Kraumur Awards | |
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Awarded for | Best Icelandic Albums |
Country | Iceland |
Presented by | Kraumur Music Fund |
First awarded | 2008 |
Last awarded | 2016 |
Website | http://www.kraumur.is/ |
Kraumur Awards is a music prize, organized by the Kraumur Music Fund, awarded for the best albums being released in Iceland.
The nominations for the first Kraumur Awards were announced in November 2008. Nominations and the award-winning albums are chosen by a selected panel of Icelandic music journalist and radio show hosts, with years of experience in playing and writing about Icelandic music.
The Kraumur Award usually goes to six albums, while 20 albums are nominated. The panel can add albums to the award category, which led to six albums in the first year and seven albums receiving the Kraumur award in 2013.
The Kraumur Awards an annual event with six best albums presented in alphabetical order.