Vijay Music Awards
      
A Vijay Music Award is an accolade given by Vijay TV to recognize outstanding achievement in the Tamil music industry. The annual awards ceremony made its debut in 2011 for the previous calendar year. It launched its official website in partnership with Galatta.com. Its main sponsor was India Gate Basmati Rice and it was powered by The Chennai Silks. Media partners were the publications The Hindu and Kumudam.
The first award ceremony took place in Nehru Indoor Stadium on 11 May 2011.[1] The ceremony was broadcast by Vijay TV in two parts on the 26 and 27 May 2011.
 Ceremonies 
| Ceremony | Date | Host(s) | 
| 1st Vijay Music Awards | May 11, 2011 | Gopinath and Divya Vijay gopal | 
| 2nd Vijay Music Awards | October 28, 2012[2] |  | 
 Award categories 
Award were given in 25 categories, chosen by a jury appointed by Vijay TV and the public.
 Jury Awards 
The list of winners 2010: [3]
 Best Male Singer 
 Best Female Singer 
 Best Music Director 
 Best Lyricist 
| Year | Lyricist | Film | 
| 2010 | Kamal Haasan | Manmadan Ambu  Best Folk Song  Best Lyricist with the Maximum Hits in a Year  Best Singer with the Maximum Hits in a Year  Best Song Sung by a Music Director  Best Debut Singer  Best Debut Music Director  Best Western Song  Best Sound Mixing  Best Song by an Actor  Honoring The Legends  Lifetime Achievement Award  Isai Assangal  Global Indian  Isai Chakravarthi  Evergreen Voice  Popular awards The winners are selected by the people by SMS voting, online voting, voting at various stalls opened by the channel, and with a bus to collect votes at various cities, called the Rasigan Express. The award's online partner also enabled online voting for the popular category. Several award that had been announced were not awarded. The list of 2010 winners:[4]
[5]  Popular Singer Female  Popular Singer Male  Popular Album of the Year  Popular Song of the Year  Popular Song of the Masses  Popular Duet of the Year  Popular Melody of the Year  Mirchi Listeners Choice Award for Best Song  See also  References  External links  |