Entertainment Awards (Music)

S.No.	Awards & Honours	Purpose/Objective	First Held in country/year	Name of Body/Institution/ Government
1	American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP Awards) awarded annually	It honors its top members in a series of annual awards shows in seven different music categories: pop, rhythm and soul, film and television, Latin, country, Christian and concert music.	1914	American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (Performance Rights Organization)
2	Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (ARIA Music Awards or ARIA Awards) awarded annually	Awarded for Excellence and innovation in all genres of Australian music.	1987	Presented by Australian Recording Industry Association
3	British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards	Awarded for Excellence in Film, Television and Computer Gaming	1947	Presented by British Academy of Film and Television Arts
4	BET Awards	Awarded for Best in African American and other minorities music, acting, sports, and others	2001	Presented by Black Entertainment Television
5	Brit Awards	Awarded for Excellence in music	1977	Presented by British Phonographic Industry
6	Country Music Awards of Australia	Awarded for Outstanding achievements in the Australian country music industry	1973	Presented by Country Music Association of Australia
7	Ernst von Siemens Music Prize	It honors a composer, performer, or musicologist who has made a distinguished contribution to the world of music.	---	Presented by Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
8	George Peabody Medal	It honours individuals who have made exceptional contributions to music in America.	1980	Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, America
9	Golden Melody Awards	Awarded for Best in music production	2011	Presented by Government Information Office
10	Grammy Award	Awarded for Outstanding achievements in the music industry	1959	Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
11	Grawemeyer Award	Awarded in recognition of outstanding achievement by a living composer in a large musical genre: choral, orchestral, chamber, electronic, song-cycle, dance, opera, musical theater, extended solo work and more.	1985	The University of Louisville
12	Independent Music Awards	It honors top-ranked independent (indie) artists and releases in more than 50 Album, Song, Music Video and Design categories.	2001	Presented by Music Resource Group
13	Ivor Novello Awards	Awarded for Honouring Excellence in Music Writing	1955	Presented by BASCA, the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors
14	Juno Award	Awarded for Outstanding achievements in the record industry	1970	Presented by Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
15	Léonie Sonning Music Prize (awarded annually)	is given annually to an international composer or musician	1959	The Léonie Sonning Music Foundation, Denmark
16	Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica (Video Music Awards)	Awarded for Best in music	2002	Presented by MTV
17	MTV Africa Music Awards	Awarded for Best in music	2008	Presented by MTV
18	MTV Asia Awards	It gives recognition and awards to Asian and international icons in achievement, cinema, fashion, humanitarian, and music.	2002	Presented by MTV Asia
19	MTV Australia Awards	Awarded for Best in music	2005	Presented by MTV Australia
20	MTV Europe Music Awards	Awarded for Best in American Music	1994	Presented by MTV Europe
21	MTV Video Music Award	Awarded for Best in Music videos and pop culture	1984	Presented by MTV
22	Polar Music Prize	Awarded for Exceptional achievements in music	1992	Presented by Stig Anderson Music Award Foundation
23	Praemium Imperiale	Awarded for "Outstanding contributions to the development, promotion and progress of the arts.	1989	Presented by Japan Art Association
24	German Record Critics Award	To recognize the "most rigorous standards for supreme achievement" in the field of recording.	1963	Independent charitable organization, Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik e.V.