Aurel Awards

The Aurel Awards were Slovak music accolades presented by Slovenská národná skupina Medzinárodnej federácie fonografického priemyslu (SNS IFPI) to recognize outstanding achievements in the industry for the preceding year in the region.

Aurel Awards
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Type	Music
Awarded for	Excellence in the music genre
Country	Slovakia
Presented by	IFPI Slovakia
First award	8 March 2002 (2002-03-08)
Final award	27 May 2008 (2008-05-27)
Website	Aurel.sk
Television/radio coverage
Network	Markíza (2001–2004) STV (2005–2006) Fun Rádio (SM–only, 2007)

History

• 1998–2000: Artmedia Awards held instead
• 2001–2007: Aurel Awards
• 2008–2010: Not held
• 2011–present: ZAI Awards held instead

Categories

• Male Singer
• Female Singer
• Band
• New Artist
• Album
• Record
• Song
• Record Producer
• Music Video
• Instrumentalist
• Cover Art
• Alternative Music Artist • Held in 2005–2006.
• Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Music Artist • Punk included. Held in 2005–2006.
• Hip-Hop/Rap Music Artist • Held in 2005–2006.
• World Music Artist • Traditional folk and ethno included. Held in 2005–2006.
• Jazz/Bluess Music Artist • Held in 2005–2006.
• Gospel Music Artist • Held in 2005–2006.
• Contemporary Folk/Country Music Artist • Held in 2005–2006.

Special awards

• Lifetime Achievement • Given for outstanding contributions to the industry, mainly for performing.

Ceremonies

The listed years are of official release, annual ceremonies were held the following year.

• 1st Aurel Awards (2001)
• 2nd Aurel Awards (2002)
• 3rd Aurel Awards (2003)
• 4th Aurel Awards (2004)
• 5th Aurel Awards (2005)
• 6th Aurel Awards (2006)
• 7th Aurel Awards (2007)

Chronological list of annual ceremonies of the Aurel and ZAI Awards, respectively, as held by

IFPI Slovakia (SNS IFPI) • Union of Authors and Performers (ZAI) • Music Fund Slovakia (HF) •
Year	Name		Date	Venue	Presenter(s)			Producer(s)	Broadcaster	Ref
1998		Artmedia Awards held instead			SNS IFPI	ZAI	HF			[1]
1999										[2]
2000										[3]
2001	Aurel Awards		8 March 2002	Istropolis, BA[4]				Forza[5]	Markíza[5]	[6]
2002			7 March 2003							[7]
2003			5 March 2004							[8]
2004			4 March 2005							[9]
2005			22 March 2006	Sports Hall, Žilina				ZetMedia &[10] Petarda Production	STV	[11]
2006			18 April 2007[A]	Ice Stadium, Martin						[12]
2007			May 27, 2008	West Theater, BA				Street Production	Fun Rádio[B]	[13]
2008	Not held									[14]
2009										[15]
2010										—
2011	ZAI Awards held instead									[16]
2012										—
2013										[17]
2014										—
Notes	Fri   Wed   Tue			BA denotes Bratislava
A ^ The 6th season of the Aurels preceded a genre awards ceremony, held Sunday, on 15 April 2007 at Malý Babylon, Bratislava.[18] B ^ The final Aurels were transmitted live over the Internet only (with the streaming by local MeToo[19]) as well radio waves.[13][19]