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The award was established on the initiative of International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It was first established and awarded in 1973 for the year 1972, and has continued to be awarded annually to date. The award is arranged by the Spellemanns committee which act as the judge, composed of officials from IFPI Norway and FONO, the association for Norwegian independent record companies.[2]
The prizes are divided into 17 genres, three awards of authors (that year's contemporary composer, popular composer and lyricist) and four additional classes (Fiddler of the Year, newcomer, hit and music video). In addition, the members of the Committee decide whether it should be awarded honorary award and industry price.
There is a jury for each of the 21 classes and the members of each jury are kept secret to both the other juries and outsiders. Normally there can be only three participants nominated for each class. For each of the genre-specific classes it appoints a panel in which the composition is kept secret from each other and outsiders. Juries make determinations using the scoring of the registered artists and recordings to be nominated in the various classes. The jury then votes until a winner receives a bronze statuette and a diploma.
A separate jury nominates up to ten videos to that year's music while the Committee itself nominate artists for the hits this year and this year's newcomer. Winner of that year and that year's hit music chosen by public vote during the committee selections determine the winner of the newcomer. Committee members select the Fiddler of the Year for which case no nomination is announced to the public in advance.
Dating from 2007, the award for that year's newcomer expanded to include a working grant of 200 000 kroner. The scholarship is awarded by Gramo, the compensation bureau for the Norwegian music industry.[3]
To date, fifteen artists have been the winner of five or more awards. Two of those who have won the most awards, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and Leif Ove Andsnes, have never received more than one award that year. Some artists have won numerous awards both as a solo artist and together with bands, like Morten Harket, lead singer of the synthpop band a-ha and singer-songwriter Gustav Lorentzen who has won the award for six discs, two of them with the singing duo, Knutsen & Ludvigsen.
Spellemannprisen 2011 was presented on Saturday 14 January 2012 in Folketeatret in Oslo. It was awarded prices in a total of 26 classes. Jarle Bernhoft was named This year's Spellemann and also won male artist category while Jan Eggum won the jury's honorary award.
For the first time since 2001, the show Spellemannprisen was sent on NRK in primetime. In the period 2002-2010 the show Spellemannprisen was sent on TV2, the biggest commercial broadcasting company in Norway. The ceremony was broadcast live in a two-segment main transmission on NRK1 with Anne Lindmo as host, with a "break transmission" on NRK3.[4]
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