2014 BBC Music Awards

April 2022 1st BBC Music Awards 11 December 2014 Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Chris EvansFearne Cotton BBC OneBBC Radio 1BBC Radio 2 BBC Music Awards 2015 The 2014 BBC Music Awards was the inaugural music award show, created out of the BBC's new strategy for music, BBC Music in 2014. The awards were held on 11 December 2014 at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, which would be the final event to be broadcast from the venue. The awards show was announced on 16 June 2014.https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/bbcmusic BBC - BBC Music - Media Centre bbc.co.uk 31 May 2015 The awards recognise the biggest and most exciting artists from the previous 12 months, as well as looking forward to new talent in 2015. A panel of judges decided the winners of each category, except 'Song of the Year', which was decided by the public. Ed Sheeran, Pharrell Williams and Sam Smith all had two nominations apiece, with Williams winning two awards and Sheeran winning 'British Artist of the Year'.https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/winners-bbc-music-awards BBC - Winners unveiled at BBC Music Awards - Media Centre bbc.co.uk 31 May 2015 Performances Artist(s)Song(s)Coldplay"A Sky Full of Stars"LabrinthElla Henderson"Jealous""Ghost"Clean BanditLove SsegaJess Glynne"Mozart's House""Rather Be"George Ezra"Budapest"Gregory Porter"Feeling Good""Liquid Spirit"One Direction"Steal My Girl"Ed Sheeran"Sing"Calvin HarrisJohn NewmanEllie Goulding"Blame""Outside"Catfish and the Bottlemen"Kathleen"Paloma FaithSigma"Only Love Can Hurt Like This""Changing"Take That"These Days"will.i.amCody Wise"It's My Birthday"Tom JonesPaloma FaithBBC Concert Orchestra"God Only Knows" Nominees and winners http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4GjbXh1bL8ZxdWqrqTjHC3w/british-artist-of-the-year-and-international-artist-of-the-year British Artist of the Year and International Artist of the Year BBC July 22, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/bbc-music-awards-song-of-the-year-shortlist BBC Music Awards ‘Song of the Year’ shortlist announced December 10, 2014 BBC July 22, 2015 British Artist of the Year(presented by Tom Jones) International Artist of the Year(presented by Chris Evans) Ed Sheeran David Bowie Elbow Jungle Royal Blood Sam Smith Pharrell Williams Lorde Dolly Parton Gregory Porter Prince Taylor Swift Song of the Year(presented by Idris Elba) BBC Introducing Award(presented by Fearne Cotton) Pharrell Williams – "Happy" Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne – "Rather Be" Coldplay – "A Sky Full of Stars" George Ezra – "Budapest" Ella Henderson – "Ghost" Kiesza – "Hideaway" Nico & Vinz – "Am I Wrong" Lorde – "Royals" Ed Sheeran – "Sing" Sam Smith – "Money on My Mind" Catfish and the Bottlemen Ratings The show achieved a total of 4.17 million viewers,http://www.barb.co.uk/whats-new/weekly-top-30? Top 30 Programmes - BARB barb.co.uk 31 May 2015 making it the fifth most watched programme of the night. The show received higher ratings than the 2014 BRIT Awards earlier in the year, which achieved 3.84 million viewers, the lowest ratings in its history. References External links p028p1sl Category:BBC music awards BBC Music Awards BBC Music awards