BBC Music Awards

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BBC Music Awards
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Awarded forBest in popular music from the last 12 months
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented by BBC Music
Hosted by
First awarded11 December 2014;9 years ago (2014-12-11)
Last awarded8 December 2017;6 years ago (2017-12-08)
Website BBC Music Awards
Television/radio coverage
Network
Runtime120 minutes (2014–15)
90 minutes (2016)
60 minutes (2017)
Produced by
  • Guy Freeman (executive)
  • Cerrie Frost
  • Helen Riddell
  • Daniel Brookes

The BBC Music Awards were the BBC's annual pop music awards, held every December, as a celebration of the musical achievements over the past twelve months. The event was coordinated by the BBC's music division, BBC Music. Held between 2014 and 2017, an awards ceremony took place for the first three years which were broadcast live on BBC One. The final edition was scaled-back with no live awards ceremony held and was instead broadcast on BBC Two.

Contents

The overall purpose of the BBC Music Awards was to celebrate the music progression and production of the year in focus. The show looked at artists from the United Kingdom for a majority of the awards and provided other categories for international artists as well. The BBC looked at what songs, albums, and artists had been successful in the year both nationally and globally. The award shows also celebrated how an artist performed in a live setting, such as a large concert or music festival, held throughout the year. The live event, broadcast across TV, radio and online, included an opportunity for several artists to showcase their talent as they performed on the stage in front of the live audience.

History

2014

The inaugural BBC Music Awards was held on 11 December 2014, broadcast live simultaneously across BBC One, BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2. It was held at London's Earl's Court and presented by BBC Radio's Chris Evans and Fearne Cotton. [1]

Artists who performed during the first awards ceremony included One Direction, will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas and The Voice UK , George Ezra, Take That, Labrinth, Ella Henderson and Catfish and the Bottlemen. [2] [3] [4]

An average audience of 3.9 million watched the ceremony live on BBC One, with a peak audience of 4.7 million at 21:00 GMT. [5]

2015

The second BBC Music Awards took place on 10 December 2015. In 2015, the award for Best Live Performance was introduced, given to an artist who delivered a "stand out live moment" on the BBC. [6] It was held in Birmingham at the Genting Arena. [7]

2016

The third BBC Music Awards was announced on 28 October, stating it would take place on 12 December. It took place in London at ExCeL London. Two new awards were introduced, the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge Performance of the Year award and the BBC Radio 2 Album of the Year award. [8]

2017

On 21 November 2017, the BBC announced that the fourth BBC Music Awards would be scaled-back with no awards ceremony held. The awards were included as part of The Year In Music 2017, a new studio-based BBC Two programme hosted by Claudia Winkleman and Clara Amfo on 8 December. The show covered the One Love Manchester benefit concert held earlier in the year following the terrorist attack during an Ariana Grande concert in May and featured a larger influence of music than the years prior with new performances and archive broadcasts from different events. [9]

The winners were:

List of ceremonies

YearDateVenueBroadcast Introducing Artist of the Year Hosts
2014 11 December Earls Court Exhibition Centre BBC One
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 2
Catfish and the Bottlemen Fearne Cotton and Chris Evans
2015 10 December Genting Arena Jack Garratt
2016 12 December ExCeL London Izzy Bizu Fearne Cotton, Claudia Winkleman and Gemma Cairney
20178 DecemberNo awards ceremony BBC Two Declan McKenna Claudia Winkleman and Clara Amfo

Performances

YearPerformers (chronologically)
2014 Coldplay, Labrinth, Ella Henderson, Clean Bandit, Love Ssega, Jess Glynne, George Ezra, Gregory Porter, One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Calvin Harris, John Newman, Ellie Goulding, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Paloma Faith, Sigma, Take That, will.i.am, Cody Wise, Tom Jones and the BBC Concert Orchestra
2015 One Direction, Ellie Goulding, Stereophonics, Hozier, Little Mix, Omi, Jess Glynne, James Bay, Jack Garratt, The Shires, Paul Heaton, Jacqui Abbott, Years and Years, Faithless and Rod Stewart
2016 The 1975, Lukas Graham, Emeli Sandé, Coldplay, John Legend, Izzy Bizu, Kaiser Chiefs, Craig David, Zara Larsson and Robbie Williams [11]

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