Following the official announcement of the Rookie of the Year nominees for the 16th Headies Awards in 2023, a number of comments have appeared on social media.
The nominees for Rookie of the Year were announced prior to the Headies Awards’ 16th edition, scheduled for 2023. On social media, music lovers and fans responded to this news.
The nominees for the Rookie of the Year category were announced by the organizers in order to announce the deadline for submitting projects and songs for the award, even though an official date for the award presentation itself has not yet been set.
On July 11, 2023, Headies announced the finalists for the Rookie of the Year award on its social media pages. This category is for artists who had a successful year musically, with the absence of an album in the year under review.
See the full list of nominations below:
Rookie Of The Year
1. BAYANNI
2. KHAID
3. GUCHI
4. BLOODY CIVILIAN
5. ODUMODUBLVCK
6. ELTEE SKHILLZ
This announcement elicited a wide range of reactions on social media, including the following:
The most mid “rookie of the year” nominees in headies history. pic.twitter.com/HkSXUKqYlD
— olamilekan ⁷ 🇳🇬 (@lekanforthegods) July 11, 2023
I believe the expectation generally was for OdumoduBlvck to get a Next Rated nomination, not a Rookie of the year nomination.
— 🐬 @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) July 11, 2023
Odumodu Black is easily rookie of the year in my books. He has had a good year. And it would be disappointing if he doesn’t win that award in the next Headies. Bayanni doesn’t stand a chance. Apart from Mavins tax, that guy is yet to really impress me.
— Sir David Onyemaizu🦍 (@SirDavidBent) July 11, 2023
This might just be the tightest Headies Rookie of the Year nominees list ever. Everybody has a case. You might even argue that some of them deserve to be on the Next Rated list.
May the best man or woman win! pic.twitter.com/vD8a0bP23Z
— Harley’s Joker (@JaySay_j) July 11, 2023
….and the nominees for the 16th Headies “Rookie of the Year” are;
BAYANNI
KHAID
GUCHI
BLOODY CIVILIAN
ODUMODUBLVCK
ELTEE SKHILLZ pic.twitter.com/KkeZoYh3fF
— IG: the_headies (@The_Headies) July 11, 2023