The BT Digital Music Awards (DMA) was a British music award ceremony held annually for 10 years from 2002 to 2011 (with no ceremony in 2009).

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professionals nominated artists, venues and hardware into the Judge's Choice award categories. The rest of the awards were made up of People's Choice Awards, voted for by the public. The final awards were held at the Camden Roundhouse on 29 September 2011.

2002 Awards

The inaugural 2002 ceremony was known as the Interactive Music Awards, and was set up and sponsored by BT Openworld. The ceremony was held inside the

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in London. The 2002 winners were: *Best Pop Artist: Darius *Best Rock/Indie Artist:

Supergrass Supergrass are an English rock band formed in 1993. For the majority of the band's tenure, the line-up consisted of brothers Gaz (lead vocals, guitar) and Rob Coombes (keyboards), Mick Quinn (bass, backing vocals) and Danny Goffey (drums, ...

*Best Dance/Urban Artist:

The Streets The Streets is an English musical project led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner (musician), Mike Skinner. The project was founded in the early 90s, while Skinner was still a teenager; however, no music would formally eventuat ...

*Artist of the Year:

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*Best Major Label: BMG *Best Independent Label:

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*Best Promotional Campaign: EMI:Chrysalis for Pink Floyd *Best Use of Broadband: Playlouder @ Glastonbury 2002 *Best Innovation: Shazam *Best Shop: Groovetech *People's Choice Award: www.westlife.com

2003 Awards

The 2003 winners of the Interactive Music Awards were: *Best Pop Artist: Abs *Best Rock/Indie Artist:

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*Best Dance/Urban Artist: Sasha *Best Promotional Campaign:

Robbie Williams Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, launching a solo career in 1996. His debut studio album, ''Life thru a Lens'', was re ...

*Best Use of Mobile:

Dizzee Rascal Dylan Kwabena Mills (born 18 September 1984), known professionally as Dizzee Rascal, is a British rapper and MC. He is often credited as a pioneer of British hip hop and grime music and was ranked by ''Complex'' as one of the greatest British ...

(Boy in Da Corner) *Best Use of Broadband:

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*Best Innovation: iTV Videos for Hell Is For Heroes & Robbie Williams *The Amused & Bemused Award: Simple Kid for the Simple Kid website *Best Music DVD: U2 (The *Best Of, 1990–2000) *Best Radio Station Online: Virgin Radio *Best Interactive TV Programme: '' TRL'' (MTV) *Best Music Video Online: Feeder (Just The Way I'm Feeling) *Best Web-based Music Game: Project Rockstar v2 game *Artist of the Year:

Will Young William Robert Young (born 20 January 1979) is an English singer, songwriter and actor. He came to prominence after winning the 2002 inaugural series of the ITV talent contest '' Pop Idol'', making him the first winner of the worldwide '' Ido ...

*Best Official website:

Westlife Westlife are an Irish pop group formed in Dublin in 1998. The group consists of members Nicky Byrne, Shane Filan, Kian Egan and Mark Feehily. Brian McFadden was a member before leaving in March 2004. The group disbanded in 2012 and later reun ...

*Best Unofficial site: Radiohead fansite: www.ateaseweb.com

2004 Awards

In 2004 the ceremony was renamed to the Digital Music Awards. The 2004 award winners were: *Best Pop Artist:

Girls Aloud Girls Aloud are a British-Irish pop music, pop girl group that was created through the ITV (TV network), ITV talent show ''Popstars: The Rivals'' in 2002. The line up consisted of members Cheryl (singer), Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, N ...

*Best Rock Indie Artist:

Paul Weller John William Weller (born 25 May 1958), better known as Paul Weller, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame in the late 1970s as the guitarist and principal singer and songwriter of the rock band the Jam, alongside ...

*Best Dance Artist:

Faithless Faithless are an English dance music Band (rock and pop), band that formed in 1995, with its core original members being Rollo Armstrong, Rollo, Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz. During the band's initial period of success, Sister Bliss and Maxi Ja ...

*Best Urban Artist:

Lemar Lemar Obika (born 4 April 1978), known mononymously as Lemar, is an English singer, songwriter and record producer. Initially rising to fame after finishing third on the Fame Academy (series 1), first series of British talent show ''Fame Acade ...

*Artist of the Year:

*Best Music Video:

(Blinded by the Lights) *Best Web-based Music Game: Muse Space Fighter game *Best Radio Station Online: Virgin Radio *Best Download Music Service:

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*Best Artist Download:

Coldplay Coldplay are a British Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1997. They consist of vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer and percussionist Will Champion, and manager Phil Harvey (band m ...

(2000 Miles) *Best unofficial music website: Madonnalicious *Best official music website:

*Best Use of Mobile: Orange Fireplayer *Best Use of Broadband: Video-C Broadband Chart *Best Digital Promotional Campaign:

Kasabian Kasabian ( ) are an English rock band formed in Leicester in 1997 by lead vocalist Tom Meighan, guitarist and second vocalist Sergio Pizzorno, guitarist Chris Karloff and bassist Chris Edwards. Drummer Ian Matthews joined in 2004. Karloff ...

*Best Innovation: LAUNCHcast and Yahoo! Messenger integration

2005 Awards

The 2005 award winners included: *Best pop artist:

James Blunt James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount, 22 February 1974) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is known for his songs "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover". As a British Army captain in the aftermath of the Kosovo War, Blunt ...

*Best rock artist: Stereophonics *Best urban artist:

Goldie Lookin Chain Goldie Lookin Chain are a Welsh comedy hip hop group from Newport, Wales, Newport, Wales. The group produces humorous, and often explicit songs that satirise hip hop music, hip hop, today's consumer society, the "chav" culture and life in Newpo ...

*Favourite download single: U2's ''Vertigo'' *Soundtrack of 2005: The Magic Numbers' ''Love Me Like You'' *Best innovation:

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*Best radio station: BBC 6 Music *Best official site:

*Best digital music community: Coldplay *Best

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campaign EMI (for Coldplay's X&Y album) *Best online band: Gorillaz *Best digital music store:

2006 Awards

The 2006 award winners included: *Best Pop Artist:

Lily Allen Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English singer, songwriter, and actress. List of awards and nominations received by Lily Allen, Her accolades include a Brit Award, alongside nominations for a Grammy Award and a Laurence Olivi ...

*Best Rock Artist:

*Best Unofficial Music Site:

*Best Use of Mobile:

Thom Yorke Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician who is the vocalist and main songwriter of the rock band Radiohead. He plays guitar, bass, keyboards and other instruments, and is noted for his falsetto. ''Rolling Stone'' desc ...

*Best Artist Campaign:

*Best Urban Artist:

*Best Blog: Mike Skinner *Best Artist Promotion:

The White Stripes The White Stripes were an American Rock music, rock duo formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1997. The group consisted of Jack White (guitar, keyboards, piano, vocals) and Meg White (drums, percussion, vocals). They were a leading group of 2000s indi ...

*Pioneer Award:

Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and human rights activist. He came to prominence as the original frontman of the rock band Genesis. He left the band in 1975 and launched a solo career wit ...

2007 Awards

The 2007 award winners included: *Best pop artist: Natasha Bedingfield *Best band:

*Best urban act:

*Best electronic artist:

The Chemical Brothers The Chemical Brothers are an English electronic music duo formed by Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands in Manchester in 1992. They were pioneers in bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture. Originally known as The Dust Brothers, th ...

*Best radio station: BBC 6 Music *Artist of the year:

Funeral for a Friend Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh post-hardcore band from Bridgend, Wales, Bridgend, formed in 2001. The band's members are Kris Roberts (guitar, backing vocals), Gavin Burrough (guitar, vocals), Darran Smith (guitar), Richard Boucher (bass), an ...

*Best mobile campaign:

Ludacris Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris (, spoken as "ludicrous" in American English), is an American rapper and songwriter. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved to Atlanta, Georgia, at age ...

*Best official music website: Keane

2008 Awards

The 2008 award winners included: *Best pop artist:

Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Frequently referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Princess of Pop", she has achieved recognition in both the music industry and fas ...

*Best innovation: Kylie Minogue (for the Kylie Konnect site) *Artist of the year:

Radiohead Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon-on-Thames, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band members are Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers Jonny Greenwood (guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Gre ...

*Best rock/indie artist:

*Best official music website: Coldplay *Best urban artist: Wiley *Best video podcast:

The Zutons The Zutons are an English indie rock band formed in Liverpool, in 2002. The band currently consists of Dave McCabe (vocals, guitar), Abi Harding (saxophone), Jay Lewis (guitar), Neil Bradley (keyboards) and Tim Cunningham (bass). The band's ...

*Best breakthrough artist:

Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend are an American Rock music, rock band formed in New York City in 2006 and currently signed to Columbia Records. The band was formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Ezra Koenig, multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij, drummer Chr ...

2009 Awards

There was no award ceremony in 2009.

2010 Awards

The 2010 award winners were: *Best Male:

*Best Female:

Cheryl Cole Cheryl Ann Tweedy (born 30 June 1983) is an English singer and television personality. She rose to fame as a member of Girls Aloud, a Pop music, pop girl group created through ITV (TV network), ITV's reality competition show ''Popstars: The R ...

*Best Group: JLS *Best Song: Cheryl Cole (Fight For This Love) *Best Video: JLS *Artist of the Year:

Gorillaz Gorillaz are an English virtual band created by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett in London, England in 1998. The band primarily consists of four fictional members: (vocals, keyboards), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar), Noodle (gui ...

*Best Artist Promotion: Gorillaz *Breakthrough Artist: Professor Green *Best Newcomer:

Tinie Tempah Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu (born 7 November 1988), better known by his stage name Tinie (formerly Tinie Tempah), is a British rapper and singer. He has been signed to Parlophone since 2009, now a subsidiary of Warner Music Group. He created his ...

*Best Independent Artist:

*Best International Artist:

Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her image reinventions and versatility across the entertainment industry, she is an influ ...

*Best Blog: Music Fix *Best Official Site:

*Best Fan Site: Muselive.com *Best Event: Nokia presents Rihanna Live *Best Place to Discover Music: BBC Introducing *Best Radio Show or Podcast: Buxton's Big Mixtape show and podcast

2011 Awards

The 2011 award winners were: *Best male artist:

Olly Murs Oliver Stanley Murs (born 14 May 1984) is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence after participating on the sixth series of the television talent show ''The X Factor'' in 2009, where he finished as runn ...

*Best female artist: Jessie J *Best group: JLS *Best international artist or group:

Bruno Mars Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985), known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Regarded as a pop icon, he is known for his three-octave tenor vocal range, live performances, R ...

*Best independent artist or group:

Adele Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (; born 5 May 1988) is an English singer-songwriter. Regarded as a British cultural icon, icon, she is known for her mezzo-soprano vocals and sentimental songwriting. List of awards and nominations received by Adele, ...

*Best newcomer: Jessie J *Best song: Jessie J ft B.o.B (Price Tag) *Best video: JLS with Tinie Tempah (Eyes Wide Shut) *Best Official Site:

*Best Fan Site: Coldplaying.com *Best place to discover music: Radio 1 online *Best place to hear music:

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*Best place to buy music:

References

External links

www.btdma.com
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