Amadeus Awards 2015
The 15th presentation of the Amadeus Austrian Music Award took place on March 29, 2015 in the Volkstheater in Vienna .
Nomination and election
Musicians and bands or their publications that came onto the market between January 1 and December 31, 2014 or had at least one live performance could be nominated. The prerequisite was that the artists had their center of life in Austria or were Austrian citizens. On January 29, 2015, the Association of the Austrian Music Industry ( IFPI ) announced the nominations.
Awards were given in 16 categories. Compared to last year, the categories artist of the year, artist of the year and songwriter of the year were added. Alternative pop / rock were merged again. Urban came to hip-hop. The categories Music Partner of the Year, Folk Music and Schlager have been dropped.
event
The award ceremony was moderated by Manuel Rubey , and interviews were conducted by Arabella Kiesbauer . The artists who created the musical framework program on March 29th included Conchita Wurst , Herbert Grönemeyer , Wanda , Tagträumer , Poxrucker Sisters , Julian le Play , The Makemakes and Thorsteinn Einarsson .
Award winners and nominees
Band of the year
Other nominees:
Artist of the year
Other nominees:
Artist of the year
Other nominees:
Album of the year
- Melodrome by Julian le Play
Other nominees:
- Amore from Wanda
- Really seerisch from Seer
- Home Sweet Home (International Special Edition) by Andreas Gabalier
- In the middle of life - the tribute album by Udo Jürgens
Song of the year
- Rise Like a Phoenix by Conchita Wurst
Other nominees:
- Amoi seg 'ma us again from Andreas Gabalier
- Bologna by Wanda
- Sense of daydreamer
- Spliff from picture book
Live act of the year
Other nominees:
Video of the year
- Heroes by Conchita Wurst
Nominees:
- 10 AM by Left Boy
- Network (Falls Like Rain) by Klangkarussell
- The Sun by Parov Stelar
- Zwischen Zeit & Raum by Nazar feat. Falco
Songwriter of the year
- Thorsteinn Einarsson , Lukas Hillebrand , Noa Ben-Gur and Alex Pohn for the song Leya by Thorsteinn Einarsson
Other nominees:
- Christian Zierhofer and Dagmar Obernosterer for the song You were the coolest mistake of my life with the Nockalm Quintet
- Lemo for your own song Maybe the summer
- Stefanie, Christina and Magdalena Poxrucker and Roman Steinkogler for the song Glick by the Poxrucker Sisters
- Thomas Schneider and Kevin Lehr for the song Sinn by Tagträumer
Alternative pop / rock
Other nominees:
Electronic / dance
Other nominees:
Hard & Heavy
Other nominees:
HipHop / Urban
Other nominees:
Jazz / World / Blues
Other nominees:
FM4 Award
In a first round, five finalists were selected from 20 candidates by February 19. Subsequently, in a new vote by March 3rd, the winner was chosen from the five remaining on the FM4 website .
Other finalists
Other nominees
- Ash My Love
- Cid Rim
- Dorian Concept
- Dust Covered Carpet
- Fid Mella and Brenk Sinatra
- Yes, panic
- Johann Sebastian Bass
- Julian and the Fux
- Luise Pop
- Mile Me Deaf
- Monsterheart
- Nazar
- Olympique
- Salute
- Sex jams
Special awards
Life's work
Best engineered album
- Krystian Koenig and Nikodem Milewski (recording) as well as Mischa Janisch (mastering) for the album Netzwerk von Klangkarussell
Other nominees:
- Ekkehard Breuss for the album Sweet Dreams by Aja & Toni Eberle
- Little concert for the album Beyond a Miracle by Mia Luz
- Kurt Strohmeier for the album Between the Walls by Dorothea Jaburek and the Berndt Luef Trio
- Lukas Hillebrand for the album Melodrom by Julian le Play
Web links
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- ↑ Amadeus Austrian Music Awards , ORF, January 29, 2015