The 10th annual YYC Music Awards, presented by Craig Senyk Initiatives, were held on Sunday at the Grey Eagle Event Centre, honouring Calgary and Calgary-area musicians. Twenty-nine awards were handed out this year. The Royal Foundry were this year’s big winners, taking home trophies for Group of the Year, Video of the Year for Sad Girl of Summer, directed by Bethany Salte, and Single of the Year for Famous. Calgary R&B artist Zenon won two awards, including Solo Artist of the Year and R&B/Soul Recording of the Year for Falling (Into You).
Here is a list of the winners.
ALTERNATIVE RECORDING OF THE YEAR:
Thomas Thomas — “One Lone Candle”
BLUES RECORDING OF THE YEAR:
Marcus Trummer — “From The Start”
CHILDREN’S RECORDING OF THE YEAR:
The Wilder Bunch — “Conservation Songs”
CLASSICAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR:
Calgary Wind Symphony — “Prevail”
COMMUNITY ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR:
The Daniel Pelton Collective
COUNTRY RECORDING OF THE YEAR:
Drew Gregory — “One For The Road”
EDM RECORDING OF THE YEAR:
Titus1 — “Going Nowhere”
FOLK RECORDING OF THE YEAR:
Kate Stevens — “New Walk Home”
GROUP OF THE YEAR:
The Royal Foundry
INDIGENOUS ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Ashley Ghostkeeper
Calgary Folk Music Festival artistic director Kerry Clarke won Industry Person of the Year at the YYC Music Awards.Gavin Young/Postmedia
PERSON OF THE YEAR:
Kerry Clarke
INSPIRATIONAL/HOLIDAY RECORDING OF THE YEAR:
Write On! The Songwriting Experience — “Harmony”
JAZZ RECORDING OF THE YEAR:
Jeremy Brown with Audrey Ochoa — “Intersections”
LIVE PERFORMER OF THE YEAR:
Cyril Tenjohn and the Honkey Cats — Elton John
METAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR:
Die Another Day — “Transcend”
MUSIC EDUCATOR/ENSEMBLE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR:
Chris Herard
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR:
The Royal Foundry — “Sad Girl Summer” — Director Bethany Salte
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD:
VIXIN — “Exhibition”
POP RECORDING OF THE YEAR:
Dempsey Bolton — “Comfortable Lines”
PROPHETS OF MUSIC EMERGING ARTIST AWARD:
Irene Poole
R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR:
ZENON — “Falling (Into You)”
Tea Fannie won Rap Recording of the Year at the YYC Music Awards. Photo by Gracious Chaos Photography.
RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR:
Tea Fannie — “It’s All Love”
RECORDING STUDIO OF THE YEAR:
OCL Studios
ROCK RECORDING OF THE YEAR:
Jade Elephant — “So Far”
SINGLE OF THE YEAR:
The Royal Foundry — “Famous”
SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
ZENON
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR:
Robert Adam — “Bailing Twine”
VENUE OR PRESENTER OF THE YEAR:
Ironwood Stage and Grill
WORLD/CULTURAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR:
Luis Tovar — “Back to My Roots”
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