Echo award 2011

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The presenter and singer Ina Müller led through the gala for the first time. She was also nominated for the Echo as best national artist.

The 20th echo award of the German Phono Academy took place on March 24, 2011 in the Berlin Palais am Funkturm . The gala was moderated by Ina Müller and guest presenter Joko Winterscheidt and broadcast on the television station Das Erste . There were 25 categories at the Echo 2011. The “Radio Echo” category was new, for which online voting took place between February 14th and March 4th 2011. The category “Best National Act Abroad”, which had last existed in 2000, has been reinstated. The industry prizes for the media partner, the retail partner, the producer team, the social commitment and the music DVD production were already presented during a charity dinner organized by the Musik Hilft Foundation on March 23, 2011.

Live acts

Lena presented Taken by a Stranger , the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 . In addition, she was nominated for the Echo in five categories, from which she received the awards of Most Successful Newcomer National and Most Successful Artist National .
The Hawaiian singer Bruno Mars presented his single Grenade . He was also nominated for the Echo as the most successful international newcomer
British singer Adele sang her number 1 hit Rolling in the Deep . She was also nominated for the Echo as the most successful international artist

The show acts included:

Award winners and nominees

Rock / pop

David Garrett won in the categories Artist National Rock / Pop and Most Successful Music DVD Production .

Artist National Rock / Pop

David Garrett - Rock Symphonies

Laudation: Anna Loos

Artist International Rock / Pop

Phil Collins - Going Back

National rock / pop artist

Lena - My Cassette Player

Laudation: Gary Barlow

International rock / pop artist

After the newcomer echo in 2009, the Scottish singer Amy Macdonald won the ECHO in the category of artist international rock / pop for her successful album A Curious Thing

Amy Macdonald - A Curious Thing

Laudation: Morten Harket

National rock / pop group

Ich + Ich won in the categories Group National Rock / Pop and Most Successful Live Act . Annette Humpe was awarded the ECHO for her life's work.

I + I - have a good trip

Laudation: Sibel Kekilli

International rock / pop group

Take That - Progress

Laudation: Judith Rakers

Rock / alternative

With 8 nominations, the Unheilig group was the favorite at this year's Echo Awards. After all, they were successful in the three categories of rock / alternative group (national) , album of the year and producer team of the year . In addition, they appeared as a live act with the theme song of their successful album Große Freiheit .

Group rock / alternative (national)

Unholy - Great Freedom

Laudation: Wladimir Klitschko

Group rock / alternative (international)

Linkin Park won in the group rock / alternative (international) category

Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns

Schlager / folk music

Artist / group of German-speaking hits

Andrea Berg won the sixth ECHO of her career

Andrea Berg - Weightless

Laudation: Inka Bause

Artist / group Folk music

The amigos - do you know what you are to me?

Laudation: Ina Müller

Hip Hop / Urban

Artist / group Hip Hop / Urban (national or international)

The American rapper Eminem won the ECHO in the Hip Hop / Urban category

Eminem - recovery

Hit of the year and album of the year

Hit of the year (national or international)

Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole - Over the Rainbow (posthumous)

The award was accepted by video message from Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's widow Marlene Kamakawiwo'ole

Laudation: Joko Winterscheidt

Album of the year (national or international)

Unholy - Great Freedom

Laudation: Peter Maffay

Young Talent Award of the German Phono Academy

Newcomer of the year (national)

Lena - My Cassette Player

Laudation: Kai Pflaume

Newcomer of the year (international)

The English duo Hurts was named the best international newcomer

Hurts - happiness

Laudation: Til Schweiger and Michael Michalsky

Most successful live act (national)

I + me

Laudation: René Marik

Best video (national)

The viewers voted I hurt you by Rammstein as the best video of the year

In an online vote on the MyVideo video portal from February 14th to 25th, 2011, five of the 25 videos were selected for the final round from a shortlist. From the following five nominated videos, the winning video was chosen during a second online vote from February 26th to March 14th 2011, which was announced on March 24th 2011:

Rammstein - I hurt you (Director:Jonas Åkerlund)

The following 20 videos were eliminated in the preliminary round:

Laudation: Gianna Nannini

Most successful music DVD production (national)

David Garrett - Rock Symphonies - Open Air Live

Critic award

Pantha du Prince won the Critics' ECHO

Pantha du Prince - Black Noise

Laudation: Till Brönner

Producer / Team of the Year

Unheilig team ( Henning Verlage , Der Graf , Kiko Masbaum ) for Great Freedom

Radio ECHO

Silbermond were awarded the Radio ECHO for the song Warriors of Light and for their social commitment.
Determined by online voting

Silbermond - warrior of light

Laudation: Herbert Grönemeyer

Best National Act Abroad

The Baseballs were the most successful German band abroad in 2010

The Baseballs

Lifetime achievement award

Annette Humpe

Laudation: Max Raabe

Media partner of the year

Our star for Oslo ( Brainpool , Stefan Raab , ARD and ProSieben )

Trading partner of the year

iTunes Store

Honorary ECHO for social commitment

Silbermond for supporting various social projects

Honorary ECHO for services to the German music industry

Gerd Gebhardt (as co-founder of the ECHO award)

Laudation: Ina Müller

ECHO Hall of Fame

Peter Alexander

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c BZ Berlin: Lena comes to the Echo Awards , accessed February 3, 2011
  2. ↑ Focus: Echo Award Ceremony: Bruno Mars and Lena perform live , accessed on February 3, 2011
  3. ↑ Musikmarkt.de: New category: ARD radio listeners choose the winners of the "Radio Echo" ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 11, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musikmarkt.de
  4. ↑ Berliner Morgenpost: Echo 2011: Lena and Bruno Mars appear in Berlin at the Echo
  5. ↑ Echo.de: First ECHOs for David Garrett, Silbermond and Unser Star for Oslo ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.echopop.de
  6. ↑ a b Other top acts on the ECHO stage: Herbert Grönemeyer and shooting star Adele ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musikindustrie.de
  7. ↑ Musikmarkt.de: Echo "Best Video" voting goes to the final. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 1, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musikmarkt.de