Saturday 27 January 2018

THE HOTDISC AWARDS 2017

HOTDISC 2017 AWARDS WINNERS 


The second Hotdisc Country Music Awards took place on New Years Eve Sunday 31st December 2017 broadcast on Sky TV Channel 389. 
The 2017 Hotdisc Awards programme was transmitted on the Keep It Country TV channel, Britain's only 24-hour country music station, available on Sky TV 389, FreeSat Channel 319 and FreeView Channel 87. The programme repeated Thurs 5th January and again on Sat 7th January 2017.

What is Hotdisc?
It is the leading promotional company for country music in Europe via its Rush Released imprint.
Hotdisc has been operating for 19 years with the sole aim to promote new music to its network of DJs mainly in Europe, who support the venture which first began in 1998. 
It's Worth a Shot
Hotdisc is open to all acts from Britain and Overseas to take part.
2017 newbie Heidi Raye took home 2 International awards this year!
Hotdisc have now produced an incredible 229 editions - that's one every month without a break for 19 years which services over 700 DJs and media in Europe with brand new music for their shows and attention.
Those contacts who receive Hotdisc in physical or digital format score each of the tracks from 1 to 10 and give feedback comment and offer critique and the DJs indicate which of the tracks they intend to play on their shows.

See August 2017 BLOG: Radio Waves: Radio Presenter Spotlight – Stuart Cameron (Hotdisc)


Hotdisc had eight awards to give out for 2017 based on genuine success over the last 12 months using data from the Hotdisc Top 40 which is compiled each week by the cream of Europe's country music DJs (over 700 media contacts)
The Hotdisc Awards show, was once again presented by former BBC2 TV and Radio 2 country presenter and Country Music People columnist David Allan. It featured the Top 10 most popular songs of 2017 as voted for by the European DJs who receive Hotdisc's CD packed with new releases from Britain and Overseas each month.

In Brief

Coffey Anderson won the Most Successful Track Of The Year award for his "Bud Light Blue" single, which enjoyed a record-equalling 10 weeks at Number 1.

The British & Irish Track of the Year went to Hannah Johnson with her original tune "Your Girlfriend Hates Me." edging out the Noel McKeary Band by just 1 point!

Best British & Irish Video went to Barry Kirwan's cover of Vince Gill's "Whenever You Come Around" which utilized brilliant use of black and white photography.

Few Miles South won the International Video equivalent with "On Down The Road."
Most Successful Newcomer and Most Successful Act accolades in both British & Irish and International sections went to the same act. Heidi Raye beat last year's winner in both categories, Brenda Burch, to lift the International awards while Noel McKeary Band from Ireland snagged the two British & Irish trophies.

ICYMI: Watch the Hotdisc 2017 Award show first shown on Sky TV 389
See full list of winners & nominees below


HOTDISC COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS 2017 from StuMedia on Vimeo.


POINTS MAKE PRIZES!
Each award was given based on the chart performances of all acts throughout 2017.
Every chart was put together exclusively by ratings from European DJs who contribute monthly to giving feedback based entirely on merit. 
In the Hotdisc Main Chart each song received 20 points for making No.1 down to 1 point for position No.20.
In the British & Irish Top 10 chart, each No.1 song received 10 points down to 1 point for a No.10 record.

AWARDS BASED PURELY ON MERIT
It's an Awards Show totally free from the hype of public votes which are open to manipulation so the recipients of the attractive laser-etched crystal Hotdisc Awards (and indeed all the nominees) knew that their achievement has come from their peers.
There is no online voting to determine nominees the only industry panel (country music media people and technical TV/film reps who are used to working in video and so had technical expertise to bring to the table) used was to short list two categories - Best British & Irish Video and Best International Video.
There was an original list of 30 which were selected from this year’s videos.
These were whittled down to a final 5 in each category with the help of a sub panel of experts. An exclusive trustworthy panel was then invited to decide which video would win in the two categories. Each panellist placed them in order of preference from 1 to 5 in the British and International categories and returned the results by 13th December. Once all the votes were compiled the winners were then announced on December 31st.
It was an important aspect of Hotdisc that the awards went to the rightful winner on merit as voted for by people in the industry rather than a poll where friends, families and fans can manipulate results! Hotdisc determined that this will NEVER happen, and it is totally transparent.

GREATER CLARITY
A new addition for even greater clarity was to publish the actual scores the top nominees compiled over the 2017 Hotdisc Year. It used the same system as 2016 but CEO Stuart Cameron wanted to be more transparent by showing results of all categories.
Hotdisc it appears is the only British Country Awards that reveals all results and how they are achieved.
Hotdisc also increased nominees from 4 to 5 in each category.  

Questions raised by Country Routes News

Coffey Anderson's No.1 got 248 points. How does the points system work? If Hotdisc goes out to 700+ contacts and they all gave it 5 that would be 3,500 points?
ANSWER: 20pts for number 1, 1pt for number 20 during each songs chart life

Heidi Raye (371 points) beat out Coffey Anderson (248 points) to win Best Newcomer but doesn't have No.1 slot on Year-End Hotdisc chart. How does her 371 points stack up with fewer No1 weeks?
ANSWER: We added all Heidi Rayes' chart performances up. Coffey only released one single - Heidi had two big hits.
Heidi had 2 singles with 2 separate totals "Worth A Shot" (202 Points) added to "Junkyard" (173 Points) = 375 overall points for the year.
* Note * There was a slight difference in points between the Awards and the Top 30 of 2017. The Awards had a cut-off point before the final chart of the year (Hotdisc had to compile and verify the results and get all the trophies engraved), but nothing which affected the results outcome.

There’s a different points system for Hannah Johnson's British & Irish Single win? 105 points on cut-off Awards show, 114 points on the Hotdisc Year-end chart?
ANSWER: On the British & Irish Chart it’s 10pts for number 1, 1pt for number 10 during each songs chart life.

Hannah Johnson shared on Facebook her delight in winning Most Successful British & Irish Single for “Your Girlfriend Hates Me”: Soooo happy to receive my Country Music Award 2017 from Hotdisc Top 40 today for ‘Most Successful British & Irish Single’ for ‘Your Girlfriend Hates Me’ a song I’m so very proud of and I wrote with my girl Sarah Sharp... Look what we did!!!! x
The lovely Hannah Johnson with her Hotdisc Award



























FULL LIST OF NOMINEES WITH WINNERS IN CAPITALS FOR BRITISH & IRISH HOTDISC AWARDS:

HORIZON AWARD
FOR MOST SUCCESSFUL BRITISH & IRISH NEWCOMER
Amy Westney (167 points)
Ashton Lane (98 points)
Barry Kirwan (188 points)
Hannah Johnson (123 points)
NOEL MCKEARY BAND (205 points) * WINNER *

HORIZON AWARD
FOR MOST SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMER
Troy Kemp (245 points)
HEIDI RAYE (371 points) * WINNER *
Nick Brennan (284 points)
Coffey Anderon (248 points)
Kelly & Ellis (240 points)

BEST BRITISH & IRISH VIDEO
McDade – Jenny Too Hot (19% of Vote)
The Murphys – The Empty Room (17% of Vote)
BARRY KIRWAN – When Ever You Come Around (27% of Vote) * WINNER *
The Diablos – East Coast Run (16% of Vote)
Chloe Chadwick – Love Will Find A Way (21% of Vote)

Video for Barry Kirwan's 'Whenever You Come Around' published on Feb 14, 2017 (11.6K Views)



BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO
FEW MILES SOUTH – On Down The Road (27% of Vote) * WINNER *
Denny Strickland – We Don’t Sleep (18% of Vote)
Mo Pitney – Everywhere (19% of Vote)
Coffey Anderson – Bud Light Blue (15% of Vote)
Southern Halo – Living Like That (21% of Vote)

Few Miles South: Published on May 29, 2017 (10.5K Views):
MOST SUCCESSFUL BRITISH & IRISH ACT














Dave Sheriff (189 points)
Amy Westney (167 points)
Barry Kirwan (188 points)
Chloe Chadwick (127 points)
NOEL MCKEARY BAND (205 points) * WINNER *

MOST SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL ACT














Brenda Burch (361 points)
HEIDI RAYE (371 points) * WINNER *
Nick Brennan (284 points)
Reagan Johnson (291 points)
Billy Yates (351 points)

MOST SUCCESSFUL BRITISH & IRISH SINGLE
Barry Kirwan – When Ever You Come Around (100 points)
McDade – Jenny Too Hot (88 points)
Barry Kirwan – I Think She Only Loves Me For My Willie (88 points)
HANNAH JOHNSON – Your Girlfriend Hates Me (105 points) * WINNER *
Noel McKeary Band – One Way Train (104 points) 


MOST SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL SINGLE














Nicki Gillis – In The Daylight (216 points)
Heidi Raye – Worth A Shot (202 points)
Mo Pitney – Everywhere (188 points)
COFFEY ANDERSON – Bud Light Blue (240 points) * WINNER *
Heidi Raye – Junkyard (169 points)

Each winning act have all been invited to make acceptance speeches for a special future programme.

HOTDISC TOP 30 MOST POPULAR SONGS OF 2017

POS/ Title/ Artist/ (points over its Hotdisc Top 20 chart life; 1st No1 week; No weeks at No.1)
01 Bud Light Blue COFFEY ANDERSON (248 pts; April 30, 2017; 10-weeks at #1)        
02 In The Daylight NICKI GILLIS (216 pts; April 30, 2017; 3-weeks at #1)          
03 Worth A Shot HEIDI RAYE (202 pts; Aug 13, 2017; 5-weeks at #1)
04 Your Girlfriend Hates Me HANNAH JOHNSON (192 pts; Nov 12, 2017; 3-weeks at #1) * The #1 British Song of 2017    
05 Everywhere MO PITNEY (188 pts; April 9, 2017; 3-weeks at #1)
06 Junkyard HEIDI RAYE (173 pts)     
07 One Way Train NOEL McKEARY BAND (169 pts)   
08 Whenever You Come Around BARRY KIRWAN (165 pts; July 9, 2017; 5-weeks at #1)         
09 98.6 Degrees And Falling R J DANIEL (162 pts)     
10 Country Music AMY WESTNEY (160 pts)   

Other British interest includes: Steve Young at #15 with “In My Dreams” (153 points), Raintown at #17 with “Writing On The Wall” (150 points), Kira Mac at #24 with “Storm On The Horizon” (137 points) and Ward Thomas at #28 with “Boomerang” (129 points). See the Top 30 Hotdisc Songs of 2017 HERE


























HOTDISC: BEST OF BRITISH & IRISH COUNTRY 2017

The most successful British songs each year are put together on a special "Best of British & Irish Country" CD and edition number 19 in the long-running series covering the cream of the 2017 tracks has just been released.
This year among the acts appearing on the 22-track physical album are Barry Kirwan, Hannah Johnson, Noel McKeary Band, Chloe Chadwick, Amy Westney, Raintown, Ashton Lane, Lily Garland, Kira Mac, Lily James, Kerry Fearon, Sabrina Maria, the late Jackie Storrar and more.



The CD, priced £9.99 is available at www.hotdisc.co.uk (22 Tracks) and also available to download from iTunes (32 Tracks/ Total Length: 1:56:00 released Dec 14, 2017) and Amazon for £7.99.
Special Offer - £9.99 including 4 Free CDs (our choice) & Free Postage. 

 Visit the Hotdisc Shop HERE for back issues.




See advert:


BEST OF BRITISH & IRISH COUNTRY 2017 ALBUM - TV ADVERT 2 from StuMedia on Vimeo.


NEW HOTDISC YEAR BEGINS
In the first chart (dated Sunday Jan 7, 2018) of 2018 Judge Talford Band gave way after a second week at number 1 with their bluegrass cover of Kansas' 1980s rock classic, "Carry On My Wayward Son." 
Taking their place at the top of the chart was Nick Brennan after four weeks in a row at the runner-up position. His new number 1 was "I Want A Girl."
In the British & Irish chart Philomena Begley made it 3 weeks at number 1 with her biographical single "My Life, My Music, My Memories."
The highest new entry with a debut at #11 with Rusty Rierson's pure country song, "That's How Sure I Am" while Clive John returned to solo action after a number of years with his first single from his new album, "September," landing at #14.

The Hotdisc Top 20 TV Programme is on Sky TV Channel 389 where people can watch the programmes every Sunday afternoon at 2pm, Thursdays at 4pm and on Saturday mornings at 1am.  This means the show hits different audiences, as well as being available to record on Sky Set-Top Boxes and of course being available online in HD. The programme is also on FreeSat Channel 516 and FreeView Channel HD 87. It's all part of the 24-hour country music channel, "Keep It Country."

ABOUT HOTDISC
Hotdisc started in 1999 and is one of the most successful media companies in Europe providing content for TV & Radio companies.
It is the leading promotional company for country music in Europe via its Rush Released imprint.
Our Hotdisc Top 20 Television Programme is now on Sky TV Channel 389 three times a week as well as FreeView HD 87 & FreeSat Channel 516.
CEO Stuart Cameron presents the Hotdisc Top 30 Radio Show on CMR Nashville"Europe's #1 Country Music Radio Station"
Broadcast: Every Sunday 12 Noon (12:00-14:00)

Find out more: Radio Waves: Radio Presenter Spotlight – Stuart Cameron (Hotdisc)
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