The Icelandic Music Awards were held in Reykjavík yesterday. In what was an evening defined by a relatively even distribution of statues, singers Bríet and Anna Gréta Sigurðardóttir, the bands Mono Town and FLOTT, and rapper Birnir took home two awards last night.
Pianist Anna Guðný Guðmundsdóttir honoured
Yesterday, the annual Icelandic Music Awards were held at the Harpa Music and Conference Hall in downtown Reykjavík. The event was emceed by singer Valgerður Guðnadóttir and actor Guðmundur Felixson. The bands BSÍ and FLOTT performed on stage, and so did pianist Magnús Jóhann, rapper Birnir, and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
Awards were presented by Minister of Culture and Business Affairs Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, with President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson giving away the statue for “brightest hope.” No one artist took home more than two awards: Birnir, FLOTT, Bríet, Mono Town, and Anna Gréta Sigurðardóttir took home a pair of statues each.
Pianist Anna Guðný Guðmundsdóttir received this year’s Honourary Award for her contribution to Icelandic music. “I’ve been surrounded by music since I remember, and that has been my fortune. I believe that whoever lives in music need never be lonely, out of work, or without friends,” Anna Guðný stated in her acceptance speech.
Full list of winners
2022 Icelandic Music Awards Winners
Pop, Rock, Rap, Hip Hop, and Electronic Music
POP – BEST ALBUM
Mobile Home – GusGus
ROCK – BEST ALBUM
Mono Town Time Vol. 1 – Mono Town
RAP & HIP HOP – BEST ALBUM
Bushido – Birnir
ELECTRONIC MUSIC – BEST ALBUM
radio vatican – sideproject
POP – BEST SONG
Mér er drull – FLOTT
ROCK – BEST SONG
Vesturbæjar Beach – BSÍ
RAP & HIP HOP – BEST SONG
Vogur – Birnir
ELECTRONIC MUSIC – BEST SONG
Halda áfram – russian.girls
BEST MUSICAL EVENT
Kveðja, Bríet (release concert at Harpa) – Bríet
BEST LYRICIST
Teitur Magnússon
BEST SONGWRITER
Mono Town
BEST SINGER
John Grant
BEST PERFORMER
Bríet
BRIGHTEST HOPE (emerging artist awarded in collaboration with Rás 2)
FLOTT
CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
BEST ALBUM
Ethereality – Berglind María Tómasdóttir
BEST COMPOSITION
CATAMORPHOSIS – Anna Þorvaldsdóttir
BEST FESTIVAL
Björk Orkestral, Live from Reykjavík
BEST CONCERT
KOK Opera – Þórunn Gréta Sigurðardóttir
BEST SINGER
Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir
BEST SOLO PERFORMER
Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson
BEST GROUP PERFORMER
Mótettukórin (Choir)
EMERGING CLASSICAL ARTIST
Rannveig Marta Sarc
JAZZ AND BLUES
BEST ALBUM
Nightjar in the Northern Sky – Anna Gréta
BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION
Hlýnun – Tumi Árnason
BEST SONGWRITER
Anna Gréta
BEST SOLO PERFORMER
Magnús Trygvasen Eliassen
BEST GROUP PERFORMER
Sigmars Þór Matthíasson Band
BEST MUSICAL EVENT
Concert Series at Skuggabaldur
BRIGHTEST HOPE (emerging artist award)
Hróðmar Sigurðsson
OTHER MUSIC: OPEN CATEGORY, FOLK AND WORLD MUSIC, MUSIC FOR FILM AND THEATRE
BEST ALBUM – MUSIC FOR FILM AND THEATRE
Y: The Last Man – Herdís Stefánsdóttir
BEST ALBUM – FOLK AND WORLD MUSIC
Brek – Brek
BEST ALBUM – OPEN CATEGORY
Mother Melancholia – sóley
BEST SONG/COMPOSITION – OPEN CATEGORY
Vertu úlfur, title song – Emilíana Torrini, Markéta Irglová
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Ég er bara að ljúga er það ekki? –Annalísa Director: Annalísa Hermannsdóttir
BEST ALBUM ARTWORK
Án tillits – Magnús Jóhann & Skúli Sverrisson
Design: Halldór Eldjárn
BEST PRODUCTION
Ox – Gyða Valtýsdóttir.
Production: Gyða Valtýsdóttir and Úlfur Hansson
