Pesnya goda

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Pesnya Goda
Current: 50th Annual Pesnya Goda Music Gala
Location	Moscow
Country	Russia
Presented by	Angelina Vovk and Yevgeni Menshov
Reward(s)	all laureates receive a diploma, the main category winner receives the Pesnya Goda award trophy
First awarded	1971; 53 years ago (1971)
Television/radio coverage
Network	Channel One Russia (1995–2004) NTV (2005) Russia-1 (2006–present)

Pesnya goda (Russian: Песня года), meaning Song of the Year, is an annual televised music festival and gala in Russia, honoring standout songs from the previous year. The event began in the Soviet period, and prior to the dissolution of the USSR also included songs in languages other than Russian.

First held in 1971, it became the main event of the year for Soviet singers and musical groups. Pesnya goda is traditionally recorded in December and aired on television in early January, as part of the New Year's festivities. Programme One (later Channel One Russia) was the official broadcaster through 2004; the festival is now broadcast on Russia 1.