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Edison Award

January 01, 1970

For the awards given for excellence in innovation, see Edison Awards.
For the award given for achievements in Tamil cinema, see Edison Awards (India).

The Edison Award is an annual Dutch music prize awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry. It is comparable to the American Grammy Award.[1] The Edison award itself is a bronze replica of a statuette of Thomas Edison, designed by the Dutch sculptor Pieter d'Hont.[2] It is one of the oldest music awards in the world, first presented in 1960 at the inaugural Grand Gala du Disque.[3]

Edison Award
Edison award 1961
Awarded forOutstanding achievements in the music industry
CountryNetherlands
Presented byNVPI
First awardedOctober 22, 1960
Websitehttp://www.edisons.nl/

Edisons edit

In 1960, the Committee for Collective Gramophone Campaigns organized the Edison awards for recordings in various categories.[4] The first Edisons – named after the inventor of the phonograph, Thomas Edison – were awarded at the inaugural Grand Gala du Disque, a showcase for the awards featuring national and international performers.[5] Coincidentally, Edison was of Dutch lineage. Each year, Edisons were awarded at two separate events, the Grand Gala du Disque Classique for classical music and the Grand Gala du Disque Populaire for popular music.[6] There were two main categories: International artists and domestic (Dutch) artists, in various musical styles such as pop, vocal, jazz, instrumental, children and (in the early years) a separate award for French-language music. The winners were decided by judges.

 
Sture Wahlberg (producer) with Alice Babs and Svend Asmussen and their Edison Award at the Grand Gala du Disque in 1965.

The 1963 Grand Gala du Disque Populaire, which overran by almost two hours, saw Marlene Dietrich, Sarah Vaughan and Charles Aznavour accepting an Edison. In 1965, the winners included Esther Ofarim, Oliver Nelson, Louis van Dijke, the Beatles and Joan Baez.[7] Pianist Vladimir Horowitz and composer-conductor Igor Stravinsky won awards at the Grand Gala du Disque Classique.[1]

 
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Anneliese Rothenberger and Edo de Waart with their Edison awards at the Grand Gala du Disque Classique on October 3, 1969.

The award itself has also gone through many changes. In the 1960s and early 1970s, it grew to a (then) record number of 24 categories in 1969. In later years, the number of awards was inconsistent and several categories did not last longer than a couple of years. From 1975 to 1976 no Edisons were awarded and in 1977 only Dutch artists were awarded a prize.[3] In 1980, the Classical and Popular were jointly awarded. While the award lost much of its prestige in the 1980s due to lack of media coverage and interest from record companies – the number of categories continued to grow to a record number of 35 in 1991. The choices became more progressive, as several award winners were virtually unknown to the general public. In 1991, for instance, no awards were given to best-selling and critically lauded albums, but instead lesser known artists like The Riverdogs, Michael Lee Firkins, rapper Paris and instrumentalist Jean Marc Zelwer got the prizes.

By the end of the 1990s, the Edison experienced another overhaul, as the prize was split into the Edison Pop and Edison Jazz/World awards (there had always been a separate Edison Classical Award ceremony). It also began to focus more on Dutch artists and a number of new categories were introduced, such as best album, video, single and newcomer. Each year also featured one or two awards which were directly voted for by the television audiences.

Interest in the Edison has gone up in recent years, although no awards were given in 2006 and 2007. These days, the award is focused on Dutch product only, with several categories such as best male artist, female artist, newcomer, and theatre/vocal artist. There is also an annual lifetime achievement award for an artist with a distinguished career. The 2011 ceremony, held on 2 October and which featured eight categories, was not televised.

Award winners edit

From 1960 to 2011, over 750 Edison awards were handed out. The list of artists with most Edison wins is dominated by Dutch artists with relatively young careers. This is mainly because from the late 1990s, it has become much easier to win multiple awards in one year, which in the early days of the award was virtually impossible.

  • Marco Borsato – 13 wins, from 1995 to 2011, including a lifetime achievement award in 2011 and five wins in the Best male artist category.
  • Anouk – 9 wins, from 1998 to 2011, including three Edisons in her debut year (1998) and five awards in the Best female artist category.[8]
  • Herman van Veen – 8 wins, from 1970 to 2010, including a lifetime achievement award in 2010, two awards in the children's category and four in the Best male vocal category.
  • BLØF – 7 wins, from 2000 to 2009, including five awards for Best group.
  • Ilse DeLange – 6 wins, from 1999 to 2011, including four times as Best female artist.

Most wins for international artists

Miles Davis, Beach Boys, Charles Aznavour, Emmylou Harris, Eric Clapton, Bob James, Paul Simon, Phil Collins, Ry Cooder, Stevie Wonder, U2 and Robbie Williams all had three Edison wins each. (Miles Davis and the Beach Boys were awarded an additional fourth Edison in 1966, but these were later scrapped as the list of winners had been leaked to the press prematurely and no awards were given that year).[9]

Edison Pop Oeuvreprijs edit

* 1974 David Bowie

Edison Jazz/World Oeuvreprijs edit

Edison Classical Music Awards edit

The Edison Classical Music Awards (Edison Klassiek) are a collection of awards annually given to the best classical music recordings of the year. Awards are separately given in eleven categories. The award, part of the Edison Award, is issued from Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Oeuvreprijs edit

2003 edit

2016 edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Edison, Prizes to Vlad, Stravinsky" (PDF). Billboard. July 2, 1966. p. 23. (PDF) from the original on January 31, 2023 – via WorldRadioHistory.
  2. ^ . RTV Utrecht. March 21, 2014. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Edisons 2014-03-02 at the Wayback Machine. edisons.nl
  4. ^ Hageman, Bas (March 15, 1969). "Dutch Record Industry Boom Credited to CCGC Promotion" (PDF). Billboard. p. 62. (PDF) from the original on January 31, 2023 – via WorldRadioHistory.
  5. ^ "CCGC Aids Industry" (PDF). Billboard. May 6, 1972. p. 53. (PDF) from the original on January 31, 2023 – via WorldRadioHistory.
  6. ^ "In Holland: Edison Awards Go to Top Talent" (PDF). Billboard. October 26, 1963. p. 48. (PDF) from the original on January 31, 2023 – via WorldRadioHistory.
  7. ^ "Top Performers At Edison Awards" (PDF). Billboard. October 16, 1965. p. 6. (PDF) from the original on January 31, 2023 – via WorldRadioHistory.
  8. ^ Anouk. edisons.nl
  9. ^ Dit jaar in het populaire genre geen Edisons. Leeuwarder Courant, 1 June 1966
  10. ^ [Edison Oeuvre Prize for Doe Maar]. spitsnieuws.nl (in Dutch). 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Edison Klassiek [Classical] homepage

January 01, 1970
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For the awards given for excellence in innovation see Edison Awards For the award given for achievements in Tamil cinema see Edison Awards India The Edison Award is an annual Dutch music prize awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry It is comparable to the American Grammy Award 1 The Edison award itself is a bronze replica of a statuette of Thomas Edison designed by the Dutch sculptor Pieter d Hont 2 It is one of the oldest music awards in the world first presented in 1960 at the inaugural Grand Gala du Disque 3 Edison AwardEdison award 1961Awarded forOutstanding achievements in the music industryCountryNetherlandsPresented byNVPIFirst awardedOctober 22 1960Websitehttp www edisons nl Contents 1 Edisons 2 Award winners 2 1 Edison Pop Oeuvreprijs 2 2 Edison Jazz World Oeuvreprijs 3 Edison Classical Music Awards 3 1 Oeuvreprijs 3 2 2003 3 3 2016 4 References 5 External linksEdisons editIn 1960 the Committee for Collective Gramophone Campaigns organized the Edison awards for recordings in various categories 4 The first Edisons named after the inventor of the phonograph Thomas Edison were awarded at the inaugural Grand Gala du Disque a showcase for the awards featuring national and international performers 5 Coincidentally Edison was of Dutch lineage Each year Edisons were awarded at two separate events the Grand Gala du Disque Classique for classical music and the Grand Gala du Disque Populaire for popular music 6 There were two main categories International artists and domestic Dutch artists in various musical styles such as pop vocal jazz instrumental children and in the early years a separate award for French language music The winners were decided by judges nbsp Sture Wahlberg producer with Alice Babs and Svend Asmussen and their Edison Award at the Grand Gala du Disque in 1965 The 1963 Grand Gala du Disque Populaire which overran by almost two hours saw Marlene Dietrich Sarah Vaughan and Charles Aznavour accepting an Edison In 1965 the winners included Esther Ofarim Oliver Nelson Louis van Dijke the Beatles and Joan Baez 7 Pianist Vladimir Horowitz and composer conductor Igor Stravinsky won awards at the Grand Gala du Disque Classique 1 nbsp Karlheinz Stockhausen Anneliese Rothenberger and Edo de Waart with their Edison awards at the Grand Gala du Disque Classique on October 3 1969 The award itself has also gone through many changes In the 1960s and early 1970s it grew to a then record number of 24 categories in 1969 In later years the number of awards was inconsistent and several categories did not last longer than a couple of years From 1975 to 1976 no Edisons were awarded and in 1977 only Dutch artists were awarded a prize 3 In 1980 the Classical and Popular were jointly awarded While the award lost much of its prestige in the 1980s due to lack of media coverage and interest from record companies the number of categories continued to grow to a record number of 35 in 1991 The choices became more progressive as several award winners were virtually unknown to the general public In 1991 for instance no awards were given to best selling and critically lauded albums but instead lesser known artists like The Riverdogs Michael Lee Firkins rapper Paris and instrumentalist Jean Marc Zelwer got the prizes By the end of the 1990s the Edison experienced another overhaul as the prize was split into the Edison Pop and Edison Jazz World awards there had always been a separate Edison Classical Award ceremony It also began to focus more on Dutch artists and a number of new categories were introduced such as best album video single and newcomer Each year also featured one or two awards which were directly voted for by the television audiences Interest in the Edison has gone up in recent years although no awards were given in 2006 and 2007 These days the award is focused on Dutch product only with several categories such as best male artist female artist newcomer and theatre vocal artist There is also an annual lifetime achievement award for an artist with a distinguished career The 2011 ceremony held on 2 October and which featured eight categories was not televised Award winners editFrom 1960 to 2011 over 750 Edison awards were handed out The list of artists with most Edison wins is dominated by Dutch artists with relatively young careers This is mainly because from the late 1990s it has become much easier to win multiple awards in one year which in the early days of the award was virtually impossible Marco Borsato 13 wins from 1995 to 2011 including a lifetime achievement award in 2011 and five wins in the Best male artist category Anouk 9 wins from 1998 to 2011 including three Edisons in her debut year 1998 and five awards in the Best female artist category 8 Herman van Veen 8 wins from 1970 to 2010 including a lifetime achievement award in 2010 two awards in the children s category and four in the Best male vocal category BLOF 7 wins from 2000 to 2009 including five awards for Best group Ilse DeLange 6 wins from 1999 to 2011 including four times as Best female artist Most wins for international artists Quincy Jones 5 wins from 1964 to 1979 in the jazz instrumental and musical film categories Elvis Costello 4 wins from 1978 to 1999 Cliff Richard 4 wins from 1962 to 1998 lifetime achievement award Barbra Streisand 4 wins from 1964 to 1992 Miles Davis Beach Boys Charles Aznavour Emmylou Harris Eric Clapton Bob James Paul Simon Phil Collins Ry Cooder Stevie Wonder U2 and Robbie Williams all had three Edison wins each Miles Davis and the Beach Boys were awarded an additional fourth Edison in 1966 but these were later scrapped as the list of winners had been leaked to the press prematurely and no awards were given that year 9 Edison Pop Oeuvreprijs edit 1974 David Bowie 1998 Boudewijn de Groot 1998 Cliff Richard 1999 Toto 1999 Golden Earring 2000 Andre Hazes 2000 Status Quo 2001 BZN 2002 Simple Minds 2002 Rob de Nijs 2003 Rene Froger 2003 Mark Knopfler 2004 Frank Boeijen 2004 George Michael 2005 Phil Collins 2005 De Dijk 2006 Normaal 2009 Krezip 2010 Herman van Veen 2010 Rowwen Heze 2011 Marco Borsato 2012 Doe Maar 10 2014 Youp van t Hek 2014 BLOF 2016 Tiesto 2017 Anouk 2018 Extince 2019 Ilse DeLange 2020 Willeke Alberti Edison Jazz World Oeuvreprijs edit 2006 Rita Reys 2007 Randy Crawford amp Joe Sample 2008 Piet Noordijk 2008 Al Jarreau 2009 Dianne Reeves 2010 Chaka Khan 2011 Ivan Lins 2012 Dee Dee Bridgewater 2013 Marcus Miller 2014 Kurt Elling 2014 Greetje Kauffeld 2015 Malando Orkest 2015 Flairck 2016 Metropole Orkest 2017 Lee Towers 2017 Joshua Redman 2018 Patti Austin 2018 Angelique Kidjo 2019 Carel Kraayenhof 2019 Eliane Elias 2020 Eric Vloeimans 2020 Louis van DijkEdison Classical Music Awards editThe Edison Classical Music Awards Edison Klassiek are a collection of awards annually given to the best classical music recordings of the year Awards are separately given in eleven categories The award part of the Edison Award is issued from Amsterdam the Netherlands Oeuvreprijs edit 2003 Anne Sofie von Otter 2004 Mstislav Rostropovich 2005 Thomas Hampson 2006 Jessye Norman 2007 John Williams 2008 Kiri Te Kanawa 2009 Beaux Arts Trio 2010 Pierre Boulez 2011 Daniel Barenboim 2012 Frans Bruggen 2013 Reinbert de Leeuw 2014 Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra 2015 Itzhak Perlman 2016 Bernard Haitink 2017 Ton Koopman 2018 Renee Fleming 2019 Kronos Quartet 2020 Roberta Alexander 2003 edit Oeuvreprijs lifetime achievement award Anne Sofie von Otter Opera Giuseppe Verdi Falstaff Bryn Terfel Thomas Hampson Daniil Shtoda and others Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Claudio Abbado Baroque music Jean Baptiste Lully Les Divertissements de Versailles Les Arts Florissants conducted by William Christie Contemporary music Luciano Berio Voci Kim Kashkashian Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies Bijzondere Uitgaven van Historische Aard special historical art Joseph Haydn Frederic Chopin and others Richter 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Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Instrumental soloist Daniil Trifonov Rachmaninov Variations Universal Music DG Vocal soloist Sabine Devieilhe Mozart The Weber Sisters Warner Classics Erato Debut Lucas Debargue Scarlatti Chopin Liszt etc Lucas Debargue Sony Classical Chamber music Quatuor Ebene Schubert String Quintet Lieder Warner Music Erato Orchestral music Concentus Musicus Wien Nikolaus Harnoncourt Beethoven Symphonies 4 amp 5 Sony Classical Choir music Ensemble Pygmalion conducted by Raphael Pichon Wagner Brahms Schumann Rheinmadchen PIAS The Netherlands Harmonia Mundi De ontdekking The discovery Barbara Hannigan Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons Abrahamsen Let Me Tell You PIAS Holland Harmony Mundi Winter amp WinterReferences edit a b Edison Prizes to Vlad Stravinsky PDF Billboard July 2 1966 p 23 Archived PDF from the original on January 31 2023 via WorldRadioHistory Edison van beeldhouwer D Hont onder de hamer RTV Utrecht March 21 2014 Archived from the original on March 24 2014 a b Edisons Archived 2014 03 02 at the Wayback Machine edisons nl Hageman Bas March 15 1969 Dutch Record Industry Boom Credited to CCGC Promotion PDF Billboard p 62 Archived PDF from the original on January 31 2023 via WorldRadioHistory CCGC Aids Industry PDF Billboard May 6 1972 p 53 Archived PDF from the original on January 31 2023 via WorldRadioHistory In Holland Edison Awards Go to Top Talent PDF Billboard October 26 1963 p 48 Archived PDF from the original on January 31 2023 via WorldRadioHistory Top Performers At Edison Awards PDF Billboard October 16 1965 p 6 Archived PDF from the original on January 31 2023 via WorldRadioHistory Anouk edisons nl Dit jaar in het populaire genre geen Edisons Leeuwarder Courant 1 June 1966 Edison Oeuvreprijs voor Doe Maar Edison Oeuvre Prize for Doe Maar spitsnieuws nl in Dutch 9 October 2012 Archived from the original on 11 October 2012 Retrieved 5 October 2023 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link External links editOfficial website Edison Klassiek Classical homepage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edison Award amp oldid 1210088248, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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