Vijay Music Awards
Awarded forBest in Tamil music
CountryIndia
Presented byVijay TV
First awarded2011
Websitevijaymusicawards.com

A Vijay Music Award is an accolade given by Vijay TV to recognize outstanding achievement in the Tamil music industry. The annual awards ceremony made its debut in 2011 for the previous calendar year. It launched its official website in partnership with Galatta.com. Its main sponsor was India Gate Basmati Rice and it was powered by The Chennai Silks. Media partners were the publications The Hindu and Kumudam.

The first award ceremony took place in Nehru Indoor Stadium on 11 May 2011.[1] The ceremony was broadcast by Vijay TV in two parts on the 26 and 27 May 2011.

Ceremonies

Ceremony Date Host(s)
1st Vijay Music AwardsMay 11, 2011Gopinath and Divya Vijay gopal
2nd Vijay Music AwardsOctober 28, 2012[2]

Award categories

Award were given in 25 categories, chosen by a jury appointed by Vijay TV and the public.

Jury Awards

The list of winners 2010:[3]

Best Male Singer

YearSingerSongFilm
2009Devi Sri Prasad"Kannum Rendum"Kutty
2011Haricharan"Aariro"Deiva Thirumagal

Best Female Singer

YearSingerSongFilm
2010Shreya Ghoshal
Andrea Jeremiah
"Mannipaaya"
"Maalai Neram"
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
Aayirathil Oruvan
2011Chinmayi"Sara Sara"Vaagai Sooda Vaa

Best Music Director

YearMusic directorFilm
2010A. R. RahmanVinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
2011Harris JayarajEngeyum Kaadhal

Best Lyricist

YearLyricistFilm
2010Kamal HaasanManmadan Ambu

Best Folk Song

YearSongFilmComposerSinger
2010"Jilla Veetu"EesanJames VasanthanThanjai Selvi
2011"Otha Sollaala"AadukalamG. V. Prakash KumarVelmurugan

Best Lyricist with the Maximum Hits in a Year

YearLyricist
2010Na. Muthukumar
2011Na. Muthukumar

Best Singer with the Maximum Hits in a Year

YearSinger
2010Yuvan Shankar Raja

Best Song Sung by a Music Director

YearMusic DirectorSongFilm
2010Yuvan Shankar Raja"En Kadhal Solla"Paiyaa
2011G. V. Prakash Kumar"Yathe Yathe"Aadukalam

Best Debut Singer

YearSingerSongFilm
2010Alphons Joseph"Aaromale"Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
2011RichardNangaaiEngeyum Kaadhal

Best Debut Music Director

YearMusic DirectorFilm
2010KannanThamizh Padam
2011SatyaEngeyum Eppodhum

Best Western Song

YearSongFilmComposerSinger
2011NangaaiEngeyum KaadhalHarris JayarajRichard

Best Sound Mixing

YearWinnerFilm
2010K. J. Singh , P.A.Deepak , S.Sivakumar and Resul PookuttyEnthiran
2011V.Shrihari and Raj KrishnanMayakkam Enna

Best Song by an Actor

YearActorSongFilm
2010Kamal Haasan"Neela Vaanam"Manmadan Ambu

Honoring The Legends

Lifetime Achievement Award

YearWinner
2010K. J. Yesudas

Isai Assangal

YearWinner
2010L. R. Eswari and Vani Jairam

Global Indian

YearWinner
2010A. R. Rahman
2014Anirudh Ravichander

Isai Chakravarthi

YearWinner
2010M. S. Viswanathan

Evergreen Voice

YearWinner
2010K. J. Yesudas
2011S. Janaki

The winners are selected by the people by SMS voting, online voting, voting at various stalls opened by the channel, and with a bus to collect votes at various cities, called the Rasigan Express. The award's online partner also enabled online voting for the popular category. Several award that had been announced were not awarded. The list of 2010 winners:[4]

YearSingerSongFilm
2010Chinmayi"Kilimanjaro"Enthiran
YearSingerSongFilm
2010Karthik"Usure Poguthe"Raavanan
YearAlbumComposer
2010Vinnaithaandi VaruvaayaaA. R. Rahman
YearSongFilmComposerSingers
2010"Kilimanjaro"EnthiranA. R. RahmanChinmayi and Javed Ali
2011"Enamo Aedho"KoHarris JayarajAalap Raju
YearSongFilmComposerSingers
2010"Kadhal Vandale"SingamDevi Sri PrasadBaba Sehgal and Priyadarshini
YearSongFilmComposerSingers
2010"Idhu Varai"GoaYuvan Shankar RajaAjeesh and Andrea Jeremiah
2011"Piram Thedum"Mayakkam EnnaG. V. Prakash KumarG. V. Prakash Kumar and Saindhavi
YearSongFilmComposerSingers
2010"Thuli Thuli"PaiyaaYuvan Shankar RajaHaricharan

Mirchi Listeners Choice Award for Best Song

YearSongFilmComposerSinger
2010"Thuli Thuli"PaiyaaYuvan Shankar RajaHaricharan

See also

References

  1. "Vijay Music Awards on May 11 in Chennai". Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  2. "2nd Annual Vijay Music Awards Winners List (For 2011)". Archived from the original on 1 January 2013.
  3. "Vijay Music Awards 2011 Winners". Archived from the original on July 3, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  4. "The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Rhythmic ripples of 'Mellisai' mark function". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

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