Apple announces the first-ever Apple Music Awards

Apple has announced the first-ever Apple Music Awards. According to the awards, they honour the achievements in music across five categories and winners are chosen through a process that reflects the service’s editorial perspective, combined with what customers around the world are loving most.

Apple’s vice president of Apple Music and International Content, Oliver Schusser, said in a statement, “The Apple Music Awards are designed to recognize the passion, energy and creativity of the world’s favorite artists,”

The first edition will honour Lizzo and Lil Nas X among others.

Apple announces the first-ever Apple Music Awards. Take a look.

 

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Behold the Apple Music Award: Built from the same laser-cut silicon wafers that power Apple’s microprocessors, it’s a wholly unique token of appreciation for the artists whose work upended convention and dominated the conversation all year. #AppleMusicAwards2019

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Combining bawdy rap and brassy soul, @lizzobeeating is Apple Music’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year. #AppleMusicAwards2019

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@LilNasX’s #OldTownRoad was everywhere in 2019. Congratulations to the winner of the first-ever Apple Music Award for Top Song of the Year. #AppleMusicAwards2019

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