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. The ceremony was broadcast by Vijay TV in two parts on the 26 and 27 May 2011.
Ceremonies CeremonyDateHost(s) 1st Vijay Music Awards May 11, 2011 Gopinath and Divya Vijay gopal 2nd Vijay Music Awards October 28, 2012
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:
Best Male Singer Year Singer Song Film 2009 Devi Sri Prasad "Kannum Rendum" Kutty 2011 Haricharan "Aariro" Deiva Thirumagal
Best Female Singer Year Singer Song Film 2010 Shreya GhoshalAndrea Jeremiah "Mannipaaya""Maalai Neram" Vinnaithaandi VaruvaayaaAayirathil Oruvan 2011 Chinmayi "Sara Sara" Vaagai Sooda Vaa
Best Music Director Year Music director Film 2010 A. R. Rahman Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa 2011 Harris Jayaraj Engeyum Kaadhal
Best Lyricist Year Lyricist Film 2010 Kamal Haasan Manmadan Ambu
Best Folk Song Year Song Film Composer Singer 2010 "Jilla Veetu" Eesan James Vasanthan Thanjai Selvi 2011 "Otha Sollaala" Aadukalam G. V. Prakash Kumar Velmurugan
Best Lyricist with the Maximum Hits in a Year Year Lyricist 2010 Na. Muthukumar 2011 Na. Muthukumar
Best Singer with the Maximum Hits in a Year Year Singer 2010 Yuvan Shankar Raja
Best Song Sung by a Music Director Year Music Director Song Film 2010 Yuvan Shankar Raja "En Kadhal Solla" Paiyaa 2011 G. V. Prakash Kumar "Yathe Yathe" Aadukalam
Best Debut Singer Year Singer Song Film2010 Alphons Joseph "Aaromale" Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa2011 Richard Nangaai Engeyum Kaadhal
Best Debut Music Director Year Music Director Film 2010 Kannan Tamizh Padam 2011 Satya Engeyum Eppodhum
Best Western Song Year Song Film Composer Singer2011 Nangaai Engeyum Kaadhal Harris Jayaraj Richard
Best Sound Mixing Year Winner Film 2010 K. J. Singh, P.A.Deepak, S.Sivakumar and Resul Pookutty Enthiran 2011 V.Shrihari and Raj Krishnan Mayakkam Enna
Best Song by an Actor Year Actor Song Film 2010 Kamal Haasan "Neela Vaanam" Manmadan Ambu
Honoring The Legends
Lifetime Achievement Award Year Winner 2010 K. J. Yesudas
Isai Assangal Year Winner 2010 L. R. Eswari and Vani Jairam
Global Indian Year Winner 2010 A. R. Rahman 2014 Anirudh Ravichander
Isai Chakravarthi Year Winner 2010 M. S. Viswanathan
Evergreen Voice Year Winner 2010 K. J. Yesudas 2011 S. Janaki
Popular awards 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:
Popular Singer Female Year Singer Song Film 2010 Chinmayi "Kilimanjaro" Enthiran
Popular Singer Male Year Singer Song Film 2010 Karthik "Usure Poguthe" Raavanan
Popular Album of the Year Year Album Composer 2010 Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa A. R. Rahman
Popular Song of the Year Year Song Film Composer Singers 2010 "Kilimanjaro" Enthiran A. R. Rahman Chinmayi and Javed Ali 2011 "Enamo Aedho" Ko Harris Jayaraj Aalap Raju
Popular Song of the Masses Year Song Film Composer Singers 2010 "Kadhal Vandale" Singam Devi Sri Prasad Baba Sehgal and Priyadarshini
Popular Duet of the Year Year Song Film Composer Singers 2010 "Idhu Varai" Goa Yuvan Shankar Raja Ajeesh and Andrea Jeremiah 2011 "Piram Thedum" Mayakkam Enna G. V. Prakash Kumar G. V. Prakash Kumar and Saindhavi
Popular Melody of the Year Year Song Film Composer Singers 2010 "Thuli Thuli" Paiyaa Yuvan Shankar Raja Haricharan
Mirchi Listeners Choice Award for Best Song Year Song Film Composer Singer 2010 "Thuli Thuli" Paiyaa Yuvan Shankar Raja Haricharan
See also Vijay Awards Tamil cinema Cinema of India
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