Tencent Music Entertainment Awards Explained

Tencent Music Entertainment Awards
Presenter:Tencent Music

Tencent Music Entertainment Awards (abbreviated as TMEA), is an awards ceremony founded by Tencent Music in 2019. It is held annually, replacing QQ Music's QQ Music Awards and KuGou's Ku Music Asian Music Awards. Both QQ Music and KuGou are part of Tencent music. The award recognizes the top artists among Tencent Music's various music streaming platforms.

History

On October 24, 2019, Tencent Music Entertainment Group CEO Peng Jiaxin announced that the first Tencent Music Entertainment Awards will be held in Macau, China on December 8, with the theme It's t1me for music.[1] The winners of the Most Popular awards category are determined via online voting.[2] On December 11, 2020, Tencent Music Entertainment Group officially announced that the second Tencent Music Entertainment Awards will be held in Macau, China on January 23, 2021, with the theme Music to Live.[3] [4] On November 23, 2021, Tencent Music Entertainment Group officially announced that the third Tencent Music Entertainment Awards will be held in Macau, China on December 11, 2021, with the theme 3sing for music.[5]

On June 14, 2023, Tencent Music Entertainment Group officially announced the 2023 TMEA Tencent Music Entertainment Festival will be held in Macau on July 8-9, with a total of four offline events and the theme Music for 4un.[6] On June 14, 2024, Tencent Music Entertainment Group officially announced that the fifth TMEA Tencent Music Entertainment Awards will be held in Macau on July 19-21 with the theme High Five. Music Drive and featuring a three-day music festival in addition to the awards ceremony.[7]

Categories

Main categories are listed with awards in each category included in parenthesis. Most of the main categories remained consistent with variations in other categories throughout the years.

1st TMEA, 2019

The first annual TMEA included the following categories.[8]

2nd TMEA, 2020

The 2nd annual TMEA included the following categories, with Most Influential Artist awards replacing Most Popular Artist awards and the addition of Top 10 Most Popular Songs of the Year among other changes.[9] [10]

3rd TMEA, 2021

The 3rd annual TMEA included the following categories, with the Most Popular awards category removed except for Most Popular Online Concert.[11]

4th TMEA, 2023

The 4th annual TMEA included the following categories with some organizational changes.[12] [13]

5th TMEA, 2024

The 5th annual TMEA included 5 main categories with the addition of three new grand prize categories: Artist of the Year (Male and Female), Best All-Rounder of the Year, and Most Influential All-Rounder of the Year.[14]

Past grand prize winners

Year! rowspan="2"
Artist of the Year (Male)Artist of the Year (Female)Most Influential Artist of the Year (Male)Most Influential Artist of the Year (Female)Best Artist of the Year (Male)Best Artist of the Year (Female)Best All-Rounder of the YearMost Influential All-Rounder of the YearRef.
MainlandHK/TWMainlandHK/TWMainlandHK/TWMainlandHK/TW
2019rowspan="4" -rowspan="4" -Lay ZhangChen LinongMeng MeiqiG.E.M.Joker XueJJ LinJane ZhangG.E.M.rowspan="4" -rowspan="4" -
2020Joker XueJay ChouChen Li (singer)Hebe TienZhou Shen
2021JJ LinLiu XijunG.E.M.Wu Qing-fengYisa YuJolin Tsai
2023Zhou ShenJay ChouLiu YuxinJolin TsaiJason ZhangJJ LinJane ZhangLala Hsu
2024Zhou ShenJane ZhangRoy WangEason ChanTia RayG.E.M.Joker XueWill PanShan YichunAngela ZhangJolin TsaiZhou Shen

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 为音乐产业做加法 腾讯音乐娱乐集团拓展文娱生态价值边界. 2009-11-05 . zqb.cyol.com.
  2. Web site: 腾讯音乐娱乐盛典启动 酷狗音乐投票通道开启 . 2019-11-04 . www.sohu.com.
  3. Web site: 第二届腾讯音乐娱乐盛典将在澳门盛大开启, 用音乐为热爱加冕! . 2020-12-11 . www.sohu.com.
  4. Web site: 第二届TMEA腾讯音乐娱乐盛典在澳门完美收官 . https://archive.today/20210204141327/http://www.chinanews.com/ga/2021/01-24/9395321.shtml . 2021-02-04 . 2021-01-24 . 中国新闻网.
  5. News: 2021-12-06 . 腾讯音乐第三届TMEA首发阵容官宣! 周杰伦 五月天等跨时光而唱. cn.chinadaily.com.
  6. News: 2023-06-12 . 2023TMEA腾讯音乐娱乐盛典正式官宣 让等待更值得 . www.sohu.com.
  7. Web site: 2024 TMEA腾讯音乐娱乐盛典官宣 7月19-21日将于中国澳门举办 . 2024-06-14. www.sohu.com.
  8. Web site: 2019TMEA腾讯音乐娱乐盛典收官, 现场颁发六大类奖项 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200119133441/https://www.jiemian.com/article/3760441.html . 2020-01-19 . 2021-02-01 . www.jiemian.com.
  9. News: 2021-01-26 . Second Tencent Music Entertainment Awards Conclude Successfully, Further Propelling the Growth and Development of China's Digital Music Industry . https://web.archive.org/web/20210205175752/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/second-tencent-music-entertainment-awards-conclude-successfully-further-propelling-the-growth-and-development-of-chinas-digital-music-industry-301214816.html . 2021-02-05 . 2021-01-31 . en . PR Newswire.
  10. News: 2021-01-26 . Here are the winners of the Tencent Music Entertainment Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20210212172152/https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/winners-tencent-music-Entertainment-awards-taylor-swift-exo-lay-zhang-yixing-blackpink-xiao-zhan-2020 . 2021-02-12 . 2021-01-31 . bandwagon.asia . en.
  11. News: 2021-12-12 . 第三届TMEA腾讯音乐娱乐盛典"让我为你唱首歌" 一场跨世代热爱的双向奔赴 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230128224645/https://m.jrj.com.cn/madapter/finance/2021/12/12104733999020.shtml . 2023-01-28 . 2023-01-28 . 金融界.
  12. News: 2023-07-09 . 2023TMEA腾讯音乐娱乐盛典首日落幕, 国际化艺人阵容超越万众期待 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231105230517/http://ent.china.com.cn/xwtt/detail2_2023_07/09/4041370.html . 2023-11-05 . 2024-01-22 . 中国网娱乐.
  13. News: 2023-07-10 . 2023TMEA腾讯音乐娱乐盛典落幕 打造中国音乐市场的全球化高品质舞台新标杆 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240122231622/https://cn.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202307/10/WS64ab98f6a310ba94c561590c.html . 2024-01-22 . 2024-01-22 . 中国日报中文网.
  14. Web site: 2024-07-21 . TMElive官方微博: 2024TMEA 腾讯音乐娱乐盛典 音乐典礼完整荣誉名单公布! . 微博.