MTV O Music Awards

MTV O Music Awards
Awarded for Best art, creativity, personality and technology of music into the digital space.
Presented by MTV
Country United States
First awarded April 28, 2011
Official website omusicawards.com

The MTV Online, Open, Ongoing Music Awards, also known as the OMAs, are one of the major annual awards established by MTV to honor the art, creativity, personality and technology of music into the digital space. It uses a "spinoff" of the VMAs, but using online features, such as Twitter, YouTube, and the such, as the nominees.[1][2] The first show ran on April 28, 2011, with Lady Gaga taking top honors with Most Innovative Artist and Must Follow Artist on Twitter.[3] Other winners at the 2011 O Music Awards included 30 Seconds to Mars, Kanye West, Daryl Hall, Tokio Hotel and Pink.

References

  1. ^ Comments (2011-02-28). "MTV Thinks Mysterious OMAs Can Rival VMAs". PopEater.com. http://www.popeater.com/2011/02/28/omas-to-rival-vmas-mtv. Retrieved 2011-07-19. 
  2. ^ "MTV Announces Poorly-Named OMA Digital Music Awards". The Daily Swarm. 2011-02-24. http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/mtv-announces-poorly-named-omas-digital-music-awards. Retrieved 2011-07-19. 
  3. ^ April 29, 2011 by Brenna Ehrlich 25 (2011-04-29). "Lady Gaga Takes Top Honors at MTV's Digital Music Awards". Mashable.com. http://mashable.com/2011/04/29/oma-winners-lady-gaga/. Retrieved 2011-07-19. 

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