Music | Pre-favorites Bess and Gettomasa got the biggest catch at the Emma gala

Friday– evening in the Helsinki ice hall, the Emma awards in the audio industry went mainly to the early favorites.

This year, Bess, who participated in four nomination series, won the award in three series, and she also received Emma for the year’s most streamed domestic song, which is a UMK hit Ram bam bam.

The same song was also awarded as the song of the year, and Bess also won the artist of the year and Emma of the pop series of the year.

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Another success was as expected Ghetto masswhich Irresistible received an award for album of the year and rap/r&b of the year. Gettomasa got the third Emma when Irresistible was last year’s best-selling album.

Gettomasa was also nominated in the song of the year category On a champagne diet-hit, but had to bow to Bess Ram for pam pam.

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More surprising was the winner Plush, which took out Rookie of the Year Emma. Bess was considered the early favorite of the series.

Among the Rookie of the Year candidates, Pehmoaino was also one of the freshest. In addition to Bessi, Kuumaa and Ege Zulu had already released an album in previous years. Pehmoaino’s first ep came out in March 2022. Pehmoaino’s second Emma came in the year’s alternative series

This spring, Kuumaa, nominated at UMK, was awarded as band of the year, and Emman received the rock series of the year Litku Klemetti on the album Unauthorized stay.

Awarded there were also artists who worked long hours. Metal of the year -Emma was awarded with the Amorphis album Hellowhich is the internationally successful band’s fourteenth album.

The winner of the jazz series of the year, together with the Plop trio, has had an even longer career Plop & Junnu -album award-winning saxophonist and flutist Juhani “Junnu” Aaltonen.

At the Emma gala, over the years Finnish musicians who have had a long career have been awarded with special Emmas, but 87-year-old Aaltonen is reportedly the oldest artist who has received an award in the actual nomination series.

She received the special Emma for life’s work this year Virve “Vicky” Rosti.

Artists from the background crowd, two Emmas were awarded producer and songwriter Jonas Olsson, who received the producer of the year and music maker of the year awards. The golden Emma special award was awarded this year To Tapio Korjuswho has worked since 1971 in the domestic music industry, among other things as a record producer, manager and in various positions of trust

The classical Emma of the year went to the Lapim chamber orchestra and John Storgårdsthe Iskelmä of the year was Olli Halonen NorthMegasaki’s children’s album of the year Hedgehog beatboxing and the ethno-Emma of the year went to the Bergå Folk Project. A rap artist was awarded in the Critics’ Choice series Peso from the album 33.

At the gala, the Emma award, chosen by public vote, was also awarded, which she received Sex man.