TMF Awards
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The TMF Awards are an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF (The Music Factory).
The first Dutch TMF Awards were held in 1995, as a brand extension to the recently launched local Dutch music channel TMF. The show was very small and held in the company cafeteria. However throughout the years the event gradually moved to bigger venues, and for some time now, it is now being held in Ahoy Rotterdam, a venue which can seat 10,000 people. In 2006, the show was held in the 'Heineken Music Hall' in Amsterdam.
Since 1998 (with the arrival of the TMF Belgium channel, broadcasting in Dutch, purely for the Flemish part of the country) a second TMF Awards show was launched. It started out in a local Antwerp Disco called 'Zillion' (which no longer exists, for a crowd of 2,000 people), and gradually moved to Flanders Expo in Gent (for a crowd of 8,000 people). The past couple of years leading up to 2007, the Belgian edition has surpassed the Dutch edition after it moved to the Sportpaleis Merksem in Antwerp (for a crowd of 17,000 people).[citation needed] In 2007,the TMF awards moved to the Ethias Arena in Hasselt (for a crowd of 21,600 people.)
Both the Dutch TMF Awards as the Belgian TMF Awards are shown live in Belgium (Flanders) and the Netherlands. About a week later, they are shown on TMF UK. The Dutch show usually takes place in April; the Belgian show in October. In 2006 both shows were in October. The Dutch TMF Awards were on the 13th, the Belgium TMF Awards on 14 October. Zornik and Tokio Hotel were this year's winners at the Belgian TMF awards. Rihanna was nominated for 5 awards, but she didn't win any of them. The edition of 2007 was presented by VJ An, who left TMF Belgium after the show, VJ Sean, VJ Ollie and VJ Lynn.
In both countries these award shows are widely regarded as the biggest popular music awards of the country.[citation needed] In the UK however, they are hardly noticed.[citation needed]
[edit] 2007 Belgian TMF Awards winners and nominees
[edit] National
| Category | Winner | Other Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| Best Male Artist | Koen Buyse | Milow, Koen Wauters, Stan Van Samang |
| Best Female Artist | Natalia | Kate Ryan, Katerine, Belle Perez |
| Best Video | Zornik with Black Hope Shot Down | Kate Ryan with Voyage Voyage, Milow with You Don't Know, Milk Inc. with Sunrise |
| Best Album | Zornik with Crosses | Natalia with Everything and More, Milow with The Bigger Picture, Clouseau with Vonken & Vuur |
| Best Pop | Clouseau | Natalia, Stan Van Samang, Kate Ryan |
| Best Rock | Nailpin | The Van Jets, Zornik, A Brand |
| Best Urban | Hadise | Brahim, Kaye Styles, Lunaman |
| Best Dance | Milk Inc. | Shameboys, Goose, Regi |
| Best Alternative | Goose | Daan, dEUS, The Van Jets |
| Best Live | Zornik | Natalia, Clouseau, Nailpin |
| Best New Artist | Milow | Fixkes, Stan Van Samang, Dean |
| Best Bullybeaters | The Hug | Post-It, Game Over |
| Lifetime Achievement | Clouseau |
[edit] International
| Category | Winner | Other Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| Best Male Artist | Justin Timberlake | Marco Borsato, Mika, Robbie Williams |
| Best Female Artist | Nelly Furtado | Rihanna, Fergie, Avril Lavigne |
| Best Video | Tokio Hotel with Monsoon | Rihanna with Umbrella, Justin Timberlake with Lovestoned, Tokio Hotel with Monsoon, Fall Out Boy with Thnks fr th mmrs |
| Best Album | Tokio Hotel with Scream | Rihanna with Good Girl Gone Bad, Linkin Park with Minutes to Midnight and |
| Best Pop | Tokio Hotel | Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Mika |
| Best Rock | Fall Out Boy | Kaiser Chiefs, My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park |
| Best Urban | Timbaland | Rihanna, Lumidee, Beyoncé |
| Best Dance | Chemical Brothers | David Guetta, Tiësto, Bob Sinclar |
| Best Alternative | Fall Out Boy | My Chemical Romance, Muse, 30 Seconds to Mars |
| Best Live | Within Temptation | Kaiser Chiefs, Justin Timberlake, Muse |
| Best New Artist | Tokio Hotel | Mika, Air Traffic, 30 Seconds to Mars |
| Best Game | Singstar Rocks | Sims 2, Fifa 07, World of Warcraft |
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