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Kylie Minogue picks up two prizes at BT Digital Music Awards

Oct 2, 2008, 11:20 GMT

Kylie Minogue picked up two awards at a ceremony that included prizes going to Coldplay and Radiohead.  Kylie Minogue - ELLE Style Awards 2008 - Departures - Westway Sports Centre - London, England © Solarpix / PR Photos

Kylie Minogue picked up two awards at a ceremony that included prizes going to Coldplay and Radiohead. Kylie Minogue - ELLE Style Awards 2008 - Departures - Westway Sports Centre - London, England © Solarpix / PR Photos

Kylie Minogue scooped two prizes at the BT Digital Music Awards 2008 last night (01.10.08).

The ceremony, which celebrates online achievements in music, saw Kylie win Best Pop Artist, while her Kylie Konnect website was given the Best Innovation award.

Coldplay took home the prize for Best Official Music Website while Radiohead were proclaimed Artist of the Year.

The London awards began with a performance from Norwegian pop singer Ida Maria. The event also featured appearances from US band Iglu and Hartly, rockers Fightstar, pop act Sam Beeton, British indie act British Sea Power and human beatbox artist Beardyman.

Presenters Fearne Cotton and Rufus Hound presented the twenty awards - of which 13 were voted for by the public and seven by a music industry panel.

Other winners included The Zutons for Best Video Podcast, Wiley for Best Urban Artist, Hadouken! For Best Electronic Artist/DJ and Vampire Weekend who were awarded Best Breakthrough Artist.

Presenter Leigh Francis, Swedish DJ Basshunter and a host of former contestants from the UK's version of the reality TV show ?Big Brother' also attended the event at the Roundhouse in North London.

The BT Digital Music Awards 2008, full list of winners:

Best Pop Artist - Kylie Minogue

Best Rock/Indie Artist - Coldplay

Best Urban Artist - Wiley

Best Electronic Artist or DJ - Hadouken!

Best Audio Podcast - Hospital Records podcast

Best Video Podcast - The Zutons podcast

Best Radio Station - Planet Rock

Best Music Store - iTunes

Best Music Magazine - NME.com

Best Music Community - Download Festival Community

Best Artist Promotion - Dylan Messenger - Bob Dylan album promotion Best Digital Service - We7

Best Mobile Campaign - Red Stripe Camden Crawl 2008

Breakthrough Artist of the Year - Vampire Weekend

Artist of the Year - Radiohead

Best Innovation - Kylie Konnect

Best Music Hardware - Gibson ?robot' guitar

Best Music Blog - StopCryingYourHeartOutnews.blogspot.com

Best Unofficial Music Site - AvrilBandAids.com

Best Official Music Site - Coldplay.com



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