Spellemannprisen


Spellemannprisen is a Norwegian music award ceremony presented by IFPI Norge and FONO. It was first awarded in 1973 for the recording year 1972, and has been awarded every year since. It is the most significant award that a group or artist can receive in Norwegian music. The award ceremony is organized by the Spellemann Committee, which is appointed by IFPI Norge and FONO.
The annual ceremony features performances by prominent artists. The awards are presented in a widely viewed broadcast ceremony. The awards are the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy Awards for music, and it is one of the major awards in Norway along with the Gullruten for television, Amandaprisen for motion pictures, and Heddaprisen for stage performances.

Juries and scoring

The number of awards given varies somewhat from year to year. According to the regulations for the 2022 awards, awards are given in a total of 28 categories. Of these, there are 17 genre-specific categories, three awards for the author, seven additional categories and the Honorary Prize.
For each of the genre-specific classes as well as the author classes and additional classes, with the exception of Spellemann of the Year, the Honorary Prize and the Release of the Year, a professional jury is appointed. The professional juries decide by means of two rounds of scoring which of the registered artists and albums will be nominated in the various classes. Between three and five artists are nominated in each class. The professional jury then votes for a winner who receives a bronze statuette and diploma. For the Children's Music class, a children's jury is also used to select the winner. In the song of the year class, the winner is selected by the professional jury in combination with an audience vote. An audience vote has also been used in the past to select the winner of the Music Video class. For the Release of the Year class, a grand jury composed of all members of the professional jury is used. For the classes Spellemann of the Year and the Honorary Prize, a special jury nominates artists and selects the winner on an open basis. No nominations for Spellemann of the Year and the honorary prize are announced in advance.

Spellemann of the Year

Established in 1986, the annual Spellemann of the Year is the most important award in the ceremony. It honors a Norwegian artist or group that has distinguished itself in the past year, taking into account performance, commercial success and record releases. The award is usually presented by the previous year's winner.

Breakthrough award

Since 2007, the winner of the Breakthrough of the Year award, previously called Newcomer of the Year, takes home a prize of 200,000 kroner. The scholarship is awarded by Gramo, a Norwegian music industry funding agency.
Past winners includes Kvelertak, Aurora, Sondre Lerche, Boy Pablo, Lene Marlin, Sigrid, Astrid S, Emilie Nicolas, Donkeyboy and Undergrunn.

Leading winners

Artist/groupNumber of awards
Oslo Philharmonic13
Karpe13
Leif Ove Andsnes11
A-ha9
Ole Ivars9
Cezinando8
Odd Børretzen7
Det Norske Kammerorkester7
Röyksopp6
Madcon6
Lars Vaular6
Girl in Red6
Lene Marlin5
Truls Mørk5
Geirr Lystrup5
Madrugada5
Vamp5
DumDum Boys5
Espen Lind5
Sidsel Endresen5
Odd Nordstoga5
Susanne Sundfør5
Arve Tellefsen5
Enslaved5
Frida Ånnevik5

Broadcast channels

In 2012, the live award show returned to NRK for the first time since 2002, and remained on the same channel until 2023. From 2003 to 2011, the show was broadcast on TV 2. Since 2024, the ceremony has been broadcast by online newspaper Nettavisen.

Categories and winners

Honorary Award (Grand Prize)

No Honorary Award given
No Honorary Award given
No Honorary Award given
No Honorary Award given

Release of the Year (Grand Prize)

No Release of the Year award given
No Release of the Year award given

Songwriter of the Year

Producer of the Year

Breakthrough of the Year

No Breakthrough of the Year award given

International Success of the Year

TONO's Composer Award

No TONO's Composer Award given

TONO's Lyricist Award

  • 2025: Marstein

Song of the Year

  • 2025: Kygo – "Whatever"

Music Video of the Year

Alternative Pop

Indie

Indie/Alternative

  • 2020: Konradsen – Saints and Sebastian Stories
  • 2021: Okay Kaya – ''Watch This Liquid Pour Itself''

Alternative Pop/Rock

Alternative Pop

Blues

Classical

Party Music

Pop

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

  • Pop: Annie – ''Dark Hearts''

2022

2023

  • Pop: Karpe – ''Omar Sheriff''

2024

2025

  • Pop: Golfklubb – songs released in 2024

Traditional Music