It was held on January 1, 2016, at the Landmark Events Centre in Victoria Island, Lagos.

[1] Themed "Flip the Script", the event was hosted by Bovi and Kaffy.

It was previously scheduled to hold on December 30, 2015, but the organizers of the event postponed it to January 1, 2016 without citing any reason.

Wizkid was nominated seven times across the twenty-one award categories.

[5][6] Below is the list of nominees and winners for the popular music categories.