The TIM Music Awards, known between 2007–2013 and 2015–2018 as Wind Music Awards, in 2014 as simply Music Awards, and between 2019 and 2021 as SEAT Music Awards, are non-competitive

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s honoring Italian music artists who have sold a certain number of copies of an album, digital song, or music DVD over the previous year in Italy, as certified by the

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. The awards are organized by

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-based agency Friends & Partners, and held since 2007 as a replacement of the canceled

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(2001–2003). Their previous name was dependent on the sponsorship of Italian phone company

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. In 2014 they were officially known as just Music Awards while between 2019 and 2021 they have been sponsored by

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. From 2022 it is sponsored by TIM.

History

From 2007 to 2009, the awards were held in

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, first in the

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and then in the

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. Since 2009, the event has been held in the ''

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'', previously home to the

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, for which the Wind Music Awards has been seen as a replacement. The first five years of the awards were broadcast on television network

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; they have been broadcast on

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since 2012. The event has also been broadcast on radio station

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. The awards have been criticized in the past by Italian

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label Produttori Musicali Indipendenti for excluding independent artists.

Awards

Based on:

Years

Compilation albums

References

External links

Official website
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