Tencent Music Entertainment Awards


Tencent Music Entertainment Awards is an awards ceremony founded by Tencent Music in 2019. It is held annually, replacing QQ Music's QQ Music Awards and KuGou's Ku Music Asian Music Awards. Both QQ Music and KuGou are part of Tencent music. The award recognizes the top artists among Tencent Music's various music streaming platforms.

History

On October 24, 2019, Tencent Music Entertainment Group CEO Peng Jiaxin announced that the first Tencent Music Entertainment Awards will be held in Macau, China on December 8, with the theme It's t1me for music. The winners of the Most Popular awards category are determined via online voting. On December 11, 2020, Tencent Music Entertainment Group officially announced that the second Tencent Music Entertainment Awards will be held in Macau, China on January 23, 2021, with the theme Music to Live. On November 23, 2021, Tencent Music Entertainment Group officially announced that the third Tencent Music Entertainment Awards will be held in Macau, China on December 11, 2021, with the theme 3sing for music.
On June 14, 2023, Tencent Music Entertainment Group officially announced the 2023 TMEA Tencent Music Entertainment Festival will be held in Macau on July 8-9, with a total of four offline events and the theme Music for 4un. On June 14, 2024, Tencent Music Entertainment Group officially announced that the fifth TMEA Tencent Music Entertainment Awards will be held in Macau on July 19-21 with the theme High Five. Music Drive and featuring a three-day music festival in addition to the awards ceremony.

Categories

Main categories are listed with awards in each category included in parenthesis. Most of the main categories remained consistent with variations in other categories throughout the years.

1st TMEA, 2019

The first annual TMEA included the following categories.

2nd TMEA, 2020

The 2nd annual TMEA included the following categories, with Most Influential Artist awards replacing Most Popular Artist awards and the addition of Top 10 Most Popular Songs of the Year among other changes.
  • Best Artist of the Year Awards
  • Most Influential Awards
  • Most Popular Awards
  • Other "Of the Year" Awards
  • Music Streaming Platform Awards
  • Top 10 Songs of the Year
  • Top 10 Most Popular Songs of the Year

3rd TMEA, 2021

The 3rd annual TMEA included the following categories, with the Most Popular awards category removed except for Most Popular Online Concert.
  • Best Artist of the Year Awards
  • Most Influential Awards
  • Other "Of the Year" Awards
  • Music Streaming Platform Awards
  • Top 10 Songs of the Year
  • Top 10 Most Popular Songs of the Year

4th TMEA, 2023

The 4th annual TMEA included the following categories with some organizational changes.
  • Best Artist of the Year Awards
  • Most Influential Awards
  • New Power Awards
  • Other "Of the Year" Awards
  • Music Streaming Platform Awards
  • Top 10 Songs of the Year
  • Top 10 Most Popular Songs of the Year

5th TMEA, 2024

The 5th annual TMEA included 5 main categories with the addition of three new grand prize categories: Artist of the Year, Best All-Rounder of the Year, and Most Influential All-Rounder of the Year.
  • Artist of the Year Awards
  • Best Artist of the Year Awards
  • Most Influential Awards
  • Breakthrough Awards
  • New Power Awards
  • Other "Of the Year" Awards
  • Music Streaming Platform Awards
  • Top 10 Songs of the Year
  • Top 10 Most Popular Songs of the Year