Meteor Music Awards
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| awarded_for = Achievements in the Irish and international record industry
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| venue = Point Theatre, Dublin (2001–2007)
RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin (2008–2010)
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A Meteor Ireland Music Award was an accolade bestowed upon professionals in the music industry in Ireland and further afield. They had been bestowed each year since 2001, replacing the IRMA Ireland Music Awards held in the 1990s. Promoted by MCD Productions, the ceremony at which these accolades were bestowed upon worthy recipients was referred to colloquially as The Meteors, though occasionally also by its full title.
Event organisers confirmed in January 2011 that there would be no awards ceremony that year, with Meteor's cancellation of its sponsorship of the event widely blamed for this abrupt occurrence.{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0110/meteorawards.html |title=Meteor Awards cancelled for 2011 |date=10 January 2011 |access-date=10 January 2011 |work=RTÉ Ten |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102174022/http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0110/meteorawards.html |archive-date=2 November 2012 |df=dmy }}{{cite news|first=Siobhán|last=O'Connell|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2011/0224/1224290732479.html|title=Loyalty to Irish newspapers still evident|date=24 February 2011|access-date=24 February 2011|newspaper=The Irish Times|publisher=Irish Times Trust|quote=There are no Meteor Music Awards this year after the mobile phone operator decided to cease sponsoring the event. However, the brand, which is 10 years old, says the awards will return in 2012, with Meteor as the primary sponsor. The televised awards were Meteor's most visible sponsorship and tied in with the company's strategy of recruiting younger customers.}}
History
File:Mark McCabe Meteor Awards.jpg
The Meteor Ireland Music Awards were the equivalent to the Canadian Juno Awards, the American Grammy Awards,{{cite web|url=http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1170024&lang=eng_news|title=Irish singer Imelda May performs on Grammys|date=1 February 2010|access-date=5 February 2010|work=Taiwan News|archive-date=4 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204095358/http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1170024&lang=eng_news|url-status=dead}} the Echo Awards in Germany, and the United Kingdom's BRIT Awards. The awards take their name from their sponsors, Meteor.
Each year there was a mix of live performances and award presentations at a ceremony conducted in the Point Theatre, Dublin (2001–2007) and the Royal Dublin Society's Simmonscourt, Dublin (2008–2010). Irish artists to have showcased their music included Snow Patrol, Sinéad O'Connor, U2, Bell X1, Aslan, Westlife, the Blizzards, the Frames, the Coronas, Director, Hothouse Flowers, Cathy Davey, the Devlins, the Thrills, Paddy Casey, and the Immediate, whilst previous live performances by international artists have included the Pussycat Dolls, Amy Winehouse, Sugababes, Counting Crows, the Darkness, Kaiser Chiefs, Lionel Richie, and Tom Jones.
Presenters included both Irish and international figures from music, sport, film, television, and beauty: Joe Elliott, Denis Hickie, Colin Farrell, Alex Zane, and Rosanna Davison. The award ceremony was hosted by a number of different personalities throughout its history: Ed Byrne, Patrick Kielty, Amanda Byram, Podge and Rodge alongside Deirdre O'Kane, and Dara Ó Briain.
Originally held in the Point Theatre in Dublin, in 2008 the award ceremony moved to the RDS Simmonscourt of the Royal Dublin Society until its cancellation in 2011.
Recipients by year
A list of winners is to be found on the Meteor website.[http://www.meteor.ie/about/music_awards/mima_winners/ "Meteor Ireland Music Awards Past Winners"]. Meteor. Retrieved 14 March 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201113547/http://www.meteor.ie/about/music_awards/mima_winners/ |date=1 February 2009 }}
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Award ceremonies by year
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20050312035453/http://meteormusicawards.meteor.ie:80/}}
- [http://www.mcd.ie Site of MCD – awards promoters]
- [http://www.meteor.ie/misc/MIMA.html List of winners through the years] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024180100/http://www.meteor.ie/misc/MIMA.html |date=24 October 2007 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071214201324/http://home.eircom.net/html/meteor/awards2006/ Highlights of 2006 Awards] sponsored by eircom
- [http://www.showbizireland.com/news/march02/06-u284.shtml Photos (2002 awards)] at ShowBiz Ireland
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Category:Awards established in 2001