Compact Disco
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Compact Disco is a Hungarian
electronic rock
band and musical producer quartet based in Budapest
, founded in 2008 by three musicians of varying musical backgrounds.
and Seal
's Killer
and was in search of a vocalist. He saw Csaba Walkó in an American Idol
type talent show and asked him to sing the vocals for the cover. Walkó that time was singing in a funk-pop
band called Brownfield and asked a couple of members of this band to accompany him to the recording session. One of these members were Gábor Pál, who was also the leader and founder of the renown Hungarian nu-jazz ensemble, Toy Division. This was the first time when the three musicians met.
But it was not until the summer of 2008, when Lotfi pitched the idea of a band playing electronic vocal pop music to Walkó, who asked his keyboardist
, Pál to join them. They had their first meeting in August 2008, and they instantly started to produce their first song (later to be titled Fly or Dive).
They were composing and producing songs until March 2009. By this time everything was recorded
, except the vocal tracks. The band started the studio sessions to finalize its yet unnamed first album in April 2009, recording the vocals, and mixing and mastering the complete recording. They were in Gábor Némethy's (aka. Collins, also a member of Collins & Behnam) Groovejack Studio until July 2009.
After album was finished - and by this time the band has finally agreed on the Compact Disco name, and the album title Stereoid
- Hungarian independent record label
, CLS Music
(then called CLS Records) showed interest in releasing it, and in September 2009 they agreed upon the details and the album was released in December.
, Romania
. Their first video for the song I'm in Love gained considerable popularity, and it reached at least top ten position in various Hungarian dance charts. The video was shot shortly before the release of the first album in November 2009. It was produced by Hungarian independent video and commercial maker group, Studio X
.
Shortly after the Stereoid's release, Compact Disco has been nominated to the 2010 Fonogram Awards
in the category "Best Performance in Electronic Music"
In May 2010, the group shot its second video to the second single "Without You" again with Studio X behind the scenes. Although "I'm in Love"'s video gained popularity over time, the Hungarian audience failed to recognize the fresh faces believing it was the work of a foreign band. Therefore they decided on a so-called "image video" picturing only the band.
In the same month, another nomination came along, Bravo
magazine nominated the band to its Hungarian 2010 Otto Awards in the category "Best New Artist", and the band was to do and acoustic show in the "Akusztik" series on Magyar Rádió's pop music channel, MR2 Petőfi. The session was recorded before live audience in Magyar Rádió's Studio 8 and was aired in September creating demand for more "Akusztik-type" shows.
During the summer festival season, Compact Disco made an appearance at almost all major Hungarian music festivals, and has been asked to cover Ákos
in the Hungarian MTV Icon
series. For these, they asked Pál and Walkó's former band mate from Brownfield, bassist Attila Sándor to join the band on stage, and in November 2010 he became the fourth member of Compact Disco. Occasionally a drummer was also performing the band in selected venues. Also in November 2010, on Red Bull
's request they shot their third video to their song "Fly or Dive", once again with Studio X.
During the year, "I'm in Love" and its remixes entered various charts including the UK Buzz Chart, Swiss DJ Chart reaching top 40 positions. The track also topped the Hungarian dance chart, The VIVA Club Chart. Acclaimed DJs all around the world including Tiësto
, Ferry Corsten
, Alex Gaudino
, Oliver Lang
, Mischa Daniels, Henry John Morgan, Chris Finan, Ant Nichols, and Paul Ughes incorporated the track in their acts and shows.
The band was also asked to remix songs for several Hungarian artist, including folk
-pop band, Holdviola's "Erdő, erdő" and their hit "Bánat utca" which became a club sensation, and for popular Hungarian solo artist, Ákos's second single, "A fénybe nézz" from his 2010 album.
In November 2010, after four weeks of voting, the band won the popular award MTV brand:new on November 15 with the help of their own viral video series "Segíts Antosnak" (Hungarian: "Help Antos!"), which was praised by the PR-community. On December 6, 2010 the band re-released its debut album, Stereoid as a free digital download.
. It was recorded in Compact Disco's home studio, except for the vocals which was recorded again in Groovejack Studio in April 2011 and mixed and mastered by Gábor Deutsch of Anorganik-fame in Berlin. The album was is expected to be released on May 14, 2011. The first single of the track is Feel The Rain, which peaked at #2 on MR2 Petőfi Rádió's Top 30. From this point, the band's logo was redesigned to fit in with the new albums cover. The cover was designed by Sándor.
Before the album's release, as a sign signs of growing popularity in Hungary, the band was nominated for several awards, and won some of it. In January 2011 Compact Disco was nominated in three categories ("Best Performance in Electronic Music", "Best New Artist", "Best Song") for the 2011 Fonogram Awards. The band won the 2011 Fonogram Award for "Best Performance in Electronic Music" on March 2, 2011. On April 24 Compact Disco won the 2011 Antropos.hu Award for "Album of the Year 2010" after a four-month-long popular voting period. Also in April 2011 the band was nominated for VIVA Hungary's Comet award for 'Band of the Year 2010'.
Age Media signed the first three singles from "Stereoid" to release it worldwide, so did Universal Music for Romania
and Bulgaria
sometime in 2011.
In May 2011, Red Bull
Hungary organized a special event to celebrate the bicentennial
of the famous Hungarian composer and virtuoso, Franz Liszt
's birth, called Liszt Remix. For this, four Hungarian bands were asked to rethink, remix and incorporate some of Liszt's oevre into their three or four piece performance. Compact Disco chose the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
, which was made into an uptempo drum and bass
piece and Liebestraum No. 3, which was incorporated into their song, Feel The Rain as an intro. As a bonus, they rearranged their second single from Stereoid, Withou You into a classical orchestration, and this was recorded as well upon MR2 Petőfi Rádió's request to be played on air, and this song received heavy airplay.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
electronic rock
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
band and musical producer quartet based in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, founded in 2008 by three musicians of varying musical backgrounds.
The beginnings and early events
Lotfi, Pál and Walkó first met in 2005, when Behnam Lotfi's techno producer duo, Collins and Behnam planned to produce a cover version of AdamskiAdamski
Adamski is an English dance music producer, prominent at the time of acid house for his tracks "N-R-G" and "Killer" .-Career:...
and Seal
Seal (musician)
Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel , known simply as Seal, is a British soul and R&B singer-songwriter, of Nigerian and Brazilian background. Seal has won numerous music awards throughout his career, including three Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 1992, four Grammy Awards, and an...
's Killer
Killer (Adamski song)
"Killer" is a song by Adamski and Seal. Written by Adam Tinley and Seal and produced by Adamski, "Killer" was Adamski's breakthrough single, but is now more notable for introducing Seal as a vocalist. A major hit in the UK, it reached number one, spending four weeks at the top of the chart in May...
and was in search of a vocalist. He saw Csaba Walkó in an American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
type talent show and asked him to sing the vocals for the cover. Walkó that time was singing in a funk-pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
band called Brownfield and asked a couple of members of this band to accompany him to the recording session. One of these members were Gábor Pál, who was also the leader and founder of the renown Hungarian nu-jazz ensemble, Toy Division. This was the first time when the three musicians met.
But it was not until the summer of 2008, when Lotfi pitched the idea of a band playing electronic vocal pop music to Walkó, who asked his keyboardist
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, Pál to join them. They had their first meeting in August 2008, and they instantly started to produce their first song (later to be titled Fly or Dive).
They were composing and producing songs until March 2009. By this time everything was recorded
Studio recording
The term studio recording means any recording made in a studio, as opposed to a live recording, which is usually made in a concert venue or a theatre, with an audience attending the performance.-Studio cast recordings:...
, except the vocal tracks. The band started the studio sessions to finalize its yet unnamed first album in April 2009, recording the vocals, and mixing and mastering the complete recording. They were in Gábor Némethy's (aka. Collins, also a member of Collins & Behnam) Groovejack Studio until July 2009.
After album was finished - and by this time the band has finally agreed on the Compact Disco name, and the album title Stereoid
Stereoid
Stereoid is the first album of the Hungarian electronic trio Compact Disco. It was released in 2009 by Hungarian independent record label CLS Records.-Track listing:# "Heartbeat" 3:23 # "No Escape" 3:26 # "Without You" 4:13 # "Fly or Dive" 4:08...
- Hungarian independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
, CLS Music
CLS Music
CLS Music is a Budapest based independent record label, founded in 2002 as CLS Records. In 2010, the company changed its name to "CLS Music" marking the company's shift in focus from releasing records more to more wide-scope musical management...
(then called CLS Records) showed interest in releasing it, and in September 2009 they agreed upon the details and the album was released in December.
Stereoid and the expansion of the band
The band started to perform live in January 2010, mostly in Hungary, but also in TransylvaniaTransylvania
Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. Their first video for the song I'm in Love gained considerable popularity, and it reached at least top ten position in various Hungarian dance charts. The video was shot shortly before the release of the first album in November 2009. It was produced by Hungarian independent video and commercial maker group, Studio X
Studio X
Studio X was an early evening pop/rock music show on BBC Radio Wales presented first by Jamie Dunbar, then Simon Parkin towards the end of its run. It broadcast every weeknight between 8-10pm...
.
Shortly after the Stereoid's release, Compact Disco has been nominated to the 2010 Fonogram Awards
Hungarian Music Awards
The Hungarian Music Awards have been given to artists in the field of Hungarian music since 1992.The Awards - formerly known as the Golden Giraffe Awards - has been made by Mahasz, the Hungarian music industry association...
in the category "Best Performance in Electronic Music"
In May 2010, the group shot its second video to the second single "Without You" again with Studio X behind the scenes. Although "I'm in Love"'s video gained popularity over time, the Hungarian audience failed to recognize the fresh faces believing it was the work of a foreign band. Therefore they decided on a so-called "image video" picturing only the band.
In the same month, another nomination came along, Bravo
Bravo (magazine)
Bravo is the largest teen magazine within the German-language sphere. The first issue was published in 1956, subtitled as "the magazine for film and television" . Marilyn Monroe's portrait graced the first published issue, the never-published dummy issue cover displayed Elvis Presley.-History:The...
magazine nominated the band to its Hungarian 2010 Otto Awards in the category "Best New Artist", and the band was to do and acoustic show in the "Akusztik" series on Magyar Rádió's pop music channel, MR2 Petőfi. The session was recorded before live audience in Magyar Rádió's Studio 8 and was aired in September creating demand for more "Akusztik-type" shows.
During the summer festival season, Compact Disco made an appearance at almost all major Hungarian music festivals, and has been asked to cover Ákos
Ákos
Ákos Kovács, born in Budapest, 6 April 1968, is a Hungarian pop-rock singer-songwriter. He is known for his solo career writing and performing serious, poetic pop songs, as well as a member of the now defunct group Bonanza Banzai. Kovács uses his given name, Ákos, in his career...
in the Hungarian MTV Icon
MTV Icon
MTV Icon was a series of annual television specials produced by MTV between 2001 and 2004, each paying homage to a musical artist or band selected as a cultural icon, in a format similar to the network's annual Video Music Awards and Movie Awards events...
series. For these, they asked Pál and Walkó's former band mate from Brownfield, bassist Attila Sándor to join the band on stage, and in November 2010 he became the fourth member of Compact Disco. Occasionally a drummer was also performing the band in selected venues. Also in November 2010, on Red Bull
Red Bull
Red Bull is an energy drink sold by the Austrian Red Bull GmbH, created in 1987 by the Austrian entrepreneur Dietrich Mateschitz. In terms of market share, Red Bull is the most popular energy drink in the world, with 3 billion cans sold each year. Dietrich Mateschitz was inspired by an already...
's request they shot their third video to their song "Fly or Dive", once again with Studio X.
During the year, "I'm in Love" and its remixes entered various charts including the UK Buzz Chart, Swiss DJ Chart reaching top 40 positions. The track also topped the Hungarian dance chart, The VIVA Club Chart. Acclaimed DJs all around the world including Tiësto
Tiësto
Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...
, Ferry Corsten
Ferry Corsten
Ferry Corsten, also known under the alias System F, is a Dutch producer of trance music, in addition to being a DJ and remixer. He also hosts his own weekly radio show, Corsten's Countdown. He routinely plays at events all over the world with crowds in excess of tens of thousands. In 2009 Ferry...
, Alex Gaudino
Alex Gaudino
Alex Gaudino is a record producer and disc jockey from Salerno, Italy.-Early Career :Alex was born in Salerno, Italy...
, Oliver Lang
Oliver Lang
Oliver "Ollie" Lang is an American professional paintball player, who by the age of 22 in 2005, had already been awarded the International Paintball Player of the Year award...
, Mischa Daniels, Henry John Morgan, Chris Finan, Ant Nichols, and Paul Ughes incorporated the track in their acts and shows.
The band was also asked to remix songs for several Hungarian artist, including folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
-pop band, Holdviola's "Erdő, erdő" and their hit "Bánat utca" which became a club sensation, and for popular Hungarian solo artist, Ákos's second single, "A fénybe nézz" from his 2010 album.
In November 2010, after four weeks of voting, the band won the popular award MTV brand:new on November 15 with the help of their own viral video series "Segíts Antosnak" (Hungarian: "Help Antos!"), which was praised by the PR-community. On December 6, 2010 the band re-released its debut album, Stereoid as a free digital download.
II
In December 2010, the band started working on their second album, titled IIII (Compact Disco album)
II is the second album of the Hungarian electronic band, Compact Disco. It was released in 2011 by Hungarian independent record label CLS Music.-Track listing:# "Always On My Mind" 4:09 # "Beautiful Day" 3:46 # "Feel The Rain" 3:55...
. It was recorded in Compact Disco's home studio, except for the vocals which was recorded again in Groovejack Studio in April 2011 and mixed and mastered by Gábor Deutsch of Anorganik-fame in Berlin. The album was is expected to be released on May 14, 2011. The first single of the track is Feel The Rain, which peaked at #2 on MR2 Petőfi Rádió's Top 30. From this point, the band's logo was redesigned to fit in with the new albums cover. The cover was designed by Sándor.
Before the album's release, as a sign signs of growing popularity in Hungary, the band was nominated for several awards, and won some of it. In January 2011 Compact Disco was nominated in three categories ("Best Performance in Electronic Music", "Best New Artist", "Best Song") for the 2011 Fonogram Awards. The band won the 2011 Fonogram Award for "Best Performance in Electronic Music" on March 2, 2011. On April 24 Compact Disco won the 2011 Antropos.hu Award for "Album of the Year 2010" after a four-month-long popular voting period. Also in April 2011 the band was nominated for VIVA Hungary's Comet award for 'Band of the Year 2010'.
Age Media signed the first three singles from "Stereoid" to release it worldwide, so did Universal Music for Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
and Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
sometime in 2011.
In May 2011, Red Bull
Red Bull
Red Bull is an energy drink sold by the Austrian Red Bull GmbH, created in 1987 by the Austrian entrepreneur Dietrich Mateschitz. In terms of market share, Red Bull is the most popular energy drink in the world, with 3 billion cans sold each year. Dietrich Mateschitz was inspired by an already...
Hungary organized a special event to celebrate the bicentennial
Anniversary
An anniversary is a day that commemorates or celebrates a past event that occurred on the same day of the year as the initial event. For example, the first event is the initial occurrence or, if planned, the inaugural of the event. One year later would be the first anniversary of that event...
of the famous Hungarian composer and virtuoso, Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
's birth, called Liszt Remix. For this, four Hungarian bands were asked to rethink, remix and incorporate some of Liszt's oevre into their three or four piece performance. Compact Disco chose the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, S.244/2, is the second in a set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by composer Franz Liszt, and is by far the most famous of the set. Few other piano solos have achieved such widespread popularity, offering the pianist the opportunity to reveal exceptional skill as a virtuoso,...
, which was made into an uptempo drum and bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
piece and Liebestraum No. 3, which was incorporated into their song, Feel The Rain as an intro. As a bonus, they rearranged their second single from Stereoid, Withou You into a classical orchestration, and this was recorded as well upon MR2 Petőfi Rádió's request to be played on air, and this song received heavy airplay.
Members
- Behnam Lotfi - loops, grooves, additional tracks, effects (2008–present)
- Gábor Pál - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
(2008–present) - Attila Sándor - bassBass (instrument)Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles...
(2010–present) - Csaba Walkó - vocals (2008–present)
Singles and remixes
| Year | Title | Label | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | I'm in Love (remixes) | CLS Music CLS Music CLS Music is a Budapest based independent record label, founded in 2002 as CLS Records. In 2010, the company changed its name to "CLS Music" marking the company's shift in focus from releasing records more to more wide-scope musical management... |
 |
| 2010 | I'm in Love (remixes) | Mathouse Records |    |
| 2010 | I'm in Love (remixes) | Pandora Digital Records |  |
| 2010 | Without You (remixes) | CLS Music CLS Music CLS Music is a Budapest based independent record label, founded in 2002 as CLS Records. In 2010, the company changed its name to "CLS Music" marking the company's shift in focus from releasing records more to more wide-scope musical management... |
|
| 2011 | Fly or Dive | Age Media | worldwide |
| 2011 | I'm in Love | Age Media | worldwide |
| 2011 | Without You | Age Media | worldwide |
| 2011 | I'm in Love | Universal Music |   |
Albums
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Stereoid Stereoid Stereoid is the first album of the Hungarian electronic trio Compact Disco. It was released in 2009 by Hungarian independent record label CLS Records.-Track listing:# "Heartbeat" 3:23 # "No Escape" 3:26 # "Without You" 4:13 # "Fly or Dive" 4:08... |
CLS Music CLS Music CLS Music is a Budapest based independent record label, founded in 2002 as CLS Records. In 2010, the company changed its name to "CLS Music" marking the company's shift in focus from releasing records more to more wide-scope musical management... |
| 2011 | II II (Compact Disco album) II is the second album of the Hungarian electronic band, Compact Disco. It was released in 2011 by Hungarian independent record label CLS Music.-Track listing:# "Always On My Mind" 4:09 # "Beautiful Day" 3:46 # "Feel The Rain" 3:55... |
CLS Music CLS Music CLS Music is a Budapest based independent record label, founded in 2002 as CLS Records. In 2010, the company changed its name to "CLS Music" marking the company's shift in focus from releasing records more to more wide-scope musical management... |
Remixes by Compact Disco
| Year | Artist | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Odett és a Go Girlz | Móló |
| 2010 | Holdviola | Bánat utca |
| 2010 | Holdviola | Erdő, erdő |
| 2010 | Ákos | A fénybe nézz |
Awards and Nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Fonogram Awards Hungarian Music Awards The Hungarian Music Awards have been given to artists in the field of Hungarian music since 1992.The Awards - formerly known as the Golden Giraffe Awards - has been made by Mahasz, the Hungarian music industry association... |
Best Performance in Electronic Music | |
| 2010 | Bravo Bravo (magazine) Bravo is the largest teen magazine within the German-language sphere. The first issue was published in 1956, subtitled as "the magazine for film and television" . Marilyn Monroe's portrait graced the first published issue, the never-published dummy issue cover displayed Elvis Presley.-History:The... Otto Awards |
Best New Artist | |
| 2010 | MTV MTV MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs.... brand:new |
6th brand:new band | |
| 2011 | Fonogram Awards Hungarian Music Awards The Hungarian Music Awards have been given to artists in the field of Hungarian music since 1992.The Awards - formerly known as the Golden Giraffe Awards - has been made by Mahasz, the Hungarian music industry association... |
Best Performance in Electronic Music | |
| 2011 | Fonogram Awards Hungarian Music Awards The Hungarian Music Awards have been given to artists in the field of Hungarian music since 1992.The Awards - formerly known as the Golden Giraffe Awards - has been made by Mahasz, the Hungarian music industry association... |
Best New Artist | |
| 2011 | Fonogram Awards Hungarian Music Awards The Hungarian Music Awards have been given to artists in the field of Hungarian music since 1992.The Awards - formerly known as the Golden Giraffe Awards - has been made by Mahasz, the Hungarian music industry association... |
Best Song (I'm in Love) | |
| 2011 | Antropos.hu Awards | Album of the Year 2010 | |
| 2011 | VIVA Comet | Band of the Year 2010 | |
| 2011 | MTV Europe MTV Europe MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent... Music Awards MTV Europe Music Awards The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe. Originally beginning as an alternative to the American MTV Video Music Awards, the MTV Europe Music Awards is today a popular celebration of what MTV viewers consider... |
Best Local Artist - Hungary | |
| 2011 | MTV Europe MTV Europe MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent... Music Awards MTV Europe Music Awards The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe. Originally beginning as an alternative to the American MTV Video Music Awards, the MTV Europe Music Awards is today a popular celebration of what MTV viewers consider... |
Wordwide Act - European Nominee |