BBC Music Awards

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BBC Music Awards
2016 BBC Music Awards
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BBC Music Awards 2014
Awarded for Best in popular music from the last 12 months
Country United Kingdom
Presented by BBC Music
Host Chris Evans
Fearne Cotton
Official website BBC Music Awards
Television/Radio coverage
Network
Runtime 120 minutes
Producer Guy Freeman (executive), Cerrie Frost, Helen Riddell, Daniel Brookes

The BBC Music Awards are the BBC's annual pop music awards, held every December, as a celebration of the musical achievements over the past twelve months. The event is coordinated by the BBC's music division, BBC Music.

History

2014

The inaugural BBC Music Awards was held on 11 December 2014, broadcast live simultaneously across BBC One, BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2. It was held at London's Earl's Court and presented by BBC Radio's Chris Evans and Fearne Cotton.[1]

Artists who performed during the first awards ceremony included One Direction, will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas and The Voice UK, George Ezra, Take That, Labrinth, Ella Henderson and Catfish and the Bottlemen.[2][3] Among the winners were Ed Sheeran for British Artist of the Year, and Pharrell Williams, who picked up the awards for Best International Artist of the Year, and Single of the Year for "Happy".[4]

An average audience of 3.9 million watched the ceremony live on BBC One, with a peak audience of 4.7 million at 21:00 GMT.[5]

2015

The second BBC Music Awards took place on 10 December 2015. In 2015, the award for Best Live Performance was introduced, given to an artist who delivered a "stand out live moment" on the BBC.[6]

It was held in Birmingham at the Genting Arena.[7]

List of ceremonies

Year Date Venue Host city Broadcast British Artist of the Year Host(s)
2014 11 December Earls Court Exhibition Centre London BBC One
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 2		 Ed Sheeran Chris Evans
Fearne Cotton
2015 10 December Genting Arena Birmingham Adele

Performances

Year Performers (chronologically)
2014 Coldplay, Labrinth, Ella Henderson, Clean Bandit, Love Ssega, Jess Glynne, George Ezra, Gregory Porter, One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Calvin Harris, John Newman, Ellie Goulding, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Paloma Faith, Sigma, Take That, will.i.am, Cody Wise, Tom Jones and the BBC Concert Orchestra
2015 One Direction, Ellie Goulding, Stereophonics, Hozier, Little Mix, Omi, Jess Glynne, James Bay, Jack Garratt, The Shires, Paul Heaton, Jacqui Abbott, Years and Years, Faithless and Rod Stewart
2016 Adele

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