DEMX 2005 Award Winners Announced

The DEMX 2005 award winners were announced yeterday — congrats to all! Sonos, Motorola, and Yahoo! came up big. Below is the full list of finalists and winners in the Music category. (Winners in the Game and Film, TV & Video categories can be found here)

DEMX MUSIC AWARDS:

Digital Music Innovation of the Year:
Groove Mobile’s Complete Music Gateway
Motorola’s iRadio Service
Napster to Go
Sonos Digital Music System <== WINNER!
(Clearly, seamless integration and control of music experiences is becoming increasingly important…)

Best Use of Technology by an Artist:
50 Cent and Vivendi Universal Games for “Bulletproof”
Coldplay and Cingular
Lil’ John <== WINNER!
Prince and the NPG Music Club

Best Radio Service:
AOL Radio Network
Motorola iRadio <== WINNER!
Yahoo! Music’s LAUNCHcast Radio Service
XM Satellite Radio
(This is especially interesting, because iRadio hasn’t even hit store shelves yet..!)

Best Downloadable or Subscription Music Service:
Apple iTunes
Napster
RealNetworks’ Rhapsody 25
Yahoo! Music Unlimited <== WINNER!
(I really thought iTunes would win the downloadable/subscription music service award…)

Music DVD of the Year:
Chick Corea Akoustic Band, Geneon Entertainment
Cream Royal Albert Hall, Reprise / Rhino
Live 8 Concert, EMI Music
Paul McCartney Live in Red Square, Blink Digital <== WINNER!