Victoires de la Musique
Annual French music award / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Victoires de la Musique (French pronunciation: [viktwar də la myzik]; English: Victories of Music) are an annual French award ceremony where the Victoire accolade is delivered by the French Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The classical and jazz versions are the Victoires de la musique classique and Victoires du Jazz.[1]
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Victoires de la Musique | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding achievements in the music industry |
Country | France |
Presented by | French Ministry of Culture |
First awarded | 1985 |
Website | lesvictoiresdelamusique |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | France Televisions |
The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, some of the awards of more popular interest are presented in a widely viewed televised ceremony. The awards are the French equivalent to the Grammy Awards and the Brit Awards for music, and it is one of the major awards in France, along with Nuits des Molières for stage performances, and the César Award for motion pictures.
The first Victoires de la Musique ceremony was held in 1985, and it was set up to honor musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1985.