Cheryl Cole, Plan B, Professor Green, Alexandra Burke and Dizzee Rascal receive multiple nominations at this years BT Digital Music Awards 2010 which will be screened exclusively on ITV2.
Fans can now vote for their favourite artists and music sites at www.btdma.com
This year’s nominees are a showcase of internationally acclaimed UK artists and with 21 categories on the cards, competition is fiercer than ever, with the likes of Cheryl Cole and Alexandra Burke not only fighting it out for Best Female Artist, they are also up against each other for Best Song.
Plan B, Chipmunk and Taio Cruz have all been nominated in both the Best Song and Best Male Artist category, where Robbie Williams and Dizzee Rascal have also been put forward. New celeb couple Rochelle Wiseman (The Saturdays) and Marvin Humes (JLS) will battle against each other to win Best Group, whilst a host of new talent including Example and Professor Green will strive to be named Best Newcomer.
In the categories decided by the official judges, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s Gorillaz pick up multiple nominations, alongside Australian rock/drum n bass band Pendulum and BT DMA regulars, Muse. Meanwhile the BBC wins nominations for its Glastonbury 2010 coverage and its 2009 Ukulele Prom, as well as nods for its podcasts and shows by 6Music DJs Adam & Joe, and Radio 2’s Jamie Cullum. Among the newcomers heralded by the judges, Marina & The Diamonds will fight it out against The XX, Professor Green, deadmau5, Tinie Tempah and The Temper Trap.
This year sees the introduction of some new categories for 2010 including Best Place to Hear, Discover and Buy Music, Best Event and Best Music App to reflect the increased audience engagement and rapid developments in technology that the music industry has seen in recent years enabling music fans to access their favourite music when and where they want.
Also from today, anyone wishing to enter a music site in the People’s Choice Awards can go to www.btdma.com to download an interactive ‘voting button’ which enables website visitors to vote directly for the site by simply clicking on the button.
The awards will be held at Camden’s Roundhouse on Thursday 30 September, and fans will be able to catch all the action when the awards are broadcast on ITV2 on Saturday 2 October – if you’re not in don’t forget to set BT Vision to record.
As part of its partnership with the music industry, BT is restricting participation in the awards to sites and services that have licensed music from official sources, ensuring that artists are properly rewarded for their work.
Full list of nominations in this year’s BT Digital Music Awards The following categories have been shortlisted on the basis of download data from the Official Charts Company and are opened up to the public vote from today at www.btdma.com
Best Female Artist in association with SugarScape.com
Alexandra Burke
Cheryl Cole
Ellie Goulding
Florence & The Machine
Leona Lewis
Pixie Lott
Best Male Artist in association with The Sun
Chipmunk
Dizzee Rascal
Plan B
Robbie Williams
Taio Cruz
Tinie Tempah
Best Group in association with The Daily Star
JLS
Mumford & Sons
Muse
N-Dubz
Saturdays
Sugababes
Best Song in association with The London Entertainment Lowdown
Bad Boys – Alexandra Burke ft Flo Rida
Break Your Heart – Taio Cruz
Fight For This Love – Cheryl Cole
Pass Out – Tinie Tempah
She Said – Plan B
You’ve Got The Love – Florence & The Machine
Best International Artist or Group in association with TOTP magazine
Alicia Keys
Black Eyed Peas
Glee Cast
Jay-Z
Lady Gaga
Rihanna
Best Independent Artist or Group in association with Clash magazine
Dizzee Rascal
Example
Lost Prophets
Prodigy
The Temper Trap
Vampire Weekend
Best Newcomer in association with Last FM
Aggro Santos
Example
Joe McElderry
Mumford & Sons
Professor Green
Tinie Tempah
Best Video in association with BT Vision
Bad Boys – Alexandra Burke ft Flo Rida
Everybody in Love – JLS
Fight For This Love – Cheryl Cole
Good Times – Roll Deep
Pass Out – Tinie Tempah
Say It’s Over – N’Dubz
Best Place to Discover Music
BBC Introducing www.bbc.co.uk/music/introducing
Drowned in Sound www.drownedinsound.com
Guardian Music www.guardian.co.uk/music
iTunes www.itunes.co.uk
NME.com www.nme.com
Resident Advisor www.residentadvisor.net
Best Place to Hear Music
BBC 6Music www.bbc.co.uk/6music
Last.fm www.last.fm
MySpace www.myspace.com/music
SoundCloud www.soundcloud.com
Spotify www.spotify.com
Youtube www.youtube.com
Best Place to Buy Music
Amazon www.amazon.co.uk
Boomkat www.boomkat.com
eMusic www.emusic.com
iTunes www.itunes.co.uk
Play.com www.play.com
Spotify www.spotify.com
The following categories will be decided by an expert-judging panel:
Best Event
D&BTV presents Pendulum ‘Immersion’ live album preview
Glastonbury 2010
Nokia presents Rihanna Live
Sonisphere
Sonisphere ‘The Big Four 2010’ cinecast
The Ukulele Prom
Best Music App
Gorillaz Plastic Beach app
Gorillaz ‘Escape to Plastic Beach’ games
Pendulum Witchcraft Experiment Facebook app
deadmau5 Touchmix II app
MySpace Music Fan Video app
Little Boots RjDj iPhone app
Breakthrough Artist of the Year
deadmau5
Marina & The Diamonds
Professor Green
The Temper Trap
The XX
Tinie Tempah
Artist of the Year
30 Seconds to Mars
Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
Gorillaz
Kylie
Muse
Pendulum
Best Innovation or Gadget
BandCentral
BuzzDeck
Pledge Music
Songkick
SoundCloud
SoundOut
Best Artist Promotion
Christina Aguilera ‘Bionic’ album collaborator map
Giggs Freestyle competition
Gorillaz ‘Escape to Plastic Beach’ games
Gorillaz ‘Escape to Plastic Beach’ iTunes album
M.I.A ‘Born Free’ video
Muse ‘United States of Eurasia’ USB Treasure Hunt
Best Radio Show or Podcast
Adam & Joe podcasts
Adam Buxton’s Big Mixtape show and podcast
Jamie Cullum’s BBC Radio 2 podcast
Jim Gellatly’s New Music podcast
Melodica show
SFG TV podcast
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