Top Hit Music Awards

Yolka singer, one of the most popular Russian singers, honors Top Hit Music Awards as a tool for determining artists by their real statistical popularity, not by decisions of some jury. This also emphasizes professional nature of the award.[7] Yolka was awarded multiple times, including "Artist of the decade award", as Top Hit measurements show that she is extremely popular among Russian-speaking listeners with over 19 million of airplays in 10 years.[8]

TimeOut showbiz magazine coined the ceremony a metaphor of "Unbiased Prize of Numbers which is based exceptionally on statistics and is not subject to objections" .[9]

Main awards for singers

• Local Russian artists and groups most played on Russian radio in the past year

• Foreign artists and groups most played on Russian radio in the past year

• Local Russian artists most played at YouTube Russia in the past year

• Foreign artists most played at YouTube Russia in the past year

• Local Russian artists most played at Spotify Russia in the past year

• Foreign artists most played at Spotify Russia in the past year

Other awards for singers (artist of decade, takeoff, breakthrough, comeback and other special nominations).

Nominations for songs

• Russian hits most played on Russian radio over the year

• Foreign hits most played on Russian radio over the year

• Russian hits most played and watched on YouTube Russia over the year

• Foreign hits played and watched on YouTube Russia over the year

• Russian hits most played at Spotify Russia in the past year

• Foreign hits most played at Spotify Russia in the past year

Professional nominations

• Local Russian composers and poets most played on Russian radios during past year

• Local Russian producers whose artists were most played on Russian radios during past year

• Local Russian record labels whose artists were most played on Russian radios during past year

• Foreign record labels whose artists were most played on Russian radios during past year

• Local Russian composers and poets most played and watched on YouTube Russia during past year

• Local music video makers whose music videos were most played on YouTube Russia over the year

• Local record labels whose artists were most played on YouTube Russia over the year