	Praiz – "Folashade"	Won
	Faze – "Perfect Woman"	Nominated
	Johnny Drille – "Romeo & Juliet"	Nominated
	Nonso Amadi – "Tonight"	Nominated
	Banky W. – "Love You Baby"	Nominated
2016[7][8]	Shaydee – "Smile"	Won
	Brymo – "Something Good is Happening"	Nominated
	Darey – "Pray for Me" (featuring Soweto Gospel Choir)	Nominated
	Wande Coal – "Super Woman"	Nominated
	Ric Hassani – "Gentleman"	Nominated
2015[9]	Timi Dakolo – "Wish Me Well"	Won
	Bez – "There's a Fire"	Nominated
	Cobhams Asuquo – "Do The Right Thing"	Nominated
	Shaydee – "High"	Nominated
	Praiz – "If I Fall"	Nominated
2014[10]	Timi Dakolo – "Iyawo Mi"	Won
	Oritse Femi – "Double Wahala"	Nominated
	Nosa – "Why You Love Me"	Nominated
	Cobhams Asuquo – "Ordinary People"	Nominated
2013[11][12]	Praiz – "Rich & Famous"	Won
	Ese Peters – "Omote"	Nominated
	Capital F.E.M.I – "Don’t Let Go"	Nominated
	Banky W. – "Yes/No"	Nominated
2012[13][14]	Wande Coal – "Private Trips"	Won
	Banky W. – "Low Key"	Nominated
	Praiz – "I Love You"	Nominated
	Brymo – "Ara"	Nominated
	Bez – "Stupid Song"	Nominated
2011[15][16]	Capital Femi - "Money Money Money"	Won
	Darey – "The Way You Are"	Nominated
	Bez – "More You"	Nominated
	Timi Dakolo – "There Is A Cry"	Nominated
2010	Darey – "No Stars"	Won
	Banky W. – "Strong Ting"	Nominated
	Wande Coal – "Banana"	Nominated
	GT the Guitarman – "Kinimatise"	Nominated
	Timi Dakolo – "Heaven Please"	Nominated
2009[17][18]	Banky W. – "Don't Break My Heart"	Won
	Darey – "Not the Girl"	Nominated
	Etcetera – "Michelle"	Nominated
	Wande Coal – "Taboo"	Nominated
2008[19]	9ice - "Ruggedy Baba"	Won
	2face Idibia – "Stylee"	Nominated
	Wande Coal – "Ololufe"	Nominated
	Faze – "Someone like You"	Nominated
2007	Obiwon - "Onyinye"	Won
	Paul Play – "Forever" and "Angel of My Life"	Nominated
	Silver – "Lala"	Nominated
	OJB Jezreel – "Searching"	Nominated
	Soul E – "Soul E Baba"	Nominated
2006	Faze – "Faze Alone"	Won

Category records

Most wins

Rank	1st	2nd
Artist	Timi Dakolo Praiz	Banky W. Faze Darey Wande Coal 9ice Obiwon Capital Femi Shaydee Wurld
Total wins	2 Wins	1 win

Most nominations

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Artist	Wande Coal Banky W.	Darey Timi Dakolo Praiz	Bez Faze	Cobhams Asuquo Capital Femi Brymo Shaydee Johnny Drille
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.