Premios Gardel
{{Short description|Argentine award for achievements in music}}
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The Premios Gardel a la Música (originally called Premios Carlos Gardel), or just Premios Gardel (in English, the Gardel Awards), is an award presented by the Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers (CAPIF) to recognize the best of Argentine music and to award the talent of Argentine artists in a diversity of genres and categories.{{cite web|url=https://premiosgardel.org.ar/premios|title=Premios Gardel a la Música|website=Premios Gardel|accessdate=27 March 2021}} The trophy depicts a sculpture of French Argentine tango singer Carlos Gardel, one of Argentina's music icons. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and the presentation of awards that have more popular interest.
The honorees are chosen by a jury consisting of musicians, journalists and other members of the media, event producers, sound engineers, and personalities related to music. The awards are the Argentine equivalent to the American Grammy Awards{{cite magazine |last1=Lannert |first1=John |title=Latin Notas |magazine=Billboard |date=April 1, 2000 |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ww4EAAAAMBAJ&q=premios%20gardel&pg=PA74 |accessdate=22 April 2019}} and the British BRIT Awards. The Premios Gardel have been described as the "most important prize in the country's music business".{{cite magazine |last1=Fernández Bitas |first1=Marcelo |title=Gardel Awards Shine a Little Brighter |magazine=Billboard |date=April 23, 2005 |pages=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BBUEAAAAMBAJ&q=gardel%20awards&pg=PA26 |accessdate=22 April 2019}}
History
After the ACE Awards (1992–1997) failed to become Argentina's standard music awards due to lack of support from the industry, the Gardel Awards appeared to take over that spot.
The awards are named after Carlos Gardel, one of Argentina's earliest and most well-known popular music performers.
The awards were organized by CAPIF with the first ceremony held in 1999 for music released between June 1, 1997, and November 30, 1998.{{cite magazine |last1=Fernández Bitas |first1=Marcelo |title=Argentine Awards: Premios Gardel's Successful Debut |magazine=Billboard |date=June 26, 1999 |volume=111 |issue=26 |pages=LM-12, LM-24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA32 |accessdate=22 April 2019}} The jury for the first awards comprised 500 members.
In 2003, the voting committee was made "truly independent from the record companies, whose staffs can no longer vote," according to then-CAPIF executive director, Gabriel Salcedo. The jury increased to 1,500 members, including artists, producers, and journalists of "every musical genre". In the past, the Gardels were viewed as a "pat on the back" from the industry to its favorite, best-selling artists, but the revamped voting was viewed as giving transparency to the selection process and a new-found credibility to the awards themselves.
Ceremonies
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Categories
The Gardel Awards are awarded in a series of categories, each of which isolate a specific contribution to the recording industry. The standard awards list nominees in each category from which a winner is selected. Twenty-four Gardel Awards were awarded in the first award ceremony, but the number of awards has grown and fluctuated over time as new categories are added and some older ones removed. As of 2022, the number of categories is forty-eight.{{cite web|url=https://premiosgardel.org.ar/categorias|title=Definición de Categorías|website=Premios Gardel|accessdate=3 July 2022|language=Spanish}}
=General Field=
The General Field are standard awards for musical works which do not restrict nominees by genre or some other criterion:
- Album of the Year is awarded to the performer(s) of a full vocal or instrumental album. The winner of this category receives the Gardel de Oro Award, a golden version of the trophy and the Awards' greatest distinction.
- Song of the Year is awarded to the performer(s), songwriter(s) and composer(s) of the song.
- Record of the Year is awarded to the performer(s), producer(s) and recording engineer(s) of a full album. Formerly known as Production of the Year, it also allows songs to be nominated since 2020.
- Best New Artist is awarded to the performer of a full album or song who has not released more than two albums or twenty songs. From 2007 to 2018 (except in 2010), the category was replaced genre-specific versions for pop, rock, tango, folklore, tropical and cuarteto.
- Collaboration of the Year is awarded to the performers, songwriter(s) and composer(s) of the song. It is awarded since 2020.
=Winners=
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=Genre-specific categories=
As of the 2024 ceremony, there are 49 categories, including the General Field.
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- Best Pop Album {{small|(since 2020)}}
- Best Pop Song {{small|(since 2022)}}
- Best Pop Group Album
- Best Traditional Pop Album {{small|(since 2024)}}
- Best Urban Pop Album {{small|(since 2024)}}
- Best Urban Pop Song {{small|(since 2024)}}
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- Best Rock Album {{small|(1999–2001, 2003–2005, 2016–2017, 2020–)}}
- Best Rock Song {{small|(since 2022)}}
- Best Rock Group Album
- Best Hard Rock/Punk Album {{small|(since 2014)}}
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- Best Electronic Music Album {{small|(since 2018)}}
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- Best Folklore Album {{small|(1999, 2020–)}}
- Best Folklore Song {{small|(since 2022)}}
- Best Folklore Group Album {{small|(since 2000)}}
- Best Chamamé Album {{small|(since 2015)}}
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- Best Tango Album {{small|(1999–2001, 2003, 2020–)}}
- Best Tango Song {{small|(since 2022)}}
- Best Instrumental Tango Orchestra Album {{small|(2000–2003, 2005–)}}
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- Best Alternative Pop Album {{small|(since 2019)}}
- Best Alternative Rock Album {{small|(since 2019)}}
- Best Alternative Folklore Album {{small|(since 2008)}}
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- Best Tropical Album {{small|(2004–2006, 2020–)}}
- Best Tropical Song {{small|(since 2022)}}
- Best Tropical Group Album {{small|(2003–2010, 2012–)}}
- Best Cuarteto Album {{small|(2003–2009, 2012–)}}
- Best Cuarteto Song {{small|(since 2022)}}
- Best Cuarteto Group Album {{small|(2012–)}}
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- Best Classical Album {{small|(since 2001)}}
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- Best Jazz Album {{small|(since 2003)}}
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Instrumental/Fusion/World Music
- Best Instrumental/Fusion/World Music Album {{small|(since 2010)}}
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- Best Urban Album {{small|(since 2022)}}
- Best Urban Song {{small|(since 2022)}}
- Best Urban Collaboration {{small|(since 2022)}}
- Best Reggae/Ska Album {{small|(since 2019)}}
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Live
- Best Live Album {{small|(since 2020)}}
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Singer-Songwriting
- Best Singer-Songwriting Album {{small|(since 2004)}}
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Children
- Best Children's Album
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Music for Visual Media
- Best Cinema/Television Soundtrack Album {{small|(since 2007)}}
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Historical
- Best Catalog Collection Album {{small|(since 2007)}}
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Concept
- Best Concept Album {{small|(since 2008)}}
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Producer
- Producer of the Year {{small|(1999–2004, 2020–)}}
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Recording Engineer
- Best Recording Engineering {{small|(since 2005)}}
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Package
- Best Cover Design {{small|(since 2000)}}
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Music Video
- Best Music Video {{small|(1999, 2001–)}}
- Best Long Form Music Video {{small|(since 2005)}}
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- Best Female Pop Album {{small|(1999–2019)}}
- Best Male Pop Album {{small|(1999–2019)}}
- Best New Pop Artist {{small|(2007–2009, 2011–2018)}}
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- Best Female Rock Album {{small|(2002, 2006, 2017–2019)}}
- Best Male Rock Album {{small|(2002, 2006, 2017–2019)}}
- Best New Rock Artist {{small|(2007–2009, 2011–2018)}}
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- Best Dance/Electronic Album {{small|(2003–2007)}}
- Best Electronic Tango Album {{small|(2008–2009)}}
- Best Remix Album {{small|(2008–2009)}}
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- Best Female Folklore Album {{small|(2000–2019)}}
- Best Male Folklore Album {{small|(2000–2019)}}
- Best New Folklore Artist {{small|(2007–2009, 2011–2016, 2018)}}
- Best Nuevas Formas Folklore Album {{small|(2004–2006)}}
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- Best Female Tango Album {{small|(2002, 2004–2019)}}
- Best Male Tango Album {{small|(2002, 2004–2019)}}
- Best New Rock Artist {{small|(2007–2009, 2011–2018)}}
- Best Nuevas Formas Tango Album {{small|(2004–2006)}}
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- Best Alternative Rock/Pop Album {{small|(2009–2018)}}
- Best Alternative Tango Album {{small|(2011–2017)}}
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- Best Urban/Reggae Album {{small|(2012–2018)}}
- Best Urban/Trap Song or Album {{small|(2019–2021)}}
- Best Urban/Trap Collaboration {{small|(2019–2021)}}
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- Best Romantic/Melodic Album {{small|(2003–2023)}}
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Instrumental/Fusion/World Music
- Best Instrumental/Fusion Album {{small|(in 2009 only)}}
- Best Instrumental Album {{small|(2007–2008)}}
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- Best Female Tropical Album {{small|(2001–2003, 2007–2010, 2012–2019)}}
- Best Male Tropical Album {{small|(2001–2003, 2007–2010, 2012–2019)}}
- Best New Tropical Artist {{small|(2002–2003, 2007–2009)}}
- Best New Cuarteto Artist {{small|(in 2012 only)}}
- Best New Tropical/Cuarteto Artist {{small|(2006–2009, 2011)}}
- Best Female Tropical/Cuarteto Album {{small|(in 2011 only)}}
- Best Male Tropical/Cuarteto Album {{small|(in 2011 only)}}
- Best Tropical/Cuarteto Group Album {{small|(in 2011 only)}}
- Best Tropical/Bailanta Album {{small|(in 1999 only)}}
- Best Female Tropical/Bailanta Album {{small|(in 2000 only)}}
- Best Male Tropical/Bailanta Album {{small|(in 2000 only)}}
- Best Tropical/Bailanta Group Album {{small|(1999–2000)}}
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Christian music
- Best Christian Album {{small|(2008–2012)}}
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Performance
- Performance of the Year {{small|(2006–2007)}}
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- Best Adult Contemporary Artist or Group {{small|(2002–2003)}}
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- Latin Album of the Year {{small|(1999–2002)}}
- Best Female Latin Album {{small|(1999–2002)}}
- Best Male Latin Album {{small|(1999–2002)}}
- Best Latin Pop Group Album {{small|(1999–2002)}}
- Best Latin RockGroup Album {{small|(1999–2002)}}
- Best New Latin Artist {{small|(1999–2002)}}
- Best Mercosur Artist Album {{small|(in 1999 only)}}
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Music Video
- Best Music Video Director {{small|(1999–2000)}}
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Voting process
The voting process begins every year with media companies entering albums, songs and music videos for consideration. Entries are made online. Once the postulation date expires and all entries have been registered in the differed categories, CAPIF summons the Revision Committees, work groups consisting of journalists, producers, musicians and specialist that revise the entries to revise that the entries have been registered in the right category according to its music genre and particular characteristics. Once it has been revised, the selection of nominees begins.
For selecting the nominees, CAPIF informs the jury of the Gardel Awards that the first stage of the voting process is open for each category. Members of the jury can access online to the audio and video contents that habe been submitted for nomination and choose those that consider should be nominated. Once this stage of the voting process finishes, CAPIF publishes the official list of nominees.
After the list of nominees has been defined, the voting members must select one winner for each category. This is also made online. Lastly, CAPIF informs the winners in the pre-telecast ceremony and the official awards show ceremony.{{cite web|url=https://premiosgardel.org.ar/proceso|title=Proceso de Votación|website=Premios Gardel|accessdate=March 27, 2021|language=Spanish}}
See also
References
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Category:Argentine music awards