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Outstanding artists ride the Green Wave of music

The 16th Lan Song Xanh (Green Wave) Music Awards honoured composers, singers and music bands who have made outstanding contribution to Vietnamese music in 2013, at the Lan Anh Music Stage in Ho Chi Minh City on the evening of December 16.
The 16th Lan Song Xanh (Green Wave) Music Awards honoured composers,singers and music bands who have made outstanding contribution toVietnamese music in 2013, at the Lan Anh Music Stage in Ho Chi Minh Cityon the evening of December 16.

Winners of the'Most Favourite Musician' award included Huy Tuan, Duong Khac Linh,Nguyen Hong Thuan, Pham Thanh Ha, Tu Nguyen, Trinh Thang Binh, Vu TrungDuc, Mr. Siro, Hoang Ton and Wanbi Tuan Anh, reports Sai Gon Giai Phongnewspaper.

Top 10 Favorite Singers’ awards werevoted by audiences and went to Dam Vinh Hung, My Tam, Tuan Hung, Ho NgocHa, Thanh Bui, Hien Thuc, Cao Thai Son, Uyen Linh, Noo Phuoc Thinh andDong Nhi.

In "Best Single of the Year" category, singer Ho Ngoc Ha won for hit song "Hay thu tha cho em" (Let's forgive).

'Most Effective Sound-Mixing Musician' award went to composer NguyenThanh Binh for the song "Tinh yeu mau nang" (Love the Colour ofSunshine).

The music band V. Music was honored withthe ‘Album of the Year’ award for Toi Yeu Thanh Pho Toi (I Love My City)and young music band 365 was awarded ‘Favorite Music Band’.

Young singer Dinh Huong, the second winner in "The Voice Vietnam2012", received the 'Promising Female Singer' award, voted by reporters.

The 'Promising Male Singer' award went to Quoc Thien, who was a winner in Vietnam Idol 2008 contest.

This year, the organisers do not award the 'Singer of the Year' award because no singer won in the selections.

The results of each music category is to base on 50 percent audiencevotes. The rest is based on results from Phuong Nam Film Company,nhaccuatui.com music website, Vinaphone, Youtube and iTunes.

This is the first time the organisers gave more than three consolationprizes, including for music video with most views on Youtube; the songwith most listening time on music website www.nhaccuatui.com; and thesong receiving most copyright protection.

The musicvideo with most views on Youtube was given to "Anh nho em" (I miss You)by singer Tuan Hung. The song with most listening time on music websitewww.nhaccuatui.com was given to "Lang nghe nuoc mat" by composerMr.Siro.

The song receiving the most copyright protection was given to "Ky uc ngot ngao" (Sweet memories) by composer Phuc Truong.

The annual Lan Song Xanh (Green Wave) Music Awards are organised tohonor singers and musicians who have made outstanding contributions toVietnamese music during the year.

The Awards were first launched in 1997 by the radio Voice of Ho Chi Minh City.-VNA
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