MusicRadio China Top Chart Awards
MusicRadio China Top Chart Awards (Chinese:MusicRadio中国TOP排行榜颁奖典礼)，is an annual Chinese Pop Music awards ceremony, created by CHINA NATIONAL RADIO in 2003. The awards are awarded on the basis of votes by a poll of the public and fans, who can usually vote through websites or via SMS.
History and overview
The first two ceremonies used to be called Music IN China Pop Chart Awards (Chinese:Music IN中国歌曲排行榜颁奖晚会).[1] From 2005, it is officially called as MusicRadio China Top Chart Awards.
Conception
The Awards was created by China national radio in 2003 while Sprite sponsored China's Original Music Charts and Pepsi sponsored Top Chinese Music Awards made tremendous success. Like other Chinese well known Chinese music awards at that time, for instance, China Music Awards, Chinese Music Radio Awards, Top Chinese Music Awards, tend to equalize mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan singers'accoludes by setting up reginal awards, especially for awards ceremony with governmental background, when mainland started connectting both Hong Kong, Taiwan and the rest of the world after 1999's transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong.
The categories followed China's Original Music Charts that first started setting up reginal awards for HongKong and Taiwan artists. After that, multiple similar Chinese Pop music awards ceremonies sprung up.
Although the same titled radio program gained popularities in mainland China during 1990s and 2000s. Most mainstream pop singers still take it important to receive accoludes.
Awards events
| Year | Date | Venue | Host city | Main sponsor | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | September 28 | Chengyankui Stadium | Quanzhou | ||
| 2004 | June 9 | Mount Tai Stadium | Tai'an | ||
| 2005 | April 4 | Beijing National Stadium | Beijing | ||
| 2006 | April 24 | Shanghai Gymnasium | Shanghai | ||
| 2007 | June 29 | ||||
| 2008 | April 12 | Workers' Stadium | Beijing | Mengniu Dairy | |
| 2009 | April 26 | ||||
| 2010 | April 24 | ||||
| 2011 | April 24 | Mengniu Dairy | |||
| 2012 | April 23 | Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium | Jinan | ||
| 2013 | April 25 | Master Card Center | Beijing | ||
| 2014 | April 26 | ||||
| 2015 | August 23 | China Movie Park |
Categories
Pre-awarded
Golden Melodies of the Year
Mainland/Hongkong&Taiwan
- Best Male Artist
- Best Female Artist
- Best Album
- Best Band
- Best Group
- Best New Artist
- Best New Artist Performance
- New Artist to Focus
- Best New Singer-songwriter
- Best Stage Performance
- All-round Artist
Music Creation
- Best Singer-songwriter
- Producer of the year
- Best Lyricist
- Best Composer
- Best Song Arranger
Music Radio Special Awards
- Champion Song(s) of Radio on Demand
- MusicRadio DJ's Recommendations for Albums
- MusicRadio DJ's Recommendations of the Year(Mainland)
- MusicRadio DJ's Recommendations of the Year(HK&TW)
- MusicRadio DJ's Favorite Artist
Public voting categories
- Favorite Male Artist
- Favorite Female Artist
- Favorite Group
- Favorite Band
- Favorite New Artist
- Favorite Album
- Campus Awards
Special Awards /Former Awards
2003
- HIPHOP Aritsit of the year
- R&B Artist of the year
- Best Male Artist(HK)
- Best Female Artist(HK)
- Favorite Male Artist(HK)
- Favorite Female Artist(HK)
- Best Male Artist(TW)
- Best Female Artist(TW)
- Favorite Male Artist(TW)
- Favorite Female Artist(TW)
2005
- Group to Focus
- All-round Stage Performance Act
- Best-selling album
2006
- TOP Golden Melody
- Most Popular Download Songs
- Best Album Sales for a Male Artist
- Best Album Sales for a Female Artist
2007
- TOP All-round Artist
- Best Album Sales for a Male Artist
- Best Album Sales for a Female Artist
2008
- Singer-songwriter of the Year
- Best Album Sales for a Male Artist
- Best Album Sales for a Female Artist
2009
- Best Selling Artist
- Media Recommendations
2010
- Media Recommendations:Male Artist
- Media Recommendations:Female Artist
- Special Contribution Song
2011
- Media Recommendations:Male Artist(Mainland)
- Media Recommendations:Female Artist(Mainland)
- Media Recommendations:Male Artist(HK&TW)
- Media Recommendations:Female Artist(HK&TW)
2012
- Crossover Artist of the Year(Mainland)
- Crossover Artist of the Year(HK&TW)
- Outstanding Artist(Mainland)
- Outstanding Artist(HK&TW)
- Recommendation of the Year(Mainland)
- Recommendation of the Year(HK&TW)
- Media Recommendations:Male Artist(Mainland)
- Media Recommendations:Female Artist(Mainland)
- Media Recommendations:Male Artist(HK&TW)
- Media Recommendations:Female Artist(HK&TW)
- Media Recommendations:Album(Mainland)
- Media Recommendations:Album(HK&TW)
2013
- Media Recommendations:Male Artist(Mainland)
- Media Recommendations:Female Artist(Mainland)
- Media Recommendations:Male Artist(HK&TW)
- Media Recommendations:Female Artist(HK&TW)
- Media Recommendations:Album(Mainland)
- Media Recommendations:Album(HK&TW)
- Best Cover Song
- MusicRadio Break Through Awards in 10 Years
2014
- Best Original Sound Track
- Crossover Artist of the Year
- Outstanding Artist
- Band to Focus
2015
- Media Recommendations:Male Artist(Mainland)
- Media Recommendations:Female Artist(Mainland)
- Media Recommendations:Male Artist(HK&TW)
- Media Recommendations:Female Artist(HK&TW)
- Media Recommendations:Album(Mainland)
- Media Recommendations:Album(HK&TW)
- Singer-songwriter to Focus
- Best Original Sound Track
- Crossover Artist of the Year
- Best Singel
- Style of the Year