Music award

A music award is an award or prize given to honour skill or distinction in music. There are different awards in different countries, and awards may focus on or exclude certain music; for example, some awards are only for classical music and not focused on popular music. Some awards are academic, while others are commercial and created by the music industry.

Major music award

 * Grammy Awards
 * Brit Awards
 * MTV Video Music Awards
 * American Music Awards
 * Billboard Music Awards
 * Latin Grammy Awards
 * MTV Europe Music Awards
 * iHeartRadio Music Awards
 * World Music Awards
 * BET Awards
 * People's Choice Awards
 * Mercury Prize
 * Juno Awards
 * Korean Music Awards
 * Golden Disc Awards
 * Gaon Chart Music Awards
 * Teen Choice Awards
 * NME Awards
 * ARIA Music Awards
 * MAMA Awards
 * Melon Music Awards
 * NRJ Music Awards
 * Latin American Music Awards
 * Multishow Brazilian Music Award
 * Lo Nuestro Awards
 * MOBO Awards
 * Japan Record Awards
 * Seoul Music Awards
 * Heat Latin Music Awards
 * Grammis
 * Polar Music Prize
 * Los 40 Music Awards

International music awards

 * Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards – an annual awards program bestowed by Classic Rock
 * Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
 * Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod
 * Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
 * Heavy Music Awards
 * Herbert von Karajan Music Prize (Festspielhaus Baden-Baden)
 * Léonie Sonning Music Prize (Léonie Sonning Music Foundation)
 * MTV Video Music Awards (MTV)
 * Polar Music Prize – for International recognition of excellence in the world of music
 * Rolf Schock Prize in Musical Arts
 * Sibelius Prize
 * Winter Music Conference (electronic dance music)
 * YouTube Music Awards

Africa

 * MTV Africa Music Awards (MTV)
 * All Africa Music Awards (African Union)
 * Headies (Nigeria)
 * Soundcity MVP Awards Festival (Nigeria)
 * City People Entertainment Awards (Nigeria)
 * Nigeria Entertainment Awards (Nigeria)
 * Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (Ghana)
 * 3Music Awards (Ghana)
 * South African Hip Hop Awards (South Africa)
 * South African Music Awards (South Africa)
 * Star FM Music Awards (Zimbabwe)

Americas
The Big Three major music awards given each season are the American Music Awards (held in the Fall), the Grammy Award (generally held the week after the NFL’s Super Bowl), and the Billboard Music Awards (held in May).

A fourth major award, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, is given in the spring (between the Grammys and the BMAs), and currently honors artists who have been in the business at least 25 years since their first hit record. Among other mini-major music awards are the Glenn Gould Prize, and Pulitzer Prize for Music.


 * Academy of Country Music Awards
 * Alternative Press Music Awards
 * American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Music
 * American Country Awards
 * American Country Countdown Awards
 * American Music Awards
 * ASCAP awards (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers)
 * Americana Music Honors & Awards
 * Billboard Music Awards
 * Billboard Latin Music Awards
 * BET Awards (Black Entertainment Television, United States)
 * CMT Music Awards (USA)
 * Country Music Association Awards
 * Distinguished Service to Music Medal (Kappa Kappa Psi) – for exceptional service to American bands and band music
 * GAMIQ Awards (Quebec)
 * George Peabody Medal (Peabody Institute)
 * Gershwin Prize (Library of Congress)
 * GLAAD Media Award (USA)
 * Grammy Awards (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences)
 * Heat Latin Music Awards
 * Hollywood Music in Media Awards
 * iBest Award (Brazil)
 * iHeartRadio Music Awards
 * iHeartRadio MMVAs (originally an initialism of Much Music Video Awards)
 * International Bluegrass Music Awards
 * Juno Awards (Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences)
 * K-Love Fan Awards (USA)
 * Latin American Music Award
 * Latin Grammy Award (Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences)
 * Latin Awards Canada
 * Lo Nuestro Awards (USA)
 * Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica – previously known as "MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica" (MTV)
 * MTV Video Music Awards (MTV)
 * Multishow Brazilian Music Award (Brazil)
 * NAACP Image Awards (United States)
 * People's Choice Awards
 * Premios Gardel (Argentina)
 * Premios Juventud
 * Premios MUSA (Chile)
 * Premios Tu Música Urbano
 * Pulitzer Prize for Music
 * Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
 * SESAC
 * Stellar Awards (Gospel)
 * Soul Train Music Award
 * Teen Choice Awards
 * Telehit Awards (Mexico)

Asia & Oceania

 * Anugerah Musik Indonesia
 * Anugerah Planet Muzik (Indonesia, Malaysia)
 * Aotearoa Music Awards (Recorded Music NZ)
 * ARIA Music Awards (Australian Recording Industry Association)
 * APRA Awards (Australia)
 * Awit Awards (Philippine Association of the Record Industry)
 * Country Music Awards of Australia (Country Music Association of Australia)
 * Dedication Music Award (Vietnam)
 * Gaon Chart Music Awards (South Korea)
 * Golden Disc Awards (South Korea)
 * Golden Melody Awards (Taiwan)
 * Indonesian Choice Awards
 * Indonesian Dangdut Awards
 * Japan Record Awards
 * Korean Hip-hop Awards (South Korea)
 * Korean Music Awards (South Korea)
 * Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards (South Korea)
 * MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards (South Korea)
 * Melon Music Awards (South Korea)
 * MG Music Awards (Nagaland, India)
 * Mirchi Music Awards (India)
 * MAMA Awards (South Korea)
 * MTV Asia Awards (MTV)
 * MTV Australia Awards (MTV)
 * MTV Video Music Awards Japan (MTV)
 * Music Awards of Nagaland (Nagaland, India)
 * Myx Music Awards (Philippines)
 * Otaka Prize – an annual composition prize for Japanese composers
 * Praemium Imperiale (Japan)
 * Seoul Music Awards (South Korea)
 * Soribada Best K-Music Awards (South Korea)
 * Suntory Music Award (Japan)

Europe

 * Akil Koci Prize (Albania)
 * BBC Music Awards (United Kingdom, BBC Music)
 * BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician (Scotland)
 * BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (United Kingdom)
 * BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award (United Kingdom)
 * Bourges International Electro-Acoustic Music Competition
 * BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award (British Academy of Film and Television Arts)
 * Brit Awards (British Phonographic Industry)
 * Comet (Viva, Germany)
 * Danish Music Awards
 * Echo (German Phonographic Academy)
 * Edison Award (NVPI)
 * European Border Breakers Award (Europe)
 * Fryderyk (Poland)
 * Fonogram Awards (Hungary)
 * Gold Badge Awards – for outstanding contributions to the music and the entertainment industry of the United Kingdom
 * Golden Globes (Portugal)
 * Grand Prix du Disque (France)
 * Handel Prize (City of Halle, Germany)
 * Ivor Novello Awards (British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors)
 * LOS40 Music Awards (Spain)
 * Malta Music Awards (Malta)
 * MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards (Scotland)
 * Mercury Prize (United Kingdom)
 * MOBO Awards (United Kingdom)
 * MTV Europe Music Awards (MTV)
 * NRJ Music Awards (France)
 * NME Awards
 * PLAY - Portuguese Music Awards (Portugal)
 * Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik – for achievement in recorded music
 * Premios Juventud
 * Prix de Rome
 * Sanremo Music Festival (Italy)
 * SEAT Music Awards (Italy)
 * Silver Clef Award (UK)
 * Spellemannprisen (Norway) – considered as the Norwegian Grammys that honor Norwegian artists who have made a mark in the Norway music industry.
 * Victoires de la Musique (France)
 * YUNA (Ukraine)