Quevedo’s Donde Quiero Estar (Taste the Floor Records) receives the Odeón “Album of the Year” Award 2024 and Vicco’s Nochentera (Sony Music Spain) wins the Odeón “Song of the Year” Award 2024
Corazón y Flecha Tour by Manuel Carrasco awarded with Best Tour 2023
Vicco, Arde Bogotá, Marta Santos and Quevedo get two awards each
The 2024’s appears as the most “female and empowered” edition, with 60% of awards won by women.
[Madrid, 7th March 2024] Today, the phonographic industry represented by AGEDI – Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual gathering phonogram producers published the winners of the 5th Edition of the Odeón Awards 2024. These awards recognise most successful recording works by Spanish artists 2023 (except for the International and Latin categories) regarding sales, thus reflecting music preferences of the Spanish public that either purchasing or consuming streamed albums and songs have placed them as most successful of 2023. A total of 25 different categories by genres, including the Odeón Best Tour 2023 Award and produced by 11 record companies, showing the good health and future perspectives of the recorded music sector.
Big news of this edition is that 2024 has been a great year for acknowledging women in music, as 15 out of the 25 awards have been gained by women, that is 60% of award-winners.
All award-winners 2024
The Album of the Year 2023 has definitely been Quevedo’s Donde Quiero Estar (Taste the Floor Records), who receives the year’s highest recognition with his first recording work, as was previously confirmed by the annual official charts of PROMUSICAE and AGEDI.
The Song of the Year could only be other than the exhaustively listened and danced Nochentera by Vicco (Sony Music Spain). The Music Video of the Year goes to Clavaíto by Chanel and Abraham Mateo (Sony Music Spain).
The Odeón Best Tour 2024 Award lies on Corazón y Flecha Tour by Manuel Carrasco who travelled his live show with the same recording name Corazón y Flecha (Universal Music Spain), winner of Odeón Best Pop Album Award in 2023. This award is granted in collaboration with the Association APM (Music Promoters Association), that certifies the tours ranking 2023 in their Life Music Yearbook 2024.
Going to the categories by genre, in pop, the most outstanding works in 2024 are Alpha (Universal Music Spain) by Aitana, which was the Best Pop Album in 2023; the best pop song is Beso (Sony Music) by Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro, and Vicco adds his second award in 2024 becoming the Pop New Artist in 2023.
The award for the best urban album of 2023 goes to El Dragón (Universal Music Spain) by Lola Índigo. Quevedo with Columbia (Taste The Floor Records) takes a second award, being recognized as the best urban song, and the young Granadian singer SAIKO becomes the new artist in the urban genre.
In rock, the highly anticipated recording return of El último de la Fila gives them the Odeón Best Rock Album Award for their Desbarajuste Piramidal (Warner Music Spain/Sony Music Spain), while the best rock song is Los Perros (Sony Music Spain) by Arde Bogotá, which also earn with merits the Best new rock artist for 2023.
The winners in the alternative music category this year are Roneo Funk Club (Universal Music Spain) by La Plazuela as best alternative album; El Principio de Algo (Subterfuge Records) resulting from the collaboration between La La Love You and Samuraï, which is the Best Alternative Song, and the breakout band Ginebras wins the Best Alternative Artist Award in 2023.
In the flamenco category, two women share the awards: Niña Pastori achieves the award for the best flamenco album for her work Camino (Sony Music Spain), and the Sevillian artist Marta Santos scores two awards, receiving the best flamenco song award for Algo Sencillito (Sounds Blaster Records), as well as the flamenco new artist award.
Latin and International categories
The Odeón award for the best Latin album goes to Colombia, as Mañana Será Bonito (Universal Music) by Karol G is the album deserving the award, confirming its success in Spain; the Shakira: BZRP Music Sessions vol. 53 (Dale Play Records) by Bizarrap & Shakira receives the Odeón award for the best Latin song and the Latin new artist award is once again won by an Argentinian artist, Emilia.
The list of awardees concludes with 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (Universal Music) by United States’ phenomenal act Taylor Swift as best International Album; The highly empowered Flowers (Sony Music) by Miley Cyrus scores the best international song award; and Korean idol Jung Kook becomes international new artist, after his leap to music as a soloist.
Award ceremony
As it happened in 2023, AGEDI does not hold an award ceremony due to the concurrence of various circumstances: artists’ busy schedules, full of galas, commitments, and performances for their tours, and due to the imminent celebration of the Academia de la Música Awards. In social media the Odeón Awards will be unveiling details of all award-winners. Three well know Spanish journalists will be in charge of revealing the winners: Ana Medina, Laura Piñeiro and Marta Valderrama.
The award-winning artists have received a sculpture specially designed for this fifth edition by Susso33, a renowned urban creator who has previously designed the trophies for past editions of these awards.
COMPLETE LIST OF ODEÓN AWARD-WINNERS 2024
- Album of the Year: DONDE QUIERO ESTAR – QUEVEDO (TASTE THE FLOOR RECORDS)
- Song of the Year: NOCHENTERA – VICCO (SONY MUSIC SPAIN)
- Music Video of the Year: CLAVAITO – CHANEL/ABRAHAM MATEO (SONY MUSIC SPAIN)
- Live Tour of the Year: CORAZÓN Y FLECHA TOUR – MANUEL CARRASCO (UNIVERSAL MUSIC SPAIN)
POP
- Best Pop Album: ALPHA – AITANA (UNIVERSAL MUSIC SPAIN)
- Best Pop Song: BESO – ROSALÍA/RAUW ALEJANDRO (SONY MUSIC)
- Artist Pop: VICCO (SONY MUSIC SPAIN)
URBAN
- Best Urban Album: EL DRAGÓN – LOLA ÍNDIGO (UNIVERSAL MUSIC SPAIN)
- Best Urban Song: COLUMBIA – QUEVEDO (TASTE THE FLOOR RECORDS)
- Urban New Artist: SAIKO (SAIKO)
ROCK
- Best Rock Album: DESBARAJUSTE PIRAMIDAL – EL ÚLTIMO DE LA FILA (WARNER MUSIC SPAIN/SONY MUSIC SPAIN)
- Best Rock Song: LOS PERROS – ARDE BOGOTÁ (SONY MUSIC SPAIN)
- Rock New Artist: ARDE BOGOTÁ (SONY MUSIC SPAIN)
ALTERNATIVE
- Best Alternative Album: RONEO FUNK CLUB – LA PLAZUELA (UNIVERSAL MUSIC SPAIN)
- Best Alternative Song: EL PRINCIPIO DE ALGO – LA LA LOVE YOU/SAMURAI (SUBTERFUGE RECORDS)
- Alternative New Artist: GINEBRAS (VANANA RECORDS)
FLAMENCO
- Best Flamenco Album: CAMINO – NIÑA PASTORI (SONY MUSIC SPAIN)
- Best Flamenco Song: ALGO SENCILLITO – MARTA SANTOS (SOUNDS BLASTER RECORDS)
- Flamenco New Artist: MARTA SANTOS (SOUNDS BLASTER RECORDS)
LATIN
- Best Latin Album: MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO – KAROL G (UNIVERSAL MUSIC)
- Best Latin Song: SHAKIRA: BZRP MUSIC SESSION, VOL. 53 – BIZARRAP/SHAKIRA (DALE PLAY RECORDS)
- Latin New Artist: EMILIA (SONY MUSIC/WK RECORDS)
INTERNATIONAL
- Best International Album: 1989 (TAYLOR’S VERSION) – TAYLOR SWIFT (UNIVERSAL MUSIC)
- Best International Song: FLOWERS – MILEY CYRUS (SONY MUSIC)
- International New Artist: JUNG KOOK (BIGHIT MUSIC)
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