Centre des médias >  Communiqués > Archives > 2001 > 31 mars 2001

5355 Vail Court, Mississauga, ON L5M 6G9 (905) 858-4747 FAX: (905) 858-4848 E-mail: info@cmw.net

Canadian Radio Music Awards honour first-time
top-charted artists in different radio formats as
Nelly Furtado and soulDecision score major airplay

Some of Canada’s hottest new artists were honoured when the Canadian Radio Music Awards were presented in ceremonies hosted by actor Leslie Nielsen during Canadian Music Week.

The nominees were chosen — as first-time charted artists — based on radio "spins" in different radio formats recorded by Broadcast Data Systems last year, from Jan. 1 until December 31. The winners were determined by votes from radio station program and music directors as well as on-air staff.

The awards are sponsored by the Canadian private broadcasting industry to help put the spotlight on new Canadian artists.

The big winners were singer Nelly Furtado, fresh from her triumph at the Juno Awards — and pop band soulDecision. Furtado’s song I’m Like a Bird won her "Best New Solo Artist" honours in both the Pop Adult and Top 40 categories, a feat matched by pop band soulDecision as Best New Group in the same two categories. In addition, soulDecision won the Chart Topper Award, a non-voting award presented by the organizers of Canadian Music Week for the most airplay overall.

The award for Best New Group or Solo Artist in the country music category went to teenage country star Adam Gregory for this song Horseshoes. In Rock/Alternative the winners were J. Englishman (best solo artist) and the band Dunk (best new group), while Choclair was the winner in a new category, Hiphop/Rhythmic, for his song Rubbin.

In the non-voting categories (in addition to the Chart Topper Award), the group Eleven Thirty won the FACTOR "Breakthrough" Award for most airplay for a new artist, while songwriters Jason Levine and James McCollum, who wrote Get Down, (recorded by the Canadian "boy band" b4-4), won the SOCAN Songwriter Award.

Radio Music Awards

Best new solo artist (rock/Alternative: J. Englishman — More (Warner Canada)

Best new group (rock/Alternative): Dunk —Crowdsurfing (Sony Music)

Best new solo artist (pop adult): Nelly Furtado —I’m Like a Bird (Universal Music)

Best new group (Pop Adult): soulDecision — Faded (Universal Music)

Best new group or solo artist (Country): Adam Gregory — Horseshoes (Sony Music)

Best new group (Top 40): soulDecision — Faded (Universal Music)

Best new Solo Artist (Top 40): Nelly Furtado —I’m Like a Bird (Universal Music)

Best new group or solo artist (Hip Hop/Rhythmic): Choclair —Rubbin (Virgin)

FACTOR "Breakthrough" Award (Most airplay for a new artist): Eleven Thirty — Ole Ole (Aquarius)

SOCAN Songwriter Award: Jason Levine & James McCollum — Get Down —recorded by b4-4

ChartTopper Award (Most Airplay Overall): soulDecision (Universal Music)

—30—

For further information about Canadian Music Week, contact:
Richard Flohil/Maureen McTague, Richard Flohil & Associates
(416) 351-1323 FAX 351-1095 E-Mail: rflohil@inforamp.net
Visit the Canadian Music Week website: www.cmw.net
(your portal to key music industry sites)