Here’s how to watch Apple’s first Music Awards winner show live
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After issuing a plethora of new hardware this year, starting from new iPads and finishing with the AirPods Pro, Apple is reserving a stage today entirely for its new adventures in content and media. Multimedia.
It took on cable and Netflix with the upcoming Apple TV channels and TV+ subscription streamer. Game streaming and distribution platforms like Steam or Google’s upcoming Stadia will face the casual but formidable Arcade undertaking. News aggregators and standalone publishers now have another potentially huge platform to consider – News+.In one fell swoop, Apple wiggled its way right smack in the center of the news and entertainment industry, moving swiftly from a hardware to a content creation focal point. None of these newfangled Apple services can take on the established players on its own just yet, but Apple is catching up quickly.
It just announced… its Music Awards today, “a celebration of the best and boldest musicians of 2019 and the enormous impact they have had on global culture this year.” According to Oliver Schusser, Apple’s vice president of Apple Music and International Content:
The Apple Music Awards are designed to recognize the passion, energy and creativity of the world’s favorite artists,” said Oliver Schusser, Apple’s vice president of Apple Music and International Content. “The musically diverse group of inaugural winners have sparked deep social conversation, influenced culture and inspired our customers around the world. We couldn’t be more excited to celebrate them.
Who won? Well, Billie Eilish is Artist of the Year, of course, and the “WHEN WE FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?” is Apple Music’s Album of the Year with over a billion streams. Billie, together with her brother Finneas, also got the Songwriter of the Year award from Apple.
Lizzo is a Breakthrough Artist of the Year, while for Song of the Year Apple pegged the “Old Town Road” hit by Lil Nas X that became the most streamed song on Apple Music. The physical award itself? We are glad you asked about this raging minimalism, here it is:
“The wafers start as a perfect 12-inch disc of silicon with nanometer-level flatness.”
Each award features Apple’s custom silicon wafer suspended between a polished sheet of glass and a machined and anodized aluminum body. The wafers start as a perfect 12-inch disc of silicon with nanometer-level flatness. Copper layers are deposited and patterned by ultraviolet lithography to create connections between billions of transistors. The result of this multi-month process, before it is sliced into hundreds of individual chips, is stunning and distinctive. In a symbolic gesture, the same chips which power the devices that put the world’s music at your fingertips sit at the very heart of the Apple Music Awards.
In addition, Apple will be streaming live its signature Music Awards event with a “bespoke performance from Billie Eilish at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park.” We can’t wait to see the spectacle that Apple has made out of its first award show, and you can tune in on December 4 at at 6:30 p.m. Pacific | 3:30pm Eastern for the staged festivities.
Questions & Answers
Q.What is the primary purpose of the new Apple Music Awards?
What is the primary purpose of the new Apple Music Awards?
The awards are designed to recognise the passion, energy, and creativity of the world’s favourite artists. They celebrate musicians who have made a significant impact on global culture.
Q.Which artists were among the inaugural winners of Apple's Music Awards?
Which artists were among the inaugural winners of Apple's Music Awards?
Billie Eilish won Artist of the Year and, with her brother Finneas, Songwriter of the Year. Lizzo was named Breakthrough Artist of the Year, and Lil Nas X received Song of the Year for "Old Town Road".
Q.When and where can viewers watch the Apple Music Awards event?
When and where can viewers watch the Apple Music Awards event?
Viewers can tune in to watch the live streaming event on December 4th at 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time or 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The event features a performance from Billie Eilish at the Steve Jobs Theater.
Q.What distinguishes the physical award given to winners of the Apple Music Awards?
What distinguishes the physical award given to winners of the Apple Music Awards?
Each award features Apple’s custom silicon wafer, suspended between polished glass and anodised aluminium. This wafer, representing the chips that power Apple devices, symbolises the world's music at users' fingertips.
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