Victoires de la Musique

Victoires de la Musique
Awarded for Outstanding achievements in the music industry
Country France
Presented by French Ministry of Culture
First awarded 1985
Official website lesvictoires.com
Television/Radio coverage
Network France Television (1985–present)

Victoires de la Musique is an annual French award ceremony where Victoire accolades are delivered by the French Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry that recognizes the best musical artists of the year. The classical and jazz versions are the Victoires de la musique classique and Victoires du Jazz.[1]

The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, some of the awards of more popular interest are presented in a widely viewed televised ceremony. The awards are the French equivalent to American Grammy Awards and British Brit Awards for music, and it is one of the major awards in France, along with Nuits des Molières for stage performances, and the César Award for motion pictures.

The first Victoires de la Musique ceremony was held on 1985, and it was set up to honor musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1985.

Background

The title trophies and nominees for each are established annually by the Board of Directors of the Association "Les Victoires de la Musique", which also refers to people who make up the Academy voters. In 2010, the Victoires were awarded by a panel of 1 226 professionals (musicians, artists, writers, composers, producers, record stores, video directors, sound engineers and critics) in a vote in one round. Voters are 40% of artists (performers, but also musicians, writers, composers ...), 40% of professional music production and 20% of other professional circles close to the world of music (agents artists, music stores, music critics, radio programmers ...). In recent years, some trophies are awarded by the public, through SMS voting, and since 2009, Internet: Victory "Group or Artist of the public revelation of the year" and that the "Song of the year".

Categories

Male Artist of the Year

Male Group or Artist of the Year

Female Artist of the Year

Female Group or Artist of the Year

Electronic/Dance Artist of the Year

Révélation (Newcomer)

Popular Music Révélation of the Year

Popular Music Female Révélation of the Year

Popular Music Male Révélation of the Year

Group Révélation of the Year

Révélation of the Year

Group or Artist Stage Révélation of the Year

Group or Artist Popular Révélation of the Year

Album Révélation of the Year

Album of the Year

Album of the Year

Pop, Rock Album of the Year

Pop Album of the Year

Song/Variety Album of the Year

Rock Album of the Year

Pop/Rock Album of the Year

Traditional Music Album of the Year

Traditional Music/World Music Album of the Year

World Music Album of the Year

Rap/Groove Album of the Year

Rap, Reggae or Groove Album of the Year

Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year

Rap/Hip-Hop/R&B Album of the Year

Rap/Ragga/Hip-Hop/R&B Album of the Year

Urban Music Album of the Year

Reggae/Ragga Album of the Year

Reggae/Ragga/World Music Album of the Year

Electronic/Groove/Dance Album of the Year

Original Cinema/Television Soundtrack of the Year

Song of the Year

Original Song of the Year

Musical Show and Concert of the Year

Musical Show

Concert of the Year

Musical Show, Tour or Concert of the Year

Music Video of the Year

Music DVD of the Year

Honorary Award

References

  1. ↑ La France Contemporaine - Page 176 William F. Edmiston, Annie Duménil - 2009 "Les Victoires de la Musique sont un concours musical qui a lieu tous les ans en France. Tandis que les Victoires de la Musique sont consacrées à la musique populaire, il y a aussi les Victoires de la Musique classique et les Victoires du Jazz."

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