The Italian Music Awards were an accolade established in 2001 by the

Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy. It was established in 1992, when major corporate labels left the previously exist ...

to recognize the achievements in the Italian

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both by domestic and international artists. The awards were given by an academy composed of 400 people, including music publishers, journalists,

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and consumers. The first Italian Music Awards ceremony was held on 5 February 2001, to honor musical accomplishments for the period between 1 December 1999 and 30 November 2000, while the fourth and last awards ceremony was held on 15 December 2003. The fifth edition of the awards was initially scheduled to be held in the end of 2004, but after being postponed in February 2004 and then in the Spring of 2004, it was canceled due to the lack of a broadcast agreement with the Italian

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s. The gap left by the Italian Music Awards was later filled by the

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, established in 2007.

Winners and nominations

First edition

In the first edition of the Italian Music Awards, the biggest winner was the pop

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Lùnapop Lùnapop was an Italian pop rock music group active between 1999 and 2001. Lùnapop released its lone full length Italian language album, ''...Squérez?'', in 1999. The album quickly became a commercial success, with the single "50 special", hitt ...

, who received 4 awards, followed by

Carmen Consoli Carmen Consoli (; born 4 September 1974 in Catania) is an Italian singer-songwriter. She has released 11 studio albums, one greatest hits, one soundtrack album, two live albums, four video album and 33 singles, selling 2 million copies in It ...

with two awards. ;Best Italian Male Artist * Adriano Celentano **

Biagio Antonacci Biagio Antonacci (; born 9 November 1963) is an Italian singer-songwriter from Milan. Biography Early life Biagio Antonacci was born in Milan and was raised in one of its suburbs (Rozzano). Despite learning how to play the drums at a young a ...

Franco Battiato Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esotericism, esoteric, philosophy, philosophica ...

Alex Britti Alessandro "Alex" Britti (born 23 August 1968) is an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist. Biography When he was 17, he started his first band, playing blues at clubs in Rome, and eventually moved to Milan. In 1989 he established the Alex Br ...

Luciano Ligabue Luciano Riccardo Ligabue (born 13 March 1960), commonly known as Ligabue or Liga, is an Italian singer-songwriter, film director and writer. Biography Ligabue was born in Correggio, in the province of Reggio Emilia (Emilia-Romagna in northern ...

** Eros Ramazzotti ;Best Italian Female Artist *

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Irene Grandi Irene Grandi (born 6 December 1969) is an Italian singer and songwriter. During her career she has sung in Spanish and has performed duets in German, French, Indian and in African languages, selling around 5 million records and earning 9 top-ten ...

** Mina ** Laura Pausini ;Italian Italian Revelation of the Year *

** Carlotta **

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** Subsonica **

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;Best Italian Dance Artist * Eiffel 65 ** Alexia **

Gigi D'Agostino Luigino Celestino di Agostino (; born 17 December 1967), known professionally as Gigi D'Agostino (), is an Italian DJ, remixer, singer and record producer. In 1986, he started his career as a DJ spinning Italo disco. His biggest chart successes ...

** Prezioso ** Spiller ;Best Italian Group * Lùnapop ** Avion Travel **

Bluvertigo Bluvertigo were an Italian alternative rock band from the Milan metropolitan area. Originally formed in 1992 with the name "Golden Age", the band switched to the name Bluvertigo shortly before recording their first album. The founding members are ...

** Paola e Chiara ** Subsonica ;Best Italian Tour *

Claudio Baglioni Claudio Baglioni (; born 16 May 1951) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. His career has been going on for over 50 years. Some songs from the 70s are part of Italian culture such as ''E tu come stai?''. In the 80s he released the ...

** Carmen Consoli **

Jovanotti Lorenzo Cherubini (; born 27 September 1966), better known as Jovanotti (), is an Italian singer-songwriter, rapper and disc jockey. The name Jovanotti derives from ''giovanotti'', the plural form of the Italian word ''giovanotto'' ("young man") ...

** Lùnapop ;Best Italian Single * "Qualcosa di grande" — Lùnapop ** "Parole di burro" — Carmen Consoli ** "Un giorno migliore" — Lùnapop ** "Vamos a bailar (Esta vida nueva)" — Paola e Chiara ** "Io sono Francesco" di Tricarico ;Best Italian Videoclip * "Parole di burro" — Carmen Consoli ** "Una su 1.000.000" — Alex Britti ** "File Not Found" — Jovanotti ** "Qualcosa di grande" — Lùnapop ** "Fuoco nel fuoco" — Eros Ramazzotti ;Best Italian Album * ''...Squérez?'' — Lùnapop ** ''Canzoni a manovella'' —

Vinicio Capossela Vinicio Capossela (born 14 December 1965) is an Italian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. Capossela is renowned for the highly original and poetic lyrics of his songs. Many of them draw from traditions of Italian folk music, especially those ...

** ''

Esco di rado e parlo ancora meno ( en, I seldom go out and I speak even less) is the 40th studio album by famous Italian singer and actor Adriano Celentano, issued November 10, 2000, by label MSI Music Distribution. Track listing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts ...

'' — Adriano Celentano ** ''Stato di necessità'' — Carmen Consoli ** '' Stilelibero'' — Eros Ramazzotti ** ''Microchip emozionale'' — Subsonica ;Best International Female Artist * Anastacia **

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** Jennifer Lopez ** Madonna **

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;Best International Group * U2 **

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Morcheeba Morcheeba is an English electronic band formed in the mid-1990s with founding members vocalist Skye Edwards and the brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey. They mix influences from trip hop, rock, folk rock and downtempo, and have produced ten regula ...

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;Best International Male Artist * Carlos Santana **

Craig David Craig Ashley David (born 5 May 1981) is a British singer and songwriter who rose to fame in 1999, featuring on the single " Re-Rewind" by Artful Dodger. David's debut studio album, ''Born to Do It'', was released in 2000, after which he has re ...

** Eminem ** Lenny Kravitz ** Moby

Second edition

During the second edition of the Italian Music Awards, the number of categories was strongly increased. The biggest winners were

Vasco Rossi Vasco Rossi (born 7 February 1952), also known mononymously as Vasco or with the nickname Il Blasco, is an Italian singer-songwriter and poet. During his career, he has published 30 albums (not including unofficial releases) and has written over ...

and

, receiving three awards each. ;Best Italian Album * '' Stupido hotel'' —

** ''Canzoni a manovella'' —

** ''

'' — Adriano Celentano ** ''Iperbole'' —

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** ''La descrizione di un attimo'' —

Tiromancino Tiromancino is an Italian pop group founded in 1989 by Federico Zampaglione. They have released 13 albums. Their music is a blend of folk and electronica. Discography *1992 - ''Tiromancyno'' *1994 - ''Insisto'' *1995 - ''Alone Alieno'' *1997 ...

;Best Italian Single * "

Luce (Tramonti a nord est) "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)" (translating to "Light (Sunsets in the North-East)") is Italian singer-songwriter Elisa's most famous song, both in her home Italy and internationally, in its English version "Come Speak to Me". It also has a Spanis ...

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** "Infinito" — Raf ** "Tre parole" — Valeria Rossi ** "Due destini" — Tiromancino ** "Io sono Francesco" — Tricarico ;Best Italian Female Artist * Elisa ** Giorgia **

Fiorella Mannoia Fiorella Mannoia (; born 4 April 1954) is an Italian singer and songwriter. Biography The Beginning Fiorella Mannoia's father Luigi was an Italian film stuntman, and Fiorella, her brother Maurizio and sister Patrizia began work in this area a ...

** Mina ** Valeria Rossi ;Best Italian Male Artist * Vasco Rossi ** Adriano Celentano ** Raf ** Eros Ramazzotti **

Zucchero Adelmo Fornaciari (; born 25 September 1955), more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero (), is an Italian singer, musician and songwriter. His stage name is the Italian word for "sugar", as his elementary teach ...

;Best Italian Group * Tiromancino **

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** Otto Ohm **

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** Velvet ;Best Italian Revelation of the Year * Valeria Rossi **

Tiziano Ferro Tiziano Ferro (; born 21 February 1980) is an Italian singer, songwriter, producer and author. He broke through in 2001 with his international hit single " Perdono" and has remained commercially successful since then, in several countries. Ferro ...

** Neffa ** Tiromancino ** Velvet ;Best Italian Videoclip * " L'ultimo bacio" — Carmen Consoli ** "

" — Elisa ** "Infinito" — Raf ** "Siamo soli" — Vasco Rossi ** "

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" — Zucchero ;Best Italian Tour * Vasco Rossi ** Vinicio Capossela ** Carmen Consoli ** Pino Daniele ** Eros Ramazzotti ;Best Italian Dance Artist *

** Alexia **

** Planet Funk ** Spiller ;Best Italian Arrangement * "La mia signorina" — Neffa ;Best Italian Lyrics * "Il cuoco di Salò" —

Francesco De Gregori Francesco De Gregori OMRI (born 4 April 1951) is an Italian singer-songwriter. In Italy, he is popularly known as "Il Principe dei cantautori" ("The Prince of the singer-songwriters"), a nickname referring to the elegance of his lyrics. He is of ...

;Best Italian Composition * "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)" — Elisa ;Best Italian Producer * Manuel Agnelli (ex-aequo) * Enzo Miceli (ex-aequo) ;Best Italian Graphical Project * ''Imaginaria'' —

Almamegretta Almamegretta are a SKA /rap/dub/world/reggae group from Naples, Italy. Their lyrics are in Napoletano. Their music became quite successful within the European Trip hop scene, leading to collaborations with Massive Attack and Adrian Sherwood, who ...

(ex-aequo) * ''Iperbole'' — Raf (ex-aequo) ;Best Italian Dance Producer * Gigi D'Agostino ;Best Italian Soundtrack * ''Le fate ignoranti'' ;Best International Album * ''

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'' — U2 ** '' Born to Do It'' —

** ''

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'' — Madonna ** '' Reveal'' —

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;Best International Single * "

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** " Crying at the Discoteque" — Alcazar ** " Clint Eastwood" — Gorillaz ** " Don't Tell Me" — Madonna ** " Me Gustas Tú" —

Manu Chao Manu Chao (; born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on 21 June 1961) is a French-Spanish singer. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, and occasionally in other languages. Chao began his mu ...

;Best International Female Artist * Anastacia ** Björk ** Dido **

** Madonna ;Best International Male Artist * Lenny Kravitz ** Craig David ** Manu Chao ** Moby **

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;Best International Group * U2 ** Coldplay ** Gorillaz **

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** R.E.M.

Third edition

The third Italian Music Awards ceremony was held on 2 December 2002, host by

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. The biggest winner of the year was

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, who received four awards. ;Best Italian Album * ''Fuori come va?'' —

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** '' Amorematico'' — Subsonica ** ''Shake'' —

;Best Italian Single * "Salirò" — Daniele Silvestri ** "Rosso relativo" — Tiziano Ferro ** "Vivi davvero" — Giorgia ** "Eri bellissima" — Luciano Ligabue ** "La rondine" — Mango ;Best Italian Female Artist *

** Alexia ** Elisa ** Giorgia ** Laura Pausini ;Best Italian Male Artist * Luciano Ligabue ** Tiziano Ferro ** Mango **

Francesco Renga Pierfrancesco Renga (born 12 June 1968 in Udine, Italy) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He won the Sanremo Music Festival in 2005 with the song ''Angelo''. In 2001 he won the Mia Martini critics award at Sanremo Festival. He also took part in t ...

** Daniele Silvestri ** Zucchero ;Best Italian Group * Planet Funk **

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** Gabin **

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** Subsonica ;Best Italian Revelation of the Year * Planet Funk ** Gabin ** Valentina Giovagnini **

Moony Monica "Moony" Bragato (born 27 September 1980) is an Italian singer. She is best known as the vocalist on DB Boulevard's hit single " Point of View", as well as for her own single " Dove (I'll Be Loving You)". Raised in Venice, Moony was firs ...

** Yu Yu ;Best Italian Videoclip * "Salirò" — Daniele Silvestri ** "Vivi davvero" — Giorgia ** "Stupido hotel" — Vasco Rossi ** "Nuvole rapide" — Subsonica ** "Ahum" — Zucchero ;Best Italian Tour * Luciano Ligabue **

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Pino Daniele Giuseppe Daniele (19 March 1955 – 4 January 2015), known as Pino Daniele, was an Italian singer, songwriter and musician. His influences covered a wide number of genres, including pop, blues, jazz, and Italian and Middle Eastern music. Biograp ...

** Elisa ** Subsonica ** Zucchero ;Best Italian Dance Artist * Planet Funk **

** Gabin ** Moony ** Yu Yu ;Best Italian Lyrics * "Quello che non c'è" — Afterhours (ex-aequo) * "Stupido hotel" — Vasco Rossi (ex-aequo) ;Best Italian Arrangement * "Salirò" — Daniele Silvestri (ex-aequo) * "Nuvole rapide" — Subsonica (ex-aequo) ;Best Italian Composition * "Salirò" — Daniele Silvestri ;Best Italian Producer * Enzo Miceli ;Best Italian Graphical Project * ''Amorematico'' — Subsonica ;Best Italian Soundtrack * ''Luce dei miei occhi'' —

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;Best Italian Dance Producer *Molella ;Best Synchronization with a TV Spot * ''Any Other Name'' —

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and the

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spot ;Best International Female Artist * Anastacia **

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** Kylie Minogue **

Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( , ; born 2 February 1977), professionally known by the mononym Shakira, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she has been referred to as the " Queen of Latin Music" and is n ...

;Best International Male Artist * Bruce Springsteen ** Eminem ** Lenny Kravitz ** Moby **

;Best International Group *

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;Best International Revelation of the Year * Norah Jones ** Alicia Keys **

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** Noir Désir ** Shakira ;Classical Award * ''Schoenberg: Gurrelieder. Dir. Simon Rattler'' ;Jazz Award * ''

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;FIMI Special Award — Italian Artist in the World * Zucchero ;FIMI Special Award — Lifetime Achievement Award * Elton John ;Alice Award — Web Artist of the Year * Lenny Kravitz (ex-aequo) * Francesco Renga (ex-aequo) ;Alice Award — Extraordinary Emotion * Francesco Renga ;RTL Award *

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Fourth edition

The fourth and last edition of the Italian Music Awards was held in December 2003. The biggest winners were

Le Vibrazioni Le Vibrazioni (English: ''The Vibrations'') is an Italian rock and pop band formed in Milan in 1999. They made their breakthrough in 2003 with their debut single ''Dedicato a te'' ("Dedicated to you"), which went platinum in Italy. All their alb ...

and Eros Ramazzotti, receiving two awards each. ;Best Italian Female Artist *

** Giorgia **

** Laura Pausini ;Best Italian Male Artist * Eros Ramazzotti **

Sergio Cammariere Sergio Cammariere (born 15 November 1960 in Crotone, Italy) is an Italian jazz singer-songwriter. He has released ten albums. Career After a long career as a niche musician distinguished by his collaboration with the poet and singer-songwriter ...

** Cesare Cremonini ** Morgan **

;Best Italian Group *

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** Planet Funk ** Subsonica **

;Best Italian Dance Artist * Planet Funk **

** Molella ** Prezioso ;Best Italian Album * '' 9'' — Eros Ramazzotti ** ''L'eccezione'' — Carmen Consoli ** ''Le Vibrazioni'' — Le Vibrazioni ** '' Tracks'' — Vasco Rossi ** ''In continuo movimento'' — Tiromancino ;Best Italian Single * "Gocce di memoria" — Giorgia ** "Mary" — Gemelli Diversi ** "Prima di partire per un lungo viaggio" — Irene Grandi ** "Dedicato a te" — Le Vibrazioni ** "Per me è importante" — Tiromancino ;Best Italian Revelation of the Year * Le Vibrazioni ** Roberto Angelini **

** Dj Francesco ** Morgan ;Best Italian Videoclip * " Shpalman®" —

Elio e le Storie Tese Elio e le Storie Tese (; literally "Elio and the Troubled Stories"), often abbreviated EelST, was an Italian comedy rock band from Milan, formed in 1980. Its leader was Stefano Belisari, better known as Elio. They announced their split on 17 Oc ...

** "Gocce di memoria" — Giorgia ** "Dedicato a te" — Le Vibrazioni ** " Un'emozione per sempre" — Eros Ramazzotti ** "Per me è importante" — Tiromancino ;Best Italian Tour * Vasco Rossi **

** Carmen Consoli ** Giorgia ;Best International Female Artist *

** Beyoncé ** Jennifer Lopez ** Madonna **

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;Best International Male Artist *

** 50 Cent **

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** Eminem ** Bruce Springsteen ;Best International Group *

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** Tribalistas ** U2 ;Best International Revelation of the Year * Tribalistas ** 50 Cent ** Evanescence ** Sean Paul **

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;FIMI Special Award — Contribution to the Music Industry *

;FIMI Special Award — Ambassador of the Italian Music in the World * Luciano Pavarotti ;FIMI Special Award * Vasco Rossi ;RTL 102.5 Special Award * Alex Britti ;Cornetto Free Music Festival Live Special Award * Simple Mind

Notes

{{Reflist Italian music awards

Winners and nominations

First edition

Second edition

Third edition

Fourth edition

See also

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