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NRJ Music Awards | |
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Awarded for | Best in music and pop culture |
Country | France |
Presented by | NRJ & TF1 |
Hosted by |
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First awarded | 22 January 2000 |
Website | https://www.nrj.fr/music-awards |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | TF1, NRJ |
An NRJ Music Award (commonly abbreviated as an NMA) is an award presented by the French radio station NRJ to honor the best in the French and worldwide music industry. [1] The awards ceremony, created in 2000 by NRJ in partnership with the television network TF1, traditionally took place every year in mid-January at Cannes (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France) as the opening of MIDEM (Marché international de l'édition musicale). It is now held in the month of November. [2] They give out awards to popular musicians in different categories.
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Awards in the following categories are awarded to the musicians each year:
NRJ chooses 5 nominees in each category, and subjects them to online voting on their website. Subsequently, the winners are determined by a system where the public weighs in at 75% of the decision, and a jury established by NRJ and TF1 at 25%.
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