Music Awards Ceremony (MAC) 2023, presented by Sky Music, was held on 25 and 26 January 2023 to recognize the best in the music of former Yugoslav countries.
The ceremony took place at
Štark Arena
The Štark Arena ( sr-cyrl, Штарк арена), also known as Belgrade Arena ( sr-cyrl, Београдска арена), is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Belgrade, Serbia. It is designed as a universal hall for sports, cultural ev ...
in
Belgrade
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. Following a two-year break due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, the third MAC was announced on 27 November 2022.
The event for the first time included two nights, one focusing on
pop
Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
,
rock
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* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
* Rock music, a genre of popular music
Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...
,
folk
Folk or Folks may refer to:
Sociology
*Nation
*People
* Folklore
** Folk art
** Folk dance
** Folk hero
** Folk music
*** Folk metal
*** Folk punk
*** Folk rock
** Folk religion
* Folk taxonomy
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Folk Plus or Fol ...
,
world
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,
rap
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, and
hip hop music, and the other for contemporary genres, like
trap
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Trap or TRAP may also refer to:
Art and entertainment Films and television
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,
drill
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,
urban pop
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music.
The genre features a distinctive record production style, drum machine-backed rhythms, ...
and
pop-folk music. On January 20, Serbian actress
Jelena Gavrilović and Croatian musician
Tonči Huljić were announced as hosts for the first evening, and Serbian rappers
Voyage and
Mimi Mercedez
Milena Janković ( sr-cyr, Милена Јанковић, born on 23 November 1992), better known as Mimi Mercedez ( sr-cyr, Мими Мерцедез) is a Serbian rapper, singer and songwriter. She is recognized as one of the first and most pro ...
as hosts for the second one.
Performances
Categories and nominees
Winners are listed first and are highlighted bold.
Public vote-based categories
The nominees for the public categories were announced from 20 December 2022. The award system for the categories below were based on the public vote through the official MAC website and
YouTube
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channel. The second and final round of voting began on 23 January.
Other awards
References
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2023 music awards
Music festivals in Serbia