The 2013 Billboard Music Awards is a music award ceremony that was held on May 19, 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It will be aired on ABC at 8:00/7:00 PM central. The show will be hosted by Tracy Morgan. The artists who received more nominations are: Maroon 5, fun. and Taylor Swift with 11, Rihanna with 10, One Direction with 9, Carly Rae Jepsen with 8, Nicki Minaj and Flo Rida with 7, Goty and Justin Bieber with 6 and finally PSY and Adele with 5. Artists with multiple winnings are: Taylor Swift with 8 awards, Rihanna with 4, Carly Rae Jepsen, Gotye, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj, Madonna and One Direction with...

The Academy of Country Music Awards was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 7, 2013, in Las Vegas. This was the 48th edition of the awards that was first held in 1966, honoring the industry’s accomplishments during the previous year. It was the first country music awards program held by a major organization.   Winners Entertainment of the Year: Luke Bryan Male Vocalist of the Year: Jason Aldean Female Vocalist of the Year: Miranda Lambert Vocal Duo of the Year: Thompson Square Vocal Group of the Year: Little Big Town New Male Vocalist of the Year: Brantley Gilbert New Female Vocalist of the Year: Jana Kramer New Vocal Duo...

The 55th Annual Grammy Awards was held on February 10, 2013, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The show was broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT.   Winners MusiCares Person of the Year: Bruce Springsteen President’s Merit Award: L.A. Reid Record of the Year: “Somebody That I Used to Know” Gotye featuring Kimbra Song of the Year: “We Are Young” FUN. featuring Janelle Monáe Album of the Year: “Babel” Mumford & Sons Best New Artist: FUN. Best Pop Solo Performance: “Set Fire to the Rain” ADELE Best Pop Vocal Album: “Stronger” Kelly Clarkson Best Urban Contemporary...

The 2013 BRIT Awards will be held on 20 February 2013. This will be the 33rd edition of the British Phonographic Industry’s annual pop music awards. The award ceremony will be held at The O2 Arena in London, and will be presented by James Corden. The statue for 2013 was designed by Damien Hirst.   Nominees: British Breakthrough Act Alt J Ben Howard Jake Bugg Jessie Ware Rita Ora   British Female Amy Winehouse Bat for Lashes Emeli Sandé Jessie Ware Paloma Faith   British Group Alt J Mumford and Sons Muse One Direction The xx   British Live Act Rolling Stones Coldplay Mumfords Muse Vaccines   British...

The 39th People’s Choice Awards, honoring the best in popular culture for 2012, was held January 9, 2013 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California, and was broadcast live on CBS and simulcast over Xbox Live at 9:00 pm EST. The ceremony was hosted by Kaley Cuoco. Katy Perry dominated the 39th People’s Choice Awards by winning the most awards, winning four nominations, including Favorite Female Artist.   Winners Favorite Movie: The Hunger Games Favorite Action Movie: The Hunger Games Favorite Comedy Movie: Ted Favorite Drama Movie: The Perks of Being a Wallflower Favorite Movie Franchise: The Hunger Games Favorite...

The 40th American Music Awards was held on November 18, 2012, at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. The awards recognized the most popular artists and albums from the year 2012. It will be broadcast on ABC. This year includes a brand new category, Electronic Dance Music. Rihanna and Nicki Minaj lead the nominations with four each.   Winners Artist of the Year: Justin Bieber Sprint New Artist of the Year: Carly Rae Jepsen Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist: Justin Bieber Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist: Katy Perry Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group: Maroon 5 Favorite Pop/Rock Album: “Believe” by Justin Bieber Favorite Country Male...

The 2012 MTV EMAs (also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards) were held in Frankfurt, Germany, hosted by Heidi Klum on November 11, 2012. This is the fifth time that Germany and the second time that Frankfurt are the host city of the EMA’s. On September 17 the nominees were announced. Rihanna received eight nominations while Katy Perry and Taylor Swift received five, leading the categories. This year added new regional categories to compete in the Best Worldwide Act, also this year the Best Look, category was introduced, due to the presence of the same award at the Italian TRL Awards.   Winners Best Song: “Call Me...

The 2012 Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards took place on Saturday, November 3, at the at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK. Scottish recording artist and songwriter Emeli Sandé turned out the biggest winner. Trey Songz, Conor Maynard, Emeli Sandé, Misha B, JLS, Stooshe, Labrinth and Wiley all blew the crowd away with electric performances.   Winners Best Gospel: Rachel Kerr Best Jazz: Zoe Rahman Best Reggae: Sean Paul Best African Act: D’Banj Best Song: Labrinth Best R&B/Soul: Emeli Sandé Best Album: Emeli Sandé Best Hip-Hop/Grime: Plan B Best Video: JLS Best Female Act: Emeli Sandé Best Male Act: Plan B Best Newcomer: Rita...

The Country Music Association Awards, also known as the CMA Awards, or the CMAs, and not to be confused with the ACM Awards, are voted on by business members of the Country Music Association. The 46th edition was on November 1, 2012.   Winners Entertainer of the Year: Blake Shelton Song of the Year: “Over You” – Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton Single of the Year: “Pontoon” – Little Big Town Album of the Year: Chief – Eric Church Male Vocalist of the Year: Blake Shelton Female Vocalist of the Year: Miranda Lambert Vocal Duo of the Year: Thompson Square Vocal Group of the Year: Little Big Town Musician of...

The 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, hosted by Kevin Hart, took place Thursday, September 6, 2012, honoring the best music videos from the previous year. The awards were broadcasted from the Staples Center arena at L.A. Live in Downtown Los Angeles. Nominations were announced on July 31, 2012. Rihanna and Drake received five nominations, while Katy Perry received four.   Winners Video of the Year: “We Found Love” by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris Best Male Video: “Turn Up the Music” by Chris Brown Best Female Video: “Starships” by Nicki Minaj Best New Artist: “What Makes You Beautiful” by...

The 2012 Teen Choice Awards, hosted by Demi Lovato and Kevin McHale, was an award show that was broadcasted on Fox. The awards celebrate the year’s biggest achievements in music, film, television, sports, fashion, comedy and the Internet and are voted on by teen viewers aged 13 through 19.   Winners Choice Movie   Action: Abduction Actor Action: Taylor Lautner for “Abduction” Actress Action: Zoe Saldana for “Colombiana” Drama: The Lucky One Actor Drama: Zac Efron for “The Lucky One” Actress Drama: Emma Stone for “The Help” Comedy: 21 Jump Street Actor Comedy: Jonah Hill for...

The 2012 BET Awards took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on July 1, 2012. The awards recognize Americans in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. Actor Samuel L. Jackson hosted the event for the first time.    Winners Video of the Year: “Otis” by Jay-Z & Kanye West featuring Otis Redding Video Director of the Year: Beyoncé & Alan Ferguson Best Female R&B Artist: Beyoncé Best Male R&B Artist: Chris Brown Best Female Hip-Hop Artist: Nicki Minaj Best Male Hip-Hop Artist: Drake Best Collaboration: “Lotus Flower Bomb” by Wale...

The 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards was held on Sunday June 17, 2012 at MuchMusic’s headquarters in Toronto, Canada. The award show was co-hosted by the pop-duo LMFAO.   Winners Video of the Year: “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen Post-Production of the Year: “Big Wheels” by Down With Webster Cinematographer of the Year: “Fallout” by Marianas Trench Director of the Year: Marc André Debruyne for “Hit Me Up” (by Danny Fernandes featuring Josh Ramsay & Belly) Pop video of the Year: “Haven’t Had Enough” by Marianas Trench MuchLOUD Rock Video of the Year: “I...

The 2012 MTV Movie Awards will be held on June 3, 2012 at the Gibson Amphitheatre, hosted by Russell Brand. Winners: Movie of the Year: “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1“ Best Male Performance: Josh Hutcherson (as Peeta Mellark) – The Hunger Games Best Female Performance: Jennifer Lawrence (as Katniss Everdeen) – The Hunger Games Breakthrough Performance: Shailene Woodley (as Alex King) – The Descendants Best Comedic Performance: Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids Best Music: “Party Rock Anthem” by LMFAO featuring Laurent Bennett & GoonRock (21 Jump Street) Best On-Screen...