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MuchMusic Video Award
The iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards were an annual awards show broadcast annually on Much (TV channel), Much from 1990 to 2018, and Fuse (TV channel), Fuse from 2010 to 2013 that honoured the year's best music videos. Originally debuting in 1990 as the Canadian Music Video Awards, the awards were renamed in 1995 to the MuchMusic Video Awards. In 2016, the show was rebranded under the iHeartRadio banner after Much's parent company, Bell Media, reached a licensing agreement with iHeartMedia. The show's full name was officially dropped in 2018. The 2018 edition would ultimately be the last, amidst the scaling back and eventual discontinuation of all music programming on the channel due to declining ratings. History 1990–1995: As the Canadian Music Video Awards The first Canadian Music Video Awards took place in 1990 on a three-week trip aboard a Canadian National Railway train across Canada. It was sponsored by Diet Pepsi and the train was dubbed "The Pepsi Train". Awards we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Video
A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. These videos are typically shown on music television and on streaming video sites like YouTube, or more rarely shown theatrically. They can be commercially issued on home video, either as video albums or video singles. The format has been described by various terms including "illustrated song", "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional clip", "promotional video", "song video", "song clip", "film clip", "video clip", or simply "video". While musical short, musical short films were popular as soon as recorded sound was introduced to theatrical film screenings in the 1920s, the music video rose to prominence in the 1980s when American TV channel MTV based its format around the medium. Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VJ (media Personality)
A video jockey (abbreviated VJ or sometimes veejay) is an announcer or host who introduces music videos and live performances on commercial music television channels such as MTV, VH1, MuchMusic and Channel V. Origins The term "video jockey" comes from the term "disc jockey", "DJ" ("deejay") as used in radio. Music Television ( MTV) popularized the term in the 1980s (see List of MTV VJs). The MTV founders got their idea for their VJ host personalities from studying Merrill Aldighieri's club. Aldighieri worked in the New York City nightclub Hurrah, which was the first to make a video installation as a prominent featured component of the club's design with multiple monitors hanging over the bar and dance floor. When Hurrah invited Aldighieri to show her experimental film, she asked if she could develop a video to complement the DJ music so that then her film would become part of a club ambiance and not be seen as a break in the evening. The experiment led to a full-time job there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as the Hip, was a Canadian rock band formed in Kingston, Ontario in 1984, consisting of vocalist Gord Downie, guitarist Paul Langlois, guitarist Rob Baker (known as Bobby Baker until 1994), bassist Gord Sinclair, and drummer Johnny Fay. They released 13 studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, and over 50 singles over a 33-year career. Nine of their albums have reached No. 1 on the Canadian charts. They have received numerous Canadian music awards, including 17 Juno Awards. Between 1996 and 2016, the Tragically Hip were the best-selling Canadian band in Canada and the fourth best-selling Canadian artist overall in Canada. Following Downie's diagnosis with terminal brain cancer in 2015, the band undertook a tour of Canada in support of their thirteenth album, '' Man Machine Poem''. The tour's final concert, which would ultimately be the band's last show, was held at the Rogers K-Rock Centre in Kingston on August 20, 2016, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
"Locked in the Trunk of a Car" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released in October 1992 as the lead single from their third studio album, ''Fully Completely''. The song peaked at No. 11 on Canada's ''RPM'' Singles Chart. Music video The music video for the song features a transition between the band playing on a soundstage and a man locked in a car trunk with his hands tied in rope, as another man (played by the band's road manager Dave Powell) drives the car around the Canadian Prairies. The video was directed by Peter Henderson and produced by Eric Yealland. Cinematographer was Sean Valentini. The video won the award for " Best Video" at the 1993 Canadian Music Video Awards. The video was also nominated in the "Best Video" category at the 1993 Juno Awards. Covers *Singer-songwriter Justin Rutledge covered the song for his 2014 album '' Daredevil'', an album consisting entirely of Tragically Hip covers. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
54-40 (band)
54-40 (often stylized 54•40) is a Canadian rock band from Tsawwassen, Delta, British Columbia. The band take their name from the slogan "54-40 or Fight!", coined to express the unsuccessful expansionist agenda of James K. Polk's presidency, which was intent upon controlling a contested U.S.-Canada border area in the Oregon boundary dispute. 54-40 has had a successful career, with four of their albums being certified platinum in Canada. The band has been nominated for eight Juno Awards. Between 1996 and 2016, 54-40 were among the top 150 best-selling Canadian artists in Canada and among the top 50 best-selling Canadian bands in Canada. History Neil Osborne and Brad Merritt met in 1978 at South Delta High School in Tsawwassen, British Columbia. After studying at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Osborne returned home and formed the band 54-40 with Merritt and drummer Ian Franey. The band played their first gig in Coquitlam on December 8, 1980, the night John Lennon was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She La
"She La" is a song by Canadian rock group 54-40, released as the second single from the band's 1992 album, ''Dear Dear''. The song peaked at No. 38 on the ''RPM'' Canadian Singles Chart. Track listing #She La #You Don't Get Away (That Easy) #Book Music video The music video for "She La" was directed by Curtis Wehrfritz. The video won the award for " Best Video" at the 1992 MuchMusic Video Awards The iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards were an annual awards show broadcast annually on Much (TV channel), Much from 1990 to 2018, and Fuse (TV channel), Fuse from 2010 to 2013 that honoured the year's best music videos. Originally debuting in .... The video was also nominated for " Best Video" at the 1993 Juno Awards. References External links * 1992 singles 54-40 songs 1992 songs Columbia Records singles Songs about domestic violence {{1990s-rock-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crash Test Dummies
Crash Test Dummies are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Anchored by Brad Roberts (vocals, guitar) and his distinctive bass-baritone voice, the other band members have fluctuated over the years. Its most prominent line-up consisted of Roberts, Ellen Reid (co-vocals, keyboards), Brad's brother Dan Roberts (bass guitar, backing vocals), Benjamin Darvill (harmonica, mandolin), and Mitch Dorge (drums, percussion). The band is widely known internationally for their 1993 single " Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" and in Canada for the 1991 single " Superman's Song". History Beginnings: 1988–1991 The origin of Crash Test Dummies is tied to the history of two Winnipeg nightspots, the Spectrum Cabaret and the Blue Note Cafe, owned by Curtis Riddell. In 1986, Riddell joined with Brad Roberts to form the decidedly less-than-serious bar band Bad Brad Roberts and the St. James Rhythm Pigs. Over time, the band evolved into Crash Test Dummies, a name suggested by a friend of the band w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superman's Song
"Superman's Song" is the first single of Canadian folk-rock group Crash Test Dummies, appearing on their 1991 debut album '' The Ghosts That Haunt Me''. The single was the group's first hit, reaching number four in Canada, number 56 in the United States and number 87 in Australia. It was featured in the pilot of the Canadian TV series ''Due South''. The song was covered by Lucy Wainwright Roche, daughter of Loudon Wainwright III and Suzzy Roche of The Roches, on her second EP ''8 More''. It also has been covered by Nataly Dawn. Meaning Brad Roberts has stated that "Superman's Song" is an "analysis of political philosophy" and that the way the song was written alleviated some of the seriousness of the topic. He explained the meaning of the song in a 1992 interview: :''"Superman as cast in "Superman's Song" is obviously a left-wing political figure. His activity in the community is intrinsic to his being. Superman is being juxtaposed against Tarzan, who is kind of a laissez-fai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowboy Junkies
Cowboy Junkies are an alternative country and folk rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1985 by Alan Anton (bassist), Michael Timmins (songwriter, guitarist), Peter Timmins (drummer) and Margo Timmins (vocalist). The three Timminses are siblings, and Anton worked with Michael Timmins during their first couple of bands. John Timmins was a member of the band but left the group before the recording of their debut studio album. The band line-up has never changed since, although they use several guest musicians on many of their studio albums, including multi-instrumentalist Jeff Bird who has performed on every album except the first. Cowboy Junkies' 1986 debut studio album, produced by Canadian producer Peter Moore, was the blues-inspired '' Whites Off Earth Now!!'', recorded in the family garage using a single ambisonic microphone. The band gained wide recognition with their second studio album, '' The Trinity Session'' (1988), recorded in 1987 at Toronto's Church of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2019 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 26, 2019, at the Prudential Center in Newark, being the first VMA ceremony to be held in New Jersey. Sebastian Maniscalco hosted the 36th annual ceremony. Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, and Billie Eilish were the most awarded with three each. Missy Elliott became the first female rapper to win the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. The show was broadcast on a variety of Viacom-owned networks, as well as their respective websites, and apps through TV Everywhere authentication. 2019 MTV Video Music Awards won the 2020 Webby Award for Events in the category Social. Performances Presenters A variety of presenters appeared at the pre-show and main ceremony. Pre-show * Hayley Kiyoko – presented Push Artist of the Year * Terrence J and Nessa (pre-show hosts) and Zara Larsson (pre-show special correspondent) – presented Best K-Pop Main show *Rick Ross and Pepa – presented Best Hip Hop *Hailee Steinfeld – announced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Lennox
Randy Lennox is a Canadian music and media executive. He currently serves as the CEO of LOFT Entertainment. He previously served as president and CEO of Universal Music Canada and president of Bell Media. While Lennox was at Universal Music Canada the label developed Canadian artists including Drake, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, and Shawn Mendes. At Bell Media, he led Crave's rebranding and the expansion into streaming and musical stage productions. In 2023, Lennox co-founded LOFT Entertainment to produce documentaries, films, TV shows, music and events, including the Departure Festival, formerly Canadian Music Week. He has held leadership roles with Canada's Walk of Fame, Banff World Media Festival, and Massey and Roy Thomson Halls. Lennox has received awards and recognition, including media and music industry ''Executive of the Year'' awards, being named on most influential lists from both ''Toronto Life and Maclean's,'' induction into Canadian Music and Broadcast Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CTV Toronto
CFTO-DT (channel 9) is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the CTV Television Network. It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside Barrie-based CTV 2 flagship CKVR-DT, channel 3 (although the two stations maintain separate operations). CFTO-DT's studios are located at 9 Channel Nine Court in Agincourt, and its transmitter is located atop the CN Tower in Downtown Toronto. The station shares the Agincourt studio complex with CTV's headquarters, which includes studios for the network's news programming (''CTV National News'' and the CTV News Channel), along with most of Bell Media's specialty channels. History The station first signed on the air at 10 p.m. on December 31, 1960; its first official day of programming was on January 1, 1961. The inaugural program broadcast on CFTO was a telethon for the Ontario Association for Community Living, hosted by broadcaster Joel Aldred, complete with a fireworks cerem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
