The Nominees for Best Artist over the past 20 years are Vitaly Kozlovsky and Ivan Dorn, female singer - Ani Lorak, Iryna Bilyk, Natalya Mogilevskaya, Sofia Rotaru and Taisia Povaliy.
YUNA (Yearly Ukrainian National Awards) will be held first in the Palace of Arts "Ukraine" on February 8, 2012.
At the ceremony, the awards will be given as a result of development of Ukrainian music over the 20 years of independence, in future it is planned to become annual.
There are eight categories: Best Artist, Best Female Artist, Best Band, Best Album, Best Song, Best Composer, Best Lyricist, Best Music Video.
In addition, for special achievements in the field of music, the first YUNA award was given to Sofia Rotaru.
In the category Best Artist Viktor Pavlik, Vitaly Kozlovsky, Ivan Dorn, Alexander Ponomarev are nominated.
Andrey Danilko has also been nominated in the five best singers, but he withdrew his nomination, as his stage image - Verka Serdyuchka - does not match the category either of "artist" or "female artist".
At the same time Danilko hoped that there will be a special category for artists of original genre.
The Nominees for Best Female Artist are Ani Lorak, Iryna Bilyk, Natalya Mogilevskaya, Sofia Rotaru, Taisia Povaliy.
In the category Best Band the Nominees are "The Brothers Gadyukiny", "Boombox", "VIA Gra", "Vopli Vidoplyasova", "Okean Elzy", "Tanok na Maydani Kongo".
The Nominees for Best Album are "The Brothers Gadyukiny" - "Bulo ne Lyubyty (Shouldn't love)", "Boombox" - "Family Business", "Vopli Vidoplyasova" - "Muzyka (Music)", Iryna Bilyk - "Lyubov. Yad (Love. Poison)", "Okean Elzy" - "Supersymmetry" and "Okean Elzy" - "Model".
Best Song: "Vesna (Spring)" ("Vopli Vidoplyasova"), "Prekrasny Gorod Ternopol (The beautiful city of Ternopil)" ("Brothers Gadiukiny"), "Vahteram (to doormen)" ("Boombox"), "Sneg (Snow)" (Irina Bilyk), "Bez boyu (Without a fight)" ("Okean Elzy"), "Vona (She)" ("Plach Eremii") and "Dyki Tantsi (Wild Dances)" (Ruslana).
Best Composer: Irina Bilyk, Konstantin Meladze, Oleg Skrypka, Ruslana Quinta and Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, and Best Lyricist: Andriy Kuzmenko, Andrew Khlyvnyuk, Diana Golde, Iryna Bilyk, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk and Yuri Rybchynsky.
Best Music Video: Alan Badoev, Maxim Papernik and Alexander Solokha.
Badoev is nominated for his three works (music video for Tina Karol "Nochenka (Night)", Band "VIA Gra" "Potseluy (The Kiss)" and Iryna Bilyk "Sneg (Snow)"), Papernik - two works (music video for Natalia Mogilevskaya "Luna (Moon)" and for Iryna Bilyk "A ya plyvu (I'm floating)"), Alexander Solokha - music video for "Vopli Vidoplyasova" - "Vesna (Spring)".
Organizers note that the purpose of YUNA Award is to stimulate further development of Ukrainian music, of its creators and performers. The award was created in 2011.
In honor of the first YUNA Award along with famous Ukrainian artists special guests are invited - Thomas Anders, Karl Frierson ("De Phazz") and singer Oceana. Oceana will first perform a full version of the song "Endless Summer", which is the official song of UEFA European Football Championship Euro-2012. |
