VietNamNet Bridge – The organiser of the Devotion Music Awards has launched official nominations in all nine categories in Hanoi including producer of the year and music series of the year.

Diva: A-list pop singer Thanh Lam is a nomination in liveshow of the year category. — Photo: zing.vn

This is the annual music award launched by Vietnam News Agency’s The Thao & Van Hoa (Culture & Sport) daily to honour the best music works and best artists of the year. This year, there are six nominations in the producer of the year category. Show of the year and MV of the year categories have seven each.

"Normally, each category has five nominations but some categories have big contenders and we didn’t want to take them off the short list," said Huu Trinh, an organisation representative.

Nominations for the producer of the year category are Duong Cam, Slim V, Do Hieu, Rhymastic, Khac Hung and Quoc Trung. Four of them joined the first season of television gameshow Celebrity Battle which ended last Friday. Each of them produced about ten songs in 2017.

Duong Cam also produced three other albums while Slim V emerges to renew songs with an EDM style at singer Thu Minh’s liveshow. The two musicians are also listed in musician of the year category.

MV of the year category has seven contenders from established and emerging singers such as My Tam, Soobin Hoang Son, Huong Tram and Bich Phuong. Singer Bich Phuong’s MV entitled Noi Thuong Nhau Thi Dung Lam Trai Tim Em Dau (Saying Love Me, Don’t Break My Heart) has emotional feelings. Beautiful scenes in the MV introduce a wedding of Dao Do ethnic people in northern mountainou province of Cao Bang.

Soobin Hoang Son’s MV Di De Tro Ve (Going to Return) features scenery and landscape in Da Lat — the most romantic city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

Nominations in show of the year category are liveshows by singers including A-list pop Thanh Lam; Tung Duong; Dang Duong and Ngo Hong Quang — Nguyen Le. The liveshow entitled Dem He Lam (Lam Summer Night) was held in Hanoi in June on the celebration of singer Thanh Lam’s 48th birthday. Thanh Lam is one of the most popular pop singers in Vietnam. She is favoured by many open-minded audiences because of her improvisational singing techniques.

Tung Duong set a record with nine nominations in the categories of album of the year, singer of the year, liveshow of the year and song of the year. His liveshow entitled Troi Va Dat (Heaven & Earth) included Duong’s hits which were remixed in a futuristic style, a blend of experimental sounds inspired by machinery.

Dang Duong got his first nomination for his liveshow entitled Mat Troi Cua Toi (My Sun). The singer is known with his performances of revolutionary songs which praise patriotism and the beauty of the country and people.

Other categories include musician of the year; singer of the year, music series of the year, album of the year and new artist.

A ballot will be held in the middle of March in Hanoi and HCM City. The annual Devotion Music Awards began in 2004 to promote Vietnamese music and honour artists who have made significant contributions to the music industry. 

Source: VNS