Stanley Omah Didia, popularly known as Omah Lay, has won his first-ever NET Honours for the Most Played Pop Song.
NET Honours is an annual people’s choice award that recognises top performers and events in the entertainment industry and public sector that have shaped the year through a thorough analysis of audience search results, consumer interest, social media interactions and trends.
Omah Lay released his second EP, What Have Done We Done, which featured the track Godly, to much critical acclaim. The EP further enhanced his status as Nigeria’s golden pop boy, who many say hasn’t released a bad song to date. Godly has over 50 million streams across multiple streaming platforms, according to Corrents; and the official video on YouTube has over 31 million views.
Godly was in a tight category with other mega-hits by Nigerian artistes. Duduke by Simi, FEM by Davido, The Best by Davido featuring Mayourkun and Woman by Rema were also contenders for this award.
The Most Played Pop Song award is one of five new music categories introduced into the NET Honours Class of 2021. These new music categories are based on verifiable data supplied by Corrents, a Nigerian music analytics startup that analyses data from airplay on over 100 local radio stations and streaming platforms. The award categories celebrate the most played songs in Nigeria during the year in review (June 2020 to May 2021) and include songs across five genres: Pop, Hip-Hop, Alternative, Street Hop and Soul.
See the complete list of winners here.
