Italian Music Awards
The Italian Music Awards were an accolade established in 2001 by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry to recognize the achievements in the Italian music business both by domestic and international artists.
The awards were given by an academy composed of 400 people, including music publishers, journalists, deejays, music producers, managers, retailers and consumers.
The first Italian Music Awards ceremony was held on 5 February 2001, to honor musical accomplishments for the period between 1 December 1999 and 30 November 2000, while the fourth and last awards ceremony was held on 15 December 2003.
The fifth edition of the awards was initially scheduled to be held in the end of 2004, but after being postponed in February 2004 and then in the Spring of 2004, it was canceled due to the lack of a broadcast agreement with the Italian TV networks.
The gap left by the Italian Music Awards was later filled by the Wind Music Awards, established in 2007.
Winners and nominations
First edition
In the first edition of the Italian Music Awards, the biggest winner was the pop group Lùnapop, who received 4 awards, followed by Carmen Consoli with two awards.;Best Italian Male Artist
;Best Italian Female Artist
- Carmen Consoli
- * Elisa
- * Irene Grandi
- * Mina
- * Laura Pausini
;Best Italian Dance Artist
- Eiffel 65
- * Alexia
- * Gigi D'Agostino
- * Prezioso
- * Spiller
- Lùnapop
- * Avion Travel
- * Bluvertigo
- * Paola e Chiara
- * Subsonica
- Luciano Ligabue
- * Claudio Baglioni
- * Carmen Consoli
- * Jovanotti
- * Lùnapop
- "Qualcosa di grande" — Lùnapop
- * "Parole di burro" — Carmen Consoli
- * "Un giorno migliore" — Lùnapop
- * "Vamos a bailar " — Paola e Chiara
- * "Io sono Francesco" di Tricarico
- "Parole di burro" — Carmen Consoli
- * "Una su 1.000.000" — Alex Britti
- * "File Not Found" — Jovanotti
- * "Qualcosa di grande" — Lùnapop
- * "Fuoco nel fuoco" — Eros Ramazzotti
- ...Squérez? — Lùnapop
- * Canzoni a manovella — Vinicio Capossela
- * Esco di rado e parlo ancora meno — Adriano Celentano
- * Stato di necessità — Carmen Consoli
- * Stilelibero — Eros Ramazzotti
- * Microchip emozionale — Subsonica
- Anastacia
- * Macy Gray
- * Jennifer Lopez
- * Madonna
- * Sade
;Best International Male Artist
- Carlos Santana'''
- * Craig David
- * Eminem
- * Lenny Kravitz
- * Moby
Second edition
;Best Italian Album
- Stupido hotel — Vasco Rossi
- * Canzoni a manovella — Vinicio Capossela
- * Esco di rado e parlo ancora meno — Adriano Celentano
- * Iperbole — Raf
- * La descrizione di un attimo — Tiromancino
- "Luce " — Elisa
- * "Infinito" — Raf
- * "Tre parole" — Valeria Rossi
- * "Due destini" — Tiromancino
- * "Io sono Francesco" — Tricarico
- Elisa
- * Giorgia
- * Irene Grandi
- * Fiorella Mannoia
- * Mina
- * Valeria Rossi
- Vasco Rossi
- * Adriano Celentano
- * Raf
- * Eros Ramazzotti
- * Zucchero
;Best Italian Revelation of the Year
- Valeria Rossi
- * Tiziano Ferro
- * Neffa
- * Tiromancino
- * Velvet
- "L'ultimo bacio" — Carmen Consoli
- * "Luce " — Elisa
- * "Infinito" — Raf
- * "Siamo soli" — Vasco Rossi
- * "Baila" — Zucchero
- Vasco Rossi
- * Vinicio Capossela
- * Carmen Consoli
- * Pino Daniele
- * Eros Ramazzotti
- Gigi D'Agostino
- * Alexia
- * Eiffel 65
- * Planet Funk
- * Spiller
- "La mia signorina" — Neffa
- "Il cuoco di Salò" — Francesco De Gregori
- "Luce " — Elisa
- Manuel Agnelli
- Enzo Miceli
- Imaginaria — Almamegretta
- Iperbole — Raf
- Gigi D'Agostino
- Le fate ignoranti
- All That You Can't Leave Behind — U2
- * Born to Do It — Craig David
- * No Angel — Dido
- * Music — Madonna
- * Reveal — R.E.M.
- "Trouble" — Coldplay
- * "Crying at the Discoteque" — Alcazar
- * "Clint Eastwood" — Gorillaz
- * "Don't Tell Me" — Madonna
- * "Me Gustas Tú" — Manu Chao
- Anastacia
- * Björk
- * Dido
- * Macy Gray
- * Madonna
- Lenny Kravitz
- * Craig David
- * Manu Chao
- * Moby
- * Robbie Williams
- U2'''
- * Coldplay
- * Gorillaz
- * Jamiroquai
- * R.E.M.
Third edition
;Best Italian Album
- Fuori come va? — Luciano Ligabue
- * Then Comes the Sun — Elisa
- * Rosso relativo — Tiziano Ferro
- * Amorematico — Subsonica
- * Shake — Zucchero
- "Salirò" — Daniele Silvestri
- * "Rosso relativo" — Tiziano Ferro
- * "Vivi davvero" — Giorgia
- * "Eri bellissima" — Luciano Ligabue
- * "La rondine" — Mango
- Carmen Consoli
- * Alexia
- * Elisa
- * Giorgia
- * Laura Pausini
- Luciano Ligabue
- * Tiziano Ferro
- * Mango
- * Francesco Renga
- * Daniele Silvestri
- * Zucchero
- Planet Funk
- * Articolo 31
- * Gabin
- * Nomadi
- * Subsonica
- Planet Funk
- * Gabin
- * Valentina Giovagnini
- * Moony
- * Yu Yu
- "Salirò" — Daniele Silvestri
- * "Vivi davvero" — Giorgia
- * "Stupido hotel" — Vasco Rossi
- * "Nuvole rapide" — Subsonica
- * "Ahum" — Zucchero
- Luciano Ligabue
- * Francesco De Gregori
- * Ron
- * Pino Daniele
- * Fiorella Mannoia
- * Elisa
- * Subsonica
- * Zucchero
- Planet Funk
- * Eiffel 65
- * Gabin
- * Moony
- * Yu Yu
- "Quello che non c'è" — Afterhours
- "Stupido hotel" — Vasco Rossi
- "Salirò" — Daniele Silvestri
- "Nuvole rapide — Subsonica
- "Salirò" — Daniele Silvestri
- Enzo Miceli
- Amorematico — Subsonica
- Luce dei miei occhi — Ludovico Einaudi
- Molella
- Any Other Name — Thomas Newman and the BMW 3 Series spot
- Anastacia
- * Norah Jones
- * Alicia Keys
- * Kylie Minogue
- * Shakira
- Bruce Springsteen
- * Eminem
- * Lenny Kravitz
- * Moby
- * Robbie Williams
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- * Coldplay
- * Jamiroquai
- * Morcheeba
- * Noir Désir
- Norah Jones'
- * Alicia Keys
- * Las Ketchup
- * Noir Désir
- * Shakira
- Schoenberg: Gurrelieder. Dir. Simon Rattler
- Footprints Live! — Wayne Shorter
- Zucchero
;Alice Award — Web Artist of the Year
- Lenny Kravitz
- Francesco Renga
- Francesco Renga
- Mark Knopfler
Fourth edition
;Best Italian Female Artist
- Carmen Consoli
- * Elisa
- * Giorgia
- * Irene Grandi
- * Laura Pausini
- Eros Ramazzotti
- * Sergio Cammariere
- * Cesare Cremonini
- * Morgan
- * Vasco Rossi
- Le Vibrazioni
- * Gemelli Diversi
- * Negrita
- * Planet Funk
- * Subsonica
- * Tiromancino
- Planet Funk
- * Eiffel 65
- * Moony
- * Molella
- * Prezioso
- 9 — Eros Ramazzotti
- * L'eccezione — Carmen Consoli
- * Le Vibrazioni — Le Vibrazioni
- * Tracks — Vasco Rossi
- * In continuo movimento — Tiromancino
- "Gocce di memoria" — Giorgia
- * "Mary" — Gemelli Diversi
- * "Prima di partire per un lungo viaggio" — Irene Grandi
- * "Dedicato a te" — Le Vibrazioni
- * "Per me è importante" — Tiromancino
- Le Vibrazioni
- * Roberto Angelini
- * Sergio Cammariere
- * Dj Francesco
- * Morgan
- "Shpalman®" — Elio e le Storie Tese
- * "Gocce di memoria" — Giorgia
- * "Dedicato a te" — Le Vibrazioni
- * "Un'emozione per sempre" — Eros Ramazzotti
- * "Per me è importante" — Tiromancino
- Vasco Rossi
- * Claudio Baglioni
- * Alex Britti
- * Carmen Consoli
- * Giorgia
;Best International Male Artist
- Robbie Williams
- * 50 Cent
- * Ben Harper
- * Eminem
- * Bruce Springsteen
- Coldplay
- * Evanescence
- * Simply Red
- * Tribalistas
- * U2
- Tribalistas
- * 50 Cent
- * Evanescence
- * Sean Paul
- * Will Young
- Nomadi
;FIMI Special Award
- Vasco Rossi
- Alex Britti
- Simple Mind