On April 26, the Chinese Music Annual Heavyweight Quality Music Selection "Wave Music Awards" held a shortlist press conference in Beijing, and officially announced the complete shortlist of the first selection. Among them, Jay Chou, G.E.M. Deng Ziqi, Yuan Yawei, Li Ronghao, Zhao Lei and other quality creators and singer-songwriters were strongly shortlisted, and many annual dark horses that made the industry shine inside and outside the industry emerged in major honors.
With the purpose of "Establishing the Artistic Aesthetic Standards of the Music Industry", the Inspur Music Awards was initiated by the Inspur jury, setting up a total of 35 honors based on seven dimensions, gathering hundreds of outstanding Chinese music creators to lead the whole process, taking the quality of the works as the only selection criterion, and the selected works included Chinese music produced by Chinese mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other regions for Chinese-speaking audiences. The Inspur jury said that the selection will not be affected by the platform's copyright, aiming to select the quality music works in the Chinese music scene in 2022 from nearly 1,000 new songs and more than 300 albums released in 2022, hoping to reward outstanding creators who have created steadily in the past year through high-standard annual selection and commendation.
On the day of the press conference, the Inspur Music Awards also invited Zhang Shuai, professor of the composition department of the Central Conservatory of Music and music director of "Sound in China", composer A Kun, singer-songwriter Chen Hongyu, producer Zeng Yu (Mars Radio), composer Wang Yi, producer Tan Xuan, Chinese soul singer and powerful singer-songwriter Yuan Yawei, lyricist Lou Nanwei and other senior music practitioners and musicians to jointly announce the shortlist. Ao Ran, executive vice president and secretary general of China Audio-Visual and Digital Publishing Association, and Qiao Yinan, deputy director of the Art Development Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, also attended the guidance and delivered important speeches at the press conference.
Ao Ran, the leader of the Music and Mathematics Association, said that the Inspur Music Awards will create high-quality original music of excellent quality, selected from the vast sea of new songs, so that musicians who are dedicated to creation and singing and their excellent works can gain a wider range of audience attention. In the expectation of Qiao Yinan, the leader of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Inspur Music Awards will not only inject fresh momentum into the Chinese music scene, but also gradually become a powerful promoter of China's cultural undertakings, allowing literary and artistic creators to walk on a larger stage, and at the same time, music fans around the world can fall in love with Chinese music and Chinese culture through the promotion of the Inspur Music Awards.
The queen of the music world and the independent dark horse were shortlisted to witness the arrival of the quality "new golden song era"
It is reported that the 35 honors of the Wave Music Awards include the three honors of annual song, annual album and annual production, as well as different units such as singer, creation and technology, style, language, film and television music, and performance awards. In terms of individual honors for singers, the shortlist of the Wave Music Awards not only includes well-known singers in the mainstream music scene, but also many dark horses of the year that have dazzled the eyes of the industry and beyond. Among them, Wang Jiaer and his works were shortlisted for seven honors, and Jay Chou and his works were shortlisted for six honors, becoming the leader of this shortlist. No matter what era or field of musicians they come from, the Inspur Music Awards will be selected professionally and authoritatively based on quality standards.
At the press conference, Liang Yunheng of Tencent Music Entertainment Group, the initiator of Tencent Music Wave List and Inspur Jury, said, "The Inspur Music Awards hopes to become a stage for displaying more high-quality music works with authority and professionalism in the future, and the quality of music creation is the lifeline for the long-term vigorous development of Chinese music. The Wave Music Awards aims to record the development and changes of the Chinese music market, so that those music practitioners who contribute quality creations to the Chinese music scene can be seen and recognized, and join hands with people from all walks of life inside and outside the industry to witness the arrival of the 'new golden song era'. ”
Among the announced shortlists, the three major honors of production of the year, song of the year, and album of the year attracted the most attention from fans. Among them, Jay Chou's "The Greatest Work", G.E.M. Deng Ziqi's "GLORIA", Faye Wong's "The Way Home with the Wind", Xue Zhiqian's "Innumerable", Wang Jiaer's "Blow" and other works were shortlisted for the annual production honor; The honors shortlisted for the annual song are Zhao Lei's "I Remember", Eason Chen's "People and People", Zhou Shen's "Flowers Blossom Without Worry", Xue Zhiqian, Zhang Liangying "Ke", Yu Kewei's "Trouble"; The top five honors of the annual album are Jay Chou's "Greatest Work", G.E.M Deng Ziqi "Apocalypse", Xue Zhiqian "Innumerable", Li Ronghao's "Across the Seas", and Yu Kewei's "Dear Life".
In terms of personal honors, Jay Chou, Xue Zhiqian, Li Ronghao, Wu Qingfeng and Wang Jiaer entered the top five best male singers, and the king-level singers in the music industry were all together; G.E.M. Deng Ziqi, Yuan Yawei, TIA RAY, Yu Kewei, Liu Baixin, Lexie, Xu Jiaying, five female artists with different styles were shortlisted for the best female singer. In addition, the popular Dou Wei | Chao Jian, Yu Ding Ito, Yo Feimen, Penicillin and Elephant Gymnastics were shortlisted for the best group combination; Shan Yichun, Aflou Alfro, Hong Peiyu, Yu Mengfei, Fei, LÜCY and others will compete for the honor of Best Newcomer.
In addition to the singers who received countless applause in front of the stage, the creators behind the scenes need to be affirmed and encouraged by more people. This year's Wave Music Awards also set up the best lyrics, composition, arrangement, best single production, best recording engineering album, best album visual design and other honorary commendations for workers engaged in behind-the-scenes creation and technology in the music industry. This is to reward those creators who have worked hard in the traffic era but still strive for the quality of their works, and create a better creative environment for the Chinese music industry.
In addition, as a diversified stage to showcase outstanding musical works, the Wave Music Awards also set up honorary commendations in Cantonese, Hokkien, minority languages and dialects to recognize outstanding dialects, ethnic cultures and musical works that have not yet been discovered by the public. For more complete shortlists, please check the search "Wave Awards" in QQ Music, Kugou Music and Kuwo Music.
Continue to promote the creation of domestic music excellence and promote the positive development of Chinese music
The establishment of the Tide Jury and the launch of the Wave Music Awards did not happen overnight. In 2020, the Tencent Music Wave Chart was announced, and more than 100 professional behind-the-scenes creators were united to continuously select monthly high-quality Chinese creations from their respective professional perspectives. With the growing lineup of judges on the Tencent Music Tide Chart, the Tencent Music Tide Chart jury was officially established in December 2022.
At present, the number of inspur jury has exceeded 300 people, not only covering well-known producers, lyricists, composers, arrangers, mixers, singer-songwriters, music critics and other artists in various fields of music creation, but also invited sound engineers, MV directors, visual designers and other senior practitioners in the music industry as judges to participate in the evaluation of the selected works. In addition to the selection of the monthly list of Tencent Music Wave Chart, the members of the jury will also participate in other work that leads music aesthetics and promotes the development of the music industry.
As the Tencent Music Wave Chart is approaching its third anniversary, the Tencent Music Awards have also emerged to reward high-quality music works, which is different from the mainstream music awards common in the industry. Combined with the current music production trend of the entire industry, with diversified award settings and authoritative selection processes, we stimulate the creativity of the entire Chinese music and continue to promote the boutique creation of domestic music, so as to promote the positive development of Chinese music.
On the eve of the finalist press conference of the Wave Music Awards, Tencent Music Wave List also announced the "200 Best Chinese Albums in 2001-2020 Twenty Years" with the Wave Jury, which recorded the development imprint of every step of the Chinese music scene in the past 20 years for the industry and listeners with its broad vision, and also carried out a heavy warm-up for the annual quality selection of the Chinese music scene. The shortlist of the first Wave Music Awards has also aroused great attention from the industry and beyond, and even the public.
The final winners of the Wave Music Awards will be officially announced at the subsequent "Wave Music Awards • Honor Ceremony", looking forward to witnessing the tide of Chinese music.