YUNA (music award)
{{short description|Annual Ukrainian music award}}
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| location = Palace "Ukraine"
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File:Pianoboy and Morphom at YUNA 2018.jpg and Morphom in 2018]]
YUNA (Yearly Ukrainian National Awards) is an annual Ukrainian music award ceremony, established on 27 October 2011 by Pavlo Shilko and Mohammad Zahoor, usually held at the Palace "Ukraine" theatre in Kyiv. Nominees and winners are determined by a professional jury. The first ceremony took place in 2012, and it has been held every year since. Its hosts have included celebrities such as singer Potap and television presenter Anatoly Anatolich.
In 2020, a youth version of the award, called YUNA Junior 2020, also took place.
In 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the award ceremony was held online. The 2023 edition of the event only had one award category: Song of Indomitable Ukraine.
Background
The award ceremony was established on 27 October 2011 by radio and television presenter Pavlo Shilko and businessman Mohammad Zahoor.{{cite news|title=В Україні встановлено музичну премію YUNA |url=https://www.unian.ua/culture/560647-v-ukrajini-vstanovleno-muzichnu-premiyu-yuna.html |website=unian.ua |date=27 October 2011 |access-date=25 May 2023 |language=uk |trans-title=The YUNA music award has been established in Ukraine}} Nominees and winners are determined by a professional jury, and the accounting firm Deloitte regulates the final vote tally.{{cite news|title=Первыми победителями премии YUNA 2020 стали MARUV и alyona alyona |url=https://kp.ua/culture/661948-pervymy-pobedyteliamy-premyy-YUNA-2020-staly-MARUV-y-alyona-alyona |website=kp.ua |date=10 March 2020 |access-date=25 May 2023 |language=uk |trans-title=MARUV and alyona alyona became the first winners of the YUNA 2020 award}}
History
=2012=
The first YUNA ceremony, which took place on 8 February 2012 at Palace "Ukraine" in Kyiv, honored the best in Ukrainian music spanning the twenty years since the country's independence in 1991 and was later named "YUNA: The Best of 20 Years". The event didn't have a host; rather, awards were presented by different celebrities.{{cite news|title=Украина выбирает лучших музыкантов. Yuna музыкальная премия. |url=http://geometria.ru/announcements/high-life/2012/2/8/127638 |website=geometria.ru |date=16 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305044035/http://geometria.ru/announcements/high-life/2012/2/8/127638 |access-date=25 May 2023 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |language=ru |trans-title=Ukraine chooses the best musicians. Yuna music award.}} From 28 nominees, who had been announced on 12 December 2011,{{Cite web|title=YUNA-2012 Nominees Announced|url=http://show.obozrevatel.com/news/obyavlenyi-nominantyi-yuna-2012.htm|first=Nadezhda|last=Mamyrkina|publisher=Obozrevatel|date=13 December 2011|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20121114230612/http://show.obozrevatel.com/news/obyavlenyi-nominantyi-yuna-2012.htm|archive-date=14 November 2012|url-status=live|access-date=18 September 2024}}{{Cite web |url=http://yuna.ua/nominanty/20-nomnanti-naconalnoyi-muzichnoyi-premyi-yuna-2012.html |title=2012 Nominees |accessdate=2 June 2015 |archive-date=28 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528022105/http://yuna.ua/nominanty/20-nomnanti-naconalnoyi-muzichnoyi-premyi-yuna-2012.html }} the jury selected 9 winners.{{Cite web |url=http://inter.ua/ru/news/2012/02/01/4728 |title=Телеканал Интер |accessdate=2 June 2015 |archive-date=10 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810110636/http://inter.ua/ru/news/2012/02/01/4728 }}
=2013=
The second YUNA ceremony, celebrating the best in Ukrainian music for the previous year,{{Cite web |url=http://www.favor.com.ua/ru/article/8239.html |title=Відбулась презентація, присвячена музичній премії YUNA-2012 |date=18 April 2012 |accessdate=2 June 2015 |archive-date=31 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331161048/http://www.favor.com.ua/ru/article/8239.html }} was hosted by singer Potap.{{cite news|title="Yuna-2012": звездный час Дорна, Бумбокса и The HARDKISS |url=https://www.obozrevatel.com/chronics/97314-yuna-2012-zvezdnyij-chas-dorna-bumboksa-i-the-hardkiss.-foto.htm |website=obozrevatel.com |date=16 March 2013 |access-date=25 May 2023 |language=ru |trans-title="Yuna-2012": the finest hour of Dorn, Boombox and The Hardkiss.}} It added two new categories, namely Best Duet and Breakthrough of the Year.
=2014=
The 2014 YUNA gala was held under the slogan "YUNA – Music Unites! / YUNA – Get United!"{{Cite web|url=https://kp.ua/culture/443257-YUNA-muzyka-obedyniaet|title=YUNA: "Music Unites!"|first=Oksana|last=Goncharuk|publisher=KP in Ukraine|date=13 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522052455/https://kp.ua/culture/443257-YUNA-muzyka-obedyniaet|archive-date=22 May 2022|url-status=live|access-date=9 November 2023}}
=2015=
The 2015 event came with the slogan "Ukraine. Music. The Best!"{{Cite web |url=http://musicukraine.com/main/382-premiya-yuna-2015-otkryvaet-svoi-dveri-dlya-ukrainskih-artistov.html |title=Премия "YUNA-2015" открывает свои двери для украинских артистов » Music Ukraine |accessdate=4 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330001914/http://musicukraine.com/main/382-premiya-yuna-2015-otkryvaet-svoi-dveri-dlya-ukrainskih-artistov.html |archive-date=30 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://fakty.com.ua/ua/index/read-news/id/1546426/|title=YUNA 2015: Kuzma Skryabin Honored Posthumously|work=ФАКТИ ICTV |date=26 March 2015 |accessdate=16 May 2021|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516130448/https://fakty.com.ua/ua/index/read-news/id/1546426/}}
=2016=
The fifth YUNA ceremony took place on 25 February 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://tsn.ua/glamur/yuna-2016-u-kiyevi-obrali-naykraschih-ukrayinskih-muzikantiv-599215.html|title=YUNA 2016: The Best Ukrainian Musicians Chosen in Kyiv|date=26 February 2016 |accessdate=16 May 2021|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516130448/https://tsn.ua/glamur/yuna-2016-u-kiyevi-obrali-naykraschih-ukrayinskih-muzikantiv-599215.html}}
=2017=
The sixth edition of the event[https://www.obozrevatel.com/ukr/show/news/06937-yuna-2017-nazvani-imena-peremozhtsiv-muzichnoi-premii-v-ukraini.htm YUNA-2017: Winners of the Music Award in Ukraine Announced] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228161823/https://www.obozrevatel.com/ukr/show/news/06937-yuna-2017-nazvani-imena-peremozhtsiv-muzichnoi-premii-v-ukraini.htm |date=28 February 2018 }} was held on 21 February 2017 and was again hosted by Potap.[https://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/photos/58.utils.ad490a3d63e/ YUNA–2017: Blue Kamaliya and Zahoor, Black Mozgi, and Alyosha in Stockings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529074640/http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/photos/58ad490a3d63e/ |date=29 May 2017 }}
=2018=
In 2018, YUNA was hosted by Anatoliy Anatolich.[https://tsn.ua/glamur/yuna-2018-pronikliviy-monatik-zapalniy-o-torvald-ta-purhliva-kamaliya-1116072.html YUNA-2018: Soulful MONATIK, Fiery O.TORVALD, and Effervescent Kamaliya] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228161804/https://tsn.ua/glamur/yuna-2018-pronikliviy-monatik-zapalniy-o-torvald-ta-purhliva-kamaliya-1116072.html?g=article&m=400434678 |date=28 February 2018 }}
=2019=
The eighth edition of the ceremony took place on 22 March 2019.{{cite web|url=https://tsn.ua/glamur/monatik-polyakova-kazka-muzichna-premiya-yuna-2019-ogolosila-nominantiv-1267962.html|title=MONATIK, Polyakova, KAZKA: YUNA–2019 Music Award Announces Nominees|website=tsn.ua|location=18 December 2018|archive-url=https://perma-archives.org/warc/20181218181214/https://tsn.ua/glamur/monatik-polyakova-kazka-muzichna-premiya-yuna-2019-ogolosila-nominantiv-1267962.html|archive-date=18 December 2018|access-date=18 December 2018|url-status=live}}
=2020=
The 2020 event was held on 9 July.{{Cite web|url=https://slukh.media/news/yuna-2020-nominees/|title=YUNA–2020 Award Announces Nominees: See the List and Listen to the Playlist|date=17 December 2019 |accessdate=16 May 2021|archive-date=17 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217235821/https://slukh.media/news/yuna-2020-nominees/}} That year, a youth version of the award, called YUNA Junior 2020, was also organized.{{cite news|title=Участница "Голосу країни Діти" стала победительницей конкурса YUNA Junior 2020 |url=https://kp.ua/culture/670865-uchastnytsa-holosu-krainy-dity-stala-pobedytelnytsei-konkursa-YUNA-Junior-2020 |website=kp.ua |date=25 June 2020 |access-date=25 May 2023 |language=uk |trans-title=The participant of the "Voice of the Land of Children" became the winner of the YUNA Junior 2020 contest}}
=2021=
=2022=
In 2022, YUNA was scheduled for 16 March,{{Cite web|url=https://www.kissfm.ua/news/1006618-peremozhtsi-muzychnoi-premii-yuna-2022/|title=YUNA 2022 Music Award Winners – Kiss FM Ukraine|website=kissfm.ua|language=uk|access-date=24 May 2024}} but due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was held online on 17 July instead.{{Cite web|url=https://tsn.ua/glamur/yuna-2022-imena-laureativ-cogorichnoyi-premiyi-2112808.html|title=YUNA–2022: Names of This Year's Award Laureates|last=Khmelnytska|first=Vira|date=17 July 2022|website=TSN.ua|language=uk|access-date=24 May 2024}} The event's host, television presenter Volodymyr Ostapchuk, and producer Pavlo Shilko, announced that winners would not receive their trophies that year. Instead, they would be auctioned off, with proceeds being donated to the Ukrainian military.{{cite news|title=YUNA-2022: названо переможців престижної української премії |url=https://www.unian.ua/lite/music/yuna-2022-nazvano-peremozhciv-prestizhnoji-ukrajinskoji-premiji-11907213.html |website=unian.ua |date=18 July 2022 |access-date=26 May 2023 |language=uk |trans-title=YUNA-2022: the winners of the prestigious Ukrainian award have been named}}
=2023=
The twelfth ceremony was once more held online, on 18 April 2023, and it only had one award category: Song of Indomitable Ukraine.{{cite news|title=Регламент премії YUNA |url=https://yuna.ua/post/reglament/ |website=yuna.ua |access-date=26 May 2023 |language=uk |trans-title=YUNA Award Regulations}} According to updated YUNA regulations, adapted to the realities of martial law, the jury selected winners from a top-100 list of most-frequently played new songs on Ukrainian radio stations from the previous year, starting from the Russian invasion.{{Cite web|url=https://armyinform.com.ua/2023/04/22/premiya-yuna-ogolosyla-peremozhcziv-2023-roku-12-pisen-nezlamnoyi-ukrayiny/|title=YUNA Award Announces 2023 Winners: 12 Songs of Unbreakable Ukraine|website=armyinform.com.ua|language=uk|access-date=24 May 2024}}
=2024=
The 2024 event took place on 23 May, at the International Center of Culture and Arts of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine, in Kyiv.{{Cite web|url=https://ua.korrespondent.net/showbiz/music/4689256-nazvano-peremozhtsiv-muzychnoi-premii-YUNA-2024|title=YUNA–2024 Music Award Winners Announced|website=ua.korrespondent.net|language=uk|access-date=24 May 2024}}
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