The Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMAs) is an annual music award based in Glasgow, Scotland. The SAMAs present awards in seven categories to the best emerging artists in Scotland.
History
The SAMAs were founded in 2009 by music entrepreneur Richy Muirhead, initially as a university project. The project grew to become the awards that exist today, with the first SAMAs being held in 2010 at The Classic Grand, Glasgow. In subsequent years the awards have been hosted at The Garage, Glasgow.
The SAMAs have grown year on year and have drawn support from the likes of broadcaster Vic Galloway, DJ Jim Gellatly, and various artists and sponsors.
The awards have helped develop the careers of Fatherson (Best Rock/Alternative, SAMA 2012), Hector Bizerk (Best Hip-Hop, SAMA 2014), and Model Aeroplanes (Best Newcomer, SAMA 2014).
Past winners Year Award Winner Nominated2012Best Live ActWe Were Promised JetpacksBest AcousticBrown Bear & The BanditsBest NewcomerBwani JunctionBest Rock/AlternativeFathersonBest ElectronicFridge MagnetsBest MetalTen Tonne DozerBest Hip-HopMadhat McGore2013Best Live ActThe OK Social ClubBest AcousticLittle FireBest NewcomerThe Holy GhostsBest Rock/AlternativeCulannBest ElectronicPlumBest MetalBear ArmsBest Hip-HopGasp2014Best Live ActThe Mickey 9'sBest ElectronicMachines in HeavenBest NewcomerModel AeroplanesBest AcousticJack RowberryBest Hip-HopHector BizerkBest Rock/AlternativeForest Fires 2015 Best Live Act Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 Errors Ded Rabbit Copper Lungs Kathryn Joseph Neon Waltz Best Electronic Crash Club BDY_PRTS SEØUEL Our Future Glory Lockah Clyde Rouge Best Metal Divides Mountains Under Oceans The Amorettes Holy Mountain Seed Of Sorrow Blackened Ritual Best Newcomer Bella And The Bear Martha Ffion White Baer Man Of Moon Alphas Lionel Best Acoustic Sean C Kennedy C Duncan The Jellyman's Daughter Stella Reilly Best Girl Athlete Dr Wook Best Hip-Hop Spring Break Mog Delighted Peoples Dj Yemster & Hextasy The Ill Collective Bigg Taj & Speesixnine 2016 Best Acoustic Michael Cassidy Chrissy Barnacle Finn LeMarinel Laurence Made Me Cry Best Electronic Be Charlotte Happy Meals Sad City Theo Kottis Best Hip Hop sYmba Ciaran Mac Konchis Ransom FA Best Live Act Gerry Cinnamon Bossy Love Miracle Glass Company Model Aeroplanes Best Metal Perpetua Akord Centrilia From Sorrow To Serenity Best Newcomer The Ninth Wave Lush Purr Monkoora Rapid Tan Best Rock/Alternative Bloodlines Campfires GANGS The Van T's 2017 Best Acoustic Lewis Capaldi Siobhan Wilson Callum Beattie Gus Harrower Best Electronic Stillhound Illyus & Barrientos Sam Gellaitry Golden Teacher Best Hip Hop Kid Robotik Shogun Empress Asthmatic Astronaut Best Live Act The Van T's Indigo Velvet Babe Oskar Braves Best Metal Tiberius Frontierer Revulsion Sithu Aye Best Newcomer SHREDD! Codist Jutland Songs Hairband Best Rock/Alternative Shambolics Rascalton Pure Grief Medicine Men 2018 Best Live Act Lylo Free Love Rapid Tan Future Get Down Best Acoustic Megan Airlie Blue Rose Code Hamish Hawk Zoë Bestel Best Newcomer The Dunts Zoe Graham Beta Waves Crystal Best Rock/Alternative Declan Welsh & The Decadent West ST MARTiiNS Lucia Voodoos Best Electronic Lo Kindre Cucina Povera Lanark Artefax LAPS Best Metal Tenements Bleed From Within Neshiima Lotus Eater Best Hip-Hop Solareye The Honey Farm Kobi Onyame Jackal Trades 2019 Best Live Act The Vegan Leather Bossy Love Crystal Gallus Best Acoustic Zoe Graham Aaron Smith Annie Booth Lizabett Russo Best Newcomer VanIves corto.alto Cloth Kapil Seshasayee Best Rock/Alternative The Snuts Fabric Bear Heavy Rapids Walt Disco Best Electronic Ok Button Ela Orleans Tallisker SHHE Best Metal Inferiem Centrilia From Sorrow To Serenity Godeater Best Hip-Hop Steg G Billy Got Waves Delivery Room Nova Scotia The Truth2020Best Live Act Callum Easter Free Love Kapil Seshasayee Still House PlantsBest Acoustic Jenny Sturgeon Bobby Kakouris Fair Mothers Man of the MinchBest Newcomer TAAHLIAH Nathan Somevi Kohla TamzeneBest Rock/Alternative Fauves Dead Pony HYYTS Pleasure HeadsBest Electronic TAAHLIAH Lady Neptune Pleasure Pool Tommy PermanBest Metal Saor Bleed From Within King Witch NeshiimaBest Hip-Hop India Rose CLING LOTOS Louis Seivwright2021Best Live ActBemz Andrew Wasylyk Ray Aggs Tom SpiralsBest AcousticLizzie Reid Christy Constant Follower Lizabett RussoBest NewcomerBee Asha AiiTee Chef Danny CliffBest Rock/AlternativeDictator MEMES Spyres Swim SchoolBest ElectronicAISHA Barry Can't Swim KAVARI MackaBest MetalDVNE Frontierer Godeater HellripperBest Hip-HopK4cie Bemz Chef Clarissa Woods2022Best AcousticLinzi Clark Becky Sikasa Fairweather Friends Lewis McLaughlinBest ElectronicKintra Grim Lusk J Wax Sonia KillmannBest Hip HopBecca Starr Psweatpants Sean Focus TzusanBest Live ActHannah Laing AiiTee Kaputt Tom McGuire & the BrassholesBest MetalCatalysis Ashenspire Godeater Party CannonBest NewcomerPocket Monica Lonely Carp P Caso SinathiBest Rock/AlternativeGallus Brooke Combe Dutch Wine Uninvited2023Best AcousticAlice Fay Ciar Nixon Dot Allison Hank TreeBest ElectronicCasual Worker Chong Isa Gordon Kami-OBest Hip HopJusHarry Queen of Harps Supermann on da Beat Triple01sBest Live ActVLURE An Dannsa Dub corto.alto KairogenBest MetalSixth Wonder Coffin Mulch Hellripper To Kill AchillesBest NewcomerMajesty Palm GIRLS.SPEAK.FRENCH The Joy Hotel Yxng STUNNABest Rock/AlternativeBottle Rockets Humour The Big Day Tina Sandwich2024Best AcousticTheo Bleak Grayling Hector Shaw Mohan EvansBest ElectronicTony Morris Alliyah Enyo Franck naafiBest Hip HopPsweatpants Eyve P Caso Vagrant Real EstateBest Live ActSLIX Becky Sikasa Leahgte PsweatpantsBest MetalDvne Newshapes North Atlas Party CannonBest NewcomerEUGENE Dara Dubh Lacuna Leif CoffieldBest Rock/AlternativeBrògeal Indoor Foxes Sister Madds SOAPBOX
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