From rock to pop and urban to country, Canada’s hottest radio stars will be celebrated at the 14th Annual Canadian Radio Music Awards (CRMA) on Friday, March 11, 2011, 12:30pm. Taking place at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto as part of Canadian Music Week 2011, the awards will be handed out during a gala luncheon hosted by Boom 97.3’s “Humble” Howard Glassman and featuring performances by nominees Hail the Villain, Stef Lang, JRDN, High Valley, Down With Webster and Ash Koley.
This year’s list includes multiple nominations for Ash Koley, JRDN, Justin Bieber, Laurell, Longo & Wainwright ft. Craig Smart, Stef Lang, Michael Buble and Down with Webster. The complete list of nominees is printed below.
Presented by Canadian Music Week, the Canadian Radio Music Awards honour first-time top charting Canadian artists in six music categories, including Mainstream AC, Hot AC, Rock, CHR, Dance/Urban/Rhythmic, and Country. Nominees include artists who have hit the Canadian charts for the first time and who have achieved top airplay in different formats based on radio “spins”, as recorded by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (BDS) in 2010. Votes cast by music directors, program directors and on-air personalities determine the winners.
Again this year, the CRMA Fans’ Choice Award will be presented. Radio listeners from across the country can vote online for their favourite radio artist at the Canadian Music Week website (www.cmw.net).
Two additional non-voting awards will also be presented at this year’s ceremony: the FACTOR Breakthrough Award for top airplay for a new FACTOR supported artist; and the Chart Topper Award for top overall airplay.
At this year’s ceremony, David Marsden will receive the Allan Waters Broadcast Lifetime Achievement Award to commemorate his induction into the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame.
And the nominees are…
ROCK:
CRASH KARMA – AWAKE
HAIL THE VILLAIN – TAKE BACK THE FEAR
HOLLERADO – JULIETTE
KO – CAPABLE
MY DARKEST DAYS – PORN STAR DANCING
AC:
ANDREW ALLEN – LOVING YOU TONIGHT
ASH KOLEY – DON’T LET YOUR FEET TOUCH GROUND
JOHNNY REID – LET’S GO HIGHER
LAURELL – CAN’T STOP FALLING
NIKKI YANOFSKY – I BELIEVE
CHR:
DOWN WITH WEBSTER – RICH GIRLS
EDWARD MAYA & MIA MARTINA – STEREO LOVE
JRDN – U CAN HAVE IT ALL
JUSTIN BIEBER – BABY
STEF LANG – MR. IMMATURE
DANCE/URBAN/RHYTHMIC:
JRDN – U CAN HAVE IT ALL
LONGO & WAINWRIGHT FT. CRAIG SMART – ONE LIFE STAND
RAGHAV – SO MUCH
QUANTEISHA – DNG
UGO CREW – CHANGE
COUNTRY:
AMBUSH – TAKE MY PICTURE
CHAD BROWNLEE – THE BEST THAT I CAN
HIGH VALLEY – I WILL STAND BY YOU
LADIES OF THE CANYON – FOLLOW ME DOWN
MARLEE SCOTT – YESTERDAY TODAY & TOMORROW
HOT AC:
ASH KOLEY – DON’T LET YOUR FEET TOUCH GROUND
LAURELL – CAN’T STOP FALLING
LONGO & WAINWRIGHT FT. CRAIG SMART – ONE LIFE STAND
STEF LANG – MR. IMMATURE
SWEET THING – CHANGE OF SEASONS
FANS’ CHOICE:
HEDLEY
JUSTIN BIEBER
MARIANAS TRENCH
MICHAEL BUBLE
NICKELBACK
SONG OF THE YEAR:
GHOST
Written by:
Kara Dioguardi; Felicia Lily Dobson; Jacob Kasher; Kevin Rudolf
Recorded by Fefe Dobson
HAVEN’T MET YOU YET
Written by:
Michael Steven Buble; Alan Chang; Amy Foster
Recorded by Michael Buble
PERFECT
Written by:
Jacob Hoggard; Dave Genn; David Bendeth
Recorded by Hedley
THIS AFTERNOON
Written by:
Chad Kroeger; Michael Kroeger; Mutt Lange; Ryan Peake
Recorded by Nickelback
WAVIN’ FLAG – YOUNG ARTISTS FOR HAITI
Written by:
K’Naan; Jean Daval; Peter Hernandez; Philip Lawrence
Recorded by Young Artists For Haiti
YOUR MAN – DOWN WITH WEBSTER
Written by:
Tyler Armes; Pat Gillett; Cam Hunter; Andrew Martino; Martin Seja; Edythe Craighead; Ron Dunbar
Recorded by Down With Webster
Tickets for the Canadian Radio Music Awards luncheon are available for purchase through the Canadian Music Week website at www.cmw.net.
Canadian Music Week is Canada’s leading annual entertainment event dedicated to the expression and growth of the country’s music, media and entertainment industries. Combining four information-intensive conferences; a trade exposition; a film festival; four awards shows and the nation’s largest New Music Festival – Canadian Music Fest – CMW spans a five-day period from March 9 to March 13, 2011 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel and various downtown Toronto venues, attracting participants from across the globe. For more information, visit www.cmw.net
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For Canadian Music Week information, please contact:
Planet3 Communications: Piera Savage/Joanne Smale
E: info@planet3com.net T: 647.346.4101
Bessie Bullard – Communications Director
T: 905.858.4747 E: bessie@cmw.net
Verle Mobbs – General Manager
T: 905.858.4747 E: verle@cmw.net
