ZAI Awards

ZAI Awards
ZAI Awards trophy from 2013
Awarded for	Excellence in the Slovak music industry
Venue	V–klub, Bratislava
Country	Slovakia
Presented by	Union of Authors and Performers (ZAI) Music Fund Slovakia (HF) IFPI Slovakia (SNS IFPI)
Formerly called	Grammy Awards (1996–1997) Artmedia Awards (1998–2000) Aurel Awards (2001–2007)
First awarded	1991
Television/radio coverage
Network	STV (1990–1999) Markíza (2000)

The ZAI Awards (Hudobný fond or HF) are a Slovak music accolade presented by Zväz autorov a interprétov populárnej hudby (ZAI) to recognize outstanding achievements in the industry for the preceding year in the region. In the early phase, the annual ceremonies were held in association with the local Music Fund (HF) and International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Slovakia (SNS IFPI). For that reason, their follow-up equivalents were frequently renamed; once after the American Gramies (1996–1997).

Following a 1997 protest of the U.S. NARAS management against the Czech music awards, also called likewise, the Slovak organization decided to change the adopted name too, renaming then trophies after the Artmedia Music Academy (1998–2000), also established by ZAI.^[1]

In 2001, the event was separately rebranded by SNS IFPI for the Aurel Awards (2001–2007), for a change, prior to their hiatus. Restored by the ZAI union in 2011 under their original title, the current awards are presented on a biennial basis, honoring mostly the hosting achievements in the music genre since. As of 2015, twenty annual ceremonies were held, with thirteen credited to ZAI, and seven to now discontinued SNS IFPI.