Music award
A music award is an award or prize given for skill or distinction in music. There are different awards in different countries, and different awards may focus on or exclude certain music. For example, some music awards are only for classical music and include no popular music. Some music awards are academic, some are commercial and created by the music industry.
The Big Three major music awards given each season are the American Music Awards, the Grammy Awards, and the Billboard Music Awards. The MTV Video Music Awards could be considered, among other such award shows, a “mini-major”.
A fourth major award, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, is given in the spring, 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.International music awards
- Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards - an annual awards program bestowed by Classic Rock
- Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
- Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
- Herbert von Karajan Music Prize
- Léonie Sonning Music Prize
- MTV Video Music Awards
- Polar Music Prize - for International recognition of excellence in the world of music
- Rolf Schock Prize in Musical Arts
- Sibelius Prize
- Winter Music Conference
- YouTube Music Awards
By region
Africa
- MTV Africa Music Awards
- Star FM Music Awards
- The Headies
Americas
- Academy of Country Music Awards
- Alternative Press Music Awards
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Music
- American Country Awards
- American Music Awards
- ASCAP awards
- Billboard Music Awards
- BET Awards
- BreakTudo Awards
- CMT Music Awards
- Country Music Association Awards
- Distinguished Service to Music Medal - for exceptional service to American bands and band music
- GAMIQ Awards
- George Peabody Medal
- Grammy Awards
- Heat Latin Music Awards
- iHeartRadio Music Awards
- iHeartRadio MMVAs
- Juno Awards
- Latin American Music Award
- Latin Grammy Award
- Lo Nuestro Awards
- Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica - previously known as "MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica"
- NAACP Image Awards
- People's Choice Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Music
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
- Stellar Awards
- Soul Train Music Award
- Teen Choice Awards
- Telehit Awards
Asia
- Anugerah Musik Indonesia
- Anugerah Planet Muzik
- Asia Artist Awards
- Awit Awards
- Dedication Music Award
- Gaon Chart Music Awards
- Golden Disc Awards
- Golden Melody Awards
- Indonesian Choice Awards
- Indonesian Dangdut Awards
- Korean Hip-hop Awards
- Korean Music Awards
- Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards
- MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards
- Melon Music Awards
- Mirchi Music Awards
- Mnet Asian Music Awards
- MTV Asia Awards
- MTV Video Music Awards Japan
- Otaka Prize - an annual composition prize for Japanese composers
- Praemium Imperiale
- Seoul Music Awards
- Soribada Best K-Music Awards
- Suntory Music Award
Europe
- Akil Koci Prize
- BBC Music Awards
- Bourges International Electro-Acoustic Music Competition
- BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award
- British Composer Awards
- Brit Awards
- Comet
- Danish Music Awards
- Echo
- European Border Breakers Award
- Fryderyk
- Fonogram Awards
- Gold Badge Awards - for outstanding contributions to the music and the entertainment industry of the United Kingdom
- Golden Globes
- Grand Prix du Disque
- Handel Prize
- Ivor Novello Awards
- LOS40 Music Awards
- Mercury Prize
- MOBO Awards
- MTV Europe Music Awards
- NRJ Music Award
- NME Awards
- PLAY - Portuguese Music Awards
- Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik - for achievement in recorded music
- Premio Lunezia
- Premios Juventud
- Prix de Rome
- Sanremo Music Festival
- Silver Clef Award
- The Lukas
Oceania
- ARIA Music Awards
- APRA Awards
- Country Music Awards of Australia
- MTV Australia Awards
