Rissi Palmer, Coffey Anderson, Angie K, Miko Marks, Reyna Roberts and Pynk Beard were among the winners at the second Origins Impact Awards, held Thursday (Nov. 20) at Nashville’s The Cowan.
The awards were launched last year by boutique entertainment agency Origins Music Group co-founders CEO Corey Jones and COO Stephen Miller II to recognize emerging, independent and underrepresented artists and executives in the Nashville music community.
““We started the Impact Awards to celebrate innovators, creatives, supporters and champions who make Nashville’s music scene tick. We wanted to point to the people pushing boundaries creatively and culturally; the ones doing the work not often seen until it reaches critical mass,” Jones said in a statement.
“Our honorees are rewriting the rules, uplifting their communities and defining the future of country music,” added Miller. “This is exactly why the Origins Impact Awards exists, to celebrate those leading the charge.”
Palmer, who received the Academy of Country Music Honors Lift Every Voice Award in August, took home two awards: the Cultural Impact Award for her Apple Music podcast Color Me Country, and the Innovative Project Award for From Where I Stand, a newly expanded version of a boxed set originally released in 1998 by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Warner Music Nashville that highlights the works of Black country and Americana artists. Palmer shared the latter award with BMI’s Shannon Sanders and the CMHOF.
The nominees were selected from a write-in ballot from industry members and fans. A portion of ticket sales from the awards show goes to the Origins Music Impact fund, a 501(3)c that helps artists in the music industry facing challenges including the areas of artist development and touring.
Hosted by Justin Lee, performers included Pynk Beard, Wendy Moten, Grayson Russell, Sam Pounds and Coffey Anderson.
Below is the full list of Origins Impact Awards winners.
Champion Award
Winner: Coffey Anderson
Breland
Nina “Teapot” Owens
Jacqueline Marushka
CULTURAL IMPACT AWARD
Winner: Color Me Country
FEMco
Country Proud
Country Latin Association
Community Advocate Award
Winner: Song Suffragettes
BMI Rooftop on the Row
Kinfolk (Warner Records)
Equal Access
Executive of the Year
Winner: James Marsh – Warner Music Nashville
Gina Miller – Waters Edge Entertainment
Rakiyah Marshall – Back Blocks Music
Candice Watkins – Capitol Records Nashville
Best Collaborative Effort Award
Origins Music Group x Country Latin Association – Country Con Corazon
Color Me Country x The Long Road Festival
Don Louis & Sammy Arriaga – Mine in My Mind
Winner: Frank Ray & Shy Carter – Jesus at the Taco Truck
Innovative Project Award
Winner: From Where I Stand — Shannon Sanders, Rissi Palmer & CMHOF
Country Forward — CMA
Biscuits and Banjos — Rihannon Giddens
Country Con Corazon — Origins Music Group & Country Latin Association
Female Country Pop/Rock Artist of the Year
Tristan McIntosh
Kasey Tindall
Ashlie Amber
Winner: Leah Galván Turner
Male Country Pop/Rock Artist of the Year
Grayson Russell
Winner: Sam Pounds
Ollie Gabriel
Zeus Rebel Waters
Female Country Soul Artist of the Year
Brei Carter
Ashley Ave
Winner: Miko Marks
Shae Nicole
Male Country Soul Artist of the Year
803 Fresh
Winner: Pynk Beard
Tonio Armoni
Mike Clark Jr.
Female Country Latin Artist of the Year
Angie K
Ana Cristina Cash
Andrea Vasquez
Winner: MŌRIAH
Male Country Latin Artist of the Year
Alejandro Medina III
Frank Ray
Louie TheSinger
Winner: Sammy Arriaga
Female Country Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
Stormie Leigh
Winner: Reyna Roberts
Tanner Adell
CieratheRapper
Male Country Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
2’Live Bre
Chris Detroit
Winner: Kng Ego
Ron Killings
Emerging Artist of the Year
Steve Ray Ladson
Scoot Teasley
MŌRIAH
Winner: Rodell Duff
Song of the Year
“EYA”— Louie TheSinger
“Happy and You Know It (Drink a Beer)”— Coffey Anderson
Winner: “Hey Mom I Made It”— Sacha
“Bigger Than the Song”— Brittney Spencer
Artist of the Year
Tonio Armani
Winner: Angie K
Madeline Edwards
Louie TheSinger
