The 17th edition of the Headies awards was held on Sunday, April 27, 2025, at the Landmark Event Centre in Lagos, celebrating the music industry’s brightest stars. Here are the winners:
*Major Categories*
- *Artiste of the Year*: Davido
- *Song of the Year*: "Showa" by Kizz Daniel
- *Album of the Year*: "Born in the Wild" by Tems (nominees included Rema's "HEIS", Ayra Starr's "The Year I Turned 21", and Asake's "Work of Art")
*Afrobeats Categories*
- *Afrobeats Single of the Year*: "Big Big Things" by Young Jonn ft. Kizz Daniel and Seyi Vibez
- *Afrobeats Album of the Year*: "HEIS" by Rema
- *Best Street-Hop Artiste*: Seyi Vibez for "Different Patterns"
*Vocal Performance Categories*
- *Best Vocal Performance (Male)*: Lojay for "Billions"
- *Best Vocal Performance (Female)*: Liya for "I'm Done"
*Other Notable Categories*
- *Rookie of the Year*: Zerry DL
- *Producer of the Year*: London for "OZEBA"
- *Best Collaboration*: Lojay's "Billions"
- *Best Music Video*: "EGWU" by Director Pink
- *Next Rated*: Qing Madi, Shallipopi, Ayo Maff, and Nasboi were nominees, but the winner isn't specified in the sources
*Special Awards*
- *Special Recognition Award Recipients*: Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, Alex Okosi, and Amaju Pinnick
- *Humanitarian Award Recipients*: Temitola Adekunle Johnson and Michelle Mukoro (King Mitchy)
*International and Regional Categories*
- *International Artiste of the Year*: Travis Scott for "Active" (Asake)
- *Best West African Artiste of the Year*: Lojay wasn't the winner in this category despite winning with "Billions" in other categories, the winner is actually not specified correctly in sources for this category
- *Best East African Artiste of the Year*: Bien (Kenya)
- *Best North African Artiste of the Year*: Soolking (Algeria)
- *Best South African Artiste of the Year*: The winner isn't clearly specified
- *Best Central African Artiste of the Year*: Gaz Mawete (DRC) ¹ ²