Meteor Music Awards (Redirected from Meteor Ireland Music Awards)

Meteor Award
Awarded forAchievements in the Irish and international record industry
Sponsored byMeteor Mobile
VenuePoint Theatre, Dublin (2001–2007)
RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin (2008–2010)
CountryIreland
First awarded18 March 2001 (2001-03-18)
Last awarded21 February 2010 (2010-02-21)
Most awardsU2
Websitewww.themeteors.ie
Television/radio coverage
NetworkRTÉ Two

A Meteor Ireland Music Award was an accolade bestowed upon professionals in the music industry in Ireland and further afield. They had been bestowed each year since 2001, replacing the IRMA Ireland Music Awards held in the 1990s. Promoted by MCD Productions, the ceremony at which these accolades were bestowed upon worthy recipients was referred to colloquially as The Meteors, though occasionally also by its full title.

Event organisers confirmed in January 2011 that there would be no awards ceremony that year, with Meteor's cancellation of its sponsorship of the event widely blamed for this abrupt occurrence.

History

Example of a Meteor Award

The Meteor Ireland Music Awards were the equivalent to the Canadian Juno Awards, the American Grammy Awards, the Echo Awards in Germany, and the United Kingdom's BRIT Awards. The awards take their name from their sponsors, Meteor.

Each year there was a mix of live performances and award presentations at a ceremony conducted in the Point Theatre, Dublin (2001–2007) and the RDS, Dublin (2008–present). Irish artists to have showcased their music included Snow Patrol, Sinéad O'Connor, U2, Bell X1, Aslan, Westlife, the Blizzards, the Frames, the Coronas, Director, Hothouse Flowers, Cathy Davey, the Devlins, the Thrills, Paddy Casey, and the Immediate, whilst previous live performances by international artists have included the Pussycat Dolls, Amy Winehouse, Sugababes, Counting Crows, the Darkness, Kaiser Chiefs, Lionel Richie, and Tom Jones.

Presenters included both Irish and international figures from music, sport, film, television, and beauty: Joe Elliott, Denis Hickie, Colin Farrell, Alex Zane, and Rosanna Davison. The award ceremony was hosted by a number of different personalities throughout its history: Ed Byrne, Patrick Kielty, Amanda Byram, Podge and Rodge alongside Deirdre O'Kane, and Dara Ó Briain.

Originally held in the Point Theatre in Dublin, in 2008 the award ceremony moved to the RDS Simmonscourt of the Royal Dublin Society until its end in 2011.

Recipients by year

A list of winners is to be found on the Meteor website.

Irish awards

Year Male Female Band Album Live Performance Pop Act New Act Lifetime Achievement
2001 Ronan Keating Sharon Shannon U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind U2 Westlife JJ72 Christy Moore
2002 David Kitt Samantha Mumba U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind Westlife The Revs Paul McGuinness
2003 Mundy Carly Hennessy U2 Skylarkin' Westlife The Thrills Bob Geldof
2004 Paddy Casey Cara Dillon The Frames So Much for the City Westlife Future Kings of Spain The Dubliners
2005 Paddy Casey Juliet Turner Snow Patrol Final Straw Westlife The Chalets Aslan
2006 Damien Dempsey Gemma Hayes U2 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb U2 Westlife Humanzi The Pogues
2007 Damien Dempsey Luan Parle Snow Patrol Eyes Open Snow Patrol Westlife Director Clannad
2008 Duke Special Cathy Davey Aslan Addicted to Company The Blizzards Westlife The Saw Doctors
2009 Mick Flannery Imelda May The Script The Script The Blizzards Westlife Sharon Shannon
2010 Christy Moore Wallis Bird Snow Patrol Tony Was An Ex-Con The Script Westlife Amasis Brian Kennedy

International awards

Year Male Female Band Album Live Performance
2001 David Gray Whitney Houston White Ladder
2002 Robbie Williams Dido Stereophonics Is This It Red Hot Chili Peppers
2003 Eminem Avril Lavigne Coldplay By the Way Red Hot Chili Peppers
2004 Justin Timberlake Beyoncé The Darkness Elephant Red Hot Chili Peppers
2005 Morrissey PJ Harvey Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand The Killers
2006 Kanye West Gwen Stefani Kaiser Chiefs Employment
2007 Justin Timberlake Lily Allen Scissor Sisters Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2008 Bruce Springsteen Amy Winehouse Arcade Fire Neon Bible Muse
2009 James Morrison Duffy Elbow Only by the Night Leonard Cohen
2010 Michael Bublé Lady Gaga Florence and the Machine Sunny Side Up Leonard Cohen

Award ceremonies by year

Ceremony Date Venue Broadcast date Host Best Irish Band Lifetime Achievement Industry Award
2001 18 March 2001 Point Theatre, Dublin 20 March 2001 Ed Byrne U2 Christy Moore Louis Walsh
2002 4 March 2002 Point Theatre, Dublin 6 March 2002 Patrick Kielty U2 Paul McGuinness
2003 3 March 2003 Point Theatre, Dublin 5 March 2003 Dara Ó Briain U2 Bob Geldof Phil Coulter
2004 1 March 2004 Point Theatre, Dublin 3 March 2004, 21:00 Dara Ó Briain The Frames The Dubliners Dave Fanning
2005 24 February 2005 Point Theatre, Dublin 27 February 2005 Ed Byrne Snow Patrol Aslan John Hughes
2006 2 February 2006 Point Theatre, Dublin 5 February 2006, 21:00 Patrick Kielty U2 The Pogues Bill Whelan
2007 1 February 2007 Point Theatre, Dublin 4 February 2007, 21:00 Deirdre O'Kane and Podge and Rodge Snow Patrol Clannad Larry Gogan
2008 15 February 2008 RDS, Dublin 16 February 2008, 21:00 Dara Ó Briain Aslan The Saw Doctors Jim Aiken
2009 17 March 2009 RDS, Dublin 18 March 2009, 21:00 Amanda Byram The Script Sharon Shannon Niall Stokes
2010 19 February 2010 RDS, Dublin 21 February 2010, 21.00 Amanda Byram Snow Patrol Brian Kennedy Henry Mountcharles

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