2013 Canadian Radio Music Awards (CRMAs) – nominations

Canadian Music Week is pleased to announce nominations for the 16^th annual Canadian Radio Music Awards (CRMAs). Sponsored by Astral Radio, the awards, celebrating first-time charted artists and honouring individuals or groups among them with some of the most played songs at Canadian radio, will be handed out on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, doors 7 p.m. at Kool Haus in Toronto.

This year, for the first time, the show will be open to the public and will serve as the official kick-off event to Canadian Music Week 2013 activities. Winners will be announced throughout the show, highlighted by performances from nominees Anjulie, Dallas Smith, Elise Legrow, Jesse Labelle, Monster Truck, Shawn Hook, USS and Victoria Duffield. Massari, who’s latest single “Brand New Day” was just certified gold, will also perform. Fans’ Choice nominees Marianas Trench, who recently completed their first cross-Canada arena tour, will headline the awards with a special guest performance before embarking on the second leg of that tour, running March 23^rd – April 19^th.

Leading the way with three nominations apiece are My Name is Kay with the song “Strangers”, Victoria Duffield with “Feel”, and Carly Rae Jepsen with two SOCAN Song of the Year nominations – one for “Call Me Maybe” and a second for “Curiosity” - as well as a Fans’ Choice nod. Mia Martina and Shawn Hook follow with two nominations for their hits “Burning” and “Every Red Light”. Marianas Trench complement their two nominations – Fans’ Choice and Song of the Year for “Fallout” – with a songwriting nod for frontman Josh Ramsay in his role on Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe”.

This year’s music categories include: Mainstream AC, Hot AC, Rock, CHR, Dance/Urban/Rhythmic, and Country as well as the SOCAN Song of the Year and three newly added categories for International Group of the Year, International Solo Artist of the Year and Heatseeker Award.

Nominees comprise artists who have hit the Canadian charts for the first time and who have achieved top airplay in different formats based on radio “spins”, as recorded by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (BDS) in 2012. Votes cast by program directors, music directors, and on-air personalities determine the winners.

Radio listeners from across the country can vote online for the CRMA Fans’ Choice Award, International Group of the Year, International Solo Artist of the Year and Heatseeker Award at www.cmw.net. The voting window opens February 4th and will close on March 20^th at 8:00pm.

Two additional non-voting awards will also be presented at this year’s ceremony: the FACTOR Breakthrough Award for top airplay for a new FACTOR supported artist; and the Chart Topper Award for top overall airplay.

And the nominees are…

ROCK
GLORYHOUND – ELECTRIC DUSK
JAPANDROIDS – THE HOUSE THAT HEAVEN BUILT
MONSTER TRUCK – SEVEN SEAS BLUES
SAID THE WHALE – HEAVY CEILING
YUKON BLONDE – STAIRWAY

CHR
FELIX CARTAL FEAT. POLINA – DON’T TURN ON THE LIGHTS
MY NAME IS KAY – STRANGERS
SHAWN HOOK – EVERY RED LIGHT
THE WEEKND – WICKED GAMES
VICTORIA DUFFIELD - FEEL

DANCE/URBAN/RHYTHMIC
DIRTY RADIO – FOUND YOU
MY NAME IS KAY – STRANGERS
SULTAN & NED SHEPARD - WALLS
TEGAN & SARA – CLOSER
VICTORIA DUFFIELD – FEEL

HOT AC
ESTHERO – NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO
JESSE LABELLE – HEARTBREAK COVERUP
MY NAME IS KAY – STRANGERS
SHAWN HOOK – EVERY RED LIGHT
VICTORIA DUFFIELD – FEEL

MAINSTREAM AC
ELISE LEGROW – NO GOOD WOMAN
JODI KING - HAPPY
LIZ COYES – BUTTERFLIES
MIA MARTINA – BURNING
SCOTTY JAMES – WANNA BE LOVED

COUNTRY
BOBBY WILLS – SHOW SOME RESPECT
CLAYTON BELLAMY 0 EVERYONE’S A DREAMER
DALLAS SMITH – SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE
JAIDA DREYER – GUY’S GIRL
SMALL TOWN PISTOLS – COLOUR BLIND

FANS CHOICE
CARLY RAE JEPSEN
DRAKE
HEDLEY
JUSTIN BIEBER
MARIANAS TRENCH

SOCAN SONG OF THE YEAR
BURNING – Songwriters: Mia Martina, Ovidiu Bistriceanu - Recorded by: Mia Martina
CALL ME MAYBE - Songwriters: Carly Rae Jepsen, Tavish Crowe, Josh Ramsay– Recorded by: Carly Rae Jepsen
CURIOSITY – Songwriters: Carly Rae Jepsen, Ryan Stewart - Recorded by: Carly Rae Jepsen
FALLOUT – Songwriter: Josh Ramsay - Recorded by: Marianas Trench
SUMMER PARADISE – Songwriters: Pierre Bourvier, Charles-Andre Comeau, / Emanuel Kiriakou, Sean Paul - Recorded by: Simple Plan

INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
FUN.
LADY ANTEBELLUM
MAROON 5
ONE DIRECTION
THE WANTED

INTERNATIONAL SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR
DAVID GUETTA
FLO RIDA
KATY PERRY
PITBULL
RIHANNA

HEATSEEKER AWARD
ANJULIE – YOU AND I
ARTISTS AGAINST – TRUE COLOURS
SERENA RYDER – STOMPA
SHAWN DESMAN – DUM DA DUM
TEBEY – SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY

Tickets for the Canadian Radio Music Awards will be available for purchase through Ticketmaster – www.ticketmaster.ca - as of Friday, February 1st at 10:00am.

About Canadian Music Week
Canadian Music Week is Canada’s leading annual entertainment event dedicated to the expression and growth of the country’s music, media and entertainment industries. Combining three information-intensive conferences; a trade exposition; a film festival; a comedy festival; four awards shows and the nation’s largest New Music Festival – Canadian Music Fest – CMW spans a six-day period from March 19 to March 24, 2013 at the Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel and over 60 downtown Toronto venues, attracting participants from across the globe. For more information, visit www.cmw.net.