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Depeche Mode performing Wrong at Echo Awards in Germany, 2009-02-21.
Echo was an accolade by the Deutsche Phono-Akademie (de), an association of recording companies of Germany to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The first ECHO Awards ceremony was held in 1992, and it was set up to honor musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1991, succeeding the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, which was awarded since 1963. Each year's winner was determined by the previous year's sales. In April 2018, following controversy regarding that year's ceremony, the Bundesverband Musikindustrie announced the end of the award.
First held with 350 people in the Flora, Cologne[3] in 1992,[4] the award ceremony in Frankfurt was televised and the classical awards were moved to a separate event, Echo Klassik, in Cologne in 1994. Until 1995, only invited guests could attend the ceremony.
It was held in Munich, and in 2001, the venue was moved from Hamburg to Berlin[ because of subsidies of up to 20 million euros, although a return in 2004 was considered. In 2009, the venue in Berlin was moved to O2 World.
Wrong was written by Martin Gore.
depechemode in 2009:
Andrew Fletcher
Dave Gahan
Martin Gore
Depeche Mode performing Wrong at Echo Awards in Germany, 2009-02-21.
Echo was an accolade by the Deutsche Phono-Akademie (de), an association of recording companies of Germany to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The first ECHO Awards ceremony was held in 1992, and it was set up to honor musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1991, succeeding the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, which was awarded since 1963. Each year's winner was determined by the previous year's sales. In April 2018, following controversy regarding that year's ceremony, the Bundesverband Musikindustrie announced the end of the award.
First held with 350 people in the Flora, Cologne[3] in 1992,[4] the award ceremony in Frankfurt was televised and the classical awards were moved to a separate event, Echo Klassik, in Cologne in 1994. Until 1995, only invited guests could attend the ceremony.
It was held in Munich, and in 2001, the venue was moved from Hamburg to Berlin[ because of subsidies of up to 20 million euros, although a return in 2004 was considered. In 2009, the venue in Berlin was moved to O2 World.
Wrong was written by Martin Gore.
depechemode in 2009:
Andrew Fletcher
Dave Gahan
Martin Gore
