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Out of five nominations, Josh. three prizes – but not only the singer had reason to celebrate at the 22nd Amadeus Austrian Music Awards, which were presented today in the Volkstheater in Vienna.
This year, for the first time in two years, the award ceremony gala might take place once more as a live gala in the Vienna Volkstheater, moderated by Conchita Wurst. Josh., who already delivered the song of the year in 2018 with his summer hit “Cordula Grün”, was able to win the prizes for song and songwriting of the year with German Italian drinks and dishes in “Expresso & Tschianti”. And Josh was also allowed to win the award in the pop/rock category. take home.
However, this was already known, as the organizers published the genre winners bit by bit before the gala for the first time. In addition, the winner of the evening jumped in as the opening act at the gala, Bilderbuch had to cancel their performance on Thursday due to illness.
RAF Camora as second big winner
The second artist to have won more than one award is RAF Camora: he delivered album of the year with his seventh record “Zukunft”. He also picked up an Amadeus in the “Hip Hop/Urban” category, which he won for the sixth time since 2014.
Main Categories Revealed at Gala
In addition to the winners for Album, Song and Songwriter of the Year, the FM4 Award and Live Act of the Year remained secret in the run-up to the gala. As in 2019, the singing and cabaret duo Pizzera & Jaus finally won the prize for the best live act. The FM4 award went to indie rockers Cari Cari.
In the alternative category, the Graz band Granada won the Amadeus Awards for the first time, and in the pop/folk music category, Melissa Naschenweng won her fourth Amadeus. Other prizes went to the electro duo Klangkarussell in the Electronic/Dance category and the band Turbobier in the Hard & Heavy category.
Posthumous Amadeus for Willi Resetarits
The quartet Ernst Molden, Willi Resetarits, Hannes Wirth and Walther Soyka were honored in the Jazz/World/Blues category – posthumously an Amadeus Award also goes to the “Ostbahn Kurti”, who died on Sunday.
Boris Bukowski was honored for his life’s work – he follows the “Live is Life” creators Opus. The musician, born in 1946, celebrated success with the band Magic 69 (later Magic) and from 1970 delivered solo hits such as “Kokain” or “Your Fritze mit der Syringe”.
The best sound of the year can be heard on the record “Honeymoon Phase” by the singer Oska. Alex Pohn, Lukas Hillebrand and Patrick Kummeneker were responsible for recording and mixing.