| New Music Awards | |
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| Awarded for | honouring excellence in Music |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | New Music Weekly [1] |
| First awarded | 2003 |
| Website | newmusicawards |
The New Music Awards are honors given annually in music to both recording artists and radio stations by New Music Weekly magazine, a publication encompassing music charts within the music industry. [3] The New Music Award show has been held annually since 2003. [1] [4]
The New Music Awards honors artists/bands, radio programmers, radio stations and the "behind the scene" music industry folks which include radio promotion, publicity/PR, and record labels. [5] [6] The winners of New Music Awards are selected from the nominated lists of finalists by radio personnel, music industry executives, and industry panelists. [7]
The New Music Awards are divided into five categories: Top 40/CHR, AC, Country, Crossover Artist/Band and PR Firm.
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