The
tooXclusive Online Music Awards (#TxOMA) are annual online awards organized by the Nigerian music website tooXclusive. The early editions of the awards, held between in 2012 and 2013, included satirical categories ("Worst Video", "Retire-tist Award") and received limited coverage from independent sources. From 2014 onward, the awards became more formal, with winners reported by multiple media outlets. Voting for the awards is conducted exclusively online via the website, and recipients receive digital or custom-designed plaques.
History The tooXclusive Online Music Awards began in 2012 as an online-based initiative by the website. The 2012 and 2013 editions featured a mix of standard and satirical categories and appeared to function largely as opinion-driven polls for site users. The first two editions received little coverage from independent media and differed in tone from later versions of the awards.
2014 edition The winners of 2014 edition of the tooXclusive Music Awards were revealed on 15 January 2015, following a period of online voting on the website.
Davido led the nominations with nine nods and won four awards, including Artiste of the Year.
Lil Kesh won Best New Artiste and three other awards, while
Olamide received Album of the Year for
Baddest Guy Ever Liveth (2013) and the Lyrical Titan award. Other recipients included
Sarkodie,
Tiwa Savage,
the Mavins,
Don Jazzy,
2Face Idibia,
Ice Prince,
Vector,
DJ Xclusive, and
Clarence Peters. According to the organizers, the results were determined through online polling involving more than 140,000 voters, with award plaques distributed after the announcement.
Winners and nominees 2016 edition The winners of the 2016 tooXclusive Awards were revealed on 16 January 2017, with
Wizkid,
Simi, and
Falz all winning two awards each. Falz led with seven nominations, followed by
Phyno and
Kiss Daniel with five nominations each. Eligible works were released between September 2015 and October 2016, with nominees selected after vetting by tooXclusive editors and an external advisory panel that included
DJ Jimmy Jatt,
Tee-Y Mix, and
Audu Maikori.
Kiss Daniel won Album of the Year with
New Era, while Wizkid led the major artist categories, winning both Artiste of the Year and Male Artiste of the Year.
Tekno's
Pana" was named Certified Banger of the Year, and
Olamide's "
Who You Epp?" won Best Street-Hop Track. Other notable winners included Simi as Female Artiste of the Year, Falz as Lyrical Titan,
Young John as Producer Genius of the Year,
DJ Spinall as DJ on the Wheels, and
Diamond Platnumz as African Artiste of the Year.
Winners and nominees ==Awards and nominations==