From: musicdish@gmail.com   
      
   Danish Singer/Songwriter Tim Schou wins top honors at the 13th Annual IAMA   
   (International Acoustic Music Awards). He has been signed to Sony/ATV Music   
   Publishing. He is the first from Denmark to ever win at IAMA. He was a member   
   of “A Friend in London†  
   �, a Danish pop rock and rock band that represented Denmark in the Eurovision   
   Song Contest 2011. He won the Overall Grand Prize as well as the Best Male   
   Artist at the 13th Annual IAMA.   
      
   STARS AMONG THE WINNERS AND FINALISTS   
   Other notable winners include Bertie Higgins & Bellamy Brothers, who won the   
   Best Folk Category. Bertie Higgins is known for his #1 hit "Key Largo" and Top   
   10 hit "Just Another Day in Paradise". Bellamy Brothers are known for their   
   eleven #1 hits "Let    
   Your Love Flow", "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against   
   Me", "Too Much Is Not Enough" and many more.   
      
   NEeMA, featuring Emmylou Harris won the runner-up award of the Folk category.   
   NEeMA is a folk singer from Canada. Folk legend Emmylou Harris has five #1   
   hits and counting.   
      
   Grace VanderWaal, America’s Got Talent’s last year’s top winner is a   
   finalist in the Best Female Category. Her debut album hit #9 on the Billboard   
   200 albums chart. At 12 years old, she is the youngest finalist in the history   
   of IAMA.   
      
   Marty Cintron, from the award winning group “No Mercyâ€� is a finalist in   
   the Best Male Artist Category. No Mercy is known for their #1 hit "Where Do   
   You Go".   
      
   More details on the winners will be available in the next few days.   
      
      
   Here is the list of winners of the 13th Annual IAMA:   
      
   OVERALL GRAND PRIZE:   
   Tim Schou (DENMARK)   
      
   INSTRUMENTAL   
   FIRST PRIZE: "Voyaguer" by Rob Tardik (CANADA)   
   RUNNER-UP: "Reflections" by Billy Rogan   
      
   OPEN   
   FIRST PRIZE: "Turn to Gold" by Joel Ansett   
   RUNNER-UP: "Something" by Sophie Clark   
      
   AAA/ALTERNATIVE   
   FIRST PRIZE: "Completely Crazy" by Alec Chambers   
   RUNNER-UP: "Hundred Dollar Bill" by Jeremy Edwards   
      
   FOLK/AMERICANA/ROOTS   
   FIRST PRIZE: "Crossing the Bar" by Bertie Higgins & Bellamy Brothers   
   RUNNER-UP: "For You" by NEeMA, featuring Emmylou Harris (CANADA & USA)   
      
   BEST GROUP/DUO   
   FIRST PRIZE: "Drive" by The Well Pennies   
   RUNNER-UP: "Every day is Not the Same" by Sigrid Sørgaard Band (NORWAY)   
      
   BEST MALE ARTIST   
   FIRST PRIZE: "Novocaine" by Tim Schou (DENMARK)   
   RUNNER-UP: "When Darkness Finds You" by Josef Church (AUSTRALIA)   
      
   BEST FEMALE ARTIST   
   FIRST PRIZE: "Heartbreak Is Contagious" by Kris Angelis   
   RUNNER-UP: "Will You Take Me Home" by Madlyn Hall   
      
   COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS   
   FIRST PRIZE: "Heart That Speaks" by Jayne Sachs   
   RUNNER-UP: "Carolina Water" by Kassidy Lynne   
      
      
   ABOUT IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards)   
   IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards) promotes the art and artistry of   
   acoustic music performance and artistry. In its 14th year, IAMA has a proven   
   track record of winners going on to get signed and hit the Billboard Charts.   
   Meghan Trainor was    
   discovered by IAMA 6 years ago and is now a global superstar with #1 hit on   
   the Billboard Hot 100 Charts with "All About That Bass" (#1 for 9 weeks) and   
   #1 on The Billboard 200 Charts with her debut album "Title", won for a Grammy   
   award for Best New    
   Artist. 2nd Annual IAMA winner Zane Williams’s winning song was recorded by   
   country music star Jason Michael Carroll, that song hit #14 on Billboard   
   Country Charts and #99 on Billboard Hot 100 Charts. Jeff Gutt, finalist at the   
   9th Annual IAMA was a    
   runner-up on X-Factor USA. Charlie Dore (known for her hit “Pilot of the   
   Airwavesâ€�) was the top winner in 2008. Information on winners and finalists,   
   go to:   
   http://www.inacoustic.com/winners.html   
      
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