Award
The Worldwide Awards, formerly known as the Worldwide Winner Awards, are an annual awards celebration curated by radio DJ Gilles Peterson and currently hosted by Worldwide FM and Radio 6 which celebrates up-and-coming musicians on an international scale. The ceremony evolved out of an annual segment on Peterson's BBC Radio 1 show Worldwide during which listeners would vote on a list of Worldwide Winners.
History
Worldwide Winners was begun by radio and club DJ Gilles Peterson during his tenure on BBC Radio 1. In 1998, he brought his show Worldwide to the station and began a quarterly radio segment called All Winners Special in which he replays what he considered the previous few months' best new tracks from out DJing or the show. At the end of the year, these winners, plus a few further favourites that may have been overlooked, were compiled into a longlist. Listeners of the show then get to vote this longlist down to a shortlist of ten Worldwide Winners in each section which Peterson plays over the last couple of editions of his radioshow at the end of the year.
Worldwide Winners has been compiled in various forms at the end of every year since 1998 to present, though the first few years did not involve any public vote. From 2004 onwards, this has been expanded into the Worldwide Winners Awards, now called the Worldwide Awards, with an event held at a London club venue during January of the following year. The celebration, which features live musical performances, was recorded and broadcast by Radio 1. When Peterson moved to BBC Radio 6 in 2012, the show followed him there.[1] The show is also promoted on Peterson's independent online radio platform Worldwide FM.[2]
For most of the ceremony's history, Track of the Year and Album of the Year has been awarded. Further categories were added over time, like Best Clubnight, Best Recordshop, Best Compilation Album, and The John Peel Play More Jazz Award (a tribute to Peterson's Radio 1 colleague who died suddenly in 2004) given to an artist, often a newcomer, who has displayed special noteworthy work over the year. Since 2017, the categories have been: Track of the Year, Album Of The Year, Jazz Album of the Year, Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Session of the Year, Label of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award, John Peel Play More Jazz Award.[3]
Ceremonies
A ceremony has taken place for the Worldwide Awards from 2004 onwards.
Ceremonies, with details
Year
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Date
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Venue
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Location
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Ref.
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2004
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14 December 2004
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Cargo
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Shoreditch, London
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2005
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12 December 2007
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Koko
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Camden, London
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[4]
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2006
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TBD
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|
|
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2007
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5 January 2008
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Cargo
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Shoreditch, London
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[5]
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2008
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23 January 2009
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[6]
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2009
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6 February 2010
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The Garage
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Islington, London
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[7]
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2010
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22 January 2011
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Koko
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Camden, London
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[8]
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2011
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21 January 2012
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[9]
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2012
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19 January 2013
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[10]
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2013
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18 January 2014
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[11]
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2014
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17 January 2015
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[12]
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2015
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16 January 2016
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[13]
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2016
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21 January 2017
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[14]
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2017
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20 January 2018
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[15]
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2018
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19 January 2019
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[16]
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2019
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January 2020
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Digital only
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[3]
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2020
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Did not occur
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Winners
1999: 1st Year
Note: 1999-2002 charts were on just one list, singles, individual album tracks and whole albums.
2000: 2nd Year
2001: 3rd Year
2002: 4th Year
2003: 5th Year
Note: 2003–present, switched to separate lists: Tracks - singles, individual album tracks / Albums - whole albums.
Tracks of the Year
Albums of the Year
2004: 6th Year
Tracks of the Year
Albums of the Year
2005: 7th Year
Tracks of the Year
Albums of the Year
2006: 8th Year
Tracks of the Year
Albums of the Year
2007: 9th Year
Tracks of the Year
Albums of the Year
2008: 10th Year
Tracks of the Year
Albums of the Year
2009: 11th Year
Tracks of the Year
Albums of the Year
2010: 12th Year
Tracks of the Year
Albums of the Year
2011: 13th Year
Tracks of the Year
Albums of the Year
2012: 14th Year
Tracks of the Year
Album of the Year
2013: 15th Year
Tracks of the Year
Album of the Year
2014: 16th Year
Tracks of the Year
Album of the Year
2015: 17th Year
Tracks of the Year
Album of the Year
2016: 18th Year
Tracks of the Year
Album of the Year
Other Awards
2017: 19th Year
Track of the Year
- WINNER: Jorja Smith X Preditah – "On My Mind"
- Makadem & Behr – "Nyak"
- Kintaro – "MK" (feat. Anderson .Paak)
- Blood Wine or Honey – "Anxious Party People"
- The Heatwave – "Walk Out Gyal" (feat. Mr Lexx & Keida)
- BROCKHAMPTON – "FACE"
- IAMDDB – "Shade"
- Oscar Jerome – "Subdued"
- Arp Frique – "Nos Magia"
- Connie Constance – "Let Go"
Album of the Year
Jazz Album of the Year
Other Awards
2018: 20th Year
Note: In press, it was noted that it was the 15th ceremony.[16]
2019: 21st Year
References