Kraumur Awards Explained

Kraumur Awards
Awarded For:Best Icelandic Albums
Presenter:Kraumur Music Fund
Country:Iceland
Year:2008
Year2:2016
Website:http://www.kraumur.is/

Kraumur Awards is a music prize, organized by the Kraumur Music Fund, awarded for the best albums being released in Iceland.

The nominations for the first Kraumur Awards were announced in November 2008. Nominations and the award-winning albums are chosen by a selected panel of Icelandic music journalist and radio show hosts, with years of experience in playing and writing about Icelandic music.

The Kraumur Award usually goes to six albums, while 20 albums are nominated. The panel can add albums to the award category, which led to six albums in the first year and seven albums receiving the Kraumur award in 2013.

The Kraumur Awards an annual event with six best albums presented in alphabetical order.

Kraumur Awards 2008

The 2008 Kraumur Awards went to:[1]

Nominations (20 albums):

Kraumur Awards 2009

The 2009 Kraumur Awards went to:[2]

Nominations (20 albums):

Kraumur Awards 2010

The 2010 Kraumur Awards went to:[3]

Nominations (20 albums):

Kraumur Awards 2011

The 2011 Kraumur Awards went to:[4]

Nominations (20 albums):

Kraumur Awards 2012

The 2012 Kraumur Awards went to:[5]

Nominations (20 albums):

Kraumur Awards 2013

The 2013 Kraumur Awards went to:[6]

Nominations (20 albums):

The panel

The panel selecting the Kraumur Awards nominees and award albums for the years 2008-2010:

In the panel for 2008 Kraumur Awards only

In the panel for 2009 Kraumur Awards only

In the panel for 2011 Kraumur Awards:

In the panel for 2012 Kraumur Awards:

In the panel for 2013 Kraumur Awards:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kraumur» Blog Archive » Kraumsverðlaunin 2008 tilkynnt . 2008-12-08 . kraumur.is.
  2. Web site: Kraumur» Blog Archive » Kraumslistinn 2009 . 2009-02-25 . kraumur.is.
  3. Web site: Kraumur» Blog Archive » Kraumslistinn 2010 . 2010-12-16 . kraumur.is.
  4. Web site: Kraumur» Blog Archive » Kraumslistinn 2011 . 2011-12-06 . kraumur.is.
  5. Web site: Kraumur» Blog Archive » Kraumslistinn 2012 . 2012-12-19 . kraumur.is.
  6. Web site: Kraumur» Blog Archive » Kraumslistinn 2013 . 2012-12-18 . kraumur.is.