Billboard has named the 18 finalists for their first ever Music App Awards at Mobile Entertainment Live!: The Music App Summit. Those listed have been recognized as the most innovative music-focused apps created for the iPhone, Blackberry, and Android and Nokia platforms. They include:
Best Artist App- Linkin Park 8-Bit Rebellion by Artificial Life, Inc. & WBR
- I Am T-Pain by Smule
- TouchChords: Jimmy Vaughan by Curious Brain
- Rhapsody by Rhapsody
- MOG by MOG
- Thumbplay by Thumbplay Inc.
- Live Phish by nugs.net
- R5 by Ticketfly
- Bonnaroo by Aloompa
- LaDiDa by Khush Inc.
- AmpliTube iRig by IK Multimedia
- MorphWiz by Wizdom Music
- Tap Tap Revenge 3 by Tapulous
- SoundHound Infinity by Soundhound, Inc.
- Mix Me In2 Taylor Swift by Fried Green Apps
- 50s Sound Lab, Vitamin Water by Skyrockit
- ZOOZbeat Sprite by ZOOZ Mobile, Inc.
- Gibson Learn & Master Guitar by Gibson Guitar
