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Icelandic Music Awards 2013

Íslensku Tónlistarverðlaunin

The Icelandic Music Awards honored the Icelandic 2013 best Icelandic artists in Harpa concert hall. This year marks the 20th aniversary of the awards. Performing on the evening were among others Emiliana Torrini, Hjaltalin, Mezzoforte and Skalmold

Winners:

Pop & rock:

Mammút

Album of the year: ­ Komdu til mín svarta systir

Song of the year: ­ Salt

Best album cover

Hjaltalín

Female vocalist of the year: ­ Sigríður Thorlacius

Engineer of the year: Sveinn Helgi Halldórsson for work on Hjaltalin´s, Enter 4

Album of the year (open category): Days of Grey

John Grant

Male vocalist of the year

Songwriter of the year

Grísalappalísa

Coca Cola album of the year

Music video of the year

Baggalútur

Lyricist of the year: Bragi Valdimar Skúlason ­ for the album, Mamma þarf að djamma

Kaleo

Best new act

Skálmöld

Performer of the year

Jazz & blues:

Album of the year: Meatball Evening with K­Tríó,

Composition of the year: Strokkur

Composer of the year: Kristján Tryggva Martinsson

Performer of the year: Sigurður Flosason.

Lifetime achievement award:

Mezzoforte

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