BT Total Broadband today announces nominations for the annual BT Digital Music Awards with consumers being encouraged to go online to vote at the official website www.btdma.com.
There are 20 prestigious awards up for grabs this year with 12 voted for by the public. This year’s nominees include acts such as Klaxons, Manic Street Preachers, Calvin Harris, Natasha Bedingfield and The Chemical Brothers across categories including Best Rock/Indie, Pop, Urban and Electronic/DJ Artists, Best Radio Station, Best Music Store and Best Music Magazine.
Last year’s big winners, Muse are up for two nominations – Best Indie/Rock Artist and Artist of the Year. Hadouken!, Bloc Party and Rihanna are also up for two nominations as is Lil’ Chris – who performed at last year’s awards.
This year, the awards will be held at Camden’s Roundhouse on Tuesday 2nd October.
The awards will be televised on Channel 4 complete with a special ‘behind the scenes’ programme presented by Alex Zane and supported by a series of 15-minute preview shows in the run up to the awards.
Last year’s awards were dominated by Muse and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke who both scooped two awards respectively. Other winners on the night included Lily Allen for ‘Best Pop Artist’, McFly for ‘Best Official Website’, NME.com for ‘Best Music Magazine’, MySpace for ‘Best Innovation’ and London Elektricity for Best Podcast.
In 2006 over half a million voters logged on to the official website and made their vote count in the UK’s only awards dedicated to digital music entertainment.
This BT Digital Music Awards 2007 are held in association with Packard Bell, Channel 4, BT Podshow, Yahoo Music! and HMV.
