Faroese Music Awards (short form: FMA, in Faroese: Føroysku Tónlistavirðislønirnar) is a Faroese music prize award ceremony, which was established in 2014, after the former Faroese music prize Planet Awards was abolished when the producers Portal.fo were sold to new owners. Faroese Music Awards is a cooperation between the Faroese national broadcasting company Kringvarp Føroya, the newspaper Sosialurin, the internet portal In.fo and the Nordic House.[1]
The Faroese Music Awards were presented for the first time on 15 March 2014 in the Nordic House in Tórshavn, where 22 prizes were awarded.[1] The Faroese Music Awards ceremony were also held in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, normally in March of each year. The musical categories were changed after the original FMA event.
The Winners of FMA 2018
The 2018 FMA show was co-hosted by Rolant Waag Dam and Kristian Blak in the Nordic House.[2]
Best Female singer: Kristina Baerendsen
Best New Artist: Silvurdronger
Best Album: Ingalvur av Reyni
Best Band: Alda Magna
Best Producer: Hans Poulson
Best Album Cover: Kapnas spælir Blak
The Winners of FMA 2017
The 2017 FMA show was held in the Nordic House on 11 March 2017.[3]
Greta Svabo Bech won the prize Female singer of the year and the song "Myrkablátt", which she sings and composed was awarded with the prize Song of the year in the Pop/Rock category.
FMA 2015 was held in the Nordic House in Tórshavn on 14 March 2015.
Song of the year: Myrkablátt (also known as: Einsamallast í Føroyum), Greta Svabo Bech sings and composed. Elin á Rógvi wrote the text. The song was a part of the radio-advent calendar Nivinaja which Elin á Rógvi wrote.
Album of the year: Call for a Revolution with HOGNI (Høgni Lisberg)
Best musical composition of the year: Nordisk messe by Sunleif Rasmussen for mixed choir and symphony orchestra.
Best album or concert of the year: Høvdingar hittast, album by the British composer Gavin Bryars, published in 2014, performed in the Nordic House in Tórshavn in 2011, Eivør Pálsdóttir and Rúni Brattaberg sang at the concert. The music was played by Aldubáran and Eystanljóð.
FMA 2014
Hallur Joensen won the prize Best male singer in the pop category.
The show was broadcast on the national Faroese radio live. The hosts were Barbara Holm and Eyðfinn Jensen.
There were also performances by various Faroese artists and bands: