Spellemannprisen

Spellemannprisen, often referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards in English, is a Norwegian music award presented to Norwegian musicians. The award was established by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. First awarded in 1973, the prize honours musicians from the previous year; it is still awarded annually, usually in January or February. The Spellemann committee, composed of members of IFPI Norway and FONO, manages the award and acts as the judge. 21 categories are currently awarded, in addition to other honorary and industry awards the committee may give. In 2020 and 2021, the award show was held digitally due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Juries and scoring
Separate juries convene for each category. Members are confidential from both the general public and the other juries. The juries score each nominee separately, then convene to deliberate until there is a winner. Usually, three nominees are presented to the jury.

The Spellemanns committee nominates three categories: Newcomer of the Year, Fiddler of the Year and Hit Artist. A nomination jury nominates the rest of the videos, which are then presented to the juries.

Newcomer Award
Starting in 2007, the winner of the Newcomer of the Year Award takes home a prize of 200 000 kroner. The scholarship is awarded by Gramo, a Norwegian music industry funding agency.

Multiple award winners
As of 2014, sixteen artists have won the prize more than five times. Leif Ove Andsnes has the most wins with 10 awards.

Broadcast channels
In 2011, the live award show returned to NRK for the first time since 2001, and remained on the same channel afterwards. From 2002 to 2010, the show was broadcast on TV 2.

2018
Nominees and winners:

Children's music

 * Karoline Krüger og Fru Nitters Rytmeorkester: Labyrinter!
 * Naboen Min: Rockesock (Winner)
 * Tonje Unstad: Musling med melk
 * Mandarinsaft: På vei te en venn

Blues

 * Ulf Myrvold: Old Memories
 * Geir Bertheussen Blues Express: Southside
 * JT Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters: Blue Eyed Soul Volume 1
 * Jørgen Sandvik: Permanent Vacation (Winner)

Country

 * Hege Øversveen: Goodbye Yellow Roses
 * Country Heroes: Honky Tonk Tears
 * Malin Pettersen: References Pt. 1 (Winner)
 * The Northern Belle: Blinding Blue Neon

Electronica

 * Fakethias: Attune
 * Sex Judas feat. Ricky: Go Down Judas (Winner)
 * Bjørn Torske: Byen
 * Smerz: Have Fun

Folk/traditional music

 * Aslak Brimi Kvartett: Vev
 * Johanne Flottorp: Johanne Flottorp
 * Sudan Dudan: Heimen der ute
 * Marja Mortensson: Mojhtestasse – Cultural Heirlooms (Winner)

Indie/alternative

 * Okay Kaya: Both
 * Thea Hjelmeland: Kulla (Winner)
 * Boy Pablo: Soy Pablo
 * Fay Wildhagen: Borders

Jazz

 * Gurls: Run boy, run (Winner)
 * Moskus: Mirakler
 * Atomic: Pet Variations
 * Hanna Paulsberg Concept + Magnus Broo: Daughter Of The Sun

Classical

 * Frida Fredrikke Waaler Wærvågen & Ingrid Andsnes: Metamorfose
 * Tora Augestad & Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra: Portraying Passion (Winner)
 * Christian Ihle Hadland: Christian Ihle Hadland plays Domenico Scarlatti
 * Stavanger Symfoniorkester: Symphonic Dances

Metal

 * Aura Noir: Aura Noire
 * Obliteration (band): Cenotaph Obscure (Winner)
 * Beaten To Death: Agronomicon
 * Sylvaine: Atoms Aligned, Coming Undone

Pop artist

 * Sigrid: Raw EP
 * Sondre Justad: Ingenting i paradis
 * Amanda Delara: Running Deep + Soldiers
 * Emilie Nicolas: Tranquille Emile (Winner)

Pop group

 * Band of Gold: Where’s The Magic (Winner)
 * Razika: Sånn kjennes verden ut
 * Lemaitre: Lemaitre 2018
 * Seeb: Nice To Meet You

Rock

 * Oslo Ess: Frie radikaler
 * The Good The Bad and The Zugly: Misanthropical House (Winner)
 * Årabrot: Who Do You Love
 * Turbonegro: Rock’n’roll Machine

Contemporary

 * Kjell Tore Innervik: UTOPIAS — Radical Interpretations of Iconic Musical Works for Percussion
 * Telemark kammerorkester, dirigent Lars-Erik ter Jung: Chasing Strings
 * Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra: Ørjan Matre: Konsert for orkester
 * Cikada strykekvartett / Knut Olaf Sunde: Vertigo Room

Urban

 * MARS: MARS
 * EMIR: Mer av deg (Winner)
 * Lil Halima: Lil Halima 2018
 * Unge Beirut: Hevnen er søt, men jeg tilgir deg

Viser (Vispop)

 * Ingeborg Oktober: Skjømmingsboka (Winner)
 * Ellen Sofie Hovland: Og solen renner over
 * Erik Lukashaugen: Vi eier skogene
 * Masåva: Masåva

Open class

 * Anja Garbarek: The Road Is Just A Surface
 * Geir Sundstøl: Brødløs (Winner)
 * Harpreet Bansal: Samaya
 * Amgala Temple: Invisible Airships

Tonos composer prize

 * Anja Garbarek: The Road Is Just A Surface
 * Geir Holmsen: Et stille sted
 * Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra – Ørjan Matre: Konsert for orkester (Winner)
 * Arve Henriksen/Eivind Aarset/Jan Bang/Jez riley French: The Height Of The Reeds

Songwriter

 * Stig Joar Haugen: Midt Imellom Magisk Og Manisk
 * Dagny Norvoll Sandvik: Dagny Låtskriver 2018
 * Ina Wroldsen: Hex (Winner)
 * Thea Hjelmeland: Kulla

Music video

 * Aurora / director: Kinga Burza: "Queendom"
 * Hkeem / director: Thor Brenne: "Ghettoparasitt" (Winner)
 * Sigrid / director: AB/CD/CD: "Sucker Punch"
 * Sondre Justad / director: Trond Kvig Andreassen: "Ikke som de andre"

Producer

 * Aksel Carlson: For example MARS, Emilie Nicolas, Arif & Unge Ferrari (Winner)
 * Fay Wildhagen: Borders
 * Kai Gundelach: Baltus
 * Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim: For example Anja Garbarek, Emilie Nicolas, Håkon Kornstad, Batagraf

Lyricist

 * Eduardo Andersen: La oss ta en idealist (Winner)
 * Lars Saabye Christensen: Et stille sted
 * Ina Wroldsen: Hex
 * Odd Nordstoga: Kløyvd

Album of the year

 * Emilie Nicolas: Tranquille Emilie (Winner)
 * Rotlaus: På vei
 * Sondre Justad: Ingenting i paradis
 * Unge Ferrari: Midt Imellom Magisk Og Manisk

Breakthrough of the year & Gramo scholarship

 * Boy Pablo (Winner)
 * Lise Davidsen
 * Kamelen
 * Rotlaus
 * Ruben

Song

 * Alan Walker feat. Tomine Harket, Au/Ra: "Darkside"
 * Astrid S: "Emotion"
 * Ina Wroldsen: "Strongest"
 * K-391 feat. Alan Walker, Julie Bergan, Seungri: "Ignite"
 * Kygo, Miguel: "Remind Me to Forget"
 * Mads Hansen: "Sommerkroppen" (Winner)
 * Ruben: "Walls"
 * Seeb, Dagny: "Drink About"
 * Sigrid: "Strangers"
 * Sondre Justad: "Ikke som de andre"

Årets hederspris (Honorary Award of the year)

 * DDE (Selected)

Årets Spellemann (Spellemann of the year)

 * Alan Walker (Selected)

2019
Nominees and winners:


 * Barnemusikk (Children's music)
 * Even Jenssen: Over byen
 * Maria Solheim and Silje Sirnes Winje: Bråkebøttebaluba (Winner)
 * Mr. E & Me:  New Orchestral Hits 4 Kids (with Kringkastingsorkesteret)
 * Så rart!: På havets bunn

Blues

 * Busk, Eriksen, Sjøstrøm (Back Porch Republic): Hustle & Flow
 * Håkon Høye: Nights at the Surf Motel
 * Ledfoot: White Crow (Winner)
 * Viktor Wilhelmsen: Knip igjen øyan

Country

 * Jonas Fjeld & Judy Collins: Winterstories (with Chatham County Line)
 * Jørund Vålandsmyr & Menigheten: Til dere som er lykkelige (Winner)
 * Signe Marie Rustad: When Words Flew Freely
 * Unnveig Aas: Young Heart

Electronica

 * André Bratten: Pax Americana (Winner)
 * Carmen Villain: Both Lines Will Be Blue
 * Chmmr: Try New Things
 * Prins Thomas: Ambitions

Folk/traditional music

 * Hans Fredrik Jacobsen: Øre
 * Helga Myhr: Natten veller seg ut
 * Moenje: Klarvær
 * Morgonrode: Morgonrode (Winner)

Indie/alternative

 * Kongle: Skogen
 * Konradsen: Saints and Sebastian Stories (Winner)
 * Pom Poko: Birthday
 * Tuvaband: I Entered the Void

Jazz

 * Elephant9: Psychedelic Backfire I
 * Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity: To Whom Who Buys a Record
 * Maria Kannegaard: Nådeslås
 * Mats Eilertsen Trio: And Then Comes the Night (Winner)

Classical

 * Eldbjørg Hemsing: Tan Dun: Fire Ritual
 * Lise Davidsen: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs / Wagner: Arias from Tannhäuser
 * Oslo filharmoniske orkester: Mahler Symphony No. 3 (Winner)
 * Vilde Frang: Paganini & Schubert: Works for violin & piano

Metal

 * Gaahls Wyrd - GastiR - Ghosts invited (Winner)
 * Kampfar: Ofidians Manifest
 * Sâver: They Came With Sunlight
 * Sibiir: Rope

Pop artist

 * Bendik: Det går bra
 * Gabrielle: Snart, Gabby
 * Ruben: Melancholic
 * Sigrid: Sucker Punch (Winner)

Pop group

 * Fieh: Cold Water Burning Skin
 * Highasakite: Uranium Heart
 * No. 4: Duell
 * Seeb: Seeb 2019 (Winner)

Rock

 * Backstreet Girls: Normal is Dangerous
 * brenn.: Elsker (Winner)
 * Erlend Ropstad: Brenn siste brevet
 * Spielbergs: This Is Not The End

Contemporary

 * Cikada, Lars Petter Hagen: Hagen: Harmonium Repertoire
 * Peter Herresthal, Oslo filharmoniske orkester, Clémént Mao-Takacs: Kaija Saariaho: Graal théâtre - Circle Map - Neiges - Vers toi qui es si loin
 * Øyvind Torvund, BIT20 Ensemble, Trond Madsen, Kjetil Møster & Jørgen Træen: The Exotica Album (Winner)
 * Hvoslef Chambermusic Project: Hvoslef Chamber Works No. VI

Urban

 * Dutty Dior: Para / Normal
 * Isah: Sukkerspinn & Hodepine (Winner)
 * Karpe: Sas Plus/Sas Pussy
 * Lil Halima: Lil Halima 2019

Viser (Vispop)

 * Asbjørn Ribe: Blått & grønt & gult
 * Benny Borg: En dag på jorden
 * Frida Ånnevik: Andre sanger (Winner)
 * Hekla Stålstrenga: Elske og ære

Open class

 * Deathprod: Occulting Disk
 * Erlend Apneseth trio: Salika, Molika (Winner)
 * Ståle Storløkken: The Haze Of Sleeplessness
 * Susanna & the Brotherhood of Our Lady: Garden of Earthly Delights

Album

 * Arif: Arif i Waanderland
 * Gabrielle: Snart, Gabby
 * Karpe: Sas Plus/Sas Pussy (Winner)
 * Sigrid: Sucker Punch

Breakthrough of the year & Gramo scholarship

 * Bokassa
 * brenn.
 * Dutty Dior
 * Girl in Red
 * Isah (Winner)
 * Pom Poko

Tonos composer prize

 * Eirik Hegdal: Musical Balloon
 * Helge Iberg: Helge Iberg: Songs from the Planet of Life (Winner)
 * Maja S.K. Ratkje: Sult
 * Cecilie Ore: Come to the Edge!

Song

 * Arif: "Hvem er hun"
 * Isah/Dutty Dior: "Hallo"
 * KEiiNO: "Spirit in the Sky"
 * Kygo feat. Store P, Lars Vaular: "Kem kan eg ringe"
 * Nicolay Ramm: "Raske Briller"
 * Rat City feat. Isak Heim: "Kind Of Love"
 * Ruben: "Lay By Me" (Winner)
 * Sigrid: "Don't Feel Like Crying"

Songwriter

 * Gabrielle Leithaug (Gabrielle): Snart, Gabby
 * Magdi Omar Ytreeide Abdelmaguid and Chirag Rashmikant Patel (Karpe): Sas Plus/Sas Pussy
 * Lars Reiersen (Larsiveli): Larsiveli 2019 (Winner)
 * Sigrid Solbakk Raabe (Sigrid): Sucker Punch

Music video

 * Anna of the North (director: Noah Lee: "Leaning On Myself" (Winner)
 * Bigbang (director: Lasse Gretland): "Bells"
 * Boy Pablo (director: Julian Vargas, Bjarne Anmarkrud and Harry Hambley: "Feeling Lonely"
 * Lars Vaular (director: onzonz): "Kroppsspråk"

Producer

 * Aksel Carlson: Aksel Carlson
 * Cashmere Cat: Cashmere 2019
 * Martin Sjølie: Martin Sjølie (Winner)
 * Morten Gillebo: Morten Gillebo

Lyricist

 * Arif Salum: Arif i Waanderland
 * Frida Ånnevik: Andre sanger
 * Emilie Stoesen Christensen (No. 4): Duell
 * Signe Marie Rustad: When Words Flew Freely (Winner)

Honorary Award

 * Oslo-Filharmonien (Selected)

Spellemann

 * Sigrid Solbakk Raabe (Selected)

2020
Nominees:

Children's music

 * hei kalas: hvorfor er jeg allergisk?
 * Aslak Brimi and Mari Midtli: Huldra Hildur
 * Sarah Camille: Spor av dråper og røde nebb
 * Andreas Ihlebæk: Northern Lullabies

Blues

 * The Bills: Til The Blues Have Gone
 * Daniel Eriksen: Barefoot Among Scarecrows
 * Knut Reiersrud: Ballads and Blues from the 20's Vol. 1
 * TORA: Girls

Country

 * Sweetheart: Sweetheart
 * Malin Pettersen: Wildhorse
 * Darling West: We'll Never Know Unless We Try
 * Johan Berggren: Lilyhamericana

Electronica

 * Gundelach: My Frail Body
 * Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas: III
 * Niilas: Also This Will Change
 * Fredfades & Jawn Rice: Luv Neva Fades

Folk/traditional music

 * Britt Pernille Frøholm: Fokhaugen
 * Mads Erik Odde: Logne slåttar
 * Ronny Kjøsen: BoneBohem
 * Johanne Flottorp/Åsmund Solberg: Heimespel

Hip Hop

 * Musti: Qoyskayga
 * S1sco: S1sco 2020
 * Cezinando: Et godt stup i et grunt vann
 * Dutty Dior: Komma, moshpit, status, kaotisk eleganse

Indie/alternative

 * Nils Bech: Foolish Heart
 * Das Body: Peregrine
 * Siv Jakobsen: A Temporary Soothing
 * Okay Kaya: Watch This Liquid Pour Itself

Jazz

 * Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra: If You Listen Carefully the Music is Yours
 * Møster!: Dust Breathing
 * Harald Lassen: Human samling
 * Maria Kannegaard Trio: Sand i en vik

Classical

 * Arve Tellefsen, Kaare Ørnung: Haijn Kaare Ørnung å Æ
 * Sandra Lied Haga: Sandra Lied Haga
 * Edward Gardner, Bergen filharmoniske orkester: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
 * Eldbjørg Hemsing, Simon Trpčesju: Grieg: The Violin Sonatas

Metal

 * Ormskrik: Ormskrik
 * Enslaved: Utgard
 * Okkultokrati: La Ilden Lyse
 * Beaten To Death: Laat maar, ik verhuis naar het bos

Pop

 * Sondre Lerche: Patience
 * Annie: Dark Hearts
 * Emilie Nicolas: Let her Breathe
 * SKAAR: The Other Side Of Waiting

Rock

 * Motorpsycho: The All Is One
 * Daufødt: 1000 Island
 * The Good The Bad and The Zugly: Algorithm & Blues
 * Undergrünnen: Ein revnande likegyldighet

R and B/Soul

 * EHI: Toni Braxton
 * Lido: Peder
 * Ivan Ave: Double Goodbyes
 * Natnael: Mannekeng

Contemporary

 * Tøyen Fil og Klafferi: otanisk hage
 * Christian Wallumrød Ensemble: Many
 * Kim Myhr & Australian Art Orchestra: Vesper
 * Det Norske Solistkor: Lament

Viser (Vispop)

 * Valkyrien Allstars: Slutte og byne
 * Marthe Wang: Bakkekontakt
 * Terje Norum og Trond Granlund: Skogslusken
 * Stein Torleif Bjella: Øvre-Ål Toneakademi

Open class

 * Hedvig Mollestad: Ekhidna
 * Stian Westerhus: Redundance
 * Mimmi: Semper Eadem
 * Jaga Jazzist: Pyramid

Breakthrough of the year & Gramo scholarship

 * Musti
 * S1sco
 * Sebastian Zalo
 * Bølgen
 * SKAAR
 * Ringnes-Ronny

Tonos composer prize

 * Henrik Ødegaard: Batitudes
 * Daniel Herskedal: Call For Winter
 * Andreas Rotevatn: alea iacta est
 * Maja S.K. Ratkje: Maja S. K. Ratkje: Works for String Orchestra

Song

 * Dagny: "Somebody"
 * CLMD & Tungevaag: "DANCE"
 * TIX: "Karantene"
 * TIX: "Kaller på deg"
 * Frida Ånnevik & Chris Holsten: "Hvis verden"
 * Julie Bergan & Seeb: "Kiss Somebody"
 * Kygo feat. OneRepublic: "Lose Somebody"
 * Alan Walker & Ava Max: "Alone, Pt. II"

Songwriter

 * Nicolas Pablo Munoz: Wachito Rico
 * Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen: Et godt stup i et grunt vann
 * Sondre Lerche: Patience
 * Anne Lilia Berge Strand: Dark Hearts

Music video of the year

 * Boy Pablo, director: Eivind Landsvik: "Hey girl"
 * B-boy Myhre ft. Cezinando, director: Håkon Hoffart: "Gammel person"
 * Girl in Red, director: Niels Windfeldt: "Rue"
 * Lokoy & Safario, director: Lasse Lokøy, Kacper Tratkowski, Erik Matthew Cannon, Viktor Lier, Samuel Rud Dale: "Both Eyes"

Producer

 * Thomas Kongshavn: Thomas Kongshavn
 * Matias Tellez: Matias Téllez produsent 2020
 * Ole Torjus Hofvind: Ole Torjus 2020
 * Lars Horntveth: Pyramid

Lyricist

 * Ugbad Yusuf Mustafa: Qoyskayga
 * Tuva Livsdatter Syvertsen: Slutte og byne
 * Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen: Et godt stup i et grunt vann
 * Sondre Lerche: Patience

Honorary Award

 * Mayhem (band)

Spellemann

 * TIX (Selected)