18 September 2008
Newsdesk
BT today revealed the nominations for the annual BT Digital Music Awards.
Competition for the 19 award categories is fiercer than ever – with Kylie Minogue and Bloc Party leading the way with three nominations each, both Coldplay and Radiohead are nominated for two awards.
The Hoosiers, Alphabeat, Kylie, Sam Beeton and The Ting Tings fight it out for Best Pop Artist. Wiley, Akala, Beardyman, M.I.A. and Roots Manuva are up for Best Urban Artist; with Bloc Party taking on Coldplay, Ida Maria, Radiohead and The Futureheads for Best Rock/Indie Artist.
Other awards include Best Radio Station, Best Music Store and Best Music Magazine.
Perhaps the most sought after award is Artist of the Year, which last year was won by Funeral For A Friend. This year Kylie, Coldplay and Radiohead will battle it out with Leona Lewis and British Sea Power for the coveted award.
This past year has seen newspaper headlines dominated by British music artists making good use of digital with Radiohead launching their album ‘In Rainbows’ as a ‘pay what you like’ download experiment and Coldplay releasing ‘Violet Hill’ as a free, download-only single.
The awards will be held at Camden’s Roundhouse on Wednesday 1st October. Fans will be able to catch all the action when the awards are broadcast on ITV2 on 7th October, if you’re not in don’t forget to set BT Vision to record.
Matthew Dearden, marketing director BT Consumer comments, “Digital has established itself as a force to be reckoned within the music industry and the BT Digital Music Awards are reflecting this with one of our strongest, most exciting line up of nominees yet. We’re looking forward to seeing who the winners will be on October 1st.”
BT is dedicated to enabling the digital media marketplace and committed to developing and producing cutting-edge technology. BT Total Broadband is the UK’s most complete broadband packages, enabled by the new BT Home Hub. BT Total Broadband customers benefit from ultra-fast download speeds of up to 8Mb*, inclusive internet voice calls**, secure online storage with BT Digital Vault, the new BT ToGo Smartphone on the BT Anywhere package and TV on demand with BT Vision.
Full list of nominations in this year’s BT Digital Music Awards:
The following categories have been shortlisted by the panel for the public vote from today.
Best Pop Artist
Alphabeat (www.thisisalphabeat.com)
Kylie (www.kylie.com)
Sam Beeton (www.sambeeton.com)
The Hoosiers (www.thehoosiers.com)
The Ting Tings (www.thetingtings.com)
Best Rock/Indie Artist
Bloc Party (www.blocparty.com)
Coldplay (www.coldplay.com)
Ida Maria (www.idamariamusic.co.uk)
Radiohead (www.radiohead.com)
The Futureheads (www.thefutureheads.com)
Best Urban Artist
Akala (www.akalamusic.com)
Beardyman (www.myspace.com/beardyman)
M.I.A. (www.miauk.com)
Roots Manuva (www.rootsmanuva.co.uk)
Wiley (www.myspace.com/eskiboywiley)
Best Electronic Artist or DJ
Basshunter (www.hard2beat.com)
Bjork (http://www.bjork.com/)
Hadouken! (www.hadouken.co.uk)
Pendulum (www.pendulum.com)
Sam Sparro (www.samsparro.com)
Best Podcast
Audio podcasts
Book Slam
Clash Podcast
Fabric Podcast
Hospital Records Podcast
Tune Up
Video podcasts
Flyposter
Philharmonic Orchestra Video Podcasts
Rockstar Tutorial Now Play It
The Zutons Podcast
Tune Up
Best Radio Station
BBC 6 Music (http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/)
BBC Asian Network (www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork)
Gaydar Radio (www.gaydarradio.com)
Passion for the Planet (www.passionfortheplanet.com)
Planet Rock (www.planetrock.com)
Best Music Store
7 Digital (www.7digital.com)
eMusic (www.emusic.com)
iTunes (www.apple.com/uk)
Music Station (www.omnifone.com)
Napster (www.napster.co.uk)
The following categories have been shortlisted by an expert-judging panel:
Best Artist Promotion
Bloc Party: Intimacy album release
Dylan Messenger – Bob Dylan album promotion
Michael Jackson Dance - ‘King of Pop’ album viral dance game
Foals/Last.fm/7digital remix competition
Thriller 25: Dance on the Tube – Michael Jackson album promotion
Best Digital Service in association with BT Total Broadband
7digital (www.7digital.com)
eMusic (www.emusic.com)
Sellaband (www.sellaband.com)
Shazam iPhone Application (www.shazam.com)
We7 (www.we7.com)
Best Mobile Campaign
Def Jam Handset
Jonas Brothers
Led Zeppelin
Red Stripe Camden Crawl
Royal Artist Club
Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Basshunter (www.basshunter.se)
Hadouken! (www.hadouken.co.uk)
The Hoosiers (www.thehoosiers.com)
The Script (www.thescriptmusic.com)
Vampire Weekend (www.vampireweekend.com)
Artist of the Year
British Sea Power (www.britishseapower.co.uk)
Coldplay (www.coldplay.com)
Kylie (www.kylie.com)
Leona Lewis (www.leonalewismusic.com)
Radiohead (www.radiohead.com)
Best Innovation
Kylie Konnect (kyliekonnect.com)
MusicStation (www.omnifone.com)
People’s Music Store (peoplesmusicstore.com)
Sellaband (sellaband.com)
U-myx (www.u-myx.com)
Best Music Hardware
Gibson ‘robot’ guitar
Motorola ROKR E8
Ripserver
The People’s Choice Awards – Best Unofficial Music Site, Best Official Music Site and Best Music Blog - will be announced on 1st October.
