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2014 is a year that saw many hit records being released by Nigerian music stars which paved way for multimillion Naira endorsements here and there. It will be hard to recall any other year that has seen more chart topping singles released than 2014. The year is so huge musically that most of the songs that are trending on this day in 2015 were released last year.
While we admit all songs can’t win awards, we look at some songs that could have as well won awards if they were released some other time. 10 of them!

Johnny by Yemi Alade
Yemi Alade broke bread with her monster hit single Johnny which surfaced on the internet as a leak in 2013 but went viral eary 2014 following the release of a dramatic video for the Selebobo produced song.
Sometimes it is easy to conclude the song is bigger in other African countries than Nigeria as Yemi gets most of her gigs outside the country.
The video for Johnny has since racked up 17million YouTube. She was also snubbed for her earlier effort Ghen Ghen Love but we can’t forget how she was controversially snubbed at the Headies next rated 2014.

Shoki by Lil Kesh
Lil Kesh was the man widely credited for bring the biggest dance routine in Africa at the moment Shoki unto our radar. The song has since had 2 remixes with one being bigger than the other.

President Jonathan, Amber Rose, Emmanuel Adebayor and other almost if not all celebs can vibe to the dance routine.
Shoki could as well as pass for the best street hop but it lost out out after being nominated for Best Pop Single and Song of The Year. Kesh lost to Reekado Banks at Headies for Revealation of The Year.

Banana by Slyde

Although Slyde is still relatively unknown in Nigerian music at large he has a hit single to his name. Banana was released early last year and immediately became a favorite for Nigerian DJs on radio stations and club.
If he made dough with this song is a topic for another day.

The low budget video for the song didn’t help much but if it was released by an A list artiste…

Show You The Money by Wizkid
Wizkid released Show You The Money at a time when some of his fans had lost interest in his music so interest level was low but the song grew on people very much getting all the buzz, the song stood out.

An award like magnet Wiz would be expected to walk home with an award for this song but one way or the other, he couldn’t even get nominated.
The song is still on our playlist though.

Shoki by Orezi
Orezi is a hit maker when he wants to but the team behind him appear not to be the right one to shoot him into the stars.

Shoki is not the first song Orezi will be releasing that will be snubbed at award shows.
The singer will be satisfied with what he achieved with Shoki which birthed several remixes. He even had our president dancing to his tune.

Woju by Kiss Daniel 
Woju by Kiss Daniel surfaced on the internet September 2014 before the biggest award of the year took place but it appears it effort wasn’t good enough to get nominated for an award.

There are still chances for the young star to win big this year but he needs to release a follow up to his break out single asap.
The remix of the song featuring Davido and Tiwa Savage didn’t help much.

Shake Body by Skales
Skales made millions here and there for Shake Body but not awards here and there.

It looks like he doesn’t care though. The rapper recently turned 24 and said it was his first birthday he is celebrating with loads of cash.
Well done Skales.
Ginger by L.A.X ft. Wizkid

L.A.X and Wizkid joined forces for another record following the success of Caro on Ginger. The song didn’t reach the height of Caro but did his bit.
Almost one year after its release, Wizkid and L.A.X performed Ginger in Dubai last week.

Definitely a contender  for collaboration of the year some other time.

Alobam by Phyno
Arguably the biggest song on Phyno’s debut album No Guts No Glory is Alobam.

The song is one of the biggest rap songs of our time but has no award to show for that position. Alobam is so big teeshirts of Alobam were an item for many of our Igbo brothers in the country.
Although the song was nominated for Best Street-Hop Artiste at the 2014 Headies, he lost out to Olamide.
Sekem by MC Galaxy

Sekem felt like a sequel to Davido’s monster hit single Skelewu when it dropped but their awards success very different.
MC Galaxy ushered a new dance step that was well received by the pepople of our great country but it faded off following Shoki.

Musically Sekem is everything Skelewu was.