The 2019 Music Awards Ceremony (often simply called the MAC) is the first edition of the annual awards presented by Belgrade-based company, Sky Music to recognize achievements in the regional

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of the eligibility year, which ran from January 1, 2017, to August 30, 2018. The event, sponsored by

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, was held on 29 January 2019 at

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in Belgrade. The 2019 MAC was presented by Serbian musician

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, Croatian singer and presenter Ida Prester, and Bosnian presenter Aida Jokanović. All income from tickets sales and SMS votes was donated to

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Performances

Categories and nominees

Public vote-based categories

Other awards

References