| Tencent Music Entertainment Awards | |
|---|---|
| Country |  China |
| Presented by | Tencent Music |
| First awarded | 2019 |
Tencent Music Entertainment Awards (abbreviated as TMEA), is an awards ceremony founded by Tencent Music in 2019. It is held annually, replacing QQ Music's QQ Music Awards and KuGou's Ku Music Asian Music Awards. Both QQ Music and KuGou are part of Tencent music. The award recognizes the top artists among Tencent Music's various music streaming platforms.
On October 24, 2019, Tencent Music Entertainment Group CEO Peng Jiaxin announced that the first Tencent Music Entertainment Awards will be held in Macau, China on December 8, with the theme It's t1me for music. [1] The winners of the Most Popular awards category are determined via online voting. [2] On December 11, 2020, Tencent Music Entertainment Group officially announced that the second Tencent Music Entertainment Awards will be held in Macau, China on January 23, 2021, with the theme Music to Live. [3] [4] On November 23, 2021, Tencent Music Entertainment Group officially announced that the third Tencent Music Entertainment Awards will be held in Macau, China on December 11, 2021, with the theme 3sing for music. [5]
On June 14, 2023, Tencent Music Entertainment Group officially announced the 2023 TMEA Tencent Music Entertainment Festival will be held in Macau on July 8-9, with a total of four offline events and the theme Music for 4un. [6] On June 14, 2024, Tencent Music Entertainment Group officially announced that the fifth TMEA Tencent Music Entertainment Awards will be held in Macau on July 19-21 with the theme High Five. Music Drive and featuring a three-day music festival in addition to the awards ceremony. [7]
Main categories are listed with awards in each category included in parenthesis. Most of the main categories remained consistent with variations in other categories throughout the years.
The first annual TMEA included the following categories. [8]
The 2nd annual TMEA included the following categories, with Most Influential Artist awards replacing Most Popular Artist awards and the addition of Top 10 Most Popular Songs of the Year among other changes. [9] [10]
The 3rd annual TMEA included the following categories, with the Most Popular awards category removed except for Most Popular Online Concert. [11]
The 4th annual TMEA included the following categories with some organizational changes. [12] [13]
The 5th annual TMEA included 5 main categories with the addition of three new grand prize categories: Artist of the Year (Male and Female), Best All-Rounder of the Year, and Most Influential All-Rounder of the Year. [14]
| Year | Artist of the Year (Male) | Artist of the Year (Female) | Most Influential Artist of the Year (Male) | Most Influential Artist of the Year (Female) | Best Artist of the Year (Male) | Best Artist of the Year (Female) | Best All-Rounder of the Year | Most Influential All-Rounder of the Year | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mainland | HK/TW | Mainland | HK/TW | Mainland | HK/TW | Mainland | HK/TW | ||||||
| 2019 | - | - | Lay Zhang | Chen Linong | Meng Meiqi | G.E.M. | Joker Xue | JJ Lin | Jane Zhang | G.E.M. | - | - | [8] |
| 2020 | Joker Xue | Jay Chou | Chen Li (singer) | Hebe Tien | Zhou Shen | [9] [10] | |||||||
| 2021 | JJ Lin | Liu Xijun | G.E.M. | Wu Qing-feng | Yisa Yu | Jolin Tsai | [11] | ||||||
| 2023 | Zhou Shen | Jay Chou | Liu Yuxin | Jolin Tsai | Jason Zhang | JJ Lin | Jane Zhang | Lala Hsu | [12] [13] | ||||
| 2024 | Zhou Shen | Jane Zhang | Roy Wang | Eason Chan | Tia Ray | G.E.M. | Joker Xue | Will Pan | Shan Yichun | Angela Zhang | Jolin Tsai | Zhou Shen | [14] |
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