List Details Violations Across Several Locations in Canada

The awards ceremony is scheduled to take place in Canada. Davido, Wizkid and Burna Boy feature in several major categories, including Afrobeats Album of the Year, Best Male Artiste, Song of the Year, Afrobeats Single of the Year, Best Collaboration and Producer of the Year-related nominations. Davido and Omah Lay's "With You" is nominated for Song of the Year, Afrobeats Single of the Year, Best Recording of the Year, Best Headies Collaboration and Viewers' Choice.

Wizkid is nominated for Song of the Year and Afrobeats Single of the Year alongside Asake for "MMS" and "Jogodo", respectively. His album "Morayo" is also nominated for Afrobeats Album of the Year, while he is in contention for Digital Artiste of the Year, Best Male Artiste and Viewers' Choice. Burna Boy's "Bundle by Bundle" is nominated for Afrobeats Single of the Year, while his album "No Sign of Weakness" is in contention for Afrobeats Album of the Year.

He is also nominated for Best Male Artiste, with "Bundle by Bundle" featuring in the Music Video of the Year category. Emerging artistes also feature prominently, with Fido, Fola, Llona, Mavo and Shoday nominated for Next Rated. Fola received nominations across several categories, including Afrobeats Single of the Year for "You", Best R&B Album for "Catharsis", Best Recording of the Year, Digital Artiste of the Year, Best Male Artiste, Best Headies Collaboration for "Lost" with Kizz Daniel, and Writer of the Year.

Mavo is nominated for Digital Artiste of the Year, Best Male Artiste, Best Headies Collaboration for "Body (Danz)" with CKay, Rap Single for "Wuse Tu" with Zaylevelten, and Viewers' Choice. Song of the Year nominees include "Arike" by Kunmie, "Hey Jago" by Poco Lee, Shoday and Rahman Jago, "Hot Body" by Ayra Starr, "Joy Is Coming" by Fido, "MMS" by Asake and Wizkid, and "With You" by Davido and Omah Lay. Afrobeats Single of the Year nominees include "Fun" by Rema, "Jogodo" by Asake and Wizkid, "Laho" by Shallipopi, "With You" by Davido and Omah Lay, "You" by Fola, and "Bundle by Bundle" by Burna Boy.

Best Performer (Live) nominees include Adekunle Gold for "Live at the National Theatre, Lagos", Asake for "Red Bull Symphonic", Ayra Starr for "Global Citizen Festival 2025", Johnny Drille for "Johnny's Room Live 6", and Ruger for "Live at Indigo at The O2, London (2025)". Best R&B Album nominees include "Before We Became Strangers" by Kunmie, "Catharsis" by Fola, "I Am the Blueprint" by Qing Madi, "Love Is a Kingdom" by Tems, "Reflection Station" by Tay Iwar, and "This One Is Personal" by Tiwa Savage. Best Recording of the Year nominees include "Arike" by Kunmie, "How Do You? by Amaeya, "Baby (Is It a Crime)" by Rema, "Coping Mechanism" by Omah Lay and Elmah, and "With You" by Davido and Omah Lay.

Best Alternative Album nominees include "Afrika Magik" by SDC, "Detox" by Sewa, "Duplicity" by BOJ, "Healers Chapel" by Wizard Chan, "Olorin Pack" by Scottyolorin, and "Then It Got Crazy" by Zaylevelten. Digital Artiste of the Year nominees include Ayra Starr and Seyi Vibez. Afrobeats Album of the Year nominees include "5ive" by Davido, "Captain" by BNXN, "Clarity of Mind" by Omah Lay, "Fuji" by Adekunle Gold, "Morayo" by Wizkid, and "No Sign of Weakness" by Burna Boy.

Music Video of the Year nominees include Director Pink for "10 Kilo" by Davido, Dammy Twitch for "With You" by Davido, TG Omori for "Afroculture" by Flavour ft Baaba Maal, Jyde Ajala for Wizard Chan, and DK for "Bundle by Bundle" by Burna Boy. Best Female Artiste nominees include Ayra Starr, Qing Madi and Tiwa Savage. Best Male Artiste nominees include Adekunle Gold.

Rookie of the Year nominees include Danpapa Gta, Kidd Carder and OG Abbah. Best Inspirational Single nominees include "Amioluwa" by Sunmisola Agbebi ft Yinka Okeleye, "Favour" by Lawrence Oyor, "Idinma (You Are Good)" by Sinach, "Korin Iyin (I Will Praise You)" by EmmaOMG, "No Turning Back 2" by Gaise Baba ft Lawrence Oyor, and "We Move by Mercy Chinwo.