BT Hosts Digital Music Awards

LONDON -- BT Total Broadband today announces nominations for the annual BT Digital Music Awards with consumers being encouraged to go online to vote at the official website www.btdma.com.

There are 20 prestigious awards up for grabs this year with 12 voted for by the public. This year’s nominees include acts such as the Klaxons, Manic Street Preachers, Calvin Harris, Natasha Bedingfield and the Chemical Bros across categories including Best Rock/Indie, Pop, Urban and Electronic/DJ Artists, Best Radio Station, Best Music Store and Best Music Magazine.

Last year’s big winners, Muse are up for two nominations – Best Indie/Rock Artist and Artist of the Year. Newcomers Hadouken!, Bloc Party and Rihanna are also up for two nominations as is Lil Chris – who performed at last year’s awards.

This year, the awards will be held at Camden’s Roundhouse on Tuesday 2nd October.

The awards will be televised on Channel 4 complete with a special ‘behind the scenes’ programme presented by Alex Zane and supported by a series of 15-minute preview shows in the run up to the awards.

Gavin Patterson, BT’s Managing Director of Consumer comments, “The field of digital music continues to grow and grow and with it so have the BT Digital Music Awards. The level and quality of entries this year reflects how important digital platforms are to music artists – we’re looking forward to see who the winners will be.”

BT Group plc (NYSE: BT; London: BTA)