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Awarded for | Outstanding achievements in the music industry. |
Country | China |
First awarded | April 13, 2013 |
V Chart Awards is a music award ceremony organised by the largest independent music website in China, YinYueTai. YinYueTai is the counterpart to Billboard in United States and Gaon Charts in Korea. [1] It aims to build a much fairer, more professional and influential music industry in China and the award to reflect the Chinese fans' love of music from different regions of the world. [2]
YinYueTai, is one of the major music video sharing sites in China. YinYueTai is the counterpart of Billboard and Gaon Charts in China and it hosts the annual V Chart Awards.
The beginning of the awards introduced the data category, jury category and the voting category. After the third ceremony, the award added on singer category, composition category and popular category while a techniques category was introduced in the fourth ceremony.
1. The "data category" award nominees are artists who released an official MV in between January 1 to December 31 and the artist must have rankings in the chart throughout the whole year. [3]
2. "The Most Popular Artists" series (voting category) of shortlisted nominees are the top 30 artists in the TOP100 list in all five regions. [3]
3. "Artist Award" series nominees (singer category) are artists who released music-related work(s) in between January 1 to December 31. In addition to the results of the MV chart, the awards will be based on a combination of criteria: the standard of the released album, participation in offline activities, performances, film and television, hosting and the results that accompanies. [3]
4. "Composition Category" award nominees are artists who released an official MV from January 1 to December 31 and the artist must have the most #1 wins in the chart throughout the whole year. "MV Awards" are based on MV production standards, word of mouth, shooting, conception, production and list of achievements to determine the winning entries. [3]
5. "Album of The Year" is determined according to the annual album sales data ranking on the Yin Yue Shopping Mall. Shortlisted nominees are the top 10 albums on the data ranking. [3]
6. "Jury Category" winner will have their music-related work(s) scrutinised by the senior musicians combined with the results drawn from the V Chart. [3]
Session | Year | Date | Venue | Presenters |
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The 1st V Chart Awards | 2013 | April 13 | Cadillac Arena, Beijing | Mickey Huang and Ma Song |
The 2nd V Chart Awards | 2014 | April 15 | Li Chen, Bowie Tsang | |
The 3rd V Chart Awards | 2015 | April 11 | Li Chen, Zhang Yu'an and Zhang Xinyue | |
The 4th V Chart Awards | 2016 | April 10 | David Wu, Li Ai and Tao Guo | |
The 5th V Chart Awards | 2017 | April 8 | Studio City, Macau | Bowie Tsang and Tao Guo |
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