MusicNation Awards
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| Current: 2023 MusicNation Awards | |
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| Description | Performance in music platforms and radio airplay, recognizing artists and listeners |
| Presented by | MusicNation Recording Academy |
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| First awarded | 2013 |
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The MusicNation Awards are an international music awards ceremony, founded by MusicNation and the MusicNation Recording Academy, created to honor musical accomplishments by acts in all of the currently active Nations. The inaugural ceremony was held on July 22, 2013, in London, England, United Kingdom at The O2 Arena. From 2013 to 2014, the event was broadcast live on NBC. From 2016 to 2023, WarnerMedia Entertainment operated networks have broadcast the event; Movie Nation Plus+ co-simulcast from 2021 to 2023. As of 2024, Amazon MGM Studios' Prime Video simulcast the event, as part of a three-year deal. The seventh annual event was held on July 28, 2019, from The Forum in Inglewood, California. Since its inception, New York firm Society Awards has produced the trophy.
Overview
On June 1, 2013, the MusicNation Recording Academy announced their plans to find a newly established awards ceremony, which was to focus its intentions on honoring artists of each active Nation. Each hosted year, to gain some sense of culture, the event is hosted at different locations. Following a missed broadcast in 2015, show producers announced a multi-year deal with Turner Broadcasting Company (under WarnerMedia; previously Time Warner), to air the ceremony live across networks TBS, TNT and TruTV via live simulcast; as well as video-sharing platforms Vevo (2016–2018) and YouTube nationwide and across TBS, TNT and TruTV digital platforms.
Award categories
Current award categories
These categories are represented based on the last official ceremony, held in 2019:
- Album of the Year
- Best Artist
- Best Duo/Group
- Best Female Artist
- Best Label
- Best Live Artist
- Best Male Artist
- Best Music Video
- Best New Artist
- Best Tour
- Song of the Year
Former award categories
- Best Mainstream Female Soloist (2013–2015)
- Best Mainstream Male Soloist (2013–2015)
Special awards
Icon Award
- 2021: Berton Brothers
Lifetime Achievement
The honor is presented to artists for their contribution to the MusicNation industry.
- 2013: Absolute
- 2014: Damita Jo
- 2018: Brody Chandler
Multiple wins and nominations
Most wins
Most nominations
Logos
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Ceremonies
| Year | Date | Venue | Host city | Host | Song of the Year Winner | Broadcaster |
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| 2013 | July 22 | The O2 Arena | London | Chelsea Handler | Not awarded | NBC |
| 2014 | June 12 | Rod Laver Arena | Melbourne, Australia | Andy Cohen | Not awarded | |
| 2015 | June 26 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium | Tokyo, Japan | N/A | Not awarded | N/A |
| 2016 | July 17 | Arena di Verona | Verona, Italy | "Cupid" by Marlon Percy |
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| 2017 | August 6 | Rogers Place | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | "Twenty Four Seven" by Justice Jones | ||
| 2018 | July 28 | The Forum | Inglewood, California | "Intercept" by Adam Rush | ||
| 2019 | July 28 | "À l'infini" by ELECTRA | ||||
| 2021 | July 25 | Madison Square Garden | New York, New York | "Queer" by Embry |
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| The O2 Arena | London, England | |||||
| International Convention Centre Sydney | Sydney, New South Wales | |||||
| 2022 | June 26 | Kia Forum | Los Angeles, California | "Kulture" by DeJonay | ||
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| 2023 | July 23 | OVO Arena Wembley | London, England | "Disco Fling" Lilly Smith (feat. Zander) | ||
| 2024 | June 23 | SoFi Stadium | Inglewood, California | Haylie Thomas | TBA | Prime Video |
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