Spellemann of the Year Award

Spellemann of the Year
Norwegian rapper Marstein is the most recent recipient
Awarded forArtist who stood out during the previous year
CountryNorway
Presented byIFPI Norge and FONO
First award1986
Currently held byMarstein (2025)
Websitespellemann.no

The Spellemann of the Year (Norwegian: Årets Spellemann) is a traveling trophy awarded each year during the Spellemannprisen. The award goes to a Norwegian artist or group that has distinguished itself in particular in the past year. The winner is chosen on an open basis by a special jury.[1] The award was first awarded during the Spellemannprisen 1985 in 1986, and then went to A-ha.

Background

Unlike most other Spellemann awards, where a professional jury selects a winner from the artists entered, a special jury selects the winner of the Spellemann of the Year on an arbitrary basis.[1] The award also takes into account the artist's performance, commercial success and record releases.[2] The winner receives a bronze statuette shaped like a gramophone player, which they will keep for one year. The award is usually presented by the previous year's winner.[3] The statuette was made by sculptor Erlingur Jónsson.[4]

A precursor to the Spellemann Award of the Year was awarded under the name Artist of the Year to The Monroes in 1984 and Åge Aleksandersen in 1985.[5] The award was the first of the additional classes to be introduced in addition to the existing genre-specific classes. Later, Newcomer of the Year, Hit of the Year and Music Video of the Year were also introduced as additional classes. The award is awarded across the genre-specific classes and is considered the most prestigious of the Spellemann Awards.[6][7][8] Up until the 1989 awards ceremony, nominations for the award were announced in advance in the same way as in other classes.

The introduction of the award and its predecessor, Artist of the Year, also made it possible to win two awards in the same year, something The Monroes did the first time it was awarded, and several have done since. The singer Øystein Sunde and the rap duo Karpe are the only ones to have been named Spellemann of the Year twice.[9] Øystein Sunde has also won the award once with Gitarkameratene. Morten Abel and Morten Harket have both been named Spellemann of the Year both as solo artists and with bands, The September When and A-ha, respectively.

Recipients

Below is a list of all the winners since the start in 1986. A list of the winners and nominees for the award can be found on Spellemannprisen's official website.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Spellemannprisen – Categories". spellemann.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  2. ^ Hoftun Gjestad, Robert. "Som forventet er Alan Walker Årets Spellemann. Det kjipe er at vi allerede nå vet hvem som vinner neste år". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Bernhoft: – Dette er veldig gjevt!" (in Norwegian). VG. 15 January 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Nasjonalbiblioteket". www.facebook.com (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Spellemannprisen – Archive". spellemann.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Alan Walker tok den gjeveste prisen – ble Årets Spellemann". smp.no (in Norwegian). 30 March 2019. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Disse to skal lede Spellemann". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Alan Walker er årets Spellemann" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Karpe ble dobbelt historisk". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Spellemannprisen – Årets Spellemann". spellemann.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 April 2025.
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