Radio Disney Music Awards


The Radio Disney Music Awards is an annual awards show operated and governed by Radio Disney, an American radio network. Beginning in 2001, it was broadcast only on Radio Disney, but later began being televised on Disney Channel from 2014 onwards.

History

The Radio Disney Music Awards honor the year's achievements in music, mainly in the teen pop genre, and are awarded based on popular vote from the network's listeners via online voting. The trophy awarded to a winner is known as the "Golden Mickey", a gold-colored statuette with a silhouette figure of Mickey Mouse donning headphones nicknamed the "Ardy", representing Radio Disney's initials. Before 2014, the ceremony was not televised beyond commercial interstitial segments for Disney Channel to promote their sister radio network. As of the seventh annual ceremony on April 26, 2014, the ceremony began to be televised in full a day after a tape delay, as the network attempts to compete with Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards in airing awards programming. Starting in 2016, Canada was able to vote for the first time as Disney programming, formerly under the control of Family Channel, is now carried by Disney-branded Corus Entertainment networks in both English and French.
On June 16, 2019, the 2019 Radio Disney Music Awards were renamed ARDYs: A Radio Disney Music Celebration and aired live for the first time instead of on a tape-delay.
On June 25, 2020, it was announced that the 2020 Radio Disney Music Awards will be renamed Radio Disney Presents ARDYs Summer Playlist and premiere on July 10, 2020 with Laura Marano as the host.

Awards events

Award categories

Current

Hero Award

Hero Award is an honor for contribution for the charitable work.
Icon Award is an honor for the music contribution and influence with the teenagers by long-time career artists.
Heroes for Change Award is an honor for young non-artists who make a difference in the world with charitable work.
Below are the current rankings for the most wins and most nominated artist among female and male:

Most wins

Most nominations

This is a list of multiple nominated performers and actors with 10 or more career nominations. Hilary Duff is currently the most nominated performer with 35 nominations.
35 nominations
22 nominations
21 nominations
19 nominations
17 nominations
16 nominations
15 nominations
14 nominations
11 nominations
10 nominations