The Yumi FM PNG Musik Awards is back this year, bigger than ever before to celebrate the work of local artist over the last two years.
The Yumi FM PNG Musik Awards will be hosted at the Lamana Gold Club on the 17th June, 2023.
PNG FM Limited General Manager, Miss Rosemarie ‘Shaz’ Botong made the announcement this morning on the Yumi FM’s Kapmaus Show.
“The idea behind the Yumi FM PNG Musik awards is giving recognition where it’s due to local artists.”
“It’s been like 4 years since we last had a big party to celebrate the night for the artists.”
“The last couple of years, we’ve just had announcement on the radio for the music awards.”
There are 10 categories for this Musik Awards:
• Song of the year
• Best new artist of the year
• Male artist of the year
• Female artist of the year
• Group/Duo of the year award
• Artist of the year
• Producer of the year
• Registered Artist of the year
• Justin Kili Award
• Listeners Choice Song of the year
Miss Botong mentioned that this year, there will be 20 awards in total and 2 winners for each category to make up for the two years.
The winners are chosen according to the number of times that they make it on the Yumi FM Top 20.
The higher number of times their songs are on the Top 20, the higher the chance they have at winning.
Out of the 10 awards, there are 2 awards where listeners will get to vote for:
• Justin Kili Award – An individual/group that has done a lot in the music industry,
• Listeners’ Choice song of the Year – listeners’ favourite song.
Tickets for the Musik Awards are not out yet; however, people can pre- book their tickets and them pick up when the tickets are on hand.
It will be a massive show with a big line up of performances by your favourite local artists.
The lineup will be announced in the coming weeks.
Miss Botong would like to thank the Platinum Sponsor, Coca Cola and Gold Sponsor, Vodafone for coming onboard to support the Yumi FM PNG Musik Awards.
For ticket queries, you can contact Total Events Company on 323 0352 / 7373 8809.