The just concluded Headies award saw Davido Music World act, Mayorkun as the winner of the highly coveted 2016 Rookie of the Year awards.

The organizers of the award said that the up coming musical artiste got the highest number of votes ahead of label mate, Dremo, Chocolate City act, Dice Ailes, Terry Apala and Mz Kiss.

This information was made known through the IG handle of The Headies 2016. “DMW artiste, @iammayorkunWins The Headies 2016 ‘Rookie of the Year’. The Headies Secretariat today announced DMW artiste, Mayorkun, as Winner of the 2016 Rookie of the Year Category of the Headies 2016. This year’s edition has @dice_ailes@dremoapg@iammayorkun @terry_apalaand @officialmzkissas nominees.

“After entries of votes from the public,@iammayorkun amassed the highest number of votes, followed by his Label mate,@dremoapg as first runner-up and Chocolate City act, @dice_ailes coming third.

“Winner of this category was not announced at the awards because the nominees were late for their opening performances and we had to move swiftly to other scheduled programs.”