Music award
A music award is an award or prize given for skill or distinction in music. There are different awards in different countries, and different awards may focus on or exclude certain music. For example, some music awards are only for classical music and include no popular music. Some music awards are academic, some are commercial and created by the music industry.
The Big Three major music awards given each season are the American Music Awards (held in the Fall), the Grammy Awards (generally held the week after the NFL’s Super Bowl), and the Billboard Music Awards (held in the Spring). The MTV Video Music Awards (held in the Summer) could be considered, among other such award shows, a “mini-major”.
A fourth major award, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, is given in the spring (between the Grammys and the BMAs), and currently honors artists who have been in the business at least 25 years since their first hit record. Among other mini-major music awards are the Glenn Gould Prize, and Pulitzer Prize for Music.
International music awards
- Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards – an annual awards program bestowed by Classic Rock
- Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
- Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
- Herbert von Karajan Music Prize (Festspielhaus Baden-Baden)
- Léonie Sonning Music Prize (Léonie Sonning Music Foundation)[1]
- MTV Video Music Awards (MTV)
- Polar Music Prize – for International recognition of excellence in the world of music
- Rolf Schock Prize in Musical Arts
- Sibelius Prize
- Winter Music Conference (electronic dance music)
- YouTube Music Awards
By region
Africa
- MTV Africa Music Awards (MTV)
- Star FM Music Awards (Zimbabwe)
- The Headies (Nigeria)
Americas
- Academy of Country Music Awards
- Alternative Press Music Awards
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Music
- American Country Awards
- American Music Awards
- ASCAP awards (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers)
- Billboard Music Awards
- BET Awards (Black Entertainment Television, United States)
- BreakTudo Awards (Brazil)
- CMT Music Awards (USA)
- Country Music Association Awards
- Distinguished Service to Music Medal (Kappa Kappa Psi) – for exceptional service to American bands and band music
- GAMIQ Awards (Quebec)
- George Peabody Medal (Peabody Institute)
- Grammy Awards (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences)
- Heat Latin Music Awards
- iHeartRadio Music Awards
- iHeartRadio MMVAs (originally an initialism of Much Music Video Awards)
- Juno Awards (Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences)
- Latin American Music Award
- Latin Grammy Award (Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences)
- Lo Nuestro Awards (USA)
- Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica – previously known as "MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica"(MTV)
- NAACP Image Awards (United States)
- People's Choice Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Music
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
- Stellar Awards (Gospel)
- Soul Train Music Award
- Teen Choice Awards
- Telehit Awards (Mexico)
Asia
- Anugerah Musik Indonesia
- Anugerah Planet Muzik (Indonesia, Malaysia)
- Asia Artist Awards (South Korea)
- Awit Awards (Philippine Association of the Record Industry)
- Gaon Chart Music Awards (South Korea)
- Golden Disc Awards (South Korea)
- Golden Melody Awards (Taiwan)
- Indonesian Choice Awards
- Indonesian Dangdut Awards
- Korean Hip-hop Awards (South Korea)
- Korean Music Awards (South Korea)
- Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards (South Korea)
- MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards (South Korea)
- Melon Music Awards (South Korea)
- Mirchi Music Awards (India)
- Mnet Asian Music Awards (South Korea)
- MTV Asia Awards (MTV)
- Otaka Prize – an annual composition prize for Japanese composers
- Praemium Imperiale (Japan)
- Seoul Music Awards (South Korea)
- Soribada Best K-Music Awards (South Korea)
- Suntory Music Award (Japan)
Europe
- Akil Koci Prize (Albania)
- BBC Music Awards (United Kingdom, BBC Music)
- Bourges International Electro-Acoustic Music Competition
- BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award (British Academy of Film and Television Arts)
- British Composer Awards (British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors)
- Brit Awards (British Phonographic Industry)
- Comet (Viva, Germany)
- Danish Music Awards
- Echo (German Phonographic Academy)
- European Border Breakers Award (Europe)
- Fryderyk (Poland)
- Fonogram Awards (Hungary)
- Gold Badge Awards – for outstanding contributions to the music and the entertainment industry of the United Kingdom
- Golden Globes (Portugal)
- Grand Prix du Disque (France)
- Handel Music Prize (City of Halle, Germany)
- Ivor Novello Awards (British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors)
- LOS40 Music Awards (Spain)
- MOBO Awards (United Kingdom)
- MTV Europe Music Awards (MTV)
- NRJ Music Award
- NME Awards
- PLAY - Portuguese Music Awards (Portugal)
- Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik – for achievement in recorded music
- Premios Juventud
- Prix de Rome
- Sanremo Music Festival (Italy)
- Silver Clef Award (UK)
- The Lukas (UK)
Oceania
References
- ^ "Denmark's Premier Music Award". sonning. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
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