East Coast Music Awards
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Desktop Wallpaper from the ECMA website with the ECMA logo. This was made to advertise the 2005 ceremony
The East Coast Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony based in Atlantic Canada for music appreciation on the East Coast of Canada. Since its beginning in 1989, it has grown from the original five categories (Album of the Year, Female Artist of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Video of the Year) to over 25 categories in music and over 10 in industry.
Major winners
The Awards have been dominated by several groups/artists over the years. The top ten by wins and then nominations are as follows:
- Great Big Sea - 18 wins, 27 nominations
- Lennie Gallant - 15 wins, 32 nominations
- Natalie MacMaster - 12 wins, 28 nominations
- Rita MacNeil - 10 wins, 25 nominations
- The Rankin Family - 9 wins, 28 nominations
- Bruce Guthro - 9 wins, 17 nominations
- Gordie Sampson - 7 wins, 14 nominations
- Crush - 7 wins, 10 nominations
- Sarah McLachlan - 6 wins, 31 nominations
- Ashley MacIsaac - 6 wins, 15 nominations