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NEA Awards 2018: Davido, Wizkid, Olamide Lead Nomination

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Davido, Wizkid and Olamide take the nomination lead in the Nigerian Entertainment Awards (NEA) 2018.

The NEA 2018 nominees’ list for the 13th edition of the has been released by the organisers and it’s been flooded by Nigerian music heavyweights Davido, Wizkid, Simi, Olamide, and Tiwa Savage.

The venue of the NEA Awards 2018 is Washington DC, US and it will hold on November 10, 2018.

The award ceremony covers various spheres of Nigeria’s thriving entertainment industry, including, music, movies, disc jockeying, record executives, comedy and a category for Nigerian artistes in the diaspora.

In the category for ‘Female Artist of the year’, Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade, Simi, Seyi Shay and Niniola will be battling for glory while the ‘Afropop Male Artist of the year’ category has Davido, Wizkid, Kizz Daniel, Olamide and 2baba will slug it out the covetous award.

A total of 22 award categories will up for grabs which includes ‘Best Lead Role in Film’ (Male and Female), ‘Album of the year’, ‘Most Promising Act to Watch’, ‘Best New Act’ and more.

See the full list of nominees for the music categories at NEA 2018

AFROPOP MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Wizkid
Olamide
Davido
2baba
Kiss Daniel

AFROPOP FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Yemi Alade
Tiwa Savage
Seyi Shay
Niniola
Simi
 
HOTTEST SINGLE OF THE YEAR
‘Legbegbe’ – Mr. Real
‘Science Student’ – Olamide
‘Baba’ – Dj Spinnal x Kizz Daniel
‘Assurance’ – Davido
‘Soco’ – Wizkid
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Similola – Simi
Outside – Burna Boy
About 30 – Adekunle Gold
Outside – Burna Boy
First Daze of Winter – Maleek Berry
 
ALTERNATIVE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Flavour
Patoranking
Johnny Drille
Adekunle Gold
Zoro
TRAILBLAZER OF THE YEAR
Maleek Berry
Duncan Mighty
Mayorkun
Mzkiss
CDQ
BEST NEW ACT
Slimcase
Small Doctor
Mr Real
Dice Ailes
Lady Donli
MOST PROMISING ACT TO WATCH
Teniola
Idowest
Bella Alubo
Wilfresh
Dapo tu Burna
 
MUSIC PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Killertunes
Spellz
JayPizzle
Krizbeat
Philkeyz
Fresh
BEST DJ SINGLES OF THE YEAR
‘Ada’ – Dj Ecool ft Davido
‘Baba’ – Dj Neptune ft Kizz Daniel
‘Shempe’ – Dj Exclusive ft Slimcase, Mzkiss
‘Diet’ – Dj Enimoney ft Slimcase, Tiwa Savage
‘Do like this’ – Dj Consequence ft Tiwa Savage, Mystro
 
DIASPORA/INTERNATIONAL ACT OF THE YEAR
Rotimi (U.S)
MNEK (U.K)
Skepta (U.K)
Kah-lo (U.K)
JHus (U.K)
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