Burna Boy And Davido Lead Nominations As NET Honours Returns For Its 7th Edition

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Nigerian Entertainment Today (NET) on Friday, December 15, 2023, announced the seventh edition of NET Honours, its prestigious annual audience-data-based awards. The winners of the coveted entertainment media honours will be announced on Friday, December 22, 2023, featuring some of Africa’s most celebrated personalities.

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Organisers revealed that this year’s edition of the award promises to present awesome surprises at every corner. As with previous editions, nominations are entirely data-driven and are drawn by analysing audience search, engagement, and trends on ID Africa’s owned media channels; Netng, Neusroom, 234Star, and Orin.

African entertainment enthusiasts will once again be granted the power to publicly vote for the celebrities who have mostly impressed them with their activities and achievements within the last one year. This time, fans will have a say in 18 out of the 24 categories listed to honour celebrities, public figures, and events that have shaped Africa’s pop culture in the year under review.

Commenting on the impact of Net Honours on Nigeria’s entertainment industry, ID Africa’s Regional Manager for West Africa, Iretomiwa Akintunde-Johnson, states that as “The African entertainment landscape continues to witness astronomical growth, Nigeria remains at the forefront of its groundbreaking global achievements.”

She added: “African music, movies, and fashion are penetrating new grounds, breaking records, and our entertainers are charting new courses unprecedentedly. It’s important for us to play a role in chronicling this time in our history, this gives us the opportunity to continue to serve as a leading platform shaping the continent’s entertainment history and rewarding the incredible contributions of these personalities.”

Nominees for this year’s award will be revealed from Friday, December 15, 2023 with some of the industry’s biggest names and breakout stars earning multiple nominations. 

The voting categories have been expanded this year to encompass more nominations with an exciting twist. Multi-award-winning artistes — Wizkid, Davido, and Burna Boy lead the pack of nominees with three nominations each in the Most Popular Music Artiste (Male), Most Searched Music Artiste (Male), and Most Popular Fandom (Music) categories. Ayra Starr, Tems, and Tiwa Savage secured two nominations each in the Most Popular Music Artiste (Female) and Most Searched Music Artiste (Female) categories.

Rema, who presently maintains an impressive grip of the global music space with his hit song ‘Calm Down’ featuring Selena Gomez, also earned a spot in the Most Popular Music Artiste. Asake, YBNL’s newest star who has had a stellar run in the industry over the past year, also joins the Mavin star, Wizkid, Davido, and Burna Boy in fighting for the popularity award.

Other notable nominees included in the voting categories are Tobi Bakre, Kunle Remi, Femi Adebayo, Daniel Etim Effiong, and Timini Egbuson in the Most Popular Actor category. Also earning nominations were Sabinus, Kiekie, and Layi Wasabi nominated for Most Popular Social Content Creator, and BBnaija’s Phyna, Mercy, and Beauty, nominated for Most Popular BBNaija stars.

In the non-voting categories, celebrity couple and Nigeria’s sweethearts Adekunle Gold and Simi maintained their spot in the Most Popular Couple category for the third season in a row since 2021. They were joined in the category by veteran Nollywood actors Olu Jacob and Joke Silva, among other couples that have gotten us loving up on marriage.

NET Honours, one of the world’s most prestigious verified audience data-based awards, debuted in 2013 as a special recognition award presented to deserving individuals in the African entertainment industry during the Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive). In 2016, it evolved into the NET Honours People’s Choice Awards. Then in 2020, due to the pandemic, the awards went virtual, reaching over 10 million people worldwide.

Online voting for the 18 voting categories commences on Friday, December 15, on thenet.ng/voting and ends at 11:59 pm on Tuesday, December 19, 2023.

The winners will be unveiled virtually on Friday, December 22, 2023, via Netng’s social media platforms and website.

See full list of nominees below:

 

Most Popular Actor

Kunle Remi

Tobi Bakre

Daniel Etim Effiong

Femi Adebayo

Timini Egbuson

 

Most Popular Actress

Scarlet Gomez

Funke Akindele

Toyin Abraham

Bimbo Ademoye

Nancy Isime

Nse Ikpe-Etim

 

Most Popular Foreign Celebrity

Lee Min-Ho

BTS

Rihanna

Taylor Swift

Selena Gomez

Most Popular Celebrity Stylists

Swanky Jerry

Tiannah Styling

Medlin Boss

Damola Adeyemi

The Style Infidel

 

Most Popular BBNaija Star

Beauty Tukura

Mercy Eke

Tacha

Liquorose

Erica

Phyna

 

Most Popular Comedian

Sabinus

Basket Mouth

AY 

Layi Wasabi

Bovi

 

Most Popular Event

BBNaija

Headies

Nigerian Idol

AMVCA

The Voice

 

Most Popular Media Personality (Female)

Toke Makinwa

Kie Kie

Nancy Isime

Bolanle Olukanni

Bisola Aiyeola

 

Most Popular Media Personality (Male)

Uti Nwachukwu

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu

Ik Osakioduwa

Chude Jideonwo

 

Most Popular Musician (Female)

Mercy Chinwo

Tiwa Savage

Tope Alabi

Tems

 Ayra Starr

 

Most Popular Musician (Male)

Davido

Burna Boy

Wizkid

Asake

Rema

 

Most Popular Actress

Scarlet Gomez

 Funke Akindele

Toyin Abraham

Bimbo Ademoye

Nancy Isime

Nse Ikpe-Etim

 

Most Popular Actor

Kunle Remi

 Tobi Bakre

Daniel Etim Effiong

Femi Adebayo

Timini Egbuson

 

Most Popular Music Producer

Rexxie

P-Prime

Sarz

London

Blaisebeatz

Magicsticks

Tempoe

 

Most Popular Dancer/Video Vixen

Kaffy

Izzy Odigie

Pinkie Debbie

SoftMadeIT

Tiwa Pearl

Poco Lee

Westsy De Lifestyle

 

Most Popular DJ

DJ Spinall

DJ Neptune

DJ Xclusive

DJ YK Mule

DJ Kaywise

 

Most Popular Fandom (BBNaija)

Titans -Tacha

Elites – Erica

Liquolions – Liquorose 

BeeNavy – Beauty Tukura

Phynation – Phyna

Mercenaries – Mercy Eke

 

Most Popular Fandom (Music)

Starboy FC – Wizkid

30 BG – Davido

Savage Soldiers – Tiwa Savage

Outsiders – Burna Boy

Ravers – Rema

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