World Music Awards

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World Music Awards
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Awarded forOutstanding achievements in the music industry
CountryWorld
First awarded14 April 1989;34 years ago (1989-04-14)
Last awarded2014
Website worldmusicawards.com
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The World Music Awards is an international award show founded in 1989 under the patronage of Albert II, Prince of Monaco and co-founder/executive producer John Martinotti. The event is based in Monte Carlo. Awards are presented to the world's best-selling artists in a number of categories and to the best-selling artists from each major territory. [1] [2] The most awarded artist in the history of the World Music Awards is Mariah Carey, with nineteen wins.[ citation needed ]

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Nine awards are voted for online by the public.[ citation needed ] The awards are gold-plated, each depicting an artist holding the world. The event was last held in 2014. [3]

Charity

Each edition of the World Music Awards builds a hospital, school, or orphanage through the Monaco Aide et Presence Foundation and/or the Combonian Missionary Association, which both assist underdeveloped areas in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and South America. There are 23 operational centres still saving lives and providing shelter and education for those in need:[ citation needed ]

Hospitals

Schools

Homes

World Music Awards has also paid for five wells to provide clean water in Africa. [4]

Awards events

YearLocationVenue
1989 Monte Carlo, Monaco Salle des Etoiles
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004 Las Vegas, United States Thomas & Mack Center
2005 Los Angeles, United States Kodak Theatre
2006 London, United Kingdom Earls Court Exhibition Centre
2007 Monte Carlo, MonacoSalle des Etoiles
2008
2010
2014

Legend Award

The Legend Award honors top recording artists who have made outstanding contributions to the music industry. Notable winners of the award include: [5]

Diamond Award

The Diamond Award honors top-selling artists who have been certified as selling over 100,000,000 albums throughout their career. It has been awarded to six recipients to date: [5]

Millennium Award

Two special awards were presented in 2000 to honor the best-selling recording artists at that time. [6] The awards were presented to Michael Jackson [7] and Mariah Carey [8] in the male and female artist award categories, respectively.

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