Award Winners

Winners and finalists credit the IMA with boosting their visibility among festival bookers, distributors, talent buyers, industry insiders and fans.

Find out what past IMA participants have to say.

About The Independent Music Awards

The Independent Music Awards helps Indie artists & releases worldwide overcome mainstream obstacles by placing Winners & Finalists in front of more than 15 Million new fans via yearlong promotion, marketing & distribution programs.

Supporting a wide spectrum of music genres from Punk to New Age and design categories including Music Video, Album Art & Swag, IMA Winners benefit from yearlong promotion, marketing & distribution programs via print, broadcast & online initiatives.

Entries received from the United States, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Japan, Guam, Argentina, Cuba, Israel, Spain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Italy, Greece, Nigeria, Turkey, Estonia, Russia, Ireland and the UK reflect the program’s stature and reach throughout the independent music community.

Created by Music Resource Group, publisher of the Musician’s Atlas and interactive AtlasOnline, and co-sponsored by online retailers eMusic & PureVolume; digital network ManiaTV; radio promotion gurus The Planetary Group, HIP Video Promo, The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS), Burnside Distribution and MediaGuide, IMA Winners & Finalists are promoted to more than 15 Million music fans and key industry players including:

  • Commercial, Public & College Radio Programmers
  • Music Journalists
  • Film, TV & Gaming Music Supervisors
  • Club & Festival Talent Buyers
  • Ad Agencies
  • National & Regional Promoters
  • Music Fans
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

  • 5,000 copies of the IMA Winners CD compilation are distributed to music fans & industry insiders at international music conferences, festivals, and more.
  • The IMA sampler is promoted at 650+ US & Canadian college & public stations by The Planetary Group and routinely places in the Top 1-25 CMJ charts.
  • The CD is promoted to more than 2 Million eMusic subscribers.
  • The CD is promoted to more than 1.8 Million Pure Volume members.
  • The CD is featured on listening stations at all CIMS Independent Music stores throughout the month of July.
  • IMA Winners’ releases will be available for sale and featured in a special IMA display at all CIMS stores.
  • Select IMA Winners are invited to tape live performances at the ManiaTV studios in Los Angeles for broadcast on the ManiaTV site, the ManiaTV “All Access” indie music channel, the Independent Music Awards site, and on the artists’ own sites.
  • Winners will be promoted on WorldSpace digital satellite radio heard by Millions in Africa, Asia, Middle East & Europe.
  • Music & Music video category Winners & Finalists are promoted to more than 12 Million on cable & digital broadcast sites including ManiaTV.com & HavocTV.com.
  • Winners & Finalists promoted to MySpace, Trig.com & other social networking communities.
IMAs GET RESULTS

The IMAs is not a contest. Unlike any other music industry program, the Indie Music Awards delivers real career opportunities for Indie artists, labels and releases.

Past Winners & Finalists include: Richard Julian, Lacuna Coil, Sugarcult, Chris Whitley, Speech, Eleni Mandel, The Mooney Suzuki , Girlyman,
Dan Bern, Sweet Honey in The Rock, Mary Gauthier, Miko Marks, Madrigaia, Suzanne Ciani, Dave’s True Story, Bitter:Sweet,
Melissa McClelland, Kristy Kruger, Rebecca Martin, Katie Viqueira
and God Forbid.

Additional winner premium benefits, judges and updates will be announced as details are finalized.