First-Ever Apple Music Awards 2019 To Honor Global Artists

For the first time, Apple has announced its own music awards commemorating the work of those who excelled in the music industry. The Apple Music Awards 2019 is scheduled to happen on December 4 at 6:30 p.m. PST, (December 5 at 8:00 AM IST) at the Steve Jobs Theater, Cupertino, USA.

According to the press release, Apple is honoring Billie Eilish as the global artist of the year and the show will have a live performance from Billie which will be live-streamed across different platforms. The global artist of the year is selected by Apple Music's global editorial team of experts and tastemakers.

The Apple Music Award 2019 will consist of five distinct categories and one winner will be chosen from each of these categories with a process, that Apple claims "reflects the service's editorial perspective, combined with what customers around the world are loving most". While choosing the winners of the "Album of the Year" and "Song of the Year" factors like streaming data have also been considered.

Apple Music Award 2019 Awardees

• Artist of the Year: Billie Eilish
• Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Lizzo
• Song of the Year: "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X

Just like most of the Apple products, the award is created by Apple team with Apple's custom silicon wafer suspended between a polished sheet of glass and a machined and anodized aluminum body. The wafer starts as a 12-inch disc of silicon and the thickness is in nanometers. Do note that, the same technology is used to develop the Apple A13 Bionic chipset.

On top of the wafers, a layer of copper is deposited using ultraviolet lithography technology that is also used to manufacture mobile processors. According to Apple, it takes months to create a single award and the company says that the award represents chipsets that power Apple's devices that keep music at your fingertips.