# Music award

A music award is an award or prize given to honour skill or distinction in music. There are different awards in different countries, and awards may focus on or exclude certain music; for example, some awards are only for classical music and not focused on popular music. Some awards are academic, while others are commercial and created by the music industry.

## Major music award

* Grammy Awards
* Brit Awards
* MTV Video Music Awards
* American Music Awards
* Billboard Music Awards
* Latin Grammy Awards
* Brazilian Music Awards
* MTV Europe Music Awards
* iHeartRadio Music Awards
* World Music Awards
* BET Awards
* People's Choice Awards
* Mercury Prize
* Juno Awards
* Korean Music Awards
* Golden Disc Awards
* Gaon Chart Music Awards
* Teen Choice Awards
* NME Awards
* ARIA Music Awards
* MAMA Awards
* Melon Music Awards
* NRJ Music Awards
* Latin American Music Awards
* Billboard Latin Music Awards
* Multishow Brazilian Music Award
* Lo Nuestro Awards
* MOBO Awards
* Japan Record Awards
* Seoul Music Awards
* Heat Latin Music Awards
* Grammis
* Polar Music Prize
* Spellemann Awards
* Los 40 Music Awards

## International music awards

* Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards – an annual awards program bestowed by Classic Rock
* Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
* Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod
* Grammy Awards
* Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
* Heavy Music Awards
* Herbert von Karajan Music Prize (Festspielhaus Baden-Baden)
* Léonie Sonning Music Prize (Léonie Sonning Music Foundation)
* MTV Video Music Awards (MTV)
* Polar Music Prize – for International recognition of excellence in the world of music
* Rolf Schock Prize in Musical Arts
* Sibelius Prize
* Winter Music Conference (electronic dance music)
* YouTube Music Awards

## By region
### Africa

* MTV Africa Music Awards (MTV)
* All Africa Music Awards (African Union)
* Headies (Nigeria)
* Soundcity MVP Awards Festival (Nigeria)
* City People Entertainment Awards (Nigeria)
* Nigeria Entertainment Awards (Nigeria)
* Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (Ghana)
* 3Music Awards (Ghana)
* South African Hip Hop Awards (South Africa)
* South African Music Awards (South Africa)
* Star FM Music Awards (Zimbabwe)

### Americas

The Big Four major music awards given each season are the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, held in the Fall and actually kicks off the Music Awards Season (and currently honors artists who have been in the business at least 25 years since their first hit record), the currently dormant American Music Awards (scheduled to return in 2025), the Grammy Award (held in the Winter), and the Billboard Music Awards (currently held in late Fall).
Among other mini-major music awards are the MTV Video Music Awards (held in late Summer), the Glenn Gould Prize, and Pulitzer Prize for Music.
* Academy of Country Music Awards
* Alternative Press Music Awards
* American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Music
* American Country Awards
* American Country Countdown Awards
* American Music Awards
* ASCAP awards (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers)
* Americana Music Honors & Awards
* BET Awards (Black Entertainment Television, United States)
* Billboard Music Awards
* Billboard Latin Music Awards
* Blues Music Awards
* Brazilian Music Awards (Brazil)
* CMT Music Awards (USA)
* Country Music Association Awards
* Distinguished Service to Music Medal (Kappa Kappa Psi) – for exceptional service to American bands and band music
* GAMIQ Awards (Quebec)
* George Peabody Medal (Peabody Institute)
* Gershwin Prize (Library of Congress)
* GLAAD Media Award (USA)
* Grammy Awards (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences)
* Heat Latin Music Awards
* Hollywood Independent Music Awards
* Hollywood Music in Media Awards
* iBest Award (Brazil)
* iHeartRadio Music Awards
* iHeartRadio MMVAs (originally an initialism of Much Music Video Awards)
* International Bluegrass Music Awards
* Josie Music Awards
* Juno Awards (Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences)
* K-Love Fan Awards (USA)
* Latin American Music Award
* Latin Grammy Award (Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences)
* Latin Awards Canada
* Lo Nuestro Awards (USA)
* Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica – previously known as "MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica" (MTV)
* MTV Video Music Awards (MTV)
* Multishow Brazilian Music Award (Brazil)
* NAACP Image Awards (United States)
* People's Choice Awards
* Premios Gardel (Argentina)
* Premios Juventud
* Premios MUSA (Chile)
* Premios Tu Música Urbano
* Pulitzer Prize for Music
* Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
* SESAC
* Stellar Awards (Gospel)
* Soul Train Music Award
* Teen Choice Awards
* Telehit Awards (Mexico)

### Asia & Oceania

* Anugerah Musik Indonesia
* Anugerah Planet Muzik (Indonesia, Malaysia)
* Anugerah Industri Muzik (Recording Industry Association of Malaysia)
* Aotearoa Music Awards (Recorded Music NZ)
* ARIA Music Awards (Australian Recording Industry Association)
* APRA Awards (Australia)
* Awit Awards (Philippine Association of the Record Industry)
* Country Music Awards of Australia (Country Music Association of Australia)
* Dedication Music Award (Vietnam)
* Gaon Chart Music Awards (South Korea)
* Golden Disc Awards (South Korea)
* Golden Melody Awards (Taiwan)
* Indonesian Choice Awards
* Indonesian Dangdut Awards
* Japan Record Awards
* Korean Hip-hop Awards (South Korea)
* Korean Music Awards (South Korea)
* Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards (South Korea)
* MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards (South Korea)
* Melon Music Awards (South Korea)
* MG Music Awards (Nagaland, India)
* Mirchi Music Awards (India)
* MAMA Awards (South Korea)
* MTV Asia Awards (MTV)
* MTV Australia Awards (MTV)
* MTV Video Music Awards Japan (MTV)
* Music Awards of Nagaland (Nagaland, India)
* Myx Music Awards (Philippines)
* Otaka Prize – an annual composition prize for Japanese composers
* Praemium Imperiale (Japan)
* Seoul Music Awards (South Korea)
* Soribada Best K-Music Awards (South Korea)
* Suntory Music Award (Japan)

### Europe

* Akil Koci Prize (Albania)
* Amadeus Austrian Music Awards
* BBC Music Awards (United Kingdom, BBC Music)
* BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician (Scotland)
* BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (United Kingdom)
* BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award (United Kingdom)
* Bourges International Electro-Acoustic Music Competition
* BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award (British Academy of Film and Television Arts)
* Brit Awards (British Phonographic Industry)
* Comet (Viva, Germany)
* Danish Music Awards
* Echo (German Phonographic Academy)
* Edison Award (NVPI)
* European Border Breakers Award (Europe)
* Fryderyk (Poland)
* Fonogram Awards (Hungary)
* Gold Badge Awards – for outstanding contributions to the music and the entertainment industry of the United Kingdom
* Golden Globes (Portugal)
* Grand Prix du Disque (France)
* Handel Prize (City of Halle, Germany)
* Ivor Novello Awards (British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors)
* LOS40 Music Awards (Spain)
* Malta Music Awards (Malta)
* MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards (Scotland)
* Mercury Prize (United Kingdom)
* MOBO Awards (United Kingdom)
* MTV Europe Music Awards (MTV)
* NRJ Music Awards (France)
* NME Awards
* Nordic Council Music Prize (Nordic Council) – for outstanding contributions to the music of the Nordic countries.
* PLAY - Portuguese Music Awards (Portugal)
* Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik – for achievement in recorded music
* Premios Juventud
* Prix de Rome
* Sanremo Music Festival (Italy)
* SEAT Music Awards (Italy)
* Silver Clef Award (UK)
* Spellemannprisen (Norway) – considered as the Norwegian Grammys that honor Norwegian artists who have made a mark in the Norway music industry.
* UK Music Video Awards
* Victoires de la Musique (France)
* YUNA (Ukraine)