From: musicdish@gmail.com   
      
   Registration deadline looms for the 14th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic   
   Music Awards), this is great opportunity for music artists everywhere. IAMA is   
   the preeminent awards for musicians, promotes excellence in acoustic music   
   performance and    
   artistry. Acoustic artists in various genres can gain exciting radio and web   
   exposure through this competition. Participating sponsors include Acoustic   
   Cafe and Sirius XM Satellite Radio. Music artists stand a chance to win awards   
   in eight different    
   categories: Best Male Artist, Best Female Artist, Best Group/Duo Folk,   
   Americana/Roots/AAA, Instrumental, Open (any musical style or genre),   
   Bluegrass/Country, etc. There will also be an Overall Grand Prize winner   
   awarded to the top winner worth over US$   
   11,000, which includes radio promotion to over 250 radio stations in US and   
   Canada.   
      
   IAMA is sponsored by: D'Addario Strings, New Music Weekly, Loggins Promotion,   
   Airplay Access, Sirius XM Radio, Acoustic Café Radio Show, MixButton,   
   GigSalad.com, Kari Estrin Management & Consulting, and Sonicbids.com   
      
   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   
   seven 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 debut on The Billboard 200 Charts   
   with her debut album "Title", won for a Grammy award for Best New Artist in   
   2016. The 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, a finalist at the 9th Annual IAMA was   
   a runner-up on X-Factor USA. Charlie Dore (known for her #1 hit “Pilot of   
   the Airwaves”) was    
   the top winner in 2008.   
      
   Danish Singer/Songwriter Tim Schou (see picture) won top honors at the past   
   year’s 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 so far.   
      
   Marty Cintron, from the award winning group “No Mercy” is a finalist in   
   the Best Male Artist Category. No Mercy is known for their #1 hit song "Where   
   Do You Go".   
      
   The opportunity for ends soon. The deadline to enter is November 10th. For   
   more information, go to:   
   http://www.inacoustic.com   
      
   Source: http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=200549   
      
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