Punjabi Music Awards

Punjabi Music Awards
Awarded for	The Best in Punjabi Music
Country	India
Presented by	Alpha ETC Punjabi, Zee Music, PTC Punjabi, PTC News
First awarded	2004
Official website	http://ptcpmusicawards.com

Music of India
A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca. 1735 (Rajasthan)
Genres
Traditional Classical Carnatic Hindustani Folk Baul Bhajan Rabindra Sangeet Thumri Dadra Ghazal Qawwali Chaiti Kajari Sufi Modern Bhangra Filmi Pop Rock Bengali Raga Blues Jazz Trance
Media and performance
Music awards	Filmfare Awards Punjabi Music Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Music festivals	Saptak Festival of Music Chennai Music Season Dover Lane music festival Tyagaraja Aradhana
Music media	Sruti The Record Music Magazine
Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem	Jana Gana Mana
Regional music
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Classical Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Ancient Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal

The Punjabi Music Awards are Music Award annually presented every year to honour the Punjabi Music. They have been regarded as the Punjabi Grammy Awards.^[1]

Awards

There are 25 different awards. Winners are decided by public voting.^[2] Awards are given in these categories:^[3]

Punjabi Music Best Male Vocalist-Pop Award
Punjabi Music Best Female Vocalist-Pop Award
Punjabi Music Best Pop Album Award
Punjabi Music Best Music Video Award
Punjabi Music Best Music Video Director Award
Punjabi Music Best Music Director Award
Punjabi Music Best Lyricist Award
Punjabi Music Best Choreographer Award
Punjabi Music Best Debut Male Award
Punjabi Music Best Debut Female Award
Punjabi Music Best Male Vocalist-Folk Award
Punjabi Music Best Female Vocalist-Folk Award
Punjabi Music Best Folk Based Album Award
Punjabi Music Best Religious Album Award
Punjabi Music Best Sufi Album Award
Punjabi Music Best Sound Recording Award
Punjabi Music Best NRI Punjabi Vocalist Award
Punjabi Music Best NRI Punjabi Music Director Award
Punjabi Music Best NRI Punjabi Album Award
Punjabi Music Best Folk Pop Singer Award
Punjabi Music Best Folk Pop Album Award
Punjabi Music Best Duet Vocalists Award
Punjabi Music Best Comedy Album Award
Punjabi Music Best Punjabi Song In A Punjabi Feature Film Award
Punjabi Music Best Punjabi Based Song in a Hindi Feature Film Award
Punjabi Music Lifetime Achievement Award

References

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