Top Hit Music Awards
Top Hit Music Awards is an annual music award ceremony established by TopHit in 2013. Artists, authors and producers from Russia, Ukraine, other countries of Eastern Europe and countries around the world are awarded for outstanding achievements in popular music and the recording business based on data from the rotation of songs on radio stations and views of video clips on the Internet. Performers are also awarded for the best concert shows. Ceremonies are held annually in Moscow.
Top Hit Music Awards rewards not only popular performers from Russia and Ukraine, but also from other countries of Eastern Europe, the Baltic states, Central Asia and other countries of the world; over the years, the leaders of the hit parade were Alla Pugacheva, Valery Leontyev, Jason Derulo, Billie Eilish, David Guetta, Pink, Coldplay, Imagine Dragons, Imany, BTS, Svetlana Loboda, Bi-2, Zemfira, A'Studio, Dan Balan, Serebro, Little Big, Max Barskikh, Zivert, Niletto and others.
There is a Top Hit Hall of Fame as a part of the award. Every year 10 nominees are announced by partnering radio stations, determined by voting. Then past Hall of Fame members elect 2 of them.
Evaluations
Yolka singer, one of the most popular Russian singers, honors Top Hit Music Awards as a tool for determining artists by their real statistical popularity, not by decisions of some jury. This also emphasizes professional nature of the award. Yolka was awarded multiple times, including "Artist of the decade award", as Top Hit measurements show that she is extremely popular among Russian-speaking listeners with over 19 million of airplays in 10 years.TimeOut showbiz magazine coined the ceremony a metaphor of "Unbiased Prize of Numbers which is based exceptionally on statistics and is not subject to objections".
Nomination structure
;Main awards for singers- Local Russian artists and groups most played on Russian radio in the past year
- Foreign artists and groups most played on Russian radio in the past year
- Local Russian artists most played at YouTube Russia in the past year
- Foreign artists most played at YouTube Russia in the past year
- Local Russian artists most played at Spotify Russia in the past year
- Foreign artists most played at Spotify Russia in the past year
;Nominations for songs
- Russian hits most played on Russian radio over the year
- Foreign hits most played on Russian radio over the year
- Russian hits most played and watched on YouTube Russia over the year
- Foreign hits played and watched on YouTube Russia over the year
- Russian hits most played at Spotify Russia in the past year
- Foreign hits most played at Spotify Russia in the past year
- Local Russian composers and poets most played on Russian radios during past year
- Local Russian producers whose artists were most played on Russian radios during past year
- Local Russian record labels whose artists were most played on Russian radios during past year
- Foreign record labels whose artists were most played on Russian radios during past year
- Local Russian composers and poets most played and watched on YouTube Russia during past year
- Local music video makers whose music videos were most played on YouTube Russia over the year
- Local record labels whose artists were most played on YouTube Russia over the year
Winners
2013
Date of ceremony: April 25, 2013, "The Artist" Club, Moscow.Hosts: Yulia Kovalchuk, Dmitry Koldun, Zaza Napoli, Alexey Ostudin.
Featured musicians: Philipp Kirkorov, Yolka, Gradusy, Eva Polna, Dima Bilan, Vintage (band), Morandi, Irakli, Batishta, Dino MC47, Diskoteka Avariya, Polina Gagarina, 5sta Family, Dominic Joker, Elvira T, Reflex.
Winners of Top Hit Music Awards Russia 2013:
The best male singer on the radio:
The best female singer on the radio:
The best band on the radio:
- Gradusy
- "Next to you"
- "We are together"
- "Weather forecast"
- "Sweeps"
- "I don't love you either"
Radio Discovery of the Year
Radio Comeback
The longest-playing radio hit
- "Provence"
Authors of the Year:
- Lev Shapiro
- Egor Solodovnikov and "Provence"
- Alexey Romanov
- Roman Pashkov, Ruslan Tagiyev
- Alyona Mikhailova, Liana Meladze
- Oleg Nekrasov
- Denis Sattarov, Irina Shcherbinskaya
Hall of fame:
- A-Studio
- Alexey Romanov
- Alla Pugacheva
- Valery Meladze
- Dima Bilan
- Eva Polna
- Zemfira
- Konstantin Meladze
- Maxim Fadeev
- Mitya Fomin
- Yuri Aizenshpis
2014
Date of ceremony: February 27, 2014, "Radio City Bar & Kitchen" club, Moscow.Hosts: Igor Kraev, Zaza Napoli
Featured musicians: Nyusha, Mitya Fomin, A-Studio, Serebro, Nu Virgos, Gradusy, Vintage (band), DJ Smash, Roma Kenga, 30.02, Guru Groove Foundation.
Winners of Top Hit Music Awards Russia 2013:
Best Local male singer on the Radio
Best Local female singer on the Radio
The best local band on the radio
- Gradusy
- Vintage (band)
Best international female singer on the Radio
The best international band on the radio
The most ordered local singer on the radio
The most ordered international singer on the radio
Song awards
Local Radio Hit of the Year
- "In private"
- "I always remember the main thing"
- "Get Lucky"
- "Diamonds"
- "I'm happy"
- "Not enough of you"
- "In private"
- "Lendo Calendo"
- "Get Lucky"
- "Tu Me Manques"
Radio Discovery of the Year
- Pizza
- 30.02
Professional awards
- Dmitry Dubinsky
- Yuri Parenko
- Roman Pashkov, Ruslan Tagiyev
- Olga Seryabkina
- Sergey Prikazchikov
- Alexander Khoroshkovaty
- Vladimir and Oksana Shurochkina
- Alexander Nikitin
- Oleg Nekrasov
- Alexey Romanov
- Maxim Fadeev
- Anton Pronin
- Sergey Baldin
- Baigali Serkebayev
- Universal Music Russia
- Velvet Music
- National Music Corporation
- Pronin Management
Diskoteka Avariya
2015
Date of ceremony: April 23, 2015, "Radio City Bar & Kitchen" club, Moscow.Hosts: Timur Rodriguez, Yulia Kovalchuk.
Featured musicians: Yolka, Serebro, Nyusha, Egor Kreed, MBAND, Anita Tsoy, 5’sta Family, Banderos, Nu Virgos, Vera Brezhneva, Vintage (band), Dasha Suvorova, Vakhtang, Burito, MakSim, Masha and Mowgli, Mayakovsky band, Pizza, Lexter.
Winners of Top Hit Music Awards Russia 2015:
Best Local male Singer on the Radio
Best Local female Singer on the Radio
The best Local band on the radio
Best international male Singer on the Radio
Best international female Singer on the Radio
The most ordered local singer on the radio
Song awards
Local Radio Hit of the Year
- "I won't give you up"
- "City of Big Lights"
- "You know"
- "Am I Wrong"
- "You Will Never Know"
- "I won't give you up"
- "I got another one"
- "Lendo Calendo"
- "Get Lucky"
- "Tu Me Manques"
Radio Discovery of the Year
- Egor Kreed
- Masha and Mowgli
- Mayakovsky band
Professional awards
- Igor Burnyshev
- Maxim Fadeev
- Olga Seryabkina
- Dmitry Koldun
- Irina Sekacheva
- Konstantin Meladze Producers of the Year
- Konstantin Meladze
- Alexey Romanov
- Anna Pletneva
- Maxim Fadeev
- Valery Belotserkovsky
- Sergey Krasnenko
- Vladimir and Oksana Shurochkina
- Sony Music Entertainment Russia
- Universal Music Russia
- Warner Music Russia
- Black Star
- Broma 16
- Velvet Music
Yolka, Alyona Mikhailova
2016
Date of ceremony: April 28, 2016, Stereo Dome Club, Moscow.The organizer of the III TopHit Music Awards Ceremony was the TopHit company.
Producer General: Igor Kraev
Executive Producer: Pavel Balashov
Hosts: Timur Rodriguez, Anna Semenovich.
Featured musicians: Yolka, Nyusha, Egor Kreed, MBAND, Anita Tsoy, 5’sta Family, Banderos, Nu Virgos, Vera Brezhneva, Vintage (band), Dasha Suvorova, Vakhtang, Burito, MakSim, Masha and Mowgli, Mayakovsky band, Pizza, Lexter.
Winners of Top Hit Music Awards Russia 2016:
Best Local male Singer on the Radio
Best Local female Singer on the Radio
The best local band on the radio
- Vintage (band)
- MBAND
Best international female Singer on the Radio
The most ordered local singer on the radio
Best local Singer on YouTube Russia
The best local band on YouTube Russia
Song awards
Local Radio Hit of the Year
- "Tsunami"
- "Mama"
- "You are the most"
- "Don't be silent"
- "There is nothing more to love"
- "Are You With Me"
- "The Good, The Bad And The Crazy"
- "You are the most"
Radio Discovery of the Year
- Burito
- MBAND
- Julianna Karaulova
- Igor Burnyshev
- Ilya Pale
- Anna Shurochkina
- Mikhail Reshetnyak
- Egor Bulatkin
- Alexey Romanov, Anna Pletneva
- Maxim Fadeev
- Black Star
- Alyona Mikhailova, Liana Meladze
- Konstantin Meladze
- Vladimir and Oksana Shurochkin
- Irina Shcherbinskaya
- Yana Rudkovskaya
- Black Star
- Velvet Music
- Warner Music Russia
- Universal Music Russia
- Sony Music Entertainment Russia
Sergey Lazarev, Sergey Shnurov, Arman Davletyarov / Muz-TV.
2017
Date of the ceremony: March 16, 2017, Crocus City Hall, Moscow.The organizer of the IV TopHit Music Awards Ceremony was the TopHit company and Volkov PRO.
Producer General: Igor Kraev
Producer: Maxim Volkov
Executive Producers: Pavel Balashov and Ksenia Kabisheva
Director of Photography: Grigory Skomorovsky
Hosts: Timur Rodriguez and Zlatoslava, Yulia Kovalchuk and Alexey Chumakov, Mitya Fomin and Anita Tsoy.
Featured musicians: Yolka, Alekseev, Loboda, Elena Temnikova, Burito, MBAND, Anita Tsoy, Julianna Karaulova, Nu Virgos, Artik & Asti, Anna Pletneva, Gradusy, Eva Polna, Banderos, Slava (singer), Quest Pistols Show, Kristina Si. Sergey Shnurov, winner of the Top Hit Music Awards and a member of the TopHit Hall of Fame, and the Leningrad (band) band performed a solo set at the end of the ceremony.
Winners of Top Hit Music Awards Russia 2017:
Best Local male Singer on the Radio
- Alekseev
The best Local band on the radio
Best International male Singer on the Radio
Best International female Singer on the Radio
Song awards
Local Radio Hit of the Year
- "I'm warming happiness"
- "Drunk sun"
Radio Discovery of the Year
- Artik & Asti
- Quest Pistols
- Elena Temnikova
- Kristina Si
Best Local male Singer on YouTube Russia
The best Local band on YouTube Russia
The best Local video clip
- "Exhibit"
- "Madwoman"
- "Name 505"
- Egor Solodovnikov
- Ruslan Kvint
- Vitaly Kurovsky
- Sergey Shnurov
- Alexey Vorobyov
- Alexey Potapenko
- Sergey Shnurov
- Maxim Fadeev
- Alyona Mikhailova, Liana Meladze
- Irina Shcherbinskaya, Denis Sattarov
- Warner Music Russia
- Sony Music Entertainment Russia
- Effective Records
- Black Star
- Velvet Music
2018
Date of the ceremony: April 11, 2018, Yota Arena, Moscow.The organizer of the IV TopHit Music Awards Ceremony was the TopHit company and Master Gallery.
Producers General: Igor Kraev and Anita Tsoy.
Executive Producers: Pavel Balashov.
Director of Photography: Anita Tsoy.
Broadcast Director: Vasily Klimov.
Hosts: Timur Rodriguez and Alexander Anatolyevich.
Featured musicians: Double Max, Burito, Estradarada, Elena Temnikova, Filatov & Karas, Vera Brezhneva, Artik & Asti, Gradusy, MBAND, Polina Gagarina, Going Deeper, Yolka.
Winners of Top Hit Music Awards Russia 2018:
;Radio
Singers awards
Best Local male Singer on the radio
Best Local female Singer on the radio
Best International male Singer on the radio
Best International female Singer on the radio
The best International band on the radio
Song awards
Local radio Hit of the Year
- "Your eyes"
- "Fogs"
- "Undivided"
- "Shape Of You"
- "Kissing Strangers"
Radio Breakthrough
- Gradusy
The Best Remix Producers
- Going Deeper
YouTube Discovery of the Year
- Mushrooms
Best Local female Singer on YouTube Russia
- Loboda
- Time and Glass
- "Exhibit"
- "Madwoman"
- "Name 505"
Best International female Singer on YouTube Russia
The best International band on YouTube Russia
The best video clip on YouTube Russia Awards
The best Local video clip
- "Lyrics"
- "Ice melts"
- "On the style"
- Grib, Daniil Dudulad, Evgeny Yaremenko, Ilya Kapustin
- Alexey Potapenko, Alexey Zavgorodny
- Igor Burnyshev
- Max Barskih
- Artem Umrikhin, Dmitry Lebedev
- Loboda, Igor Maysky, Rita Dakota
- Egor Solodovnikov
- Alyona Mikhailova, Liana Meladze
- Velvet Music
- Warner Music Russia
- Universal Music Russia
- Effective Records
2019
Date of the ceremony: April 10, 2019, Crocus City Hall, Moscow.The organizer of the IV TopHit Music Awards Ceremony was the TopHit company and Volkov PRO.
Producer General: Igor Kraev
Producer: Maxim Volkov
Executive Producers: Pavel Balashov and Ksenia Kabisheva
Director of Photography: Grigory Skomorovsky
Broadcast Director: Vasily Klimov
Hosts: Timur Rodriguez and Albina Dzhanabaeva
The host of the online broadcast: Alexander Anatolyevich
Featured musicians: DJ Groove, Yolka, Nu Virgos, Valery Meladze, MBAND, A'Studio & The Jigits, Slava, Gradusy, Rasa, Grivina, Mari Kraimbrery, Zvonkiy, Burito, Nyusha and Dima Bilan performed a solo set at the end of the ceremony.
Winners of Top Hit Music Awards Russia 2019:
;Radio awards
Singers awards
Best Local male Singer on the radio
- Valery Meladze
- Yolka
- Loboda
Best International male Singer on the radio
- Calvin Harris
- Jax Jones
- Sia
- Imagine Dragons
Local radio Hit of the Year
- "Night"
- "Strokes"
- "Breath"
- "Hands Up"
- "In My Mind"
Radio discovery
Radio breakthrough
- Slava
;YouTube Russia Awards
Best Local male Singer on YouTube Russia
Best Local female Singer on YouTube Russia
- Loboda
- Polina Gagarina
- Time and Glass
Best International female Singer on YouTube Russia
The best International band on YouTube Russia
- Imagine Dragons
The best Local video clip of the Year
- "Skibidi"
- "I want"
- "Medusa"
- "Despacito"
- "Plakala" Kazka
- Matrang
- HammAli & Navai
- Little Big
Awards in special nominations
FonMix Artist of the Year
- Dominic Joker
- Gradusy
- Dima Bilan
Authors of the Year
The Authors of the Hits of the Year
- Nyusha
- Igor Burnyshev, Andrey Lyskov, Vladimir Krylov
- Ilya Prusikin, Lyubim Khomchuk
- Alan Hadzaragov, Garegin Tamrazyan
- Denis Gaziev, Farhad Veisov
- Natella Krapivina
- Konstantin Meladze
- Alyona Mikhailova, Liana Meladze
- Igor Matvienko
- Warner Music Russia
- Universal Music Russia
- Effective Records
- Velvet Music
- Yuri Antonov
- Polina Gagarina
2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the VIII Top Hit Music Awards Russia ceremony, which was scheduled for April 2020, was canceled. All awards to artists, authors, producers, record labels were sent by the organizers to the offices of the laureates.;Radio awards
Singers awards
Best Local male Singer on the radio
- Valery Meladze
- Max Barskih
- Dima Bilan
- Loboda
- Ruki Vverh!
- Artik & Asti
- Calvin Harris
- Maruv
- Imagine Dragons
Local radio Hit of the Year
- "Instadrama"
- "Voices"
- "Sad Dance"
- "Bad Guy"
- "Shameless"
- "Seniorita"
Radio discovery
- Filatov & Karas
Best Local male Singer on YouTube Russia
Best Local female Singer on YouTube Russia
The best Local band on YouTube Russia
- Little Big
Best International female Singer on YouTube Russia
The best International band on YouTube Russia
Awards in special nominations
FonMix Artist of the Year
- Zivert
Authors of the Year
The Authors of the Hits of the Year
- Andrey Frolov
- Dmitry Loren
- Artem Umrikhin
- Ilya Prusikin
- Lyubim Khomchuk
- Denis Kovalsky
- 2MASHI
- Natella Krapivina
- Konstantin Meladze
- Alyona Mikhailova, Liana Meladze
- Igor Matvienko
- Warner Music Russia
- Universal Music Russia
- Effective Records
- Velvet Music
- Loboda
2021
Date of the ceremony: April 19, 2021, Madison Restaurant & Club, Moscow.The organizer of the IV TopHit Music Awards Ceremony was the TopHit company and Vsegda Krasivo.
Producer General: Igor Kraev
Producers: Pavel Balashov, Lisa BI-2
Executive Producers: Yulia Vlasova
Director of Photography: Olga Slobodskaya
Broadcast Director: Vasily Klimov
Hosts: Timur Rodriguez and Angelika Pushnova
The host of the online broadcast: Dmitry Nesterov
Featured musicians: Yolka, Dabro, Mari Kraimbrery, Habib, Vanya Dmitrienko, Nu Virgos, Filatov & Karas, Cobain Jackets
Winners of Top Hit Music Awards Russia 2021:
;Radio
Singers awards
Best Local male Singer on the radio
- Max Barskih
- Zivert
- Ruki Vverh!
- Artik & Asti
- The Weeknd
- Dua Lipa
- The Black Eyed Peas
Local Radio Hit of the Year
- "ILY"
- "Lei, ne zhalei"
- "Girl dance"
- "All Good Things"
- "Salt"
- "Blinding Lights"
Radio discovery
- Dabro
- Klava Koka
Best Local male Singer on YouTube Russia
Best Local female Singer on YouTube Russia
- Klava Koka
- Little Big
Best International female Singer on YouTube Russia
The best International band on YouTube Russia
- BTS
The best Local video clip of the Year
- "Uno"
- "Left the chat"
- "Lyubimka"
- "Dance Monkey"
- "How You Like That" Blackpink
FonMix Artist of the Year
- Mari Kraimbrery
Authors of the Year
- Konstantin Meladze
- Ilya Prusikin
- Max Barskih
- Claudia Vysokova, Alexander Mikheev, Konstantin Koksharov
- Ilya Prusikin, Denis Zuckerman, Viktor Sibrinin
- Danil Prytkov, Andrey Popov
- Artem Umrikhin, Dmitry Loren
- Ivan Zasidkevich, Mikhail Zasidkevich, "On the Roof"
- Natella Krapivina
- Konstantin Meladze
- Alyona Mikhailova, Liana Meladze
- Igor Matvienko
- Warner Music Russia
- Universal Music Russia
- Effective Records
- Velvet Music
- Sergey Zhukov, musician and songwriter of band Ruki Vverh!
- Vladimir Presnyakov Jr. musician
- Igor Krutoy composer and producer.
2022
Due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the X ceremony of the Top Hit Music Awards Russia, which was scheduled for April 2022, was canceled.Awards to artists, authors, producers and record labels were sent by the organizers of the award to the offices of the laureates during 2022.
In 2022, TopHit for the first time presented awards to artists and hits most often listened to by users of the Spotify streaming platform in Russia.
Winners of Top Hit Music Awards Russia 2021:
;Radio
Singers awards
Best Local male Singer on the Radio
- Dima Bilan
- Zivert
- Artik & Asti
- The Weeknd
The best International band on the radio
- Imagine Dragons
Local Radio Hit of the Year
- "Ellipsises"
- "Venus–Jupiter"
- "Bestseller"
- "3 To 1"
- "Your Love "
Radio discovery
- Imanbek
Best Local male Singer on YouTube Russia
- Habib
- Mia Boyka
- Dabro
Best International female Singer on YouTube Russia
The best International band on YouTube Russia
- BTS
The best Local video clip
- "Pikachu"
- "Berry-raspberry"
- "Dear"
- "Dance Monkey"
- Sultan Laguchev
- Instasamka
- Galibri & Mavik
- Jah Khalib
- Ruki Vverh!
Singers awards
Best Local male Singer on Spotify Russia
- Big Baby Tape
- Kizaru
- Instasamka
- Best Local Band on Spotify Russia
- Poshlaya Molly
- Lil Nas X
- Doja Cat
Songs awards
The best Local hit
- "Déjà vu"
- "Malchik na devyatke"
Authors of the Year
- Konstantin Meladze
- Alexander Fomenkov, Rahman Sharipov, Evgeny Trukhin
- Ivan Dmitrienko, Artem Shapovalov
- Samvel Vardyanyan, Julia Zivert, Bogdan Leonovich
- Nikolai Bortnik, Julia Sievert
- Ivan Zasidkevich, Mikhail Zasidkevich, "The whole district will hear"
- Maria Boyko, Alexander Mikheev, Konstantin Koksharov, Egor Korablin
- Artem Umrikhin, Dmitry Loren
- Dmitry Loren
- Yana Rudkovskaya
- "Ellipsises"
- Artem Umrikhin
- Alexander Fomenkov, Evgeny Trukhin
- Alisher Morgenstern
- Alyona Mikhailova, Liana Meladze
- Warner Music Russia
- The Mikhail Gutseriev PC
- Effective Records
Short list
- Artik & Asti
- Burito
- Filatov & Karas
- Zivert
- Andrey Gubin
- Basta
- Boris Grebenshchikov / Aquarium
- Diana Arbenina / Night Snipers
- Evgeny Khavtan / Bravo
- Zvonkiy
- Ilya Lagutenko / Mummy Troll
- Max Barskih