2008 NRJ Music Awards
The 9th NRJ Music Awards took place in Cannes, France on January 26, 2008.
Nominees/winners
Francophone Revelation of the Year
International Revelation of the Year
Francophone Female Artist of the Year
International Female Artist of the Year
Francophone Male Artist of the Year
International Male Artist of the Year
Francophone Group/Duo of the Year
International Group/Duo of the Year
International Song of the Year
Francophone Album of the Year
NRJ Music Award
An NRJ Music Award (commonly abbreviated as an NMA) is an award presented by the French radio station NRJ to honor the best in the French and worldwide music industry.
The awards ceremony, created in 2000 by NRJ in partnership with the television network TF1, traditionally took place every year in mid-January at Cannes (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France) as the opening of MIDEM (Marché international de l'édition musicale). It is now held in the month of November. They give out awards to popular musicians in different categories.
The name "NRJ" means "Nouvelle Radio des Jeunes" (new radio of teens). It is a play on words between the pronunciation of the French letters and the French word "énergie" (energy).
Award categories
Awards in the following categories are awarded to the musicians each year :
NRJ Music Awards 2010
NRJ Music Awards 2010 is a 2009 compilation album by NRJ.
Every year the French music station publishes a compilation of the best songs of the year. This album contains 42 French and international songs who have enjoyed some success in France in 2009. Artists nominated for the ceremony of the NRJ Music Awards 2010 are also included in this compilation.
A special edition is available with a DVD containing 24 music videos.
Like every year, 0.15 euro per album sold is transferred to "Fondation Nrj Institut de France" created by Jean-Paul Baudecroux which funds medical research in neuroscience.
In France, the compilation debuted directly on the first place of French Compilations Albums Chart (number-one album) on the issue date January 3, 2010. If charts of albums and compilations would merged, the compilation would be number one, indeed it has sold over 46,651 copies while The Black Eyed Peas have sold 14,855 copies of the album The E.N.D.. For four weeks, sales of the compilation were much higher than The E.N.D..
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