BBC Music Awards

BBC Music Awards

BBC Music Awards 2014
Awarded for Best in popular music from the last 12 months
Country United Kingdom
Presented by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Official website BBC Music Awards
Television/Radio coverage
Network

The BBC Music Awards are the BBC's inaugural pop music awards, first held in December 2014, as a celebration of the musical achievements over the past 12 months. The live award ceremony, broadcast simultaneously across BBC One, BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2, was held at London's Earl's Court on 11 December 2014 and presented by BBC Radio's Chris Evans and Fearne Cotton.[1]

Artists who performed during the first awards ceremony on 11 December 2014 included One Direction, will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas and The Voice UK, George Ezra, Take That, Labrinth, Ella Henderson and Catfish and the Bottlemen.[2][3] Among the winners were Ed Sheeran for British Artist of the Year, and Pharrell Williams, who picked up the awards for Best International Artist of the Year, and Single of the Year for "Happy".[4]

An average audience of 3.9 million watched the ceremony live on BBC One, with a peak audience of 4.7 million at 21:00 GMT.[5]

List of Ceremonies

Year Date Venue Host city Broadcast British Artist of the Year Host(s)
2014 11 December Earls Court Exhibition Centre London BBC One
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 2		 Ed Sheeran Chris Evans
Fearne Cotton

References

  1. ↑ "BBC Music Awards – About". BBC Music Awards. BBC. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Line Up". BBC Music Awards. BBC. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "The BBC Music Awards – as it happened". Guardian. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Johnston, Chris (11 December 2014). "Ed Sheeran and Pharrell Williams big winners at inaugural BBC music awards". The Guardian (Guardian Media Group). Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "BBC Music Awards watched by 3.9m". BBC News. Retrieved 12 December 2014.

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