The Edison Award is the oldest and most prestigious Dutch Music Prize, presented since 1960. It has a grand history in TV- shows through the years. Up until now the Edison award show is broadcasted on national television.

Edison is a prize for quality in Sound Recording and is the equivalent to the U.S. Grammy Award, the Brit Award, the Grand Prix du Disque in France and the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis in Germany. In the jury there are people from the Music Industry, the Music Press and Music retailers.

Last weekend Racoon was also a big winner at the 3FM Awards. Drummer Paul Bukkens is very happy with each award:

”This is the biggest compliment you could give us. Our latest album has been well-received. It is the best release so far, with a true Racoon sound: pop songs without the slightest gram of fat.”

An overview of the winners in most categories of the Edison Music Awards:

Best Dutch male vocalist: Jan Smit

Best Dutch female vocalist: Anouk

Best Dutch group: Racoon

Oeuvre award, for the complete body of their work: Normaal

Best new Dutch act: De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig

Best male vocalist international: Jack Johnson

Best female vocalist international: Katie Melua

Best group international: Coldplay

Best new act international: James Blunt

Best alternative act: Rammstein

Best R&B/Hiphop artist: Kanye West

Best music DVD national: \"A Sound Relief\" by The Gathering

Best music DVD international: \"Vertigo\" by U2

Best single (voted by the public): Guus Meeuwis – Geef mij je angst

The Edison award is a bronze replica of a statuette of Thomas Alva Edison, the man who invented the \'talking machine\' in 1877, by the famous Dutch sculptor Pieter D\'Hont. You can find a search engine for all the award winners in more than 40 years of Edison in our Archive section.