Headies Founder Animashaun Faults Nigerian Artistes Over Grammy Submissions Amid Headies Postponement

Headies Founder Animashaun Faults Nigerian Artistes Over Grammy Submissions Amid Headies Postponement

The music executive pointed to international stars like Drake, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, Jay-Z, and BTS, who have publicly boycotted or skipped the Grammys without sparking widespread public outrage.

Headies founder slams Nigerians’ preference for foreign music awards

Ayo Animashaun, founder of The Headies, has criticised Nigerians’ growing preference for international music awards,

Nigerian artists slammed for shunning local awards, submitting entries for foreign ones

The founder of The Headies Awards, Ayo Animashaun, has slammed Nigerian artists for submitting entries to foreign award bodies while snubbing local awards. He lamented that some Nigerian artists submit entries to foreign award bodies that doesn’t care about them and post proudly about it but won’t submit their entries to local award bodies. He […] Nigerian artists slammed for shunning local awards, submitting entries for foreign ones

“They Won’t Submit To Headies Yet Complain” – Ayo Animashaun Tackles Nigerian Artistes Who Rush To Submit Entries To Foreign Awards

Headies Award founder, Ayo Animashaun, has taken a dig at Nigerian artistes for their obsession with foreign awards. In a series of social media posts, he vented over how they rush to submit entries to foreign award bodies that don’t even care about them and proudly post about it, but won’t submit to the Headies, […]

Ayo Animashaun tackles artistes submitting Grammy entries but ignoring Headies - OloriSuperGal

Ayo Animashaun, founder of The Headies, has criticised Nigerian artistes for chasing Grammy recognition while allegedly ignoring their own music awards. Several Nigerian artistes, including Davido, Asake and Adekunle Gold, have recently submitted their works for consideration at the 2027 Grammy Awards. They hope to secure nominations across different categories. In an Instagram post, Animashaun...

Headies founder Ayo Animashaun criticises Nigerian artistes who submit entries for international awards but neglect The Headies - Newsy People

The founder of The Headies Awards, Ayo Animashaun, has criticised Nigerian artistes who submit their work for international awards but fail to do the same for The Headies, only to complain when they are not nominated.   In a series of posts shared on Instagram, Animashaun questioned why some artistes prioritise foreign award bodies while failing to support local platforms.   “Tom, Dick and Harry will submit entries to foreign award bodies that d…