World Music Awards

The event is based in Monte Carlo. Awards are presented to the world's best-selling artists in a number of categories and to the best-selling artists from each major territory. The most awarded artist in the history of the World Music Awards is Mariah Carey, with nineteen wins.^{[citation needed]}

World Music Awards
Awarded for	Outstanding achievements in the music industry
Country	World
First awarded	14 April 1989; 35 years ago (1989-04-14)
Last awarded	2014
Website	worldmusicawards.com

Nine awards are voted for online by the public.^{[citation needed]} The awards are gold-plated, each depicting an artist holding the world. The event was last held in 2014.

Each edition of the World Music Awards builds a hospital, school, or orphanage through the Monaco Aide et Presence Foundation and/or the Combonian Missionary Association, which both assist underdeveloped areas in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and South America. There are 23 operational centres still saving lives and providing shelter and education for those in need:^{[citation needed]}

Hospitals

• Phulbani, India
• Rominh, Cambodia
• Port Bouet, Abidjan, Ivory Coast – serves a population of over 170,000 inhabitants
• Butare, Rwanda
• El Daein, Darfur
• Rwarangabo, Burundi (health centre)
• Teberent (health centre)
• Kiota, Niger
• Akamasoa Madagascar
• Mokatam, Egypt – complete renovation and extension of existing hospital
• Maroa, Venezuela (health centre)

Schools

• Coimbatore, India
• Zebizekou, Ivory Coast
• Songon, Ivory Coast
• Kankelena Mali
• Fetabanoye, Niger
• Akamasoa Madagascar

Homes

• Coimbatore, India – two homes for abandoned children
• Katukuranda, Sri Lanka – home for handicapped girls
• Yaounde, Cameroon
• Akamasoa Madagascar – twelve homes
• Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – home for abandoned children
• St. Louis, Haiti

World Music Awards has also paid for five wells to provide clean water in Africa.

Legend Award

The Legend Award honors top recording artists who have made outstanding contributions to the music industry. Notable winners of the award include:

Diamond Award

The Diamond Award honors top-selling artists who have been certified as selling over 100,000,000 albums throughout their career. It has been awarded to six recipients to date:

• 2002: Rod Stewart
• 2003: Mariah Carey
• 2004: Celine Dion
• 2005: Bon Jovi
• 2006: Michael Jackson
• 2008: The Beatles

Millennium Award

Two special awards were presented in 2000 to honor the best-selling recording artists at that time. The awards were presented to Michael Jackson and Mariah Carey in the male and female artist award categories, respectively.

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