The founding father of The Headies Awards, Ayo Animashaun, has criticised Nigerian music artists for looking for recognition from overseas award our bodies whereas failing to submit their works for consideration at native awards. Animashaun expressed his displeasure in a submit on his Instagram Story, on Thursday, October 15, accusing some artists of……
The founding father of The Headies Awards, Ayo Animashaun, has criticised Nigerian music artists for looking for recognition from overseas award our bodies whereas failing to submit their works for consideration at native awards.
Animashaun expressed his displeasure in a submit on his Instagram Story, on Thursday, October 15, accusing some artists of ignoring native award organisers regardless of anticipating to obtain nominations.
He additionally faulted artists who complain about being ignored by The Headies after failing to submit their entries for consideration.
“Tom, Dick and Harry will submit entries to foreign award bodies that don’t even care about them and proudly post about it. But these same people won’t submit their entries to the Headies, yet they’ll complain about not being nominated. Funny..” he wrote.
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His feedback come amid submissions by a number of Nigerian musicians, together with Davido, Ayra Starr, Tems, Asake, Burna Boy, Rema and Victony, for consideration for nominations on the 2027 Grammy Awards.
Meanwhile, the organisers of The Headies Awards just lately introduced the postponement of the 18th version of the ceremony to April 10 and 11, 2027, in Toronto, Canada.
The occasion was initially scheduled to carry on October 23, 2026.
According to the organisers, the postponement would permit them to develop actions throughout Nigeria and Canada, together with workshops, seminars, business engagements and a worldwide commerce and funding summit.
