# Indonesian Dangdut Awards

The Indonesian Dangdut Awards are annual Indonesian awards that are presented by Indosiar television station, which recognize popularity in the music industry dangdut genre. The annual show was first held on June 11, 2014. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest.

## Ceremonies

The inaugural ceremony in 2014 was held at the Teater Tanah Airku, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah on the East Jakarta. In 2015, the Studio 5 Indosiar in West Jakarta hosted the awards. The ceremony was moved to the Studio 6 Emtek City at West Jakarta Live in 2016.
| Year | Date | Host(s) | Venue | Host City | Theme |
| 2014 | June 11, 2014 | Ramzi Rina Nose Irfan Hakim Ivan Gunawan | Teater Tanah Airku, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah | East Jakarta | Dangdut Untuk Semua |
| 2015 | October 28, 2015 | Irfan Hakim Rina Nose Andhika Pratama Ramzi Audi Marissa Gading Marten | Studio 5 Indosiar | West Jakarta | Dangdut Adalah Kita |
| 2016 | November 9, 2016 | Ramzi Ria Nose Andhika Pratama Irfan Hakim | Studio 6 Emtek City | West Jakarta | Bangga Dangdut Indonesia |

## History

This award was created the first time by Indosiar because of the success of the program D'Academy is a talent search dangdut song competition. The show also has successfully published a best dangdut singer. Finally, in 2014, Indosiar created the program Indonesian Dangdut Awards, the first night, judges and the graduated from talent search competition to enliven the event, and other top dangdut singer. The event is made, to appreciate the talented Indonesian dangdut singer. On the eve of the celebration, Rina Nose, Ramzi, Irfan Hakim, and Ivan Gunawan served as host.

## Award process

The nominees and award winners are selected based selection of the most popular viewers via SMS. While the election has its own special award from the organizers. All awards through the verification team Indosiar and music observers. For a special award will be chosen by the judges.

## Categories

From 2014 to 2016, the show had the same categories and category names every year. In 2014, totaling 8 categories, each winner will get one trophy. There is also one special nominations, namely "Dangdut Share" given to 5 dangdut musicians. In 2015, the category increased to 11 and in 2016 became 10.

### Current categories

The most important categories are Dangdut Singer Male Solo Popular, Dangdut Singer Female Solo Popular, Group/Duo Dangdut Popular and Dangdut Song Popular. These categories highlighted in each award.
* Dangdut Singer Male Solo Most Popular
* Dangdut Singer Female Solo Most Popular
* New Arrivals Male Most Popular
* New Arrivals Female Most Popular
* Group/Duo Dangdut Most Popular
* Dangdut Song Most Popular
* Best Costume Dangdut Appearance
* Special Award for Songwriters
* Dangdut singer Social Media Darling

### Retired categories

* Video Clips Dangdut Most Popular (in 2015)
* Dangdut Songwriters Popular (in 2014 to 2015)
* Dangdut Shake Most Popular (in 2014)
* Local Language Dangdut Songs Most Popular (in 2014)

### Special awards
#### Dangdut Share

* 2014: Mara Karma
* 2014: Ellya Khadam
* 2014: Munif Bahasuan
* 2014: Denny Albar
* 2014: Ida Laila

#### Lifetime Achievement Award

* 2015: Mara Karma
* 2016: Rita Sugiarto

## Multiple wins and nominations

Most Wins
| Year | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Artist | Nurbayan | Cita Citata | Ayu Ting Ting Rizki Ridho |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Most Nominations
| Year | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Artist | Nurbayan | Cita Citata | Ayu Ting Ting |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 3 |

## Ratings

| Year | Day | Date | Network | Household rating | Viewers (in millions) |
| 2014 | Wednesday | June 11 | Indosiar | 4.1 | 17.3 |
| 2015 | Wednesday | October 28 | Indosiar | 4.4 | 23.1 |
| 2016 | Wednesday | November 9 | Indosiar | 4.1 | 18.9 |