
The Interactive Awards are awarded to artists, bands and music organizations that use the internet in an inventive way to market (their) music. Since 2008 the Interactive Awards are presented on an annual basis during The European Music Conference and Showcase Festival
Eurosonic Noorderslag
Eurosonic Noorderslag is an annual four-day music showcase festival and conference held in January in Groningen, Netherlands. The first three days of the festival (Eurosonic) feature artists from all over Europe, the last day of the festival (No ...
in the Dutch city of
Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
. The award aims to encourage European talent and highlight artists and bands that inspire others in an interactive field.
Two awards are presented at the Interactive Awards, namely the Company Award and the Artist Award.
The Artist Award aims to highlight artists or bands with special online initiatives. The prize includes a gift of 5000 euros.
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''Interactive-award.nl''. Retrieved August 24, 2011 The Company Award was introduced to support online (music) portals and was added to the Interactive Awards in 2010.
"Ook Interactive Company Awards tijdens Eurosonic Noorderslag 2010"
{dead link, date=November 2017 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes , ''Livexs.nl'', 8 November 2009 The Interactive Awards are an initiative of internet agency theFactor.e and Dutch Music rights Foundation Buma/Stemra BUMA/STEMRA are two private organisations in the Netherlands, the Buma Association (Dutch: ''Vereniging Buma'') and the Stemra Foundation (Dutch: ''Stichting Stemra'') that operate as one single company that acts as the Dutch collecting society for ...
. The Interactive Awards are hosted by Eurosonic Noorderslag.
Winners
2011
*Artist Award: Palomine
''Palomine'' is the debut studio album by Dutch indie rock band Bettie Serveert. It was released in October 1992 by Brinkman Records. The album was issued in the United Kingdom by the 4AD subsidiary label Guernica on 2 November 1992, and in the ...
*Company Award: 22tracks
2010
*Artist Award: Krause
Krause (German for '' ruffle'') is a common German surname.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 64.9% of all known bearers of the surname ''Krause'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:531), 20.6% of the United States (1:7,541), 3.5% of Brazi ...
*Company Award: Sellaband
Sellaband was a music website that allowed artists to raise the money from their fans and the SellaBand community in order to record a professional album. Sellaband used the mechanisms of crowdfunding and was to be seen as a Direct-to-Fan/ fan-f ...
2009
* Artist Award: Silence is Sexy
''Silence Is Sexy'' is the eighth full-length studio album from the German experimental band Einstürzende Neubauten and was released in 2000.
Track listing
# “Sabrina” (4:39)
# “Silence Is sexy” (7:00)
# “In Circles” (2:30)
# “Ne ...
2008
*Artist Award: VanKatoen
References
External links
Website van de Interactive Awards
Dutch music awards
Web awards