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Radio Disney Music Awards
RDMA 2018 Logo.png
Country United States
Reward "Golden Mickey" trophy
First awarded December 23, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-12-23)
Television coverage
Network Radio Disney (radio)
Disney Channel (television)
Runtime 150 minutes (radio)
120 minutes (television)

The Radio Disney Music Awards (RDMA) was a yearly awards show. It was created and run by Radio Disney, a popular American radio network. The show started in 2001.

At first, you could only hear the show on Radio Disney. But starting in 2013, it also began to be shown on Disney Channel. Since Radio Disney has stopped broadcasting, it is not known if these awards will happen again.

Past Award Shows

The Radio Disney Music Awards happened almost every year. Here is a look at where they took place and who performed.

Year Location Performers
2001 Radio Disney
Burbank, California
(Audio-only recording)		 No performances
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008–12 No ceremonies held
2013 Microsoft Theater
Los Angeles
2013 performances
2014
2014 performances
2015
2015 performances
2016
2016 performances
2017
2017 performances
2018 Dolby Theatre
Los Angeles
2018 performances
2019 CBS Studio Center
Los Angeles
2019 performances
2021 TBA
2020 performances

Award Categories

The Radio Disney Music Awards gave out trophies in many different categories. These awards celebrated popular artists and songs that kids and teens loved.

Current Categories

These are some of the awards that were given out more recently:

Past Categories

Some award categories changed over the years. Here are a few that were given out in the past:

Special Awards

Besides the regular categories, the Radio Disney Music Awards also gave out special honors. These awards recognized artists for their big impact or for helping others.

Radio Disney Golden Mickey awards
Radio Disney's "Golden Mickey" award trophies.

Impact Award

The Impact Award was given to an artist who had a big influence on music and entertainment. This award also recognized how they inspired people of all ages.

Hero Award

The Hero Award honored artists for their amazing work helping charities and good causes.

Icon Award

The Icon Award celebrated artists who had a long career and greatly influenced teenagers through their music.

Heroes for Change Award

This award honored young people who were not artists. It recognized them for making a positive difference in the world through their charity work.

  • 2013: Mary Dawson, Ben Harowitz, Misha Ahmad, Dara Reyes and Denzell Perry.
  • 2014: Arianna Lopez, Matthew Kaplan and Yossymar Rojas.
  • 2016: Whitney Stewart and Braeden Mannering.

Other Special Awards

  • 2014: Chart Topper Award went to Ariana Grande. This was for her huge success on the music charts.
  • 2014: Show Stopper Award went to R5. This was for their sold-out shows during their Louder Tour.

Achievements

Some artists won or were nominated for many Radio Disney Music Awards. Here are the artists who had the most wins and nominations.

Most Wins

This table shows the artists who won the most awards.

Rank 1st 2nd 3rd
Artist Hilary Duff Fifth Harmony
Selena Gomez
Taylor Swift		 Avril Lavigne
Miley Cyrus
Total 21 8 7

Most Nominations

This list shows artists who were nominated for 10 or more awards. Hilary Duff received the most nominations with 35!

35 nominations

22 nominations

21 nominations

19 nominations

17 nominations

16 nominations

15 nominations

14 nominations

11 nominations

  • R5

10 nominations

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Radio Disney Music Awards para niños

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