The BT Digital Music Awards (DMA) was a British music award ceremony held annually for 10 years from 2002 to 2011 (with no ceremony in 2009). Music industry professionals nominated artists, venues and hardware into the Judge's Choice award categories. The rest of the awards were made up of People's Choice Awards, voted for by the public. The final awards were held at the Camden Roundhouse on 29 September 2011. [1]
The inaugural 2002 ceremony was known as the Interactive Music Awards, and was set up and sponsored by BT Openworld. [2] The ceremony was held inside the BT Tower in London. The 2002 winners were: [3]
The 2003 winners of the Interactive Music Awards were: [4]
In 2004 the ceremony was renamed to the Digital Music Awards. The 2004 award winners were: [5]
The 2005 award winners included: [6]
The 2006 award winners included: [7]
The 2007 award winners included: [8]
The 2008 award winners included: [9]
There was no award ceremony in 2009. [10]
The 2010 award winners were: [11]
The 2011 award winners were: [1]
Lemar Obika, known as Lemar, is an English singer, songwriter and record producer. Initially rising to fame after finishing third on the first series of British talent show Fame Academy, he was later signed to Sony BMG, where he has gone on to release five studio albums, three of which are certified platinum or double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
The MTV Europe Music Awards are awards presented by Paramount International Networks to honour artists and music in pop culture. It was originally conceived as an alternative to the MTV Video Music Awards, which are hosted annually in the United States. The Europe Music Awards are held every year in a different country; it has been hosted mostly in the United Kingdom and Germany. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest.
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This is a summary of 2006 in music in the United Kingdom.
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