Music Excellence Awards

# Category Winner
Service Excellence Awards
1 Best Music Academy in India KM Music Conservetory
2 Best Music Therapy Centre in India Chennai School of Music Therapy
3 Best Artist Manager in India Star Books Media Pvt. Ltd.
4 Best Commercial Sound Equipment Brand in India JBL by Harman
5 Best Studio Equipment Brand in India AKG by Harman
6 Best Live Musical Equipment Brand in India Roland India
7 Best Music Instrument Brand in India Yamaha Music India Pvt. Ltd.
8 Best Music Equipment Dealer in India Pro Musicals Chennai
Technical Excellence Awards
1 Best Acoustic Designer in India Awedible Acoustics Pvt. Ltd.
2 Best Stereo Sound Mixing Engineer in India Sujith Hydher
3 Best Theater Mixing Engineer in India Rajakrishnan (Four Frames)
4 Best Sound Designer in India Sachin (Sync Cinemas)
Excellence in Audio & Visual Media
1 Best FM Channel in India Radio Mirchi
2 Best Regional TV Music Channel In India Sun Music
Excellence in Entertainment
1 Best Music Director of the Year Kailas Menon
2 Best Male Playback Singer in India Sooraj Santhosh
3 Best Instrumental Musician in India A Sivamani
4 Best Independent Musical Project Hope Project (By Job Kurian)
5 Best Live Music Performer in India Stephen Devassy
6 Best Independent Music Composer on Social Causes Ghantasala Viswanath (Tap Music Records)
7 Special Recognition Award - Contribution to Music Tourism Supratiek Shyamal Ghosh
8 Best Music Application Platform Gaana.Com
Excellence in Music Content Acquisition & Distribution
1 Best Music Label Aditya Music
Life Time Achievement Award (video should be played separately during each award)
1 Life Time Achievement Award - Outstanding Contribution to Indian Music Industry S P Balasubramiam

# Category Winner
STUDIO
1 Best Recording Studio My Studio
2 Best Programming Studio Media Lounge
3 Best Karaoke Studio Melam Karaoke Studio
4 Best Film Mix Studio- ATMOS Aries Vismayas Max
5 Best Music Restoration Studio Riyan Studio
6 Best Programmer Sumesh Anand Surya
7 Best Mixing Kiran Lal
8 Best Sound Effects Sajeev Karippayi
9 Best Acoustic Studio Design Audio Engineers
Artist
10 Youth Icon Job Kurian
11 Popular Singer Najim Arshad
12 Best Singer (Male) Sooraj Santhosh
13 Best Singer (Female) Mridula Warrier
14 Best Trending Artist Sabareesh Prabhaker
15 Best Classical Rock Performer Harish Sivaramakrishnan
16 Upcoming Singer Gowri Lakshmi
17 Best Folk Singer Preetha.P .V
18 Best Ghazal Singer Nimisha Kurupath
19 Best Child Musician (Male) Milen Manoj Earath
20 Best Child Musician (Female) Shreya S Ajith
21 Best Lyricist Santhosh Varma
22 Upcoming Lyricist Haseena S Kanam
23 Promising Young Musician Award Vishnu Mohan
24 Singer- Malayalam Dubbing movies Sobha Sivani
Instrumentalist
25 Best Instrumentalist -Wind Rajesh Cherthala
26 Best Instrumentalist - Percussion Sandeep N Venkatesh
27 Best Instrumentalist - String Sumesh Parameswar
28 Best Instrumentalist - Keyboard Madhu Paul
Entertainment
29 Best Music Album Lets Take a Break
30 Popular Band Masala Coffee
31 Best Radio Music Programme Bindas Bollywood, Red FM
32 Best Music Channel Kappa TV
33 Best Music Reality Show Kuttippatturumal
Talent Agencies & Academies
34 Best Music Academy Chetana Music Academy
35 Best Talent Agency Full House Entertainments
Indywood Talent Hunt - Musician of the month
36 Indywood Talent Hunt - Musician of the month Nikhil Balakrishnan
Industrial Awards
37 Best Music Production Company Gopi Sundar Music Company
38 Best Music Distribution Company Manorama Music
39 Best Music Label Musik24*7
40 Best Music Equipment Dealers/Live Sound Gears Vardhaman Mega Tech
41 Best Music Equipment Dealers/Music Instruments Sangeeth Mahal
42 Best Music Equipments Brand Yamaha Music India Pvt. Ltd
Music Direction
43 Popular Music Director Gopi Sunder
44 Best Music Director Rahul Raj
45 Best BGM Director Anil Johnson
46 Upcoming Music Director The 4 Musics
Special Recognition & Life Time Achievement Awards
47 Special Recognition Award Madhu Balakrishnan
48 Special Recognition Award Pradeep Somasundaran
49 Special Recognition Award- Best Classical Singer Ramesh Narayan
50 Lifetime Achievement Award - Music Direction Mohan Sitara
51 Lifetime Achievement Award - Sound Mixing N Harikumar