With less than two months to go, we will have the UK music industry’s most exciting night: A&R Awardpresented by MBW in association with Abbey Road Studios.
Taking place on the evening of Tuesday, November 8, A&R 2022 will be held in Central London. The Platinum tables for the show were sold out, leaving only 5 Gold tables. (For your reservation, please contact [email protected].)
Today, we announce the finalists for this year’s event, which covers industry performance from October 2021 to September 2022.
Before we do, let’s remind ourselves of the A&R Awards categories… including an important new addition for this year.
The UK’s 2022-focused A&R Awards will once again see awards recognize those working in both the independent and mainstream sectors across record, publishing and management labels.
Categories again include Musician of the year and Producer of the Yearoutside Song of the Year, celebrates some of the greatest hits written by the majority of British (or UK-based) writers throughout the period.
In addition, our individual A&R awards – which also include A&R duos – are again divided by category: Adult Contemporary; Alternative / Rock; Contemporary black music; Electronics / Dance; and Pop / R & REDplus A&R . Administrator Awardwhich from this year will also be called ‘The Forbsie’.
There will also be team prizes, including two Publisher of the Year gongs (for UK pubs above and below certain size thresholds), plus Main label of the year, Independent label of the year and Management company (aka the David Enthoven Prize).
And there’s a new category for 2022: Manager of the Yearsupported by YouTube Shorts, recognizing the efforts and success of an individual talent manager (or duo) who has gone the extra mile for / their clients – and achieved success.
Most importantly, there are two special prizes: A&R . icon awards, plus Sir George Martin Award.
The winner will be determined through secret ballots by a select group of global music business professionals in the coming weeks.
In addition to our return title partner, Abbey Road Studios, this year’s A&R Awards backers include Centtrip, Concord Music Publishing, Hipgnosis, Milk & honey, PPLMeeting, SpotifyVevo, Voly Music, YouTube Shorts and Music on YouTube.
Here are the finalists this year…
MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR – SUPPORTED BY ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS
- Camille Purcell
- Dan Carey
- Fred Gibson (FRED AGAIN)
- Inflo
- LostBoy
- Mark Ralph
- P2J
- Stuart Price
- Thomas Hull (Kid Harpoon)
- Bamboo Jean Marie
SONG OF THE YEAR – SUPPORTED BY HIPGNOSIS
- Amy Wadge
- Camille Purcell
- Fred Gibson (FRED AGAIN)
- Inflo
- Lauren Aquilina
- Pablo Bowman
- Phil Plated
- Thomas Hull (Kid Harpoon)
- Bamboo Jean Marie
- Uzoechi Emenike (MNEK)
SONG OF THE YEAR – SUPPORTED by HIPGNOSIS
- Afraid to feel – made by LF System (Simmons / Jefferson / Roebuck)
- As it used to be – performed by Harry Styles (Styles / Hull / Johnson)
- Forget me – performed by Lewis Capaldi (Capaldi/Pollack/Plested/TMS)
- To go – performed by Cat Burns (Burns / Morgan)
- Green grass green – performed by George Ezra (Ezra / Pott / Price)
- Peru – performed by Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran (Fireboy DML / Scott IV / Sheeran / Perine)
- Remind me – by Tom Grennan (Rycroft / Bell / Grennan)
- Seventeen years old go under – performed by Sam Fender (Fender)
- Space Man – performed by Sam Ryder (Wadge / Ryder / Wolfgang)
- Star Light – performed by Dave (Omoregie)
A&R of the Year: Mature Content
- Chris Briggs – Music by Sony
- Jamie Nelson – BMG
- Julian Palmer – Columbia
- Louis Bloom – Island
- Sam Mumford – Decca
A&R of the Year: CONTINUOUS BLACK MUSIC – SPOTIFY SUPPORTED
- Amber Davis & Darryl Parkinson – Warner Chappell
- Benny Scarrs & Jack Foster – Neighborhood
- Carl Samuel – Columbia
- Colin Batsa – EGA / Virgin Music /Capitol
- Glyn Aikins & Riki Bleau – Since ’93
- Joe Gossa – Black Butter
- Michael Adex – NQ
- Rich Castillo
- Samuel Adebayo – Island
- Sarah Lockhart – Sony Music Publishing
- Shabs Jobanputra – Non-Stop
- Trenton Harrison-Lewis – Warner Music UK
A&R of the Year: ELECTRONICS / DANCE
- Anton Powers – Warner Music UK
- Briony Turner – The Atlantic Ocean
- Dipesh Parmar – Sound set
- Harri Davies – Concord Music Publisher
- Jack Duckworth – Polydor
- Jon Barlow – 3Beat
- Kevin Christian Blair – Atlantic
- Mike Pickering – Columbia
- Nick Burgess and Andy Daniell – The Violinist
- Pete Simmons – Popular music Publish
A&R of the Year: POP/R&B – Powered by Concord
- Alastair Kinross & Chris Briggs – Madness / Sony Music UK
- Amber Davis – Warner Chappell
- Ed Howard – Atlantic
- Glyn Aikins and David Dollimore – Since ’93 / RCA
- Hugo Turquet – BMG
- Jo Charrington – EMI . record
- Kenny McGoff – Kobalt
- Martin Dell – Columbia
- Nick Burgess – Parlophone
- Richard O’Donovan – Polydor
A&R of the Year: ALTERNATIVE / ROCK – Powered by Session
- Amy Morgan – September Manager
- Ben Durling – Warner Records
- Colette Goodfellow – Universal Publishing
- David Dollimore – RCA
- Jack Greengrass & James Talbut – Island
- Jamie Oborne – Dirty hits
- Jeff Bell – Party
- Jim Chancellor – Fiction
- Richard O’Donovan – Polydor
- Russell Crank – [PIAS]
- Will Hunt – AWAL
A&R ADMINISTRATOR (‘The Forbsie’) – Powered by PPL
- Conor O’Mahony – Warner Music
- James Bullock & Matt Before – Sony Music Publishing
- Jazz Horrocks – BMG
- Karyn Hughes – Decca
- Mark Stemp – Island
- Sarah Vaughan – Sony Music
- Susie Woodbridge – Music Warner Chappel
MANAGEMENT COMPANY (DAVID ENTHOVEN AWARD) – SUPPORTED BY CENTTRIP
- Stricter management
- Bad old manager
- UK Milk & Honey
- Neighborhood
- NQ
- September Management
- Management of SJM
- Manage TapP
- Three Six Zeros
- UROK
- Various Artists
- YMU
MANAGER OF THE YEAR – SUPPORTED BY YOUTUBE MUSIC
- Alex Martin – AM Music
- Benny Scarrs & Jack Foster – Neighborhood
- Bello
- Jazz Sherman – Hunger Management
- Jonathan Dickins & Rose Moon – September Manager
- Martin Hall
- Michael Adex – NQ
- Owning Davies – Managing OD
- Radha Medar
- Ryan Lofthouse – Artists Closer
- Camp Stuart & Gabby Cawthorne – Grumpy Old Manager
- Terry Appiasei – Golden Boy Entertainment
Publishing House of the Year (1) – MODIFIED & HONEY SUPPORTED
Publishing House of the Year (2)
INDEPENDENT LABEL
MAJOR LABEL – SUPPORTED BY VOLY MUSIC
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