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Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026
Bulgaria at Eurovision 2026: DARA (Darina Yotova) won with "Bangaranga", 516 points, Bulgaria's first victory and record 173-point margin, after the Natsionalnata Selektsiya national final; Burgas hosts 2027.
Busby Marou
Busby Marou are an Australian folk-pop duo formed in Rockhampton, Queensland in 2007 by Thomas Busby and Torres Strait Islander musician Jeremy Marou, known for distinctly Australian storytelling, an ARIA #1 album (Postcards from the Shell House, 2017), four APRA awards, and albums including The Great Divide and Blood Red.
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA), founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment, is a nonprofit that promotes Canadian country music through its annual awards.
Caroline Shaw
Caroline Shaw (b. 1982, Greenville, NC) is an American composer, violinist, vocalist, and producer; youngest Pulitzer Prize in Music winner (2013, Partita for 8 Voices), five-time Grammy winner, Tony nominee, and Kanye West and Nas collaborator.
Choice Music Prize
The Choice Music Prize is an annual Irish award for Album of the Year, founded in 2005, judged on artistic merit rather than sales or airplay.
Christopher Rouse (composer)
Christopher Rouse (1949–2019), American orchestral composer, Pulitzer Prize 1993 for Trombone Concerto, two Grammys (Concert de Gaudí 2002, Symphony No. 5 2021), taught at Eastman and Juilliard.
City and regional music awards programs
City and regional music awards programs are annual prizes honoring musicians based on where they live, from city to state level, judged by panels, fans, or both.
CMT Music Awards
CMT Music Awards (Country Music Television Music Awards): annual US fan-voted country music awards for videos and TV performances, held 2002-2024, on CMT then CBS, Nashville then Austin; paused in 2025.
Conspirare
Conspirare (Latin: to breathe together) is a Grammy-winning professional choir and nonprofit founded in 1991 in Austin, Texas, by Craig Hella Johnson; also called A Company of Voices, it won the 2015 Best Choral Performance Grammy for The Sacred Spirit of Russia.
Country Music Association Awards
Country Music Association Awards (CMA Awards), peer-voted country music honors first held October 20, 1967 in Nashville; 12 categories chosen by 7,000+ CMA members, airing on ABC since 2006, with the 60th ceremony November 18, 2026 on ABC and Disney+.
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026: LELEK won Dora 2026 (12–15 February, Zagreb, 24 entries from a record 251 submissions) with "Andromeda", qualified 6th in semi-final one, and placed 15th (124 points) in the Vienna grand final.
David Frost (producer)
David Frost, American classical recording producer and engineer, 25 Grammy Awards including seven Producer of the Year Classical; Met Opera Live in HD producer; distinct from broadcaster Sir David Frost.
David Lang (composer)
David Lang (born 1957, Los Angeles) is an American composer, co-founder of Bang on a Can, and 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner for the little match girl passion; also Oscar-nominated for Simple Song #3 from Youth and a Yale professor.
Deep Forest
Deep Forest: French electronic/world music project founded 1992 by Eric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez; hit "Sweet Lullaby," Grammy-winning Boheme (1996), 10M+ albums, Mouquet solo since 2005.
Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026
Denmark at Eurovision Song Contest 2026 (Vienna): Søren Torpegaard Lund, "Før Vi Går Hjem", won Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 with 39 points, placed 5th in the Second Semi-Final (199 points) and 7th in the Grand Final (243 points).
Donald Nally
Donald Nally (born 1960) is an American conductor, founder and artistic director of the new-music chamber choir The Crossing, four-time Grammy winner for Best Choral Performance, former Northwestern Beattie Chair holder, and current Westminster Choir College visiting professor.
Dream Academy
The Debut: Dream Academy was a 2023 HYBE x Geffen online audition show; 20 finalists from 120,000 applicants competed over 12 weeks, producing the girl group KATSEYE.
Echo Music Prize
Echo Music Prize (ECHO, Deutscher Musikpreis): German music award of the Deutsche Phono-Akademie/BVMI, 1992–2018, in pop, classical, and jazz; pop winners chosen by chart sales, ended after the 2018 Kollegah and Farid Bang antisemitism scandal.
Estonian Music Awards
The Estonian Music Awards, also known as Eesti Muusikaauhinnad and originally Kuldne Plaat, are annual Estonian music prizes awarded at a televised gala concert organized by EFÜ since 1998.
European Border Breakers Award
European Border Breakers Award (EBBA), an annual EU prize from 2004 rewarding ten emerging European artists for first international release success; organised at Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen, renamed Music Moves Europe Awards in 2019/2022.
Eurovision Song Contest 2026
Eurovision Song Contest 2026, the 70th edition, held in Vienna at the Wiener Stadthalle, 12-16 May 2026, hosted by ORF. 35 countries competed after five boycotted over Israel; Bulgaria's DARA won with "Bangaranga" on 516 points, a record 173-point margin.
Eurovision Young Musicians 2026
Eurovision Young Musicians 2026, 22nd EBU biennial classical contest, 6 June 2026, Armenian National Opera, Yerevan, host AMPTV; won by Poland's accordionist Michał Stochel, Latvia second, Armenia third; next edition Liepāja 2027.
Fanny Lumsden
Fanny Lumsden is an Australian country singer-songwriter and farmer near Tooma, NSW, winner of 2 ARIA Best Country Album awards (Fallow, Hey Dawn) and creator of the Country Halls Tour; her fifth album Traditions is due October 2026.
Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer
Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer: annual Filmfare honor for a female playback singer in Hindi films. Asha Bhosle and Alka Yagnik lead with seven wins each; current holder Madhubanti Bagchi for "Aaj Ki Raat" (Stree 2).
Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer
Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer (Best Playback Singer, Male): Filmfare magazine honor for male playback singers in Hindi films, first given to Mukesh in 1960. Kishore Kumar and Arijit Singh hold the record with 8 wins each.
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, now often listed as Best Music Album, honors Hindi film soundtrack composers at the annual Filmfare Awards. First given 1954 to Naushad for Baiju Bawra; A. R. Rahman holds the record with 10 wins.
Fryderyk
Fryderyk (Fryderyki) is Poland's main music industry award, given since 1995 by the Phonographic Academy of ZPAV in popular, classical, and jazz sections via secret two-stage voting; Złoty Fryderyk honors lifetime achievement.
Gavin James (singer)
Gavin James (Gavin Wigglesworth), Irish singer-songwriter born 1991 in Dublin. Debut EP Say Hello (2012) won Meteor Choice Song of the Year; albums Bitter Pill, Only Ticket Home, The Sweetest Part, Goldrush.
George Crumb
George Crumb (1929–2022), American avant-garde composer of Black Angels, Ancient Voices of Children, and Makrokosmos; Pulitzer Prize 1968, Grammy 2001, famed for hand-drawn scores and extended techniques.
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026
Germany at Eurovision Song Contest 2026 (Vienna): Sarah Engels performed "Fire" after winning Das Deutsche Finale 2026 on SWR; she finished 23rd of 25 in the Grand Final with 12 points; Bulgaria's DARA won.