SEAT Music Awards
# SEAT Music Awards

The TIM Music Awards, known between 2007–2013 and 2015–2018 as Wind Music Awards and between 2019 and 2021 as SEAT Music Awards are non-competitive music awards honoring Italian music artists who have sold a certain number of copies of an album, digital song, or music DVD over the previous year in Italy, as certified by the Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. The awards are organized by Milan-based agency Friends & Partners, and held since 2007 as a replacement of the canceled Italian Music Awards (2001–2003).

Their previous name was dependent on the sponsorship of Italian phone company Wind. In 2014 they were officially known as just Music Awards while between 2019 and 2021 they have been sponsored by SEAT. From 2022 it is sponsored by TIM.

## History

From 2007 to 2009, the awards were held in Rome, first in the Auditorium Conciliazione and then in the Valle Giulia. Since 2009, the event has been held in the Verona Arena, previously home to the Festivalbar, for which the Wind Music Awards has been seen as a replacement. The first five years of the awards were broadcast on television network Italia 1; they have been broadcast on Rai 1 since 2012. The event has also been broadcast on radio station RTL 102.5.

The awards have been criticized in the past by Italian indie label Produttori Musicali Indipendenti for excluding independent artists.

## Awards

Based on:

| | Diamond | Multi-platinum | Platinum | Gold |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Album (copies) | 300,000 | 120,000 | 60,000 | 30,000 |
| Digital song (downloads) | | 60,000 | 30,000 | |
| Music DVD (copies) | | | 30,000 | |

## Years

| Year | Recorded date | Air date(s) | Network | Episodes | Host(s) | Venue |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | 6 June 2007 | 14 June 2007 | Italia 1 | 1 | Cristina Chiabotto | Auditorium Conciliazione (Rome) |
| 2008 | 3 June 2008 | 4–5 June 2008 | Italia 1 | 2 | Cristina Chiabotto Rossella Brescia | Valle Giulia (Rome) |
| 2009 | 6–7 June 2009 | 8–22 June 2009 | Italia 1 | 3 | Vanessa Incontrada | Verona Arena |
| 2010 | 28–29 May 2010 | 2, 9, 16 June 2010 | Italia 1 | 3 | Paola Perego | Verona Arena |
| 2011 | 27–28 May 2011 | 7, 14, 21 June 2011 | Italia 1 | 3 | Vanessa Incontrada Teo Mammucari | Verona Arena |
| 2012 | 26 May 2012 | 2 July 2012 | Rai 1 | 1 | Carlo Conti Vanessa Incontrada | Verona Arena |
| 2013 | LIVE | 2 June 2013 | Rai 1 Rai HD | 1 | Carlo Conti Vanessa Incontrada | Foro Italico (Rome) |

## Compilation albums

| Title | CDs | Tracks | Label | Release date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Wind Music Awards 2011 | 3 | 54 | Sony Music | 31 May 2011 |
| Wind Music Awards 2012 | 2 | 35 | Sony Music | 22 June 2012 |
