Meteor Music Awards

{{Short description|Defunct Irish music award}} {{Use Irish English|date=April 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox award | name = Meteor Award | image = | image_size = 250px | alt = The Meteors | caption = | awarded_for = Achievements in the Irish and international record industry | sponsor = Meteor Mobile | date = | venue = Point Theatre, Dublin (2001–2007)<br/>RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin (2008–2010) | country = Ireland | presenter = | host =  | former name = | preshow_host = | acts = | reward = | year = {{start date|2001|3|18|df=y}} | year2 = {{end date|2010|2|21|df=y}} | holder_label = | holder =  | most_awards = U2 | most_nominations = | website = {{URL|http://www.themeteors.ie}} | network = RTÉ Two | runtime = | viewership =  | producer = | director = | previous = | main = | next = }}

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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0110/meteorawards.html |title=Meteor Awards cancelled for 2011 |date=10 January 2011 |access-date=10 January 2011 |work=RTÉ Ten |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102174022/http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0110/meteorawards.html |archive-date=2 November 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Siobhán|last=O'Connell|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2011/0224/1224290732479.html|title=Loyalty to Irish newspapers still evident|date=24 February 2011|access-date=24 February 2011|newspaper=The Irish Times|publisher=Irish Times Trust|quote=There are no Meteor Music Awards this year after the mobile phone operator decided to cease sponsoring the event. However, the brand, which is 10 years old, says the awards will return in 2012, with Meteor as the primary sponsor. The televised awards were Meteor's most visible sponsorship and tied in with the company's strategy of recruiting younger customers.}}</ref>

==History== right|thumb|200px|Example of a Meteor Award The Meteor Ireland Music Awards were the equivalent to the Canadian Juno Awards, the American Grammy Awards,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1170024&lang=eng_news|title=Irish singer Imelda May performs on Grammys|date=1 February 2010|access-date=5 February 2010|work=Taiwan News|archive-date=4 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204095358/http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1170024&lang=eng_news|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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 Royal Dublin Society's Simmonscourt, Dublin (2008–2010). Irish artists to have showcased their music included Snow Patrol, Sinéad O'Connor, Declan O'Rourke, 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 cancellation in 2011.

==Recipients by year== A list of winners is to be found on the Meteor website.<ref name="Meteor Ireland Music Awards Past Winners">[http://www.meteor.ie/about/music_awards/mima_winners/ "Meteor Ireland Music Awards Past Winners"]. Meteor. Retrieved 14 March 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201113547/http://www.meteor.ie/about/music_awards/mima_winners/ |date=1 February 2009 }}</ref>

===Irish awards=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Male !! Female !! Band !! Album !! Live Performance !! Pop Act !! New Act !! Lifetime Achievement !! Industry |- | '''2001''' || Ronan Keating || Sharon Shannon || U2 || ''All That You Can't Leave Behind'' || U2 || Westlife || JJ72 || Christy Moore || Louis Walsh<ref name="IRMA 2001 winners">[http://www.irma.ie/2001winners.htm 2001 Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061727/http://www.irma.ie/2001winners.htm |date=28 September 2011 }}. IRMA. Retrieved 14 March 2009.</ref> |- | '''2002''' || David Kitt || Samantha Mumba || U2 || ''All That You Can't Leave Behind'' || {{N/A}} || Westlife || The Revs || Paul McGuinness || {{N/A}} |- | '''2003''' || Mundy || Carly Hennessy || U2 || ''Skylarkin''' || {{N/A}} || Westlife ||The Thrills || Bob Geldof || Phil Coulter<ref name="Meteor Ireland Music Awards Past Winners"/> |- | '''2004''' || Paddy Casey || Cara Dillon || The Frames || ''So Much for the City'' || {{N/A}} || Westlife || Future Kings of Spain || The Dubliners || Dave Fanning<ref name="Meteor Ireland Music Awards Past Winners"/> |- | '''2005''' || Paddy Casey || Juliet Turner || Snow Patrol || ''Final Straw'' || {{N/A}} || Westlife ||The Chalets || Aslan || John Hughes<ref name="Meteor Ireland Music Awards Past Winners"/> |- | '''2006''' || Damien Dempsey || Gemma Hayes || U2 || ''How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb'' || U2 || Westlife || Humanzi || The Pogues || Bill Whelan<ref name="Meteor Ireland Music Awards Past Winners"/> |- | '''2007''' || Damien Dempsey || Luan Parle || Snow Patrol || ''Eyes Open'' || Snow Patrol || Westlife || Director || Clannad || Larry Gogan<ref name="Meteor Ireland Music Awards Past Winners"/> |- | '''2008''' || Duke Special || Cathy Davey || Aslan || ''Addicted to Company'' || The Blizzards || Westlife || {{N/A}} || The Saw Doctors || Jim Aiken<ref name="Stars out for the Meteors (RTÉ 2008)"/> |- | '''2009''' || Mick Flannery || Imelda May || The Script || ''The Script'' || The Blizzards || Westlife || {{N/A}} || Sharon Shannon || Niall Stokes<ref name="Guest presenters join Meteors line-up (Hot Press 2009)">{{cite news|url=https://www.hotpress.com/news/5296785.html|title=Guest presenters join Meteors line-up|date=11 March 2009|access-date=11 March 2009|work=Hot Press}}</ref> |- | '''2010''' || Christy Moore || Wallis Bird || Snow Patrol || ''Tony Was An Ex-Con'' || The Script || Westlife || Amasis || Brian Kennedy || Henry Mountcharles<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hotpress.com/Meteor%20Awards/news/Mount-Charles-lands-music-industry-gong/6170570.html|title=Mount Charles lands music industry gong|date=22 January 2010|access-date=22 January 2010|work=Hot Press|archive-date=25 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125145141/http://www.hotpress.com/Meteor%20Awards/news/Mount-Charles-lands-music-industry-gong/6170570.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |}

===International awards=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Male !! Female !! Band !! Album !! Live Performance |- | '''2001''' || David Gray || Whitney Houston || {{N/A}} || ''White Ladder'' || {{N/A}} |- | '''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'' || {{N/A}} |- | '''2007''' || Justin Timberlake || Lily Allen || Scissor Sisters || ''Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'' || {{N/A}} |- | '''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== {| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !Ceremony !Date !Venue !Broadcast date !Host |- | 2001 | 18 March<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/u2-eminem-and-the-beatles-the-big-winners-at-new-meteor-music-awards-1.291996|title=U2, Eminem and The Beatles the big winners at new Meteor music awards|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=19 September 2023}}</ref> | Point Theatre, Dublin | 20 March | Ed Byrne |- | 2002 | 4 March<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/enrique-set-to-play-dublin-music-awards/28085562.html|title=Enrique set to play Dublin music awards|date=19 February 2002|via=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk|access-date=19 September 2023}}</ref> | Point Theatre, Dublin | 6 March | Patrick Kielty<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/pk-and-enrique-for-top-gong-show/28079558.html|title=PK and Enrique for top gong show!|date=25 February 2002|via=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk|access-date=19 September 2023}}</ref> |- | 2003 | 3 March | Point Theatre, Dublin<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2003/02/28/story90021.asp |title=Farrell to appear at Meteor Awards |date=28 February 2004 |access-date=16 December 2007 |work=BreakingNews.ie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307051553/http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2003/02/28/story90021.asp |archive-date= 7 March 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> | 5 March<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fw8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=2003+Meteor+Awards+rte&pg=PA74|title=Billboard|date=22 March 2003|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books|access-date=19 September 2023}}</ref> | Dara Ó Briain |- | 2004 | 1 March | Point Theatre, Dublin | 3 March, 21:00<ref name="Meteor Awards winners announced (TCM 2004)">{{cite news|url=http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2004/03/01/story136540.asp |title=Meteor Awards winners announced |date=1 March 2004 |access-date=16 December 2007 |work=BreakingNews.ie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218173546/http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2004/03/01/story136540.asp |archive-date=18 February 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref> | Dara Ó Briain |- | 2005 | 24 February<ref name="Meteor Music Awards nominations announced (RTÉ 2005)">{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2005/0111/meteormusicawards.html|title=Meteor Music Awards nominations announced|date=11 January 2005|access-date=14 March 2009|work=RTÉ Arts|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann}}</ref> | Point Theatre, Dublin<ref name="Meteor Music Awards nominations announced (RTÉ 2005)"/> | 27 February<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30190692.html|title=Stones' Wood to perform at Meteor Awards|date=23 February 2005|website=Irish Examiner|access-date=19 September 2023}}</ref> | Ed Byrne<ref name="Meteor Music Awards nominations announced (RTÉ 2005)"/> |- | 2006 | 2 February<ref name="Three wins for U2 at Meteor Awards (RTÉ 2006)">{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/0203/meteormusicawards.html|title=Three wins for U2 at Meteor Awards|date=3 February 2006|access-date=14 December 2007|work=RTÉ Arts|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann}}</ref> | Point Theatre, Dublin<ref name="Three wins for U2 at Meteor Awards (RTÉ 2006)"/> | 5 February, 21:00<ref name="Three wins for U2 at Meteor Awards (RTÉ 2006)"/> | Patrick Kielty<ref name="Meteor Award nominations announced (RTÉ 2006)">{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2005/1123/meteorawards.html|title=Meteor Award nominations announced|date=23 November 2005|access-date=22 February 2009|work=RTÉ Arts|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann}}</ref> |- | 2007 | 1 February<ref name="Snow Patrol steal the limelight from top acts (Irish Independent 2007)">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/snow-patrol-steal-the-limelight-from-top-acts-52787.html | title=Snow Patrol steal the limelight from top acts|date=2 February 2007|access-date=10 February 2009|work=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media}}</ref> | Point Theatre, Dublin<ref name="Snow Patrol win four Meteor awards">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0201/breaking89.htm|title=Snow Patrol win four Meteor awards|date=1 February 2007|access-date=14 December 2007|newspaper=The Irish Times|publisher=Irish Times Trust}}</ref> | 4 February, 21:00<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/meteormusicawards/|title=Home|date=4 February 2007|access-date=12 November 2008|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann}}</ref> | Deirdre O'Kane and Podge and Rodge<ref name="Snow Patrol steal the limelight from top acts (Irish Independent 2007)"/> |- | 2008 | 15 February<ref name="Stars out for the Meteors (RTÉ 2008)">{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0216/meteor.html|title=Stars out for the Meteors|date=16 February 2008|access-date=17 February 2008|work=RTÉ Arts|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann}}</ref> | RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin | 16 February, 21:00 | Dara Ó Briain |- | 2009 | 17 March<ref name="2009 Meteor Awards to be held St Patrick's Day at RDS (Belfast Telegraph (2009)">{{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/ireland/2009-meteor-awards-to-be-held-st-patricks-day-at-rds-14160560.html|title=2009 Meteor Awards to be held St Patrick's Day at RDS|date=28 January 2009|access-date=28 January 2009|work=The Belfast Telegraph|publisher=Independent News & Media}}</ref> | RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin<ref name="2009 Meteor Awards to be held St Patrick's Day at RDS (Belfast Telegraph (2009)"/> | 18 March, 21:00 | Amanda Byram<ref name="2009 Meteor Awards to be held St Patrick's Day at RDS (Belfast Telegraph (2009)"/> |- | 2010 | 19 February<ref name="All-star line-up announced for Meteors" /> | RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin<ref name="All-star line-up announced for Meteors" /> | 21 February, 21.00 | Amanda Byram<ref name="All-star line-up announced for Meteors">{{cite news| url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2010/0107/meteors.html|title=All-star lineup announced for Meteors|date=7 January 2010|access-date=7 January 2010|work=RTÉ Arts|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann}}</ref> |- |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Meteor Music Awards}} * {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20050312035453/http://meteormusicawards.meteor.ie:80/}} * [https://www.mcd.ie Site of MCD – awards promoters] * [http://www.meteor.ie/misc/MIMA.html List of winners through the years] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024180100/http://www.meteor.ie/misc/MIMA.html |date=24 October 2007 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071214201324/http://home.eircom.net/html/meteor/awards2006/ Highlights of 2006 Awards] sponsored by eircom * [http://www.showbizireland.com/news/march02/06-u284.shtml Photos (2002 awards)] at ShowBiz Ireland

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