Wind Music Awards

The Wind Music Awards are non-competitive musical awards honoring Italian music artists who have sold a certain amount of copies of an album, digital song, or music DVD over the previous year in Italy, as certified by the Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana.[1][2] The awards are organized by Milan-based agency Friends & Partners[3] and are sponsored by Italian phone company Wind.[1]

History

From 2007 to 2009, the awards were held in Rome, first in the Auditorium Conciliazione and then in the Valle Giulia. Since 2009, the event has been held in the Verona Arena, previously home to the Festivalbar, for which the Wind Music Awards has been seen as a replacement.[4][5] The first five years of the awards were broadcast at on television network Italia 1; they have been broadcast on Rai 1 since 2012. The event has also been broadcast on radio station RTL 102.5.[5]

The awards have been criticized in the past by Italian indie label Produttori Musicali Indipendenti for excluding independent artists.[3]

Awards

[1][6]
Diamond Multi-platinum Platinum Gold
Album (copies) 300,000 120,000 60,000 30,000
Digital song (downloads) 60,000 30,000
Music DVD (copies) 30,000

Years

[3][4][7]
Year Recorded date Air date(s) Network Episodes Host(s) Venue
2007 6 June 2007 14 June 2007 Italia 1 1 Cristina Chiabotto Auditorium Conciliazione
Rome
2008 3 June 2008 45 June 2008 Italia 1 2 Cristina Chiabotto
Rossella Brescia
Valle Giulia
Rome
2009 67 June 2009 822 June 2009 Italia 1 3 Vanessa Incontrada Verona Arena
2010 2829 May 2010 2, 9, 16 June 2010 Italia 1 3 Paola Perego Verona Arena
2011 2728 May 2011 7, 14, 21 June 2011 Italia 1 3 Vanessa Incontrada
Teo Mammucari
Verona Arena
2012 26 May 2012 2 July 2012 Rai 1 1 Carlo Conti
Vanessa Incontrada
Verona Arena
2013 LIVE 2 June 2013 Rai 1
Rai HD
1 Carlo Conti
Vanessa Incontrada
Foro Italico
Rome

Compilation albums

Title CDs Tracks Label Release date
Wind Music Awards 2011 3 54 Sony Music 31 May 2011
Wind Music Awards 2012 2 35 Sony Music 22 June 2012

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Worden, Mark (6 June 2008). "Promoters Pleased With Italy's Second Wind Awards". Billboard. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  2. Worden, Mark (20 March 2008). "Italy's Wind Awards Open Dialog With Indies". Billboard. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Worden, Mark (21 July 2007). "The Big Chill". Billboard 119 (29). pp. 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Francesco, Verni (27 May 2010). "«Wind Music Award», le star della musica in Arena". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Dondoni, Luca (30 May 2010). "Wind Music Awards, il ciclone Minogue si fa largo tra Dalla e Nannini". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  6. "Gualazzi e negramaro ai Wind Music Awards". TGCOM (in Italian). 5 May 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  7. "Mammucari-Incontrada ai Wind Music Awards". TGCOM (in Italian). 12 May 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2013.