“I warmly congratulate our outstanding Nigerian artistes for their remarkable achievements at the 9th edition of the All Africa Music Awards,” said Mr Tinubu.
Nigerian Afrobeats musician Crown Uzama, popularly known as Shallipopi, has been named TikTok’s 2025 Artiste of the Year.
Mr Osunnuyi said that this year’s edition recorded 10,717 entries.
Afrobeats stars Rema, Davido, Shallipopi, and Burna Boy have topped Spotify’s Global Impact List for the first half of 2025.
The 17th Headies made its return home to Nigeria with the theme “Back to Base.”
Emerging star Divine Uzama, aka Zerry DL, clinched Rookie of the Year, topping competitors like Taves, Kaestyle, Llona and Sound.
The 17th edition will hold in April.
Google, on Tuesday, unveiled the ‘2024 Year in Search’ for Nigeria, with Bobrisky, Beta Edu, Shallipopi, and Ogechi lyrics leading the trend search.
This year’s soundtrack features 117 songs with a roster of globally renowned artistes.
“I feel like it is important to give back because the church has embraced and prayed for me,” he said.
