World Music Awards 2013 have a Strong Eurovision Representation this year

Several Eurovision Acts have received World Music Award nominations for 2013. Tha annual awards ceremony is hosted by Prince Albert of Monaco. Is this a sign that Eurovision is becoming more relevant in the music industry today? As we already posted in our earlier article, Italian Eurovision Representative Marco Mengoni has received 5 nominations but he is not the only Eurovision artist to have been recognised by the selection jury.

Eurovision 2012 winner Loreen has received 2 nominations

• Best Single for “Euphoria”
• Best Female Artist

http://youtu.be/PxltNYwRqBY

Eurovision Winner 2008 Dima Bilan and Emin who was the Interval Act at the Eurovision Grand Final in Baku last year have also been nominated in the same categories

• Best Male Artist
• Best Live Act
• Best Entertainer of the year

 
http://youtu.be/kLPlhvgE9qA
 

Eurovision Winner 1988 Celine Dion takes 2 nominations

• Best Female Artist
• Best Live Act

Eurovision seems to be coming back into the forum of popular music again – where it belongs. 

Author/Website co-founder and editor in chief Garrett Mulhall

(Source Eurovision Ireland & World Music Awards/Photograph courtesy of 97lalau.shyrock/YouTube videos courtesy of embedded owners)