The most anticipated award of the year which is the 13th edition of the Headies Music Awards held on Saturday, October 19.
The 13th edition of the Headies Award which is currently taking place at the Eko Hotel and Suites, witnessed amazing performances from talented acts as well as Nigerian celebrities are turning up in style. Teni, Falz were some of the big winners of the night.
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While Teni won four awards for best vocal performance (female), best recording of the year, best pop single and Headies Viewers’ Choice, Falz bagged three awards for best rap singer,best rap album and album of the year.
Top performance from veteran singers, Zaki Adzay, Sunny Neji, Victor AD and Wurld; who emerged winner of best vocal performance (male) wowed the audience and viewers of the show.
Yemi Alade did not bulge from her position as the Best Performer award from 2018 as she emerged winner of the 2019 category as well.
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Also, fast rising singer, Rema emerged as winner of the Next Rated. The award was given to Rema with a brand new GS4 unit of GMC motors.
Divine Ikubor (born in 2000), known professionally as Rema, is a Nigerian singer and rapper. In 2019, he signed a record deal with Jonzing World, a subsidiary of Mavin Records.
He rose to prominence with the release of the song “Iron Man”, which appeared on Barack Obama’s 2019 summer playlist.
Rema Career
Rema was born in 2000 in Benin City, Edo State. Born into a Christian family, Rema grew up singing and rapping while in secondary school. He attained his primary and secondary school education in Edo State.
In 2013, Rema and his friend Alpha P formed a group called RnA. The group’s name is a combination of the first letters of their stage names. RnA won season 2 of Pikolo’s Dream Alive talent show.
They signed a record deal with Peak Entertainment shortly afterwards and released their debut single “Mercy”. The mid-tempo song was recorded at Dream Alive Studio in Benin City. The music video for “Mercy” was directed by Whyte House Pictures. The group gained minor exposure following their performance at the Glo Slide and Bounce concert series in Benin and Lagos. Rema inked a record deal with Jonzing World, a subsidiary of Mavin Records. He released his eponymous debut EP Rema in 2019. It peaked at number 1 on Apple Music Nigeria.
On 19 October 2019, Rema won Next Rated and was nominated for Viewer’s Choice at the 13th edition of the The Headies. Source{Wikipedia}
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