Fans to Vote for New MTV ‘O’ Awards
MTV plans to celebrate viral Internet presences with its First Annual ‘O’ Awards
Take a look at the first ever
categories and nominees
for the MTV O Music Awards
“Music consumption has never been greater, and it’s hugely important to our audience,” Shannon Connolly, vice president of music strategy for the MTV Music Group, says in a statement. “We felt like the time was right to look at the convergence of technology and music fans and the YouTube celebrities who’ve created this new ecosystem where music is exploding.”
The Awards, to take place April 28 across MTV.com, VH1.com, Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites, will spotlight the artists who dominate the Web. Voting begins on
Tuesday, April 5 (click here for ballot)
Tokio Hotel nominated in
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Best Fan Army
For those of you with more than three tattoos of the same band, we salute (and are afraid of) you. Any person can call themselves a fan of a band. It takes a slightly special – and slightly disturbed – person to call themselves a super fan. Some artists have huge followings of loyal super fans…but who has the best fan army?
Ever heard of the OMAs?
Us either
But that changes today!
That’s because MTV has decided to start putting the music back into music television, and this morning announced nominations for the O Music Awards, its inaugural monosyllabic kudosfest. ‘Cause what the world needs now is another awards show.
This time around, the self-congratulations will be purely online-centric (so there’s where that “O” comes from) and celebrate all things digital music. And we mean all things.
Let’s just say some of these categories are a bit, um…interesting.
So has Fan Army FTW, honoring the artist with the most rabid and loyal fan base on the ‘Net—up for that award, obviously, are Lady Gaga’s Little Monsters, Katy Perry’s Bandaids, Justin Bieber’s Beliebers, as well fans of 30 Seconds to Mars, My Chemical Romance, Rihanna, Rain, Nicki Minaj, Tokio Hotel and Wiz Khalifa.
Personal Note:
THe more I read about THis ‘Award’, THe less I feel comfortable wiTH it.
Most of THese categories read more like an insult THen a compliment.
Do you like being referred to or considered ‘rabid’, or ‘slightly disturbed’.
Do you want ppl THinking THat way of THose who admire Tokio Hotel?
How does THis help to gain respect for all THe hard work THat Tokio Hotel do????