The Djooky Music Awards (DMA), the first global online song contest has overtaken the renowned Eurovision Song Contest to become the biggest singing competition in the world.
The world-famous Eurovision began in 1956 and saw just seven participating countries. The contest broke the world-record for the number of countries competing in 2008, 2011 and 2016 with 43 in total. Forty-two nations participated in the 2019 event. (The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic). And, it has launched the careers of many iconic artists including ABBA, Celine Dion, Lulu and Oliver Newton-John, to name but a few and The Djooky Music Awards are on course to do the same.
With the music industry being hit hard by coronavirus the cancellation of festivals, concerts, and music contests has limited artists’ options to showcase their talent. Music platform Djooky launched the Global online competition, to seek out the most talented artists and songwriters from around the world to participate, with the offering of a money can’t buy prize that includes:
• A dream trip to the iconic – Capitol Studios (LA, USA) to record a song with Brian Malouf, a US producer and mixer who has worked with acts like Madonna, Amy Winehouse, Queen, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson.
• The opportunity to attend coaching sessions with the best music experts globally.
• A significant cash prize to upgrade recording equipment.
Only launching in July the contest has seen an enormous uptake in entries. One hundred and sixty-five artists from across 55 different countries and all six continents nominated their songs.
The first deadline for the summer round closed on 17 August 2020, and the top three entries from each continent were voted for by the general public and will compete for the main prize in the Global Voting Round which is set to take place on 29 August 2020. Applications for the Djooky Music Awards Autumn 2020 will open on 30 August 2020 at 00:00 GMT.
The contest will be judged in the final stages by a panel of prestigious producers, musicians including world-recognised American producer, engineer, and mixer Brian Malouf whose work has amassed a total of 53 gold, platinum and double platinum records to date; British Ivor Novello Award two-time winner and Grammy-nominated Sacha Skarbek, best known for writing James Blunt’s hit singles “You’re Beautiful” and “Goodbye My Lover,” as well as Miley Cyrus” hit song “Wrecking Ball.” Award-winning musician and composer and Grammy nominee Patrice Rushen who composed and recorded the hit song, “Forget Me Nots,” and Justin Gray who has collaborated with a diverse range of artists including Avril Lavigne, Mariah Carey, John Legend, David Bisbal, Luis Fonsi, Joss Stone, Amy Winehouse, James Bay, and Reignwolf.
Brian Malouf, co-Founder and Senior Judge at Djooky said:
‘In just one month, the Djooky Music Awards has managed to reach out to the musicians and music lovers from over 65 countries across all six of the world’s continents. Artists from 55 of these countries will be represented in the summer edition of this truly global song contest.
To our knowledge, this is the largest international song competition ever held. It is an impressive achievement considering that even the Eurovision, most probably the world’s best-known song contest brand, has seen only 50 countries take part over the course of its multi-decade history.’
