# The 3rd V Chart Awards

The 3rd V Chart Awards (第三届音悦V榜年度盛典) is a music awards hosted by YinYueTai on April 11, 2015 at Cadillac Arena, Beijing. The emcee for the award were Li Chen, Zhang Yu'an and Zhang Xinyue. The awards was broadcast on Shenzhen Television.

## Shortlisted criteria

* The "data-based category" award nominees are artists who released an official MV in between January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 and the artist must be ranked in the chart throughout the whole year.
* "The Most Popular Artists" series of shortlisted nominees are the top 30 artists in the TOP100 list in all five regions.
* "Artist Award" series nominees are artists who released music-related work(s) in between January 2015 to December 31, 2015. In addition to the results of the MV chart, the awards will be based on a combination of criteria: the standard of the released album, participation in offline activities, performances, film and television, hosting and the results that accompanies.
* "Composition Category" award nominees are artists who released an official MV from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 and the artist must have the most #1 wins in the chart throughout the whole year. "MV Awards" are based on MV production standards, word of mouth, shooting, conception, production and list of achievements to determine the winning entries.
* "Album of The Year" is determined according to the annual album sales data ranking on the Yin Yue Shopping Mall 2015. Shortlisted nominees are the top 10 albums on the data ranking.

## Personnel
### Host

YinYueTai

### Official Broadcasting Site

StarTV YinYueTai

### Data provider

YinYueTai Mobile App, YinYueTai PC App, YinYueTai Official Website, Baidu

### Interworking Partners

Billboard, Gaon Charts

### Collaboration Partners

Hunan Broadcasting System, Dragon TV, Sohu TV, KpopStars, Baidu, Miaopai by MeituPic and more.

## Voting

On March 4, 2015, The 3rd V Chart Awards was officially launched. On March 5, nominees for the "Favourite Artist of the Year" were announced. On the 9th, the first phase of the "Favourite Artist of the Year" series of polls began and voting ended on the 20th. A complete list of the winners was published on the official website on the subsequent day (March 12) of the award ceremony (March 11).

## Winners and nominees

Singer Category (歌手类) :
| Top Male Artists | Top Female Artists |
| Vision Wei - By Your Side | Jane Zhang - You Are Mine (我是我的) |
| From other regions JJ Lin - HK & Taiwan Pitbull - Western Taeyang - Korea Akanishi Jin - Japan | From other regions Jolin Tsai - HK & Taiwan Taylor Swift - Western Park Ji-yeon - Korea Namie Amuro - Japan |
| Top Groups | Top New Artists |
| Top Combine - Large Pear (鸭梨大) | Henry Huo |
| From other regions Mayday - HK & Taiwan One Direction - Western f(x) - Korea AKB48 - Japan | From other regions Pets Tseng - HK & Taiwan Sam Smith - Western GOT7 - Korea Mariya Nishiuchi - Japan |
| Top Promising Artists | Hot Trend Artists Of The Year |
| Boyfriend Flower Christopher Jason (from NU'EST) | May J TFBoys Aarif Lee T-ara |
| Breakthrough Artists Of The Year | Best MV Directors |
| Zhao Yongxin Tomomi Itano | ziv Zoe |
| Best Singer Songwriters Of The Year | All-round Artists Of The Year |
| Xu Song Bii | Vision Wei Rainie Yang |
| Best Stage Interpretation | Best Producers |
| Epik High | JJ Lin Li Ronghao |
| Recommended Artists of Yinyue Tai ||
| Li Ronghao Guess What (Band) ||
| Works Category (作品类) ||
| Best OST／The Annual Film Songs | Best Cooperation Of The Year |
| Luhan - "Our Tomorrow" (我們的明天) (20 Once Again) G.E.M - "The Continent" (后会无期) (The Continent) | Qi Wei ft. Lee Seung-hyun - "Lucky Lucky" Rainie Yang ft. Ariel Lin- "We Deserve Happiness" |
| Best Music Videos of the Year | Best Albums of The Year |
| 2NE1 - "Come Back Home" Angela Chang - "Bandage" Taylor Swift - "Blank Space" Akanishi Jin - "Mi Amor" | Jane Zhang - 7th Sense EXO - Overdose Jolin Tsai - Play |
| Popularity Award (人气类） ||
| Vanguard Musician of the Night ||
| Vision Wei ||
| Favorite Artists Of The Year ||
| TFBoys ||
| From other regions Taylor Swift T-ara AKB48 Pets Tseng ||
| Live Popular Singer ||
| TFBoys ||
All winners and nominees are sourced from the organization's official website.